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Virgin drops Sun Air plans
Virgin Atlantic Airways has abandoned plans to revive failed South African regional carrier Sun Air, but is chasing a tie-up with another regional, Nationwide Airlines, after winning a weekly frequency to Cape Town ahead of UK rival British Airways. Virgin already flies to Johannesburg and had codeshared on Sun ...
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BA/CityFlyer deal on - but with slot limits
UK trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers has approved the acquisition of CityFlyer Express by British Airways. He has, however, imposed a tougher cap on the number of take-off and landing positions BA can control at London Gatwick Airport, where the carriers are the two biggest slot holders. As ...
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Chinese airline tie-up talks break down
Merger talks between Air China and China Southern Airlines have broken down, Beijing-based industry sources say. Reports say talks failed amid continuing concern over flag carrier Air China's financial shape, with China Southern unsure of the merits of a merger. Flight International sister on-line service Air ...
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Shanghai's new Pudong Airport enters running-in trial period
Shanghai's new Pudong International Airport is to enter a six-month running-in period in November, after completing initial trials, it was revealed at the show. The $1.6 billion airport, which opened on 16 September, will eventually serve all international and most domestic flights, now being transferred in three stages from ...
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Widebody cargo conversion market expands
Max Kingsley-Jones/SEATTLE Airliner freighter conversion programmes have been launched by Lockheed Martin and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus, as rivalry continues between Dasa and fellow Airbus partner British Aerospace on an integrated conversion strategy. Lockheed Martin has revived the L-1011 TriStar conversion and has agreed to use Marshall Aerospace's ...
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Chinese industry wins more foreign contracts
Airbus Industrie and United Technologies have signed agreements awarding new work packages to China Aviation Industry I (AVIC I). The Airbus agreement allocates $15 million of Airbus A320 wing work from Airbus partner British Aerospace to AVIC I subsidiary Xian Aircraft Industry Group. The work will comprise four packages: ...
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US Airways increases Airbus order
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways has confirmed orders for another 26 Airbus Industrie A320s and an additional three A330s as the carrier continues to expand its domestic and international services. The latest aircraft order tally released by Airbus shows unannounced orders for 26 CFM56-5-powered A320s and three Pratt & Whitney ...
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Europe seeks views on Galileo navigation system
Emma Kelly/AMSTERDAM The European Commission (EC) has set up transportation groups to start gathering views from potential users of the Galileo satellite navigation system. Although forums have been established for the maritime, road and rail industries, no such group has been set up for aeronautical users. "We don't want ...
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Workshop
Aeronavali has subcontracted Boeing Airplane Services to convert a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 from passenger to freighter configuration for Brussels-based Skyjet Airways. Boeing was contracted by Aeronavali as Skyjet required the aircraft sooner than the Italian company could undertake the work. The aircraft is due to arrive in early November at ...
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British Airways receives its first of up to 188 A320 models
British Airways is this month introducing its first Airbus A319 - one of 59 International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320 family aircraft on firm order. The 126-seater will be used initially operate from BA's Birmingham base on services to Glasgow, Hanover and Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Paris Charles de Gaulle. BA's Airbus ...
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Marketplace
Air Foyle has confirmed that its outsized cargo joint venture with Antonov is being expanded, with the design bureau's operating division, renamed Antonov Airlines, taking two additional An-124s (Flight International, 22-28 September). These ex-Rossiya operated aircraft bring the An-124 fleet to eight aircraft, and a ninth, ex-Titan, aircraft is to ...
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LanChile eyes converted 767Fs
Paul Lewis/MIAMI LanChile is interested in Boeing 767 freighter conversions as replacements for its McDonnell Douglas DC-8s. The Chilean national carrier operates 13 767-300ER passenger aircraft, but will begin to replace these twinjets with seven new Airbus A340-300s, the first of which is to be delivered next September. ...
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Airlines cut millennium flights
David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are cutting flights 24h either side of midnight 31 December in response to lower than normal passenger bookings. Overall passenger demand is following a "seasonal pattern", according to scheduled and charter carriers, people are travelling earlier for a longer New Year holiday and want to be at ...
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Higher thrust 777 Trent tested
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESBoeing is starting certification flight testing of the higher thrust Rolls-Royce Trent 895 turbofan on the 777-200ER, and is preparing to start tests of the General Electric GE90-94B by the middle of next year. Tests of the R-R engine, rated at 93,400lb (415kN) thrust, have focused on the ...
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Sony Trans Com sell-off near
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITYAn unidentified avionics manufacturer, widely believed to be AlliedSignal, is conducting a due diligence review of Sony Trans Com with a view to buying the in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier from Sony. Sony Trans Com declines to confirm the identity of the suitor, saying only that the company ...
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Rockwell to join audio/video/on-demand club from next year
Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems will test audio/video/on-demand (A/VOD) capability on its Total Entertainment System (TES) with an unidentified airline in the first quarter of next year. Rockwell is the last of the major in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware suppliers to offer A/VOD functionality, which provides passengers with control over their ...
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Routes
Virginia-based Raytheon Beech 1900 operator Colgan Air is to drop its marketing pact with Continental Airlines to enable it to become a US Airways Express carrier in December. The new partnership adds six new cities to the US Airways route system, while expanding service at others. CityBird and the Congolese ...
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European low cost carriers fold as competition hots up
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Increasing competition between Europe's low fare airlines has forced two more independent carriers to cease operations. One-year-old Norwegian scheduled airline Color Air has been shut down by its parent company after failing to show signs of turning around its mounting losses, while the UK's ...
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DHL completes British Airways 757 deal
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDON DHL has concluded its long- running negotiations with Boeing and British Airways for the acquisition of a massive fleet of converted Boeing 757 freighters, and will take the first of 44 aircraft in mid-2001. An announcement was expected on 5 October. Discussions between DHL, BA ...
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Service suspension
Air services between the Philippines and Taiwan were suspended indefinitely on 1 October, after a breakdown in talks between the two governments. The Philippines has been trying to revise downwards an agreement that allows carriers from each country to provide 9,600 seats a week on the route. Source: Flight International