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Fairchild talks continue as ATR revises Airjet
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Fairchild Aerospace and ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia have failed to resolve the main obstacles to their possible collaboration on a family of regional jets. Talks continue in an effort to find a compromise. While differences remain over the location of final assembly lines, engines and ...
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British Midland weighs up 717 but pushes for shrink option
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Midland (BM) has emerged as a potential first European airline customer for the Boeing 717 twinjet. Chairman Sir Michael Bishop suggests the carrier might opt for the aircraft if Boeing can be persuaded to develop it as a family, including a smaller shrink model. The ...
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UK/US bilateral deal not such a 'big bang'
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK transport secretary John Prescott will meet his US counterpart, Rodney Slater, this week for talks which, according to government sources, will move the two countries further along the path to a new bilateral air services agreement. Prescott was due to meet Slater during a visit to ...
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Spring clean
There is no point in an airline carrying out a safety audit unless its employees, from chief executive to check-in clerk, are prepared to hear the truth, to recognise it as the truth, and then implement the findings. That may not be easy. Implementation may demand a total change ...
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Airbus readies for A318 launch
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCAirbus Industrie is on the verge of finally launching the A318 twinjet. At the same time the European consortium has signed Egyptair as a launch customer while engine supplier Pratt & Whitney is pursuing a trade-in deal with Air China to exchange old Boeing 747s for A318 orders. ...
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United polar route launch awaits Russian go-ahead
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines hopes to be the first international carrier to launch a non-stop scheduled commercial service between New Delhi and Chicago, via central Russia and the Polar region. The service will start from late October, provided that Moscow gives it the go-ahead. The North American carrier ...
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Creditors oppose Philippine Airlines rescue plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines' (PAL) critical rehabilitation plan, aimed at saving the troubled carrier from collapse, is meeting with opposition from its unsecured creditors. The plan must be approved by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by 15 April, but Chase Manhattan International Finance has urged the body ...
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ANA Austrian stake
Austrian investors Bank Austria and SKWB Schoellerbank have acquired the 9% stake in Austrian Airlines previously held by All Nippon Airways (ANA), taking their stakes to ASch160 million ($12.5 million) and ASch74 million, respectively. Following the deal, the pair now have a 21.2% share in the flag carrier, with Austrian ...
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Protests swell over 'too high' Hong Kong Airport landing fees
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE British Airways and DHL have added their voices to a rising chorus of disapproval over landing charges at the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. According to Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, the 60-plus airlines which operate into Chek Lap Kok are lobbying ...
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Sting in the tail
After years of economic woes, at least one of Brazil's airlines could disappear by the end of the year. For the survivors, however, long term prospects look brighter Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIROBrazilian airlines have survived major financial troubles over the past 15 years, but officials and analysts fear that ...
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Trainers' market
Demand for training is fuelling growth among independent simulator centres Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Training is a competency close to the core of most airlines, an expensive necessity that is not willingly outsourced. But increasingly the tools of pilot training - commercial flight simulators - are becoming commodities to which ...
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Airbus offers model mix to El Al
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Airbus is offering El Al up to 10 A330/A340s as the Israeli national carrier finalises its long-haul fleet renewal plans. A Boeing offer of various widebody twinjets is also being studied, and the airline expects to finalise its selection within the next two months. The Airbus ...
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Air Foyle consortium takes controlling stake in CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON A consortium led by UK cargo carrier Air Foyle has purchased a controlling stake in Irish independent airline CityJet for a sum in excess of Ir£5 million ($6.8 million). Sources close to the deal say that it should stabilise Dublin-based CityJet and allow it develop its ...
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Air Namibia to slash workforce
Air Namibia plans to lay off between 100 and 150 employees - up to 30% of its workforce - by the end of this month as part of a restructuring plan that will cost up to N$10 million ($1.6 million), but which should ultimately reverse the downward trend in its ...
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Ansett Australia ponders fleet rationalisation
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Ansett Australia is aiming to define its fleet development plan by the end of this year. It will decide on a new widebody type to serve domestic trunk and Asian routes and on the rationalisation of the carrier's domestic narrowbody fleet. Executive chairman Rod Eddington says: ...
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SIA and Lufthansa Cargo start anew
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa Cargo have launched a joint cargo express programme, broadening each other's route networks from 1 April. The airlines have signed an interline agreement, giving each other's aircraft priority handling at their respective hubs. SIA will be able to ship freight to 15 new destinations in ...
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Cathay extends deadline in pilots' pay dispute
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways pilots have until 30 April to respond to an offer of stock options in exchange for a pay cut. The Hong Kong Air Crew Officers' Association (AOA)has welcomed the extension of the deadline, from 6 April to 30 April. Cathay initially tried to ...
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Malaysia Airlinesplans to sell aircraft in consolidation plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS)plans to sell three Boeing 747 Combis, one 737-300F freighter and five 737-500s under its fleet consolidation programme. According to MAS vice-president of asset management Razali Harun, the company wants to base passenger operations on 737-400s, 777-200s and Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 747-400s, ...
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Workshop
Pemco has won a contract from Continental for heavy maintenance checks on Boeing 727s, McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and MD-80s.It has also been picked by Las Vegas start-up National Airlines for Boeing 757-200 maintenance. ++ Finmeccanica subsidiary Aeronavali has signed an agreement with Federal Express to maintain six DC-10-10s at ...
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European regionals unite for US travel pass programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chris Jasper/LONDON A group of 15 second tier and regional European airlines is to press ahead with a radical plan aimed at maximising their exposure in the USA through an innovative travel pass scheme. The programme, run by Los Angeles-based Europe by Air, is modelled ...