News from FlightGlobal – Page 2311
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Debonair takes first 737-300
Debonair's fleet has been expanded with the introduction of its first Boeing 737-300, on wet lease from AB Airlines. The 139-seater is being deployed on services from London Gatwick to Barcelona, replacing smaller British Aerospace 146s. The airline is aiming to add the 737 type to its certificate during 1999, ...
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CIT Group gears up to place large Airbus/Boeing orders
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group is set to announce an order for up to 50 Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft, representing the US financing and leasing company's first major purchase of new passenger jets. CIT's planned order is understood to include 25 Airbus A320s and ...
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EVA opts out of plans for a stake in Myanmar
Taiwan-based EVA Airways has dropped plans to buy a 50% stake in Myanmar Airways International (MAI). Talks ran aground in December, according to EVA deputy senior vice-president Nieh Kuo Wei. "We studied the market and we did want to have co-operation with Myanmar, but after careful study, we still ...
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Marketplace
-US passenger/cargo charter airline Omni Air International has taken delivery of a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 from Lufthansa, which is operated by charter subsidiary Condor. The aircraft will join Omni's fleet of two DC-10-10s and one -30, and a second ex-Condor DC-10-30 will arrive in June. -Boeing won orders from ...
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JAL forms new links with oneworld partners
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Japan Airlines (JAL) has entered into a new partnership with British Airways and is deepening its ties with American Airlines in a move bringing it a step nearer to possible future membership of the oneworld alliance. JAL remains coy about its membership ambitions, ...
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PAL talks to resume as President steps in
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines' (PAL) creditors have agreed to resume talks to rework the airline's rehabilitation plan, after overwhelmingly rejecting it in their initial analysis, according to the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement follows Philippine President Joseph Estrada signing an executive order making the SEC ...
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Routes
-KLM will begin operating between Amsterdam and Shanghai from 29 March, twice-weekly with a Boeing 747-400 Combi. -Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines have begun codesharing on about 850 domestic and international flights to 95 destinations despite US Justice Department anti-trust objections. -Luxair will start a four times weekly direct scheduled ...
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Swisscargo drops spin-off proposal
Swissair's cargo division, Swisscargo, has ditched proposals to spin off its own freight airline and will instead expand its existing strategy of wet-lease and block space agreements. The tentative plan to set up the cargo airline was studied in 1997, when an initial three of five Boeing 747-300 passenger ...
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Government bank plans CAL bid
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Taiwanese Government-owned China Development Bank (CDB)has declared an interest in buying a 35.5% stake in China Airlines (CAL), days after Singapore Airlines (SIA) dropped its bid. CDB is an investment arm of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party and owns about 2% of CAL together with another ...
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Thriving business
Andrew Doyle/TEL AVIV In an era when airline bosses preach the merits of focusing on "core activities", Arkia Israeli Airlines has learned to thrive through diversification. As Israel's largest domestic carrier, Arkia built its international charter unit into a major leisure travel business, selling everything from hotel rooms ...
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Management actions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Flight management systems (FMS) are no longer luxury items found only on large airliners, but essential equipment on commercial aircraft of all sizes and ages. The reason is the navigation accuracy now possible and the cost benefits available to airlines in the form of fuel and ...
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LHT expands
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has opened a 4,000sq3, maintenance hangar at Stuttgart Airport in Germany. The building replaces a smaller facility that is closing to allow expansion of the airport's passenger terminal. The DM15 million hangar will be used to perform line maintenance work on the 20 aircraft that night-stop at ...
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Training expansion
The University of North Dakota's flight training fleet passed 100 aircraft at the end of 1998, with delivery over the year of 10 Diamond Katanas, 10 Piper Warriors, three Piper Seminoles, two Piper Arrows and two Rayheon Beech Barons, taking its fleet to 103. A further 14 will be delivered ...
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Canadian unveils new image
Canadian Airlines has revamped its image with a new name, new uniforms and a new stylised "Canada goose" logo. The Calgary-based carrier has dropped the word "International" from its name in an effort to promote its domestic services, and the new livery features more bare metal so as to more ...
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SAS opts for A330/A340s but order awaits cost cuts to bite
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAS has selected the Airbus A330/A340 family for its planned long-haul fleet renewal but is holding off signing a firm order until its internal cost cutting targets have been met. The airline has decided to reject Boeing's offer of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs in favour of a ...
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Pop goes the boom
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON On the face of it, the Airbus and Boeing orderbooks have so far escaped much of the Asian gloom, with a third successive year of solid sales and production records. Order deferrals, however, have already begun, and airliner salesmen are bracing themselves for a tougher time ahead ...
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Air France pilots back wage cuts
Eight out of 10 Air France pilots have agreed to wage cuts and a subsequent freeze in salaries in return for a stake in the airline when it is partially privatised. The decision means that the French Government can go ahead with its partial privatisation plans, under which up ...
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Ansett to replace 747-300s with -400s
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The board of Ansett International has endorsed a plan to acquire two Boeing 747-400s as interim replacements for two 747-300s it leases from partner Singapore Airlines (SIA). The decision removes any near term plans to acquire smaller twinjets. The airline operates the 747-300s between Australia and ...
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ATR team sets tight deadline for regional jet project talks
Andrew Doyle/TEL AVIV ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia are trying to wrap up, by the end of March, a deal with either Fairchild Dornier or Embraer for the joint development of a family of regional jets. Talks with Fairchild Dornier, which began last month, are to continue through ...