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Parts partnerships
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Fewer air carriers want to be in the business of stocking and maintaining huge inventories of parts, so they are looking to shift the burden to those companies which supply everything from bearings and seals to engines and airframes. "Until the early 1990s, the industry was more ...
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Routes
-The US Department of Transportation plans to award Continental Airlines authority to begin a non-stop Cleveland-London Gatwick service on 19 February, 1999. The US carrier intends to operate the route on a daily basis from Cleveland's Hopkins International using Boeing 757s in a two-class configuration. -British Airways has started operating ...
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Taking pole position
Paul Lewis/NEW YORK and HONG KONG The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Asia-Pacific technical office and airline regional co-ordinating group (RCG) has enjoyed a busy three years. Having negotiated safe passage over Afghanistan and helped broker the opening of North Korean airspace, the group scored again with the initial ...
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EasyJet raises stakes with 737-300 deal
Easyjet, the UK low-cost operator, has placed a major follow-on order with Boeing for at least 15 Next Generation 737s, which will boost its fleet to over 30 aircraft within five years. The deal includes firm orders for 15 737-700s worth some $650 million, with options for a similar ...
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Afghan veto stymies Delta/Swissair code-share
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a revised regulation banning US carriers and registered aircraft from flying over the northern half of Afghanistan, including the use of two newly opened international air routes across the centre of the country. The move has already forced Delta Air Lines and Swissair ...
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Flying Colours team assumes control after Airworld merger
A boardroom reshuffle resulting from the take-over of UK charter airline Flying Colours by Airworld has seen the departure of two Airworld directors. Flying Colours managers have been appointed to most senior positions, despite the airline being taken over. The move, which follows the June take-over of Flying Colours ...
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Expanding Air Europa Express wants to double its ATP fleet
Balearic regional Air Europa Express plans to double its fleet of British Aerospace ATPs to 12 aircraft by early next year to cope with expansion on the Spanish mainland. The Palma de Majorca-based airline launched services in late 1996 as one half of a two-pronged regional operation set up ...
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US Airways and American begin marketing pact
US Airways and American Airlines have merged their frequent flier programmes in the first phase of a wider marketing pact announced earlier this year. From 1 August , each airline's club members also gained access to private airport lounges operated by both carriers. The two airlines have agreed to ...
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EC unveils alliance plan details
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The European Commission (EC) has published details of its proposed conditions for the British Airways and Lufthansa-led transatlantic alliances, including a call for the governments involved to open up national airports to other European carriers wanting to start US services. The official publication of the proposals, ...
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CityFlyer outlines plans to operate all-jet fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/WOODFORD British Airways franchise partner CityFlyer Express expects to be an all-jet operator within five years, with its growing fleet of 105-seat Avro RJ100s set to be the smallest aircraft it operates. The airline, however, denies suggestions that it is set for an imminent change of ownership. CityFlyer has ...
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Arkia plans for Nigerian carrier
Israel's largest private carrier, Arkia, has revealed plans to start an airline operation in Nigeria and at the same time to boost its fleet with new aircraft, including Boeing 757-300s. The airline operates 12 de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops, four Boeing 737-200s and a leased 757-200 on regional scheduled ...
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Atlas studies mid-size freighter
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Atlas Air has confirmed interest in expanding its operations beyond the Boeing 747-200F and 747-400F freighters with a new mid-size aircraft. "We are considering a 50-60t aircraft" says the Colorado-based cargo airline's president and chief executive, Michael Chowdry. Although Atlas has expanded its fleet with used ...
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Australian regional launches with Saabs
Australian scheduled start-up Macair, based at Townsville, Queensland, has taken delivery of two ex-Regional Airlines Saab 340Bs which it is operating on scheduled services linking Townsville, Brisbane, Cloncurry, Mackay and Mount Isa. Macair, now owned by the Western Queensland Collings family, began as McKinley Air Charters. Its present expansion ...
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Building on basics
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS There are still light-aircraft owners who mentally associate buyer-assembled "kitplanes" with two-stroke engines, wooden propellers and doped fabric stretched over wire-braced wings with alloy tube spars attached to plywood ribs. The reality is that many home-built aircraft are now more sophisticated that any single-engined general aviation ...
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Casinos gamble on new carrier
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Two Las Vegas casinos have together invested $30 million in low-fares start-up National Airlines, in a bid to offset a decline in seat availability as major airlines redeploy aircraft to higher-yield routes. National plans to start services in January or February 1999, operating four leased ...
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Celestial Internet
Tim Furniss/LONDON Of all the advances in satellite communications since Telstar, the most interest is being created by the $9 billion Teledesic programme. Now that Teledesic has assembled a powerful industrial team to build and launch its 300-satellite constellation, the project is moving into high gear. Teledesic's copyrighted "Internet in ...
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EC dismisses Olympic gripes
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has come in for further criticism over its latest decision to unblock the final tranche of state aid for Olympic Airways, but Brussels has brushed off complaints that it is going softon government handouts, pointing to new conditions being imposed on the Greek ...
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Domestic rivalry in Japan gets fiercer
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Competition in the Japanese domestic airline market is set to hot up, following the first Government approval in 35 years for a new carrier. The go-ahead for a second start-up carrier is also pending, with two more new entrants planning to fly in 2000. Skymark Airlines ...
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UK proposal may end grandfather rights
A call by a UK cross-party parliamentary committee to rewrite the slot allocation system in Europe has met with a frosty reception from airlines. The proposal comes as the European Commission (EC) is in the process of preparing its own report on the revision of regulations governing slot trading. ...
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Wheel of fortune
Hard to believe, but fewer people are flying to Las Vegas these days. Perhaps the slot machines and gaming tables are losing their appeal. No, say the casinos, people still want to come to the Nevada resort, they just cannot find the flights or the fares they want. The ...