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MGM Grand Air sold off
MGM GRAND, THE US hotel and casino operator, has sold its luxury charter airline, to Michigan based American International Airways (AIA). Despite the relaunch in 1994 of scheduled routes to Las Vegas, MGM Grand Air had been losing money. The deal includes the fleet of three ...
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Air Botnia Expands
Finnish domestic regional carrier Air Botnia is launching its first international service by linking Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, with Murmansk, on the Kola Peninsula in northern Russia, twice a week. Source: Flight International
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ANA and Kansai Airport
The opening of the world's first offshore airport at Kansai in September 1994 was more important for ANA than for any other carrier. With Tokyo Narita having reached capacity, quite simply, without Kansai, ANA had nowhere else from which to grow. Even Kansai's predecessor, serving Osaka and the ...
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Zambian void attracts potential players
AT LEAST THREE companies have entered the contest to replace Zambia Airways, which collapsed in December 1994. Two organisations in which South African Airways (SAA) is involved - although not SAA itself - are attempting to provide a complementary solution to Zambia's needs; but a rival entity ...
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Broadening horizons
Times are hard at home, so All Nippon Airways is looking abroad for its growth. Kieran Daly/Tokyo and Kansai Throughout the world, governments are cheerfully embracing the concept of instant deregulation of their air-transport services. The consequences of this are sometimes dramatic, frequently unforeseen and, ...
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Lessons from the cockpit
Airbus has learned a lot about the "glass cockpit", but there is much more to be gleaned. David Learmount/LONDON In little more than a decade, a breathtaking change has taken place in airliner-cockpit design, and in flight management and control technology, but some pilots believe ...
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FAA compromises on its regional TCAS I deadline
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC REGIONAL AIRLINES in the USA are being given until the end of 1995 to fit the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS I) on their aircraft, even though manufacturers are warning that they may struggle to deliver kits in time. The US Federal ...
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The numbers game
For the first time in decades, there is an argument over which company sold the most new airliners in 1994. At headline level the dispute is, of course, irrelevant in a business whose time-scales are so long. Underneath, however, the fact that there is an argument at all, suggests that ...
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Continental to retire A300s
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES is to retire its fleet of 21 Airbus A300s in a bid to reduce capacity to 10% below 1994 levels by 1 March. The airline had previously announced the grounding of four Boeing 727s and three Boeing 747s in a move to improve financial performance. The ...
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Dornier 328s to Star in Texas
TEXAS-BASED regional carrier Lone Star Airlines has ordered four Dornier 328s and taken options on a further four of the 30-seat high-speed turboprops. The first aircraft will enter service in January, replacing the 19-seat Fairchild Metros, used on routes from Dallas/Forth Worth, to Chihuahua and cities in Mexico. ...
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Boeing starts work on UPS freight 767
BOEING WAS DUE to begin building the first 767 freighter on 6 January at its Everett assembly site, with work scheduled to start on the front spar of the wing. The cargo floor will also be "loaded" on to production jigs one week later. The aircraft will be ...
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Air Algerie crash in UK kills five
AN AIR ALGERIE Boeing 737-200 freighter on approach to Coventry Airport in the UK on 21 December, 1994, crashed in woodland nearly 3km (1.6nm) short of runway 23, killing all five people on board. Shortly before impact with the ground at 09.50, the aircraft hit an electricity-cable pylon and clipped ...
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Deutsche Airbus cuts jobs
DEUTSCHE AIRBUS has agreed with unions to lose up to 3,000 jobs by the end of 1997 and to reduce the working week by 2h, to 35h. The cuts in the operation's 16,500-strong workforce are being taken as part of the company's drive to improve the efficiency of ...
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JAL sells ANZ stake but maintains links
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) stresses that it plans to continue its partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL), despite the Japanese carrier's decision to sell its 5% holding in the group. Announcing the share disposal, ANZ managing director Jim McCrea heaped praise on JAL's role as a strategic partner ...
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MAS Conversion
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to bolster cargo capacity by converting two Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft into freighters. The carrier expects a fivefold increase in cargo growth up to 1999. Source: Flight International
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De-icing vehicle developed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ELBERTA INDUSTRIES has completed development of a mobile de-icing vehicle designed to be operated at an airport gate, at the end of a runway or remotely. The Elberta, Alabama based company has designed the Expeditor to meet new US Federal Aviation Administration rules, which ...
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Myanmar Delivery
Myanmar Airways International has taken delivery of a second Boeing 737-400 leased from Malaysia Airlines. The airline plans to use the aircraft to launch a service between Rangoon and Dhaka in Bangladesh and add more flights to Singapore and Bangkok. Source: Flight International
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IPA: putting the record straight
Sir - It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the Dan-Air versus British Airways litigation, as we at the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), are not directly involved, but I would like to correct the letter from Captains Archer and Marshall of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), (Flight ...
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Varig restructure pays off
VARIGREVEALS that it is back in profit, following the success of the sweeping restructuring programme launched by the Brazilian carrier in March 1994. President Rubel Thomas reports that Varig recorded a profit of $180 million in the first ten months of 1994, turning round a loss of $225 ...