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757s face axe as BA tackles falling yields
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways plans to replace Boeing 757s operating from its London Heathrow hub with smaller Boeing 737s and possibly Airbus A320s as part of a strategy to tackle its crisis of falling yields on short-haul routes. The move represents a U-turn in BA's strategy at ...
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IAI signs with Boeing for work on MD-11 freighter conversions
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has concluded an arrangement with Boeing which will see it become a freighter conversion and upgrade specialist on the Boeing MD-11 tri-jet. The deal between Boeing and the Tel Aviv-based Bedek division of IAI includes a subcontract to carry out 40 MD-11 freighter conversions, at ...
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New European safety body keeps to schedule
The new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is on schedule to start operations in 2001 or 2002, despite disagreements on several key aspects of the organisation. Although it is being formed on the initiative of the European Union (EU), EASA will not be a European Commission (EC) agency. Instead, ...
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EVA Airways orders three 747-400 freighters
EVA Airways is undertaking a significant expansion of its cargo operations, with a deal for three General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 747-400 freighters. The first delivery is for next year. EVA deputy senior vice-president K W Nieh says the aircraft "is ideal for long-haul routes from South-East Asia to Europe and ...
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UK probes MAS 'low fuel' landings
David Learmount/LONDON Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The UK's Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) is investigating serious safety breaches involving Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) operations into London Heathrow. The DETR declines to name the airline, but Flight International understands from government and industry sources that on several occasions MAS has ...
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Korean settles for reshuffle instead of resignations
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) is not accepting any of the 29 resignations submitted by senior executives in the wake of its latest fatal accident. This fits the pattern of previous KAL accidents, where contrite senior executives offered their resignations en masse, but few were accepted. KAL's new ...
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Marketplace
Oman Air has taken delivery of its first of two ex-Swissair Airbus A310-300s, leased from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered aircraft are scheduled to be replaced by two younger, PW4000-powered A310-300s leased from ILFC later this year. China Northwest Airlines has leased two CFM International CFM56-5-powered ...
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Safety audit seals China Eastern/Qantas deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have finalised their partnership deal which will see the two airlines launching codeshare operations from mid-year. The conclusion of the deal, which had been planned to take effect at the end of March, is understood to have come after the Chinese ...
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Routes
Delta Air Lines has terminated its codeshare with Aer Lingus across the Atlantic following a decision by the Irish carrier to recommend to the Dublin government that it approve an alliance with American Airlines and British Airways. Air Canada and Mexicana have formed a code-share and marketing partnership between Canada ...
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Europe's RVSM plan gets the go-ahead
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol's Provisional Council has approved the master plan for the introduction of reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) in Europe, paving the way for capacity improvements in the continent's airspace in 2002. The RVSM plan calls for the introduction of six more levels between flight level 290 ...
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SkyWest orders more CRJs to boost Delta Connection flights
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCSkyWest Airlines has ordered additional 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) for Delta Connection services. Chautauqua Airlines, meanwhile, will begin US Airways Express service with Embraer RJ-145 regional jets in July. St George, Utah-based Sky-West has ordered 10 CRJ-200LRs for delivery between May 2002 and January 2003. SkyWest ...
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TNT restructuring signals an end to contract with Air Foyle
TNT's decision to restructure its air cargo operations under a single grouping based at its hub in Liège, Belgium, will see Air Foyle cease flying for the express package company when its contract expires in May 2000. TNT's director of airline operations, Niky Terzakis, says it aims to have an ...
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Three sign deal to develop commercial turbulence sensor
United Airlines, Allied-Signal Aerospace and Coherent Technologies (CTI) have signed agreements to develop a turbulence sensor for use in commercial aircraft. Turbulence is the leading cause of injury in non-fatal airline accidents. AlliedSignal has agreed to explore combining an enhanced version of its weather radar with CTI's infrared radar. ...
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Workshop
Pegasus Aviation has ordered 23 additional FedEx Aviation Services (FEASI)Boeing 727 Stage 3 hushkits, bringing its total order to 44 kits. United Airlines recently exercised options for 16 kits, bringing its orders to 75. Santa Barbara Aerospace (SBA) is to re-engine all four of its Boeing 727-200Adv freighters to BFGoodrich's ...
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Aerolineas to recapitalise
Paul Lewis/MIAMI Aerolineas Argentinas expects to complete a $200 million recapitalisation by the end of May, in readiness for the planned sell-off the following month of its parent company, Interinvest, and merger with sister carrier Austral Lineas Aereas. According to Aerolineas chief operating officer David Cush, the airline's balance ...
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Airlines oppose restrictions on ownership
Jens Flottau/PHOENIX The aviation industry should behave just like any other industry and abolish current ownership restrictions. That is the view emerging from international airlines at the eighth Annual Phoenix Aviation Symposium, held in Arizona in early May. Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, vice-president of international relations at Lufthansa, says the ...
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ANZ may block Ansett plan
Chris Jasper/AUCKLANDAir New Zealand (ANZ) has indicated that it is giving serious consideration to a possible move to block Singapore Airline's (SIA) plan to take a 50% stake in Ansett Australia. The company has rejected suggestions that it has insufficient funds to mount the operation. Ansett is jointly owned by ...
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Hurel-Dubois records strongest performance
French thrust reverser and nacelle manufacturer Hurel-Dubois has posted its strongest performance since the company was formed in 1947. A 34% increase in sales, to Fr1.34 billion ($.21 billion) and a 61% jump in net profits, to Fr 52.6 million ($8.4million), came after a restructuring effort in 1998. ...
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Interactive makes connection in latest IFE industry shake-up
In-flight entertainment (IFE) system supplier Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT) is aiming to complete its purchase of fellow IFE hardware manufacturer, the Network Connection (TNCi) on 15 May. The move is the latest stage in the shake-up of the IFE hardware supplier industry, which has seen the departure of some players ...
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Thai prepares for sale of stake
Chris Jasper/SYDNEY The sale of a stake in Thai Airways International to an airline investor is to take place next April, with a holding of around 15% to be sold off, the carrier's president, Thamnoon Wanglee, has revealed. Thai's planned privatisation has suffered a series of delays and the April ...