News from FlightGlobal – Page 2478
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Bad Promises
A EUROPEAN UNION guarantee seems to be a bit like Sam Goldwyn's famed verbal contract - not worth the paper it's written on. Certainly, that seems to be the case with the guarantees that the EU gave operators of Chapter 2 aircraft in 1992 that they could continue to operate ...
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The big question
Given the highly public differences between Airbus Industrie and Boeing over the existence, or otherwise, of a multi-billion-dollar market for a new large airliner, you could be forgiven for thinking that a yawning gulf exists between long-term forecasts from the two manufacturers. In fact, this is not so. ...
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Struggle for success
There have been recent airline casualties in the South American commercial air-transport industry's struggle to find its feet - a scrap which continues today. Although traffic is growing fast in this market, there is a clear need for restructuring what has traditionally been a fragmented and unprofitable airline sector. According ...
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Aeroflot change
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has lost its general director, Marshal Evgeny Shaposhnikov, following his departure to become an advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin. The Aria board has appointed his deputy Valeri Okulov as an acting replacement pending an official decision. Okulov, who is Yeltsin's son-in-law, started his career as ...
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EVA to Amsterdam
EVA Airways plans to launch a thrice-weekly passenger service between Taipei and Amsterdam, via Dubai, from 8 May. The Taiwanese carrier also intends to begin a twice-weekly cargo service to Brussels, via Singapore and Dubai, from 9May. EVA will also cut its Taipei-Amsterdam freight frequency from three to one flight ...
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Tarom discusses MD-11 acquisition with MDC
Romanian flag carrier Tarom is talking to McDonnell Douglas (MDC) about a possible MD-11 purchase as it awaits Government clearance to buy next-generation Boeing 737s and AI(R) ATR 42 turboprops. A delegation from McDonnell Douglas visited Romanian capital Bucharest in February to discuss the potential acquisition by Tarom ...
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Asians bid for AI(R) Jet places
South Korea and Taiwan have submitted competing tenders to Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for each to take up to a 40% stake in the planned AI(R) Jet 70 regional-aircraft programme. Aerospace industry teams from both countries were invited to Toulouse in January to take part in AI(R)'s aerostructures ...
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Deutsche BA orders seven more 737-300s to replace Fokker 100s
The airline, British Airways' German subsidiary, says that the contract is worth $287 million, and that deliveries of the 136-seat aircraft will start in August. Deutsche BA's present 737-300 fleet, which consists of nine leased aircraft, will be boosted to up to 18 737s by the end of ...
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JAL spins off new domestic subsidiary
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that its planned new domestic subsidiary carrier, JALEXPRESS, will be formally incorporated from 1 April and begin operations in 1998. The new 100% JAL-owned airline is being established to compete with Japan's proliferating number of planned low-cost start-up carriers, following partial liberalisation of ...
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Kenya Airways pursues plan to expand Nairobi into a hub
A year on from its successful privatisation, Kenya Airways plans to launch the first phase in the development of Nairobi Airport as a hub. Managing director Brian Davies reveals that the airline has ordered a third new Boeing 737-300 and will reconsider its long-haul fleet structure. Davies says ...
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Sabreliner moves cargo conversions to boost capacity
Dimension Aviation, the new modification centre set up recently by Sabreliner, has taken over all McDonnell Douglas (MDC) US widebody cargo-conversion work from sister company SabreTech, and could eventually have the capability to convert up to 12 aircraft simultaneously. Sabreliner established Dimension in February as part of a ...
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Swisscargo capacity
Swissair cargo subsidiary Swisscargo has signed an agreement with Belgium's new low-cost long-haul scheduled airline City Bird, to take the total freight capacity of City Bird's two McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The airline will start operations on 27 March. Source: Flight International
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Why doesn't BA invest in Northolt?
Sir - It was with regret that I learned of British Airways' wish to cease flights between Newquay, Cornwall, and London Heathrow from 30 March, and fly Newquay-Gatwick instead. Many business people who wish to travel on BA's long-haul flights to the Far East and the USA will ...
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MDC reveals FedEx MD-10 freighter-conversion sites
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has chosen US and European sites to convert up to 60 ex-United Airlines and American Airlines DC-10-10s to phase 1 of the MD-10 freighter specification. The aircraft are destined for FedEx. Phoenix, Arizona-based Dimension Aviation, a division of Sabreliner (previously SabreTech/ DynAir Tech), has been ...
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Airbus outlines business case for launching its large airliner
Airbus Industrie is building a business case for launching the A3XX based on prospects of winning around 650 orders for the programme over the next 20 years, says John Leahy senior vice-president Commercial. The comments came as Airbus and Boeing used the release of long-range forecasts to justify ...
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Embraer seeks Paris show launchfor new 37-seat regional turbofan
Embraer has confirmed its intentions to develop a family of small regional jets which would include new 37- and 70-seat aircraft on either side of its EMB-145 50-seater. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer hopes to be able officially to launch the 37-seater, which will be known as the EMB-135, ...
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Malaysia is first to opt for 777-200X
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has become the first airline to announce its intent to purchase the ultra-long-range Boeing 777-200X, just nine days after the Boeing board of directors authorised the company to begin offering the big twin and its stretched counterpart, the -300X. MAS signed a memorandum of understanding ...
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Renewed US ticket tax sparks hostility
US PRESIDENT Clinton has renewed the 10%airline ticket tax to the end of the fiscal year, pending a longer-term review of new proposals for funding the Federal Aviation Administration. The ticket tax lapsed again at the end of 1996 without agreement in Congress on a replacement funding method, ...
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Fuel charges and dollar rate push Korean Air into the red
Korean Air (KAL) dived into the red in 1996 because of rising fuel charges and the impact of a strong US dollar on its debt burden. Despite the losses, the airline is pressing ahead with plans for a further fleet expansion. The South Korean flag carrier ended the ...
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Alitalia gets by without Fokkers
Sir - I refer to the article "Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P18). The original order which was placed by Alitalia for Fokker 70s has fallen through because of the well-known bankruptcy of the manufacturer. Fokker was able to deliver only five regional ...