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Ryanair passes go in Europe
Tom Gill With soaring profits, share price and traffic, Europe's largest and longest established low-cost airline may yet achieve its ambition to be the Southwest of Europe. But as it strives to continue its profitable growth path Ryanair can expect to cross swords with the new British Airways ...
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SAA moves key players
Roger Makings Transnet's board of directors decided to oust Zukile Nomvete from his position as executive director of South African Airways on 8 May, following the airline's dismal performance during his two-year stewardship. Sources within SAA predict that Mafika Mkwanazi, deputy managing director of SAA's parent company, Transnet, will ...
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Boeing breaks 4,000 sales mark for 737s
Sales of the Boeing 737 have passed through the 4,000 mark as a result of top-up deals from various Next Generation 737 customers. American Airlines has concluded a deal for 25 more 737-800s, bringing its total 737 orders to 100. The newly ordered aircraft will arrive between January 2000 ...
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Canada 3000 loses business to Royal
Canada 3000, the Toronto-based charter airline, has lost the business of major customer Signature Vacations, which will switch to rival Royal Aviation this year. Signature, the Toronto-based subsidiary of UK tour operator First Choice (Air 2000's parent), has been a major customer for Canada 3000 since the carrier was launched ...
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Boeing warns on China hopes
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Boeing is sounding a warning that earlier expectations of a large new order for aircraft from China in June could be affected by a marked slowdown in local airline traffic growth and the knock-on effects from Asia's wider economic difficulties. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) ...
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Lufthansa eyes 747-400 freighter
Shahe Ouzounian/FRANKFURT Lufthansa Cargo says it will need to replace its fleet of Boeing 747-200Fs early in the next decade, with the 747-400 freighter the prime candidate, even though the German operator considers the aircraft "too expensive". Wilhelm Althen, chairman of the executive board, says that its fleet ...
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Marketplace
-Augsburg Airways has placed orders for six additional Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s, including two series 200s and four larger series 300s, and taken options on a further seven aircraft. The order represents the ratification and expansion of a deal originally reached in November 1997 for three aircraft. The options ...
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CAL orders frozen
China Airlines (CAL) has been ordered by Taiwan's transport ministry not to order any new aircraft until it has improved its operations and safety standards. This move is the Taiwan Government's latest to force the carrier to upgrade its safety standards. CAL has suffered two major widebody accidents since April ...
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P&W corrects PW4098 cracks and confirms 777-300 delay
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Pratt & Whitney estimates that corrections to cure cracked compressor stators in the PW4098 discovered in April will push deliveries of the first heavyweight Boeing 777-300 to Korean Air (KAL) back by almost three months, to December. "It's a cast part, and we've ...
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US Airways may forge fresh alliance with British Airways
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US Airways could forge a new marketing alliance with British Airways as a result of the projected tie-ups by both carriers with American Airlines. The deal would go ahead only under certain conditions, says Stephen Wolf, head of US Airways Group. The prospect of a ...
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SIA warns of harder times to come as growth creeps up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has warned of a tougher year ahead in the face of falling passenger loads and anticipated erosion of yields, after announcing only a marginal growth of net profit for the 12 months ending 31 March. The airline turned in a net profit of S$1.03 billion ...
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Family planning
The early successes of regional jet upstart Fairchild Dornier are undoubtedly spurring a surge in excitement among the more established regional players. But perhaps before everyone rushes headlong into launching a raft of new aircraft in response to the market upswing, considerable thought needs to be given to the factors ...
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Single-aisle bonanza
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International (CFMI) and arch rival International Aero Engines (IAE) are again heading for the record books. After an astonishingly successful year for both in 1997, the orders have continued and, by mid-1998, look as if they might already surpass significantly those of the previous year. ...
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Cathay takes first 777-300
Cathay Pacific received the first 777-300 on 21 May, one of seven Rolls-Royce Trent 892-powered aircraft it has on order. The 777 has been awarded 180min extended twin-engine operations by the US Federal Aviation Administration. European clearance is due in August. Delivery of the first of six Thai Airways ...
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A319M5 takes on 717 in tussle for Northwest 100-seat deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Airbus Industrie is pitching its proposed A319M5 head-on against the Boeing 717 in the campaign to sell Northwest Airlines up to 100 of the 100-seaters to replace its McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The US carrier, which is also planning a 30-seater order, could purchase a total of ...
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Fairchild Dornier launches 728JET
US-German regional aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Dornier scored the show's most significant coup with the launch of its 528/728/928JET family and the confirmation of conditional orders for 165 aircraft. The announcement came alongside the launch of the 42/44-seat 428JETstretched version of the company's 328JET. Apart from confirmation by Lufthansa CityLine ...
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Saab and BAe remain cautious on leasing tie-up
Saab and British Aerospace are playing down reports that they plan to merge their regional turboprop leasing operations following BAe's decision to buy a 35% stake in the Swedish manufacturer. Instead, the companies say they have begun "benchmarking" their respective asset management operations "-to identify best practices-with a view to ...
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Airbus seeks A3XX commitments
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie says it is to start seeking launch commitments from airlines for the A3XX large aircraft early next year. One of the key potential customers, British Airways, has already indicated a requirement for up to 23 aircraft. Jurgen Thomas, senior vice-president of Airbus Industrie's large ...
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Aer Lingus extends its Airbus fleet at the expense of 737s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aer Lingus has taken a step closer to operating an all-Airbus fleet with its decision to order six A320s to add to its orders for the larger A321 and its fleet of five A330s. The new aircraft will result in its Boeing 737 fleet being further reduced. ...
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AlliedSignal APU cleared for use on A320 family
AlliedSignal has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval to produce its 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Airbus Industrie A320 family. Programme manager Lee Jacobs says that deliveries of the 131-9(A) are scheduled to begin in September. "We have firm orders for close to 50 aircraft and ...