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Start-ups look to profit from AeroPeru gap
Two foreign-backed Peruvian start-up airlines are preparing to fill the domestic and international void left by AeroPeru, as time runs out to rescue the bankrupt national carrier. Chilean-backed LanPeru aimed to start scheduled services on 5 July and will be joined shortly by Central American-supported TransAm. The carriers have ...
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Routes
Yugoslavia's JAT resumed some international flights from Belgrade on 25 June. All flights had been suspended since 24 March, when NATO bombing of the country started. By 9 July, JAT expects to be flying to Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Tunisia and China, the airline says. Most of Europe may remain ...
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Japanese majors cut fares
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Fare cuts by Japan's "big three" airlines have taken their toll on the country's two new domestic carriers, Skymark and Air Do. The start-ups, which challenged All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines and Japan Air System on high-density domestic routes, have suffered falling load factors since April and ...
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US firm develops Jetstream cargo conversion
US cargo specialist Murray Aviation is carrying out the first cargo conversion of a British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (J31), and is aiming to secure a supplemental type certificate early next year. The Detroit-based company has bought a 13-year-old ex-US Airways Express J31, which is undergoing conversion at its base. ...
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Marketplace
Regional start-up Shuttle America plans to grow its 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 fleet from three aircraft to six by the end of the year. The airline, which operates three secondhand aircraft leased from the manufacturer, holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. Atlas Air has signed a long-term lease ...
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Airports
Little Cayman Island in the Caribbean will be able to take larger aircraft from next year after the completion of a new 1,220m (4,000ft) runway. The Cayman Ministry of Transportation recently approved the development and expects to pick a contractor in time for work to begin late this year, to ...
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BA confirms ambitions for domestic Italian carrier
Andy Nativi/GENOA Jens Flottau/BERLIN British Airways has confirmed that it is continuing to study the launch of an airline to compete in the Italian domestic market. It plans to decide on the venture shortly. The UK carrier originally considered establishing an Italian franchise operation this year, but was forced ...
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Lufthansa takes on PAL restructure
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Lufthansa Consulting, a subsidiary of the German flag carrier, has signed a two-year contract with Philippine Airlines (PAL), which should see it play a major role in the restructuring of the struggling Asian carrier. The move effectively kills plans for Regent Star, a consultancy formed by ...
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Beijing may force merger of Air China and China Southern
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Chinese Government is considering a forced merger between flag carrier Air China and China Southern Airlines, the country's biggest airline. Industry sources in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai say such a proposal is under study, but that many obstacles - including the airlines' own reluctance - ...
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Israelis take stake in Balkan Bulgarian
Knafaim-Arkia, holding company of privately owned Arkia Israeli Airlines, and the Zeevi investment group have together taken a 75% stake in Balkan Bulgarian Airlines for a bargain price of $150,000 - but have also agreed to invest $100 million in restructuring the airline over the next 10 years. Knafaim-Arkia ...
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Aeroflot continues down recovery road with profit
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Aeroflot Russian International Airlines says it is recovering from the consequences of last year's economic slide and continues to pay off its debts, including $170 million a year in lease fees on 25 Western airliners. Chief executive Valery Okulov admits that the airline was in danger of ...
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FLSA plans strategic US buy
Chris Jasper/DUBLIN Maintenance specialist FLS Aerospace (FLSA) plans a US purchase by the end of this year as part of a strategy that could see it rival Aviation Sales as the world's largest third-party-only aircraft overhaul provider. The Copenhagen-based company, a division of diversified Danish conglomerate FLS Industries, says ...
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UPS buys cargo carrier in drive for Latin America
United Parcel Service (UPS) aims to improve its position in the Latin American market with the purchase of Challenge Air Cargo (CAC), a freight-only carrier flying to 17 cities in that region from Miami and Dallas. CAC founder and president Bill Spohrer says the deal includes the acquisition of ...
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NATO slams Europe's warfighting capability after Kosovo conflict
Stewart Penney/LONDON NATO's new military committee chairman, Adm Guido Venturoni, and UK defence secretary George Robertson have criticised Europe's ability to support alliance operations such as the recent conflict with Yugoslavia. Both acknowledge that the USA provided the lion's share (70-80%) of air assets in Kosovo. Venturoni says that, ...
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Sea Launch wins four orders
The Boeing-led international Sea Launch operation has received four confirmed launch orders, valued at about $350 million, from Hughes Space & Communications. This brings to 14 the number of Hughes satellites on the company's manifest. Space Systems/Loral also has five launches booked. The four new firm orders, for launches ...
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X-34 makes first captive flight
The first Orbital Sciences X-34 vehicle made its maiden captive flight beneath a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar on 29 June, from Edwards AFB, California. Captive flights will be made to get US Federal Aviation Administration approval. Next year, another X-34 will fly unpowered glide flights to a runway after being dropped ...
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Eagle 150 popularity soars in North America
Australia's Eagle Aircraft has started to export its two-seat Eagle 150 to its US subsidiary, less than six months after the single-engined aircraft was granted US certification. According to the Orlando, Florida-based company that will assemble the Teledyne Continental IO-240-powered aircraft for the North American market, orders "are nearing ...
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First from second
Lanchile has been "working to be one of the 10 best airlines in the world," Cueto says. He sets about defining what he means. "When you fly to the Far East you choose an airline - perhaps Singapore Airlines. When people fly to South America we want them to think ...
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Controlling Chile
Chile has a good safety record despite unusual air traffic challenges David Learmount/SANTIAGO DE CHILE No other country is as long and thin as Chile. Few other countries contain such vast distances and terrain so unkind that its main 5,500km (3,420 mile)-long north-south trunk road has to retreat temporarily ...
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Paris Order Book
Airbus and Boeing combined sales announced during the Paris Air Show totalled $8.9 billion in firm orders. Airbus' total was for 93 aircraft worth $4 billion and Boeing's was 72 aircraft worth $4.9 billion. International Lease Finance Corp was a big buyer during the show, with an order for 60 ...