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Alitalia talks to the EC about release of state-aid restrictions
Alitalia has taken initial soundings from the European Commission (EC) over the prospect of releasing its state-aid restrictions if the Italian carrier moves towards privatisation, possibly within the next year. Chairman Fausto Cereti is understood to have raised the issue in Brussels during talks over the airline's compliance with ...
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Boeing beats Airbus to clinch large Ryanair order
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Pricing and commonality issues were behind Ryanair's selection of the Boeing 737-800 over the Airbus A320, in a deal which will see the the Irish low fare airline taking up to 45 of the Next Generation 737 models. Deliveries start next year. The airline, which operates ...
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American and BA head talks on alliance to challenge Star group
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Talks are under way which could lead to the creation of a worldwide airline alliance grouping involving British Airways, American Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) and Cathay Pacific Airways. If the deal is cemented it would rival that of the Lufthansa/United Airlines-led Star Alliance. JAL, which recently ...
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West to escape Asian slump
US credit rating agency Moody's has added its voice to concerns over the impact of the Asian crisis on the airline industry. It argues, however, that US and European carriers may escape the slump relatively unscathed. Those carriers most heavily dependent on intra-Asian traffic are due to face the ...
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Trade links increase
Almost every week, it appears, a US airline announces a new service to Latin America. Almost every month, it seems, a new codeshare agreement is forged between carriers in North and South America. Every year, it is evident, traffic between the two regions continues to grow. Increasing trade is the ...
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Kinnock raises stake over US open skies
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON European Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock has renewed his legal battle to win rights to negotiate a direct air agreement with the USA. If this is successful it could pave the way for all of the region's air bilaterals to come under a European Union (EU)banner. Kinnock ...
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Maiden flight of Ae 270 scheduled for mid-1999
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Czech partner Aero Vodochody will begin assembling the first prototype Ae 270 single turboprop utility aircraft by the middle of the year in readiness for a maiden flight in 1999. According to AIDC business manager Paul Yang, the Taichung-based manufacturer has already begun ...
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AEA in delays row with Eurocontrol
European air traffic control (ATC) organisation Eurocontrol has hit back at claims by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) that ATC strategies have failed, causing delays to rise to a "critical level". Eurocontrol says that the AEA's criticisms are "inaccurate, misleading and unsubstantiated". It claims the implication that Eurocontrol ...
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ANA steps closer to Star Alliance
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways (ANA)have signed a codeshare agreement in a first step towards full Star Alliance membership for the Japanese carrier. ANA is already in advanced talks about a similar agreement with Star Alliance partner United Airlines. While Lufthansa is not ...
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Avionics trainer
SimuFlite Training International has installed an avionics trainer for the Bombardier Challenger 601-3A/3R business jet in its simulator centre at Dallas/Forth Worth Airport, Texas. Built by Xionix Simulation, the free-play trainer simulates Honeywell's SPZ-8000 integrated avionics system. Source: Flight International
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FAA backs phased free flight
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US government industry advisory body RTCA has "strongly endorsed" phased modernisation of the National Airspace System (NAS), and has recommended sites for the initial deployment of the air traffic management systems that will form most of the "Free Flight Phase 1" effort. The RTCA's Free ...
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Reno pins hopes on new boss
Reno Air has become the latest of the US low fares airlines to undergo a management shake-up, appointing a new chief executive to help steer the struggling carrier back to profits. The Reno board says that it decided that the carrier "would benefit from a change in leadership", especially ...
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Sociable climber
Mooney's Encore climbs, descends and cruises like its hot-rod predecessor, but is a machine for serious business flying Dave Higdon/augusta, kansas Mooneys's Encore climbs, descends and cruises like its hot-rod predecessor, but is a machine for serious business flying.What most sticks in mind about one aeroplane or another? Is it ...
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British Midland applies for transatlantic routes
David Learmount/LONDON British Midland (BM) has filed bids to launch a series of transatlantic services from London Heathrow, starting what it says will be a market development programme lasting between five and seven years. The carrier says that it has made its move in anticipation of a UK/US "open ...
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Revised US airspace upgrade concentrates on ground work
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The first phase of the revised modernisation plan for the US National Airspace System (NAS) is to concentrate on ground infrastructure improvements. "There will be little impact on avionics equipment," says a senior Federal Aviation Administration official, indicating that features such as automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast and ...
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Fairchild Dornier examines 728JET partners
Principal risk-sharing partners in Fairchild Dornier's proposed new 728JET family of regional aircraft should be known by the end of the month. The main design configuration is expected to be frozen by May. The company's regional and business aircraft president Earl Robinson says that a total of 17 competing ...
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Pierson warns on A3XX costs
Airbus president Jean Pierson has warned that the A3XX 550-650 seat airliner should not be launched until the consortium is satisfied that the programme can meet its promised target of delivering significantly better economics than those offered by the Boeing 747. Speaking at his last official press conference before ...
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Fairchild Dornier examines 728JET partners
From Flight International Principal risk-sharing partners in Fairchild Dornier's proposed new 728JET family of regional aircraft should be known by the end of the month. The main design configuration is expected to be frozen by May. The company's regional and business aircraft president Earl Robinson says that a total ...
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A3XX collaboration initiative speeds up
Two of Europe's leading avionics companies are collaborating with Aerospatiale in a programme backed by the European Commission (EC) aimed at improving the ability of system suppliers to work together. The concurrent engineering project, one of several centred around the proposed Airbus A3XX, has entered the demonstration phase and ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Rockwell Collins (Avionics)
Improving cockpit awareness through a 3D flight planning mapAdvances in flightdeck technology have brought major benefits to the cockpit but also some new potential concerns. Among them is the need to ensure that pilots retain good situational awareness despite the increasing volumes of data that they have to handle from ...