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France copes with greatest air traffic levels as delays creep up
Average flight delays in France increased by a minute, to 16.1min, last year, as the country experienced the biggest jump in air traffic for 10 years, according to its civil aviation authority, the DGAC. Compared with 9.4% a year earlier, 10.1% of flights were delayed during the year by more ...
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BWA is to begin fleet renewal with 737-300 operating lease
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONBritish World Airlines expects to begin replacing its BAC One-Elevens later this year, as it moves to standardise on a two-type fleet of Boeing 737-300s and British Aerospace ATPs (above). The UK independent airline plans to introduce its first 737-300, a second-hand aircraft on operating lease, by the middle ...
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Sting in the tail
After years of economic woes, at least one of Brazil's airlines could disappear by the end of the year. For the survivors, however, long term prospects look brighter Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIROBrazilian airlines have survived major financial troubles over the past 15 years, but officials and analysts fear that ...
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Trainers' market
Demand for training is fuelling growth among independent simulator centres Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Training is a competency close to the core of most airlines, an expensive necessity that is not willingly outsourced. But increasingly the tools of pilot training - commercial flight simulators - are becoming commodities to which ...
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Airbus offers model mix to El Al
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Airbus is offering El Al up to 10 A330/A340s as the Israeli national carrier finalises its long-haul fleet renewal plans. A Boeing offer of various widebody twinjets is also being studied, and the airline expects to finalise its selection within the next two months. The Airbus ...
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Embraer revels in record year
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Brazilian regional aircraft manufacturer Embraer says 1998 was the most successful year in its history, after a record net profit of $103 million for the 12 months, compared with a loss of $29.6 million in 1997. Embraer says the improvement stemmed from a 75% increase in ...
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Air Foyle consortium takes controlling stake in CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON A consortium led by UK cargo carrier Air Foyle has purchased a controlling stake in Irish independent airline CityJet for a sum in excess of Ir£5 million ($6.8 million). Sources close to the deal say that it should stabilise Dublin-based CityJet and allow it develop its ...
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Air Namibia to slash workforce
Air Namibia plans to lay off between 100 and 150 employees - up to 30% of its workforce - by the end of this month as part of a restructuring plan that will cost up to N$10 million ($1.6 million), but which should ultimately reverse the downward trend in its ...
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BA to Tripoli
British Airways is planning to launch a three times weekly service between London and Tripoli following the lifting of a United Nations ban on flights to Libya imposed after the Lockerbie bombing. Terrorist suspects have now been handed over, and BA will begin flights this month subject to government approval. ...
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Air Macau in red
Air Macau has plunged into the red, taking a 75.7 million pataca ($9.5 million) loss for 1998 after profits of 79 million patacas over the previous 12 months. The loss comes despite a reported 14% increase in passenger traffic and a 42% rise in cargo turnover during the year. Air ...
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Sole A340-8000 may be put up for sale
The one and only Airbus Industrie A340-8000, completed in the middle of last year, faces an uncertain future because of the financial crisis surrounding controversial Brunei Prince Jefri, who placed the launch order. The four-engined jet, an ultra-long-range derivative of the A340-200, has been parked at Berlin's Schönefeld Airfield ...
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Ansett Australia ponders fleet rationalisation
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Ansett Australia is aiming to define its fleet development plan by the end of this year. It will decide on a new widebody type to serve domestic trunk and Asian routes and on the rationalisation of the carrier's domestic narrowbody fleet. Executive chairman Rod Eddington says: ...
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Irish commuter carrier takes 146s
Aer Lingus Commuter's British Aerospace 146 fleet has been expanded to eight with the delivery of an ex-Thai International -300 leased from BAe Asset Management. The regional division of Aer Lingus operates two 146-200s and six -300s, alongside six Fokker 50 turboprops, with lease commitments extending to 2007. Source: Flight ...
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BMW R-R offers new BR700 for ERJ family
Guy Norris/MUNICH Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BMW Rolls-Royce is proposing a new version of the BR700 turbofan to power Embraer's planned family of 70/90-seat regional jets, the ERJ-170 and -190, as the Brazilian manufacturer seeks bids from suppliers for systems and structures. Potential risk-sharing partners are expected to submit bids this ...
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SIA and Lufthansa Cargo start anew
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa Cargo have launched a joint cargo express programme, broadening each other's route networks from 1 April. The airlines have signed an interline agreement, giving each other's aircraft priority handling at their respective hubs. SIA will be able to ship freight to 15 new destinations in ...
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Cathay extends deadline in pilots' pay dispute
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways pilots have until 30 April to respond to an offer of stock options in exchange for a pay cut. The Hong Kong Air Crew Officers' Association (AOA)has welcomed the extension of the deadline, from 6 April to 30 April. Cathay initially tried to ...
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United takes on rivals with US East Coast shuttle
United Airlines and regional affiliate Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) are combining to offer a Washington DC- New York shuttle service to compete with those operated by Delta Air Lines and US Airways. Hourly flights will operate to New York LaGuardia from Washington Dulles. The Delta and US Airways shuttle ...
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IPTN takes part in Boeing product development study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indonesian aerospace company IPTN has started work on an advanced product development (PD) study for Boeing, which is evaluating new, simpler, fuselage structures. "We have contracted them for some preliminary design studies for a different structural approach to how you do a fuselage," ...
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Malaysia Airlinesplans to sell aircraft in consolidation plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS)plans to sell three Boeing 747 Combis, one 737-300F freighter and five 737-500s under its fleet consolidation programme. According to MAS vice-president of asset management Razali Harun, the company wants to base passenger operations on 737-400s, 777-200s and Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 747-400s, ...
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Marketplace
Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) has taken delivery of the first of five Next Generation 737-700s it has on order, which has been placed with an undisclosed customer in Asia. AWAS is understood recently to have cancelled at least three of its Next Generation 737 orders. TWA ...