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Stories Collection

- British Airways' pre-tax profits fell 83.3% in the fiscal second quarter ended Sept....
- US Regional & specialty
carriers traffic--January-July 1999 ...
- Revenue-hungry Star Alliance powers ahead in the intensifying duel of airline partne...
- Continental Express has broken ground on its new regional jet maintenance facility a...
- Selected North American airlines
Financial Results (three months ended Sept. 3...
- US airline air cargo traffic (RTMs) rose 12% in Sept., ATA reported. Freight and exp...
- FAA proposed new certification standards and mandatory maintenance Instructions on f...
- C-S Aviation Services teamed up with Air India and Aviation Sales Co. in a five-year...
- News Corp. stepped up the pressure on its 50% partner in Ansett, Air New Zealand, wi...
- Apart from announcing a new ERJ variant, Embraer used the ERA meeting to announce th...
- GE-IAI Aviation Services International, an engine/airframe MRO joint venture between...
- Philippine Airlines said it posted a net profit of 109.2 million pesos ($2.7 million...
- Cathay Pacific and Dragonair welcomed the Hong Kong Airport Authority's announcement...
- Continental Airlines reportedly objects to KLM's insistence that all Wings partners ...
- Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics Centers launched an L-1011 freighter conversi...
- Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise completed a $103 million, 12-year secured loan...
- US Major carriers
System traffic [*]--Month of June 1999
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- Aircraft operating data
US passenger carriers (year ending 1st quarter...
- Airports and communities no longer play doormat to domineering airlines
US com...
- Sweden's City Airlines has placed a firm order for one ERJ-135 plus two options. Val...
- Fairchild Aerospace President Jim Robinson confirmed reports that the company has dr...
- South African Airways announced a codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines that will...
- The Indonesian government agreed to inject $62 million a year for eight years into s...
- Air France Industries will maintain four 767-400ERs for Aeroflot under a seven-year ...
- KLM said it is in joint-venture talks with its 30%-owned Norwegian partner Braathens...
- B/E Aerospace completed the previously announced sale of its remaining 49% equity In...
- Indigo Aviation sold a 737-300 leased to Go and a 737-400 leased to Virgin Express t...
- US Major carriers
International operations [*]--January-June 1999
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- Aircraft data & values
(Values)
Aircraft type ...
- But having been disappointed by their experience with interactive IFE, airlines are ...
- Cimber Air of Denmark has begun five daily roundtrips from Esbjerg Airport to Copenh...
- Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air has joined the US Airways Express network, adding six...
- Leading regional jet manufacturers Bombardier Aerospace and Embraer surprised attend...
- Mexico was to choose soon after presstime the location of an alternate international...
- Hainan Airlines will issue 205 million A shares on Shanghai's domestic stock exchang...
- Lufthansa Flight Training founded a new center in Chile in a joint venture with LanC...
- Spain will proceed with the final stage of privatizing Iberia with an IPO of its rem...
- Northrop Grumman and Honeywell Airport Systems said they linked Northrop Grumman's A...
- Emirates signed an $83 million financing agreement for its fifth A330-200. The finan...
- ATW'S Top 25
January-July 1999
Airline ...
- Resurgent Air France looks to become a major player in the transatlantic market
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- Germany's Augsburg Airways, the first Team Lufthansa member, has placed a follow-on ...
- Regulatory authorities in Canada and Europe have certificated the full-motion flight...
- Hawaiian Airlines signed a letter of intent for 13 717s with options on a further se...
- Albania
Angola
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei Darussala...
- Japan Airlines farmed new in-house companies to handle passenger sales, engineering ...
- Tupolev 204-100C freighter aircraft is to be launched into the European market in mi...
- Alitalia, slated to complete privatization by next June, reported a severe slide in ...
- AlliedSignal obtained an STC from FAA for its predictive windshear system chosen by ...
- C-S Aviation Services refinanced 23 A300B4Fs. Aggregate amount of the financing was ...
- US Major carriers
Domestic operations [*]--January-June 1999
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- ERA used the fairytale setting of Disneyland Paris to reveal some potential nightmar...
- Based on early returns, RJs not only please passengers, they also boost revenue and ...
- Gulfstream International Airlines will operate as a Trans World Connection carrier, ...
- Hamilton Aviation and Triad International Maintenance Corp. formed Hamilton-Timco Ca...
- Aeromexico's former CEO, Gerardo de Prevosin, was extradited from Switzerland on cha...
- All Nippon Airways President Kichisaburo Nomura stepped up pressure on the Japanese ...
- The EC, without taking any action, dosed a 28-month investigation of the Amadeus GDS...
- Air France, which has made its Americas network the focus of a major expansion effor...
- British Airways is the launch customer for Boeing's Global Airline Inventory Network...
- Ryoshin Leasing Corp. merged with Diamond Lease Co. effective Oct. 1. The successor ...
- US Major carriers
System traffic [*]--January-June 1999
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- Only six years old, Russia's Kolavia Airlines has ridden Siberia's oil boom to top t...
- Panama's flag carrier builds on its partnership with the US Major while exploiting i...
- Frontier Airlines is moving its corporate headquarters to Denver International Busin...
- Polar Air Cargo reached agreement with the Air Line Pilots Assn. on an initial contr...
- Varig announced the first positive result from its emergency restructuring plan laun...
- Thai Airways International's long-promised privatization is on again, with Sluppacha...
- British Aerospace reported a [pounds]358 million ($570 million) firsthalf profit bef...
- Despite the blood on the European low-fares carpet with the recent failure of Debona...
- FAA chose Lockheed Martin's Air Traffic Management division to develop and deploy th...
- American Airlines will offer approximately $600 million or pass through certificates...
- US fuel cost & consumption
July 1999
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- Icelandair is using time and frequency to market itself as a hub-and-spoke flag carr...
- Airlines are running behind the power curve in adapting to the new realities
A...
- American Eagle will equip its entire fleet of 229 jet and turboprop aircraft with au...
- Lufthansa Cargo will be developed from a global freight carrier into "a unique,...
- Four Taiwan's companies--China Airlines, Air Asia, EVA Airways' aerospace technology...
- Air New Zealand's majority shareholder, Brierley Investments, delayed its promised m...
- Eurocontrol said it has developed a system to reduce air delays but warned that the ...
- Go, BA's low-cost unit claims it made a profit for its fiscal second quarter ended J...
- FAA banned the installation of In-Flight Entertainment Networks IFE equipment on US-...
- JetBlue Airways announced that Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale will be its first destina...
- Airport traffic
May 1999
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- FLS Aerospace tries to make the former Aer Lingus MRO subsidiary feel a part of the ...
- Rebounding Garuda forecasts modest profits after near-death in '98, with hands-on he...
- Eurowings has appointed Friedrich Wilhelm Weitholz as its new CEO and president, rep...
- Federal Express opened its 77,000-sq-m European hub sorting facility at Charles de G...
- China Airlines, which reportedly accounts for 45% of all air cargo into and out of T...
- Japanese new entrants Skymark, Air Do struggle against the Big Three for domestic ma...
- Deutsche Structured Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of BfG Bank AG, has acquired ...
- Aloha Airlines will begin flying to the continental US in Feb. with two daily round ...
- Malaysia Airlines dismissed reports its debts will force it to seek help, although i...
- British Airways transplant Rod Lynch has a long way to go to clean up the mess at Ol...
- Midway Airlines posted a July load factor of 71%, up 3.3 points from July 1998 and a...
- U.S. Majors traffic
AUGUST 1999
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- SilkAir in Aug. conceded that evidence exists to support the prevailing theory that ...
- Editor: I have been an ATW subscriber for a year. It is a wonderful magazine. The pu...
- US airline rivals race to dominate a market they once neglected in favor of interior...
- St. Louis-based Trans States Airlines and TWA have renewed their marketing agreement...
- US Airways expects to lose money in the third and possibly the fourth quarters as it...
- Air New Zealand has shown tangible signs of a revival from the Asia-inspired slump i...
- US National carriers
System traffic [*]--January-May 1999
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- Korean Air revamps its approach to pilot training and flight operations in an effort...
- LanChile ordered seven A340-300s and took options on seven more, First delivery of t...
- Lufthansa Technik is establishing a maintenance joint venture with Maley. Technik wi...
- Austrian Airlines Group is expected to switch alliances this fall. The group, which ...
- US fuel cost & consumption
June 1999
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- Air Nostrum of Valencia, Spain, an Iberia franchisee, has exercised one of five opti...
- British government opened Scotland's Prestwick Airport to fifth freedom flights by U...
- EC regulators are scrutinizing closely the proposed $14 billion merger between Allie...
- The Canadian government's effort to rescue Canadian Airlines Corp. by pushing Air Ca...
- US Major carriers
System traffic [*]--Month of May 1999
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- Airport traffic
April 1999
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- Alitalia Express received its first two of three ordered ATR 72-500s. The remaining ...
- Members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) plan to endors...
- New law designed to combat air rage came into effect in Britain in Sept. The law int...
- JET FUEL PRICES
Spot cash markets (average)
May 44.84
J...
- US National carriers
System traffic [*]--Month of May1999
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- ATW'S Top 25
January-June 1999
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- AeroPeru creditors' committee voted to liquidate the airline. Some of the Peruvian i...
- SAirGroup plans to boost its holding in Sabena from 49.5% to 62.5% by acquiring a 12...
- US Major carriers
Domestic operations [*] -- January-May 1999
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- Too much security, too little content
The effects of two crises were evident at...
- Aviation Sales Co. completed its previously announced acquisition of Kitty Hawk's ai...
- Air France outperformed its continental rivals, posting net income of Ffr946 million...
- Flight firming boosts revenues by enforcing ticketing time limits
Ticketed pass...
- Boeing's 717-200 received joint certification from FAA and Europe's JAA Sept. 1, pav...
- European airline traffic
AUGUST 1999
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- Aerolineas Argentinas' new partner American Airlines is teaching it the latest dance...
- US DOT postponed the implementation of portions of new regulations on codesharing di...
- Hainan Airlines posted a 14% dip in first-half profits as rising costs resulting fro...
- US Major carriers
System traffic [*]--Month of April 1999
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- Regional statistics
US Regional & specialty
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- Northwest Airlink Mesaba Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its Aircraf...
- FAA has proposed a series of rule changes designed to improve flight in icing condit...
- Chicago's Midway Airport crosses Cicero Avenue to find room for its new terminal
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- Atlas Air posted record second-quarter net income of $13.3 million, up 31% over the ...
- GE Engine Services (Xiamen) broke ground Aug. on its jet engine overhaul facility, a...
- Philippine Airlines' controlling shareholder, Lucio Tan, said the carrier's survival...
- TWA's 16,000 IAM-represented mechanics, ramp workers, customer service employees and...
- Malev's "renationalization" was on track for the end of Aug., said Miklos ...
- Aer Lingus was given the go-ahead by the Irish government to join oneworld but witho...
- In a setback for DOT's efforts to level the playing field for low-fare new entrants,...
- US Major carriers
Domestic operations [*]--January-April 1999
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- World airline traffic - 1999
Pass. 99/98 RPKs 99/98...
- Embraer's 37-seat ERJ-135 has been granted FAA type certification, which follows ear...
- The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization upheld an earlier WTO decision th...
- Consensus-building and consultation have advanced Free Flight technology but complet...
- Airborne Freight Corp. dba Airborne Express reported a 20.1% drop in net income, to ...
- Ameco-Beijing and BMW Rolls-Royce signed a letter of intent "leading to close c...
- Korean Air estimates its pre-tax earnings for the first six months of 1999 at 250 bi...
- Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO Herb Kelleher, 68, has begun treatment for prost...
- The British government confirmed plans to sell off 51% of the national air traffic c...
- Air France said operating revenues for the April-June quarter rose 19.1% to Ffr16.5 ...
- The agreement outlined by KLM and Alitalia at the end of July to integrate their ope...
- Aircraft operating data
US passenger carriers (year ending 1st quarter...
- Eurowings, a leading independent German Regional, carried a record 2.9 million passe...
- BA's New World Cargo Centre represents more than just a place to handle air freight ...
- While US Airways has made big strides away from the brink of bankruptcy, its leaders...
- DHL International board of directors approved the $1.3 billion purchase of up to 45 ...
- Emirates signed a five-year, 92 million dirham ($25 million) contract with Hong Kong...
- Cathay Pacific returned to profit at the operating level for the six months to June ...
- A Continental Airlines customer service agent at Newark Airport was injured severely...
- Germany's highest court overturned a lower-court decision that permits Lufthansa to ...
- Swissair offered compensatory damages to relatives of the 229 people who died in the...
- Europe's newest airline
KLM/ Air British
Alitall...
- Aircraft data & values
(Values)
Aircraft typ...
- Denver-based Frontier Airlines enjoyed record earnings of $7.6 million on operating ...
- Adoption of Internet Protocol for IT is inevitable, experts say
Delegates at SI...
- International Aircratt Investors purchased three aircraft with leases attached from ...
- In addition to existing air traffic and navigation service charges, foreign airlines...
- Japan's Ministry of Transport rebuffed a request from the Foreign Airlines Assn. of ...
- U.S. Majors traffic
JULY 1999
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- American Airlines and its pilots remain far apart on the integration of Reno Air des...
- AB Airlines, one of the new generation of British carriers that started up under EU ...
- Alitalia revised upward its previous earnings forecast, saying it expects to registe...
- Earlier this year, British Airways announced a new fleet and network strategy, the b...
- ATW'S Top 25
January-May 1999
Airline ...
- Lufthansa CityLine posted earnings of DM123 million on revenues of DM1.6 billion for...
- Nonoperating gains at UAL Corp. and US Airways pushed the US Majors to a record seco...
- Indigo Aviation acquired an A320 directly from Airbus for immediate lease to China N...
- South African Airways, after heavy losses in the previous fiscal year, turned around...
- Qantas plans to increase service to the UK, US and South Africa after reporting a 5....
- Canadian airlines results
Three months ended June 30 (C$ in millions...
- Air Canada reported record operating income of C$169 million for its second quarter ...
- CSA President Antonin Jakubse resigned effective Aug. 31 after he was removed as cha...
- SAS blamed chronic overcapacity, fewer business passengers and high costs for a shar...
- JET FUEL PRICES
Spot cash markets (average)
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- Tyrolean Airways of Innsbruck, Austria, has exercised options for two more CRJ200 re...
- Mesa Air Group, an Express carrier for US Airways and America West, posted fiscal th...
- IT management systems have opened great doors for the air cargo industry--they just ...
- CIT Group purchased two A32Os from GE Capital Aviation Services; the jets are leased...
- Argentina and the US signed a phased open-skies agreement that immediately lifts pri...
- Air New Zealand reaffirmed its interest in securing the other 50% of Ansett Australi...
- Alliedsignal obtained the first of two TSO approvals from FAA for its Airborne Colli...
- United Airlines is teaming up with Buy.com, an Internet retailer and e-commerce webs...
- Responding to a complaint by nine of Europe's largest carriers, the EC asked Italy t...
- KLM posted a steep 64% fall in firstquarter net earnings and warned that full-year p...
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