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VASP gets eighth MD-11
VASP Brazilian Airlines took delivery of its eighth McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from Long Beach, California, on 2 July. The Sao Paulo-based operator introduced its first MD-11 into service in 1992. More than 150 MD-11s are now in service with 19 operators. Source: Flight International
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FAA should tidy up its own back yard
Sir - When the US Federal Aviation Administration began its programme of declaring foreign airworthiness authorities as unfit, and prevented airlines under its jurisdiction from expanding services to the USA, I regarded this as tantamount to air piracy. As recent events, surrounding the ValuJet crash investigations have revealed, ...
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Deutsche Post seeks domestic airmail
GERMANY'S POSTAL service Deutsche Post is to issue, for the first time, an international invitation to tender for internal German nighttime airmail services. The tender will be issued later this month. Deutsche Post says that the new contract will begin on 26 October, and will be worth "three-figure ...
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Family fortunes
Braathens SAFE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with the founder's grandson at the helm Max Kingsley-Jones/OSLO AT THE LAST COUNT, the Norwegian population totalled some 4.5 million. In 1995, Norway's flag carrier, Braathens SAFE, carried more than 4 million passengers on its domestic routes, representing 52% ...
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Out of the wilderness
The new chief executive of Air Niugini, Moses Maladina, is leading the national airline of Papua New Guinea towards privatisation. Paul Phelan/PORT MORESBY AIR NIUGINI'S new chief executive and former company secretary, 31-year-old lawyer Moses Maladina, faces daunting tasks in his work of grooming the airline ...
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Unions kill Air France Europe
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONJulian Moxon/PARIS THE GRAND PLAN of Air France Group chairman Christian Blanc to create a single European operation from the merger of Air Inter and Air France's regional operations, has been blocked by the unions' failure to agree to productivity improvements. Instead, Blanc says that Air ...
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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 ...