Networks – Page 1276
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A picture of health
The results of the 1996 survey of the world's 100 largest regional airlines suggest a continued improvement in the health of this sector, with passenger numbers and revenues both recording double-digit growth. This bodes well for a sector which had to contend with unprecedented criticism in 1996, particularly from the ...
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Can Sabena bite the bullet?
When the going gets tough, the tough get going, or so the saying goes. If the maxim runs true then Sabena will need to toughen up its act. The Belgian flag carrier may be regaining ground. Thanks to the quality Swissair management at its helm, it has identified ...
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Beijing mixes Taipei deals
Taiwan's aeropolitical relations with third countries are experiencing mixed fortunes at the hands of Beijing after China spoiled plans by EVA Air to fly to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, while being less vociferious in its opposition to China Airlines serving Russia for the first time. After ...
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Euro access tempts Turks
THY Turkish Airlines is set to split its $4 billion fleet renewal between Boeing and Airbus equipment in a political move designed to aid Turkey's entry to the European Union. The airline announced plans to replace its short and medium-haul fleet in January and competition between the manufacturers ...
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Online review
This is a full list of additions and updates to the Airline Business list of airline and aviation sites on the World Wide Web, published in February. E-mail further changes to: richard.whitaker@rbi.co.uk ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents): www.abtanet.com Aerolineas Argentinas: www.aerolineas.com.ar ...
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TAM seeks widebodies for new Miami route
BRAZIL'S TAM Group is negotiating to acquire between two and four widebodied aircraft for a Sao Paulo-Miami, Florida, route which it hopes to begin operating by early 1998. Talks are under way with Airbus and Boeing. TAM says that 1997 will be a "year of consolidation". In 1996, ...
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IAE aims to reduce costs of maintaining V2500-A1
International Aero Engines (IAE) aims to reduce maintenance costs for the out-of-production V2500-A1 turbofan by up to 25% by the end of 1998 through initiatives ranging from improved repair techniques and use of advanced materials to new part-exchange schemes and shorter turn-around times. "We've identified a broad range ...
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Low cost boom
Passenger numbers on low-cost airlines Debonair and easyJet soared at their London Luton Airport base in the year to 31 March, pushing the airport's scheduled service figures up by 129%. Luton's overall passenger-growth was 40%, says airport chief executive Frank Pullman. "We have been successful in attracting airlines like easyJet ...
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Transbrasil aims to profit from radical restructure
BRAZILIAN CARRIER Transbrasil, which lost 7% of its domestic market in 1996, is planning a major shake-up to increase revenues and cut expenses. The airline, which is owned by its president and founder Omar Fontana, says that it is looking for partners to inject cash. The carrier plans ...
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Dragonair starts to assert its independence
Dragonair of Hong Kong has begun to signal its growing independence from former sister carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, by assuming control of more of its own operations and opening new routes into China. Mainland Chinese interests, led by China National Aviation (CNAC), assumed full majority control of Dragonair ...
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Aurigny searches for successor to Trislander
Aurigny Air Services, the UK Channel Islands-based regional airline, is seeking bids for a replacement within the next few years for its ageing fleet of nine Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2A-III Trislanders. The airline wants a new, rugged, 19-passenger aircraft able to cruise at around 160kt (300km/h), offer a range ...
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El Al fights plans for new regional airline
EL AL Israel Airlines is attempting to foil an Israeli Government decision to create a new regional airline which will operate scheduled flights to destinations in the Middle East. The decision to create the carrier, made more than two years ago, but not implemented, was revitalised recently by ...
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ARIA's Irish freedom
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has been given limited fifth-freedom rights to carry passengers from Shannon to New York, adding to existing approval to carry passengers originating in Ireland and the USA on routes between Shannon and Washington DC, Miami, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois. ARIA can carry a maximum of ...
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Air China wins London approval
In a move considered by many as a sign of Beijing's growing hold on aviation in Hong Kong, a mainland Chinese airline has been allowed for the first time to launch a direct service between the UK colony and London. The inauguration of Air China's new Beijing-Hong Kong-London ...
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KLM switches to Boeing for 747 SUD freighter-conversion work
KLM has signed a contract with Boeing for the freighter conversion of two 747-200 stretched-upper-deck (SUD) combi aircraft, having previously signed a commitment for Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Bedek division to conduct the modification. KLM values the contract at DFl80 million ($42 million). The two 747-200 SUDs, which ...
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Brit Air agrees 100% franchise arrangement with Air France
French regional airline Brit Air has entered into a 100% franchise deal with Air France which effectively ends the carrier's commercial independence. President Xavier Leclerc stresses, however, that "-we will retain our financial and economic independence". Brit Air saw turnover increase from Fr650 million ($139 million) to Fr760 ...
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Qatar introduces Airbuses and new logo
Qatar Airways is operating its two recently delivered 231-seat Airbus A300-600Rs on its daily service between Doha, Qatar, and London Heathrow, replacing two Boeing 747-100SRs. The airline, which unveiled its new corporate identity with the introduction of the A300s, is operating the ex-Garuda Indonesia Airbuses on five-year leases from Ansett ...
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BM's Lufthansa link
British Midland (BM) and Lufthansa have finalised plans for codeshares on flights between London Heathrow and Cologne/ Bonn from 26 May, and plans to expand the link to other Germany-UK routes. BM says that introduction of the new routes "-is the first development of continuing discussions between British Midland and ...
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Europe's JAA is just a club
Sir - I refer to your Comment "Fools' language" (Flight International, 2-8 April). The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) is only a "club" of civil-aviation authorities, without legal basis, and its activity is linked to technical matters only. Moreover, it refuses to examine the social aspects of Joint ...
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Barry wins cabin-noise deal for Northwest DC-10s
Barry Controls Aerospace's Active Tuned Mass Absorber (ATMA) has been selected by Northwest Airlines to reduce cabin noise in its 173 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s. The system has been on trial with the airline for two months and was selected after a competitive evaluation against a noise-suppression system ...