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JAT signs deal for eight A319s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH JAT Yugoslav Airlines has signed a preliminary agreement for eight Airbus A319s in anticipation of the end of trade embargoes with the rump of Yugoslavia. JATsays that contracts will be signed only when the embargoes are lifted, but anticipates delivery of the first two aircraft in ...
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Virgin group and Sabre Airways discuss link-up at Gatwick
Speculation is growing that the Virgin group is close to a deal with UK charter carrier Sabre Airways to form the basis of Virgin Sun, a new European holiday airline venture. Details of the new airline, being set up by Virgin Holidays, are expected to be unveiled at the ...
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LTU drops long range services for winter season
LTU is planning to drop some of its long range services to the USA and Asia during its next winter season because of a fall-off in loads. The German charter airline says it will stop operating to Los Angeles, Denver and Phoenix, as well as Bangkok, although this service ...
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Qantas lines up Asian 747s to counter -400IGW launch delay
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Qantas board is to decide shortly on a deal to purchase three surplus 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Asiana, in lieu of Boeing's failure so far to give a firm commitment to launch development of an increased growth weight (IGW) version of the aircraft. ...
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Japan strike chaos
Japanese air travel was hit last week when pilot unions at three main airlines - Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air System (JAS) - called strikes over wage negotiations. Some 50 international ANA flights were affected, while 60% of JAS domestic flights were hit. JAL managers ...
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Industry funding will pay for LAAS system
Industry will fund development of the global positioning system (GPS) local area augmentation system (LAAS), the US Federal Aviation Administration has decided. LAAS is a ground-based system which checks and corrects GPS signals, allowing precision approach and landing. Teams certificating next-generation landing systems will get FAA help, which ...
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Air Niugini nears collapse after Qantas is ignored
Papua New Guinea (PNG) flag carrier Air Niugini continues to edge closer to complete collapse, with the Government apparently setting aside salvage proposals put forward by Qantas. The airline was temporarily rescued from insolvency on 13 March when PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate compelled the country's main bank, PNGBC, ...
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Air New Zealand adds first 737-300
Air New Zealand has introduced the first of three Boeing 737-300s acquired on operating lease, mainly for trans-Tasman services from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The first aircraft, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services, began flights at the end of March. It is painted in a "millennium" scheme, incorporating the colours ...
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SIA wants more time to study 777-200X long haul proposal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has again postponed a decision on purchase of a new ultra long haul aircraft. The airline wants more time to evaluate a Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200X engine/airframe proposal. US carrier Tower Air, meanwhile, looks likely to be the next airline to ...
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Overnight parcel carriers face noisy opposition
Herman De Wulf/Brussels Express parcel carriers, which fly the bulk of their operations at night, are facing growing opposition in Europe on environmental grounds. The latest development is the rejection by a Bavarian court of an appeal by DHL International against a ban on night operations at Nuremberg Airport, which ...
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Routes
++ Continental Airlines and VASP of Brazil will codeshare on flights between the USA and Brazil from mid-1998, pending Government approvals. ++ SAS Cargo is to introduce a DHL-owned McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 freighter between New York and Gothenburg, Sweden, and will share an Antonov An-26 between Copenhagen and the ...
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Aviation group shops
Aviation Group chief executive Lee Sanders promises further niche acquisitions this year as consolidation continues in the US aircraft services business. The latest addition is Aero Design, an aircraft batteries business based in Tennessee, to add to the group's newly formed Component Overhaul &Service division. Aviation Group has already built ...
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JAS forecasts losses and joins fresh Japanese drive on costs
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Japan Air System (JAS) has added to the bad news in the Japanese airline sector, warning that it expects to post a loss for the last financial year and unveiling a renewed cost-cutting drive. JAS had forecast a profit of ´700 million ($5 million) for the ...
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Embraer heads for profits after sales soar
Embraer has produced its promised turnaround, coming close to breakeven last year and likely to show its first profits for seven years in 1998. The overall result for 1997 showed the Brazilian manufacturer with a net loss of $13.2 million, stemming from heavy costs in the first half of the ...
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US DoT acts to protect low fare airlines
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US low cost airlines have won their battle for rules on predatory practices by the major network carriers, with the issue of new competition guidelines from the US Department of Transportation (DoT). The new policy, unveiled for comment last week by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, effectively ...
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France and USA seal bilateral agreement
Julian Moxon/paris France and the USA have finally signed a bilateral air transport accord, opening the way for codesharing alliances between French and US carriers, although it is short of the open skies agreement originally sought by the USA. The deal provides for a five year transition to ...
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US Airways talks fuel US alliance speculation
The US airline industry may be on the verge of a new wave of consolidation through major alliances rather than mergers and acquisitions. Speculation of pending marketing alliances was fuelled by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that US Airways is again in talks with both United Airlines and ...
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Asian crisis bites deep into Korean aircraft development budget
The South Korean Government has slashed this year's allocation of funding for the Korea Commercial aircraft Development Consortium (KCDC) because of the country's economic difficulties and the absence of any concrete progress in breaking into the civil aviation market. South Korea's new Government has cut KCDC's budget to just ...
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Spot on satellite
The Spot 4 launch has breathed new life into the French Earth observation satellite programme Andrzej Jeziorski/KOUROU Just another 2t of junk in a relentlessly growing orbital scrapheap, Spot 3 still zips from pole to pole, awaiting its end as a fiery skid mark across the upper atmosphere. In ...
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Manx mulls options for growth
Max Kingsley-Jones/Isle of Man The continued traffic growth experienced by Manx Airlines and sister company British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is forcing the two airlines to examine the acquisition of aircraft larger than the British Aerospace 146-200. The carriers operate a centrally managed fleet of some 36 aircraft with operations divided ...