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Noise blight
Yet again, Europe is getting out of kilter over aircraft noise - and yet again it is doing so to the detriment of its credibility. This time, it is the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) which is trying to drag the European legislative process into disrepute, by formulating rules which ...
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Eurowings climbs
German regional carrier Eurowings has announced record revenue, profit and passenger figures for 1996. Chief executive Reinhard Santner attributes the figures to the success of alliances with Air France and KLM, and the expansion of European services. The results come despite a stagnant domestic market, rising fuel prices ...
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Meridiana studies long-term fleet and partner strategies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Meridiana is planning to double its fleet of McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s over the next three years, but is studying a plan to switch to an all-Boeing or all-Airbus fleet in the longer term. The Olbia, Sardinia-based regional airline, which is majority- owned by ...
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Marketplace
++ TWA has concluded an agreement with International Lease Finance, to take a new Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 767-300ER, on lease. The 233-seat aircraft will be used on routes to the Middle East. ++ Japan Air System has placed orders for two Airbus A300-600Rs powered by Pratt & Whitney ...
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Delta
Stephan Egli has been appointed vice-president for the Atlantic/ Pacific business unit of Delta Air Lines, from July. He was formerly vice-president for network management at Swissair. Malcolm (Mac) Armstrong is named vice-president for corporate safety and compliance. Armstrong was formerly vice-president for corporate safety and regulatory compliance at US ...
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Ageing-airliner census 1997
The world's ageing fleet continues to expand as new roles are found for the older airliners Max Kingsley-Jonesand Ian Sheppard/LONDON The World's fleet of ageing airliners continues to grow, while the manufacturers are boosting the production of potential new replacements to new record- breaking levels. This year's ...
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SAA suffers from 777 delay
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG South African Airways (SAA) says that its continuously deferred order for Boeing 777s is about to have a financial impact on the airline, while the delay is forcing the carrier to acquire interim aircraft capacity. Deliveries of four 777s had originally been due to ...
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Ageing aircraft
Supersonic Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Thirteen of the 14 Concordes delivered to British Airways and Air France between 1975 and 1980 remain in service. Twenty Concordes were built, including two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft which were not delivered. One of the seven Concordes ...
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Air Jamaica aims to defeat American in the Caribbean
Graham Warwick/MONTEGO BAY AIRJAMAICA has inaugurated a Caribbean hub at Montego Bay, and signed a co-operation agreement with Delta Air Lines, in a bid to challenge American Airlines' dominance in the region. The Montego Bay hub, which was officially inaugurated on 30 July, links flights from ...
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Air Dolomiti reports first-ever profit
Marco Messalla/ROME Air Dolomiti has posted its first profits since start-up, setting up the north Italian regional carrier for its forthcoming share issue and for the expected order of three regional jets. The airline, which was founded in 1990, turned in an operating profit of L15 ...
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Tunis Air plans growth as profits rise
Tunis Air produced a major improvement in net profits for 1996 and is heading for another good result this year on the back of forecasts of rapidly rising passenger numbers. The airline has also revealed plans to expand and replace a large part of its fleet. The Tunisian ...
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Asain maintenance
The 1997 Maintenance Directory for Asia, Africa and Australasia (Flight International, 28 May-3 June) wrongly combines the entries for Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO). The organisations would like to emphasise that HAESL took on the engine-overhaul activities of HAECO as a separate corporate ...
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Asiana has to wait on offset deals for widebody order
Asiana Airlines of South Korea has been told by the country's Government that it will not approve the planned purchase of 58 new widebody aircraft until it has obtained industrial offsets from Airbus Industrie and Boeing. The carrier has already completed negotiations for the aircraft and been given ...
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EuroLOTkicks off with ATR fleet
Andrjez Jeziorski/MUNICH EuroLOT, the regional subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, has started operations, aiming for proÌt at the turn of the century. The new division, certificated by Polish aviation authorities in June, will initially be taking over LOT's network of 200-plus flights per week to six ...
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Sabena cost-cutting begins to pay off
Sabena's push to cut costs has put it on course to break even in 1998 and return to profitability in 1999, says chief executive Paul Reutlinger. The expected recovery follows record losses of Bfr8.8 billion ($24.6 million) in 1996, caused partly by the Belgian flag carrier's restructuring programme. ...
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Sempati president makes restructuring case
Sempati Air's recently appointed president, Santun Nainggolan, is warning that the Indonesian regional carrier's financial problems will get worse, unless the company is restructured and jobs shed. Nainggolan has compared Indonesia's largest private airline to an "overloaded boat" in danger of sinking if action is not taken to ...
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Traffic and revenues expand at Lufthansa
Lufthansa fortunes are climbing steeply following traffic and revenue growth in the first half of 1997. Chairman Jürgen Weber says that the national carrier has achieved substantial growth in profit in the first half of this year compared with 1996 figures. Weber highlights particularly strong growth in the ...
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Kiwi will expand under new investor-group ownership
KIWI INTERNATIONAL Airlines is to continue to expand its route structure and fleet size after its planned emergence from US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this month. Jerry Murphy, Kiwi's president and chief executive, expects the Kiwi International Holdings investor group to gain control of the airline. The ...
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Western Pacific and Frontier plan low-fare marriage
The two Colorado-based independent carriers, Western Pacific Airlines (Westpac) and Frontier Airlines, have announced plans to merge and form one of the largest low-fare operators in the USA after Southwest Airlines. The two airlines lost $21 million between them in the first quarter of 1997 and hope to ...