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British Airways calls time on Paris check-in
A dispute between British Airways and Aeroports de Paris (ADP) over security surrounding Air Algerie operations at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport has resulted in the UK airline abandoning check-in of passengers baggage while the twice- daily flights from the North African nation are being checked in. Algeria has ...
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US Airways cuts out loss-making routes
US AIRWAYS is eliminating unprofitable routes and grounding 22 aircraft in what could be the first step towards shrinking the nation's sixth-largest airline to a regional carrier. Stephen Wolf, the airline's chairman, has also warned that unless he has concessions from labour unions before 30 September, he will ...
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Lufthansa plans cargo alliance
Lufthansa Cargo is to follow its parent airline into a global alliance as part of the plan to return the now independent freight business to profit. The partnership could be set up this year, and will be similar to the forthcoming passenger alliance of Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, ...
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ModiLuft attempts to relaunch
ModiLuft is preparing to relaunch airline operations, despite the fact that it is yet to resolve issues from its previous, abortive attempt to operate a domestic network in India. The Delhi-based carrier was set up in 1993 by Satish Kumar Modi, with assistance from Lufthansa, operating four Boeing ...
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Battle plans
IT SEEMS TO BE SHAPING UP into a battle of master-plans - and therefore one of cultures. On the one hand, there is the master- plan of the supra-national European commercial culture; on the other there is the master-plan of the super- national integrated French culture. The battle is for ...
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Mindanao's Beech Express
Mindanao Express, the Philippine-based regional airline formed in 1996, has recently taken delivery of six secondhand Raytheon Aircraft models, including four Beech C99s, and two 1900Cs (pictured). The Philippine airline has begun operating a series of routes in the intra-Mindanao rural areas, and in addition is providing connections to major ...
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City Bird boss hunts for new investors
Belgian entrepreneur Victor Hasson is seeking new investors for the recently launched City Bird long-haul airline, to reduce the controlling 58%share held by his City Hotels group. Hasson launched the City Bird concept in 1996, after selling control of EuroBelgian Airlines (EBA), the low-fare European carrier now operating ...
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Boeing maps out strategy for near-term development plans
Boeing has confirmed that it is studying development of a further stretched version of the next-generation 737, but is giving more immediate priority to launching longer-range and higher-capacity versions of the 777-200/300 and possibly the 747-400. The company is looking at a higher-capacity 737 version, primarily for European ...
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Malev boosts share sale
The Hungarian Government is to sell off another 39%of Malev as the privatisation of the flag carrier goes into its second phase. Alitalia, which acquired 30%of Malev in the initial privatisation four years ago, may also have to sell its stake. The sale to Alitalia, and of another ...
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Future change
Terrazoni: "We think Airbus should be the vehicle for integration of the European civil-aircraft industry" Aerospatiale has expanded its presence in the regional-aircraft field considerably through the ATR 72 By far the largest component of France's civil-aircraft industry is built around the Airbus Industrie consortium, which ...
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Chek Lap Kok is 'on target' despite railway concerns
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) remains confident that the new airport at Chep Lap Kok will open as planned in April 1998, despite concern that the new airport express railway line and cargo-handling centre may not meet this schedule. With 12 months remaining before the $6.38 billion airport ...
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Irish regional delays route expansion
Ireland Airways has delayed planned new routes as the airline has been unable to introduce new, larger aircraft in time for services to start during its 1997 summer schedule. Ireland, which planned to take over the Dublin-Sligo service from Aer Lingus in March as the first stage of ...
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Japan nears liberalisation
Japan's transport ministry is examining ways to liberalise regulated domestic air fares, following the recent decision to scrap restrictions on the number of carriers vying for a single route. A team of ministry advisers is looking at scrapping supply-and-demand adjustments to domestic air fares and replacing the system ...
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Maersk steers Estonian Air to profits in 1999 as traffic rises
Estonian Air, now managed by Denmark's Maersk Air following 1996's privatisation, is forecasting proÌts by 1999 on the back of a steady increase in passenger traffic, helped by its new Western-built aircraft ßeet and the development of regional routes from the Estonian capital, Tallinn. Borge Thornbech, who was ...
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Lufthansa 747 'Classic' digital cockpit retrofit is certificated
The first Boeing 747 "Classic" to be retrofitted with a digital cockpit has been certificated by the German civil aviation authority. The aircraft, an ex-United Airlines 747SPbelonging to the Brunei royal family, was modified by Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, Germany (Flight International, 26 June-2 July, 1996). It has ...
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R-R will speed up Trent 8100
Rolls-Royce has reached agreement with Boeing to advance the development and certification of its planned 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust Trent 8100 growth engine by nine months, allowing the powerplant to enter service on the proposed 777-200X and -300X derivatives by 2001. The revised Trent 8100 schedule is contained in a ...
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First Ilyushin Il-96T is rolled out at Voronezh
The first series production version of the Pratt & Whitney PW2000-powered Ilyushin Il-96, a-96T freighter, was rolled out at the VASO plant in Voronezh on 26 April. The Russian prime minister, Victor Chernomyrdin, attended the ceremony, stressing the political significance of the event. Twenty of the PW2337-powered aircraft ...
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Slow domestic market makes ANA look abroad for growth
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced plans for a large-scale expansion of its international operations over the next five years, as the carrier faces the prospect of slower growth and increased competition at home. Under ANA's mid-term 1997-2001 corporate plan, international operations will be expanded from 30% to ...
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South Africa draws up shortlist for Sun Air
South Africa has drawn up a shortlist of potential bidders for Sun Air in the first phase of the regional airline's privatisation. The list includes Air France, Malaysian Airlines (MAS), Virgin Atlantic and South African domestic carrier Comair, which acts as a British Airways franchise operator. Alongside the ...
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Gulf Air funding finally agreed as losses start to fall
Gulf Air says that its state shareholders have agreed to $200 million in fresh funding, ending months of boardroom negotiations over shoring up the carrier's crisis-hit finances. The deal was finally struck at a board meeting held in Doha, Qatar, in April. Chief executive Shaikh Ahmed bin Saif ...