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Air UK moves Edinburgh flights
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AIR UK IS CLOSING its London Gatwick-Edinburgh service later this year, following British Airways' decision to increase its flights on the route to six a day. The UK regional carrier says that it plans to begin serving Edinburgh from London City Airport instead. "It ...
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Airbus tackles A320 pilot shortage
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AN AIRBUS INDUSTRIE pilot team is attempting to improve the utilisation rate of Indian Airlines' A320 fleet. The team, which consists of Airbus training captains and airline check-pilots, has been dispatched to the airline in an effort to help it overcome a shortage ...
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Aeroflot forges Transaero links
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AEROFLOT AND Transaero have signed an agreement which will result in the two Russian carriers co-operating in operations, ticketing and fleet planning. The two airlines, both based at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, are responsible for 27% of Russia's passenger market. The memorandum calls for ...
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Gulf Air stems losses with rationalisation
GULF AIR SAYS that route cuts and rationalisation of its fleet have put it back on course for an early return to profitability, but warns that further cuts are in the pipeline. The airline had revealed that it lost $159 million in 1995 (Flight International, 3-9 April). Outlining ...
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GEC-Marconi raises profits
GEC-MARCONI HAS impressed analysts with an unexpectedly strong rise in profits, and the GEC group claims that is has now resolved the contract-overrun problems which have dogged its defence-electronics arm over the past year. The GEC unit ended the financial year to March with operating profits up at ...
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Regional Saab
Regional Airlines, the Nantes, France-based carrier, has accepted its fifth Saab 2000 into service. The aircraft will be introduced on the new Marseille to Amsterdam route early in August. The airline, which also operates eight Saab A340s, is believed to considering acquiring a further two Saab 2000s, possibly for delivery ...
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BA pilots vote to strike for Gatwick pay parity
BRITISH AIRWAYS' pilots have voted in favour of a British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) strike, which could see the first industrial stoppage involving BA flight-crews for 20 years. The union has cited several issues, about pay and working conditions, although the dispute is centred around BA's Euro Gatwick ...
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Austrian acts to beat falling traffic
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES is planning further route and staff cuts in response to falling traffic, says director Mario Rehulka. The carrier has also cut back on flights to Germany, launched a marketing campaign, and entered talks with pilot unions with the aim of reducing pension costs. The measures are ...
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Sky balance
EVER SINCE taking up the post of European transport commissioner, Neil Kinnock has been itching to take on responsibility for global air-traffic agreements between Europe and third countries. At last he appears to be making progress. In June, Europe's air-transport ministers agreed to let Kinnock open talks ...
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Cebu Pacific Air eyes Asian and transpacific expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CEBU PACIFIC Air is planning to launch a series of South-East-Asian regional and transpacific services following its successful start earlier this year operating domestic routes in the Philippines. Applications have already been filed for international services to Guam, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, ...
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EC studies US/ European competition
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has launched an investigation, into six alliances between US and European airlines, to determine whether they will limit competition. According to EC competition commissioner Karel Van Miert and transport commissioner Neil Kinnock, the aim is to give the EC similar powers to those ...
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CityLine begins HGS-equipped CRJ trial
Lufthansa's regional daughter-company, Lufthansa CityLine, has started test flights of a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. The company hopes to equip its entire fleet of 28 CRJs with the system by the end of August. The HGS was certificated for ...
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Virgin service
Euro Belgian Airlines is to start a service linking Rome and Madrid on 2 September, marking the company's first market outside its Brussels hub. The low-fare service will be operated with a new Boeing 737-300, due to be delivered in August, when the company will be formally relaunched as Virgin ...
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Ethiopian expands
Ethiopian Airlines is wet-leasing a Boeing 767-300ER from Gulf Air from early July, to expand capacity on its European and West African routes. It also plans to dry-lease two AI(R) ATR 42s from the manufacturer, for its domestic routes. Meanwhile, Ethiopian confirms that it expects to receive all five Fokker ...
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Adding weight
Australian national carrier Qantas has lifted the maximum take-off weight of three of its Boeing 767-300s by 12t, to 185t, and has also added 12t to the payload of three of its Boeing 747-200s by reducing their operating empty weights. The 767 re-certification improves operational flexibility on key Asian routes ...
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Air Littoral spins off Nice hub
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH INDEPENDENT airline Air Littoral has consolidated its hold on the south of France by creating a new Nice-based airline, to be called Air Littoral Riviera. The carrier says that the move is directly aimed at preparing for the liberalisation of Europe's skies in April 1997. ...
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BAe looks to cash in on jets
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE'S jet-aircraft leasing arm has announced the sale of another three ex-Swissair Fokker 100s, and says that it plans to take advantage of the market upturn to begin selling down more of its fleet of BAe 146 regional jets. BAe Asset Management-Jets ...
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Emirates is looking at Airbus replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones andAndrew Doyle/LONDON EMIRATES IS evaluating bids from Airbus and Boeing for around 16 aircraft to replace its fleet of Airbus A300-600Rs and A310-300s after 1998. Gulf rival Kuwait Airways, meanwhile, has agreed a deal swapping Boeing 747-400 orders for Boeing 777s. The packages ...
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Western Pacific nears decisions on orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON WESTERN PACIFIC is about to finalise plans for the acquisition of new aircraft, with orders anticipated for a 30- to 40-seat aircraft for its new commuter-airline division, and orders for Boeing 737-300s and -700s expected for its main fleet. The Colorado Springs, USA-based ...
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Cycles in the sky
The aviation-industry recovery is in full swing, but economists are even now forecasting when the next downturn will occur Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN GERMANY THEY CALL it the pig cycle. When pork prices rise, farmers pile into the market to cash in on the boom, only to find ...