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Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is boosting its ATR 72-210 fleet with an additional seven aircraft. The ex-Air New Zealand Mount Cook aircraft will join 12 of the type that are already operated by the Delta subsidiary. Air New Zealand Mount Cook is replacing the -210s with ATR 72-500s. US freight ...
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Mergers
Thomson-CSF subsidiary Sextant has become the sole owner of in-flight entertainment provider Sextant In-Flight Systems after acquiring the 49% of shares held by B/E Aerospace. Sextant took an initial 51% stake when the joint venture was created in January. The European Commission's review of the proposed AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger has entered ...
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Routes
British Airways will codeshare with Swiss regional Crossair on the London Heathrow-Basle, Switzerland, route from next month when the major drops its own services. Boeing MD-83s will fly the service, which is one of a number of underperforming routes BA is dropping. US low-fare carrier Pro Air will launch the ...
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Commercial Aircraft Directory: Part 2
Boeing and Airbus keep the new airliner developments flowing as the Russian industry struggles due to lack of funding Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON While Airbus Industrie has busied itself with the detailed definition of its new A3XX and launched production of the A340-500/600, Boeing has been quietly introducing major derivatives. ...
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Pan Am Academy orders RJ-85 and Saab 340 devices
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is continuing its expansion by ordering from CAE Electronics new British Aerospace RJ-85 and Saab 340 full flight simulators. The Level D-standard Saab 340 simulator, equipped with a 180°-wide CAE MaxVue Plus visual system, will be delivered soon to PAIFA's new training centre ...
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Boeing prepares 767-400ER for ambitious flight test effort
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is preparing for a hectic, seven-month test effort for the stretched 767-400ER, which was rolled out from the company's Everett site in Washington on 26 August. The first aircraft, due to make its maiden flight in early October, will fly most of the 850h flight ...
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Q400 full flight device approved
FlightSafety International has won interim Level C certification from Transport Canada for its Toronto-based Bombardier Q400 full flight simulator - the first approval for the stretched, 70-seat derivative of the de Havilland Dash 8 regional airliner. European certification has also been received and Q400 launch customer SAS Commuter has ...
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Pembroke plans to increase 717 orderbook
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Irish lessor Pembroke Capital is negotiating a large follow-on order for Boeing 717s and hopes to conclude a deal by the end of next month. Boeing has failed to secure an order for the regional twinjet this year. Pembroke chief executive Shane Cooke says his company ...
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Boeing-GE 777X deal sparks EC probe into exclusivity
Chris Jasper/LONDON The European Commission (EC) is poised to launch an investigation into airframe-engine exclusivity deals following the sole supplier agreement between Boeing and General Electric on the Seattle giant's planned ultra-long-range 777X. Outgoing EC competition chief Karel Van Miert ordered that a file be opened on exclusivity deals ...
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AA/BA antitrust crumbles
Karen walker WASHINGTON DC If American Airlines and British Airways gambled that their application for an antitrust immunised alliance would not be refused in the wake of other high-profile immunities, then it has proved a bad bet. Two-and-a-half years later, those alliance hopes have been dashed by the US ...
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AB Airlines becomes a low-fares casualty
Industry analysts have been keenly awaiting a first casualty among the new generation of low-cost airlines. The waiting was finally over last month as London-based AB Airlines went into administration. AB has been around since late 1993, but came to the fore a year ago as it made a ...
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AeroPeru's hopes crash
AeroPeru entered bankruptcy in August, putting an end to remote hopes of a rescue deal for Peru's flag carrier. The decision by creditors to reject any last-minute bids for AeroPeru did not surprise observers, who believed that an earlier failed attempt by Continental Airlines to invest in the Peruvian ...
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BA reins in again
Lois Jones LONDON British Airways may have stayed profitable through the last recession but it is now fighting to stay out of the red For over a decade British Airways has been the shining example of how a profitable airline should look. But it could be about to fall from ...
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Star partners unite to repel oneworld bid for Air Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Chris Jasper/LONDON Air Canada and its Star Alliance partners are gathering their forces in a bid to fight off an attempted takeover of the flag-carrier masterminded by rival oneworld leader American Airlines, acting in tandem with the Toronto-based Onex conglomerate, owner of caterer Sky Chefs. The Onex/American ...
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Sun Air to close?
A row has erupted over plans by South African Airways (SAA) to close down Sun Air, shortly after having agreed to acquire a controlling 75% stake in its domestic competitor. At the end of August, SAA apparently gained control of Sun Air and promptly announced plans to wind it ...
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Aloha Airlines sets its sights on first services to US mainland
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Aloha Airlines plans to start services to the US West Coast next February, marking the first time in the airline's 53-year history that it has ventured away from its Hawaii-based Pacific inter-island network. The new services will include two daily round-trip flights between Hawaii and Oakland, ...
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Ottawa ponders Canadian Airlines rescue options
Canada's federal government has been forced to intervene to avert a looming crisis at Canadian Airlines. Ottawa stepped in because of a growing threat that Canadian might not survive this coming winter. The beleaguered carrier has reported an annual profit in only one of the past 10 years, ...
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Airports
Brussels Zaventem Airport is planning to spend BFr1 billion ($26 million) to build a new air traffic control tower. This has become necessary because the view of one of the runways from the existing tower will be obstructed when terminal construction work is completed. The new 75m (246ft)-high tower will ...
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KLM, Alitalia produce the goods with cargo deal
Peter Conway LONDON Airline alliances tend to generate much rhetoric about cargo partnerships, but little action. However, the tie-up between KLM and Alitalia, announced in July, looks set to be different. Cargo departments within the two carriers have already gone further in their planning than KLM's long-running tie-up with Northwest. ...
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American opens door for Latin alliance
David Knibb SEATTLE A common alliance with a US partner has spawned a ground-breaking venture between two Latin American airlines. LanChile and Aerolineas Argentina have launched an air cargo joint venture, citing their common connections with American Airlines as a catalyst for the deal. "The relationship with American Airlines ...