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*** Swissair pilots may have disagreed

NEW YORK (AP) - The co-pilot of Swissair Flight 111 suggested
ignoring the rules and landing swiftly in the minutes before the
plane crashed, but the pilot wanted to follow standard procedure for
dumping fuel, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Canadian
investigators and Swissair officials refused comment on the report
that crew members disagreed over emergency tactics before their jumbo
jet crashed. The Journal, citing what it described as a preliminary
summary of the cockpit voice recording, said the reported
disagreement occurred as smoke filled the cockpit of Flight 111 as
flew from New York toward Geneva on Sept. 2. The plane crashed off
Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people on board. Canadian law prohibits
the public disclosure of cockpit voice recordings. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558135955-721

*** Pope still enjoys traveling on the specially converted Alitalia jetliner

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Twenty years after beginning his
jet-age papacy, Pope John Paul II set out Friday for Mexico, hinting
in an airborne news conference that he would like to visit Russia and
China. Three-and-a-half hours into the 13-hour flight, the pope came
out of his compartment on the specially converted Alitalia jetliner
and walked to the rear to meet the media. The 78-year-old pontiff
greeted the media by holding up his wooden cane and donning a
sombrero given to him by a Mexican journalist. The visit is John
Paul's 85th foreign trip as pope. After five days in Mexico City, he
heads to St. Louis. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558147396-9ff

*** Flight delays continue in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - German officials reopened a runway Thursday
but said significant flight delays would continue at continental
Europe's biggest airport after an Air India jet damaged navigational
equipment during a rough landing. Air India 747 from New Delhi
apparently miscalculated its approach Wednesday night while coming in
for a landing in fog. It hit several lights and an antenna that
transmits a signal pilots use to orient themselves during landing,
airport officials said. The pilot was able to take off again and land
safely on another runway. None of the 336 people on board was
injured.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558133297-9a9

*** United may acquire America West

CHICAGO (AP) - The parent of United Airlines says it's interested in
acquiring rival America West Airlines in a deal that could further
heat up recent consolidation and alliance activity in the airline
industry. United, the nation's largest carrier, said Wednesday night
in a statement that it had expressed "an interest in a possible
acquisition of America West." America West Holdings Corp. issued a
separate statement late Wednesday saying it has been contacted by a
number of airlines expressing interest in a possible deal, ranging
from a strategic alliance to a merger or similar business
combination.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558133468-3be

*** U.S. warns against Africa travel

ASMARA, Eritrea (AP) - The U.S. government warned Americans against
traveling to Eritrea and Ethiopia Thursday and said there was the
possibility of a terrorist threat against U.S. government facilities
in Ethiopia. The warnings came from the U.S. embassies in Asmara,
Eritrea, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Since the Aug. 7 bombings last
year of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in which 224 people,
including 12 Americans, died, U.S. diplomatic missions around Africa
have periodically been closed for unspecified security reasons. U.S.
citizens were warned not to travel to Eritrea and Ethiopia last June
when fighting flared between the two Horn of Africa nations in a
border dispute. But last month, non-essential embassy staff returned.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558133132-b48

*** Continental 747 hits severe turbulence near Japan
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0121_n.txt

*** Evergreen 747 fire in Fairbanks Alaska
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0120_n.txt

*** American DC-10 diverts to Phonenix after pax mishap
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0119_n.txt

*** Continental 737 struck in Newark
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0119_n.txt

*** US Airways 737 hits Jetway in PA
http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/q_0119_n.txt

*** FAA Proposes Fine -- Total Services For Violations In Its Antidrug Program
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=664

*** FACT SHEET - The FAA's Air Traffic Modernization Program
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=669

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*** Sun Country Airlines to Become Scheduled Air Carrier
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990121/wi_sun_cou_1.html

*** Earnings at United and Continental fall; Southwest reports 36 percent
http://www.foxmarketwire.com/wires/0119/f_ap_0119_24.sml

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* AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS CORP said several airlines had contacted
it about a possible merger or alliance, and UAL CORP's United
Airlines quickly said it was interested in acquiring the nation's
ninth-largest carrier. Speculation had emerged earlier this week
that United might be interested in America West, which would
further strengthen United's position in the West, where No. 2
carrier American Airlines has been seeking to beef up its
presence. The chief executive of CONTINENTAL AIRLINES said the
likelihood of a successful merger between America West and United
Airlines was close to "zero," saying such a deal would face
"formidable" hurdles. (Reuters 12:34 AM ET 01/21/99)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558127078-15d
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558135689-0ba

* A senior U.S. official late Wednesday said informal aviation
talks with Britain may not take place next month due to problems
two U.S. carriers are experiencing getting access to London's
Gatwick airport. Department of Transportation assistant secretary
Patrick Murphy told a Senate hearing that both CONTINENTAL
AIRLINES INC and US AIRWAYS GROUP were reporting difficulty
getting Gatwick slots for DOT-approved routes. The United States
has insisted that Britain enter a liberal "open skies" agreement
as a condition for U.S. approval of the proposed alliance between
BRITISH AIRWAYS and AMR CORP's American Airlines.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558123231-814

* South African Airways, Africa's largest airline, said at least
eight global carriers had expressed interest in bidding for a
20-25% equity stake when the state-owned airline is privatised. An
SAA spokesman told Reuters among the possible bidders were KLM
ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES and its partner NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORP and
Deutsche Lufthansa AG with partner Singapore Airlines. Other
airlines expressing an interest include Swissair, British-based
Virgin Atlantic Airlines and AMR CORP's American Airlines, he
said. "BRITISH AIRWAYS is also part of this but they haven't come
out quite strongly as these others," he told Reuters in a
telephone interview. (Reuters 10:59 AM ET 01/21/99)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558133017-6db

* BT Alex. Brown said it cut its rating on AMR CORP, the parent of
American Airlines, to market perform from buy on Thursday.
http://www.aa.com/

* AMR CORP's American Airlines Cargo said that cargo ton miles for
the year were just under 2 bln, down 2.8% year over year. The
company said year-end numbers showed an overall decline in traffic
for the division in 1998. Freight ton miles for December were
116.8 mln, down 3.5% year over year, while freight ton miles for
the year were 1.6 bln, down 2.3% year over year.
http://www.amr.com/

* Standard & Poor's placed its ratings on AMERICA WEST HOLDINGS
CORP, and subsidiary America West Airlines Inc. on CreditWatch
with positive implications. The CreditWatch placement follows the
announcement that UAL Corp. (double-'B'-plus/Positive/--) is in
preliminary talks to acquire America West. Approximately $578 mln
of rated debt is affected. (Reuters 01:18 PM ET 01/21/99)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558134401-e39

* Falling U.S. air stocks dragged BRITISH AIRWAYS shares further
down, extending their week-long descent amid continuing adverse
sector conditions, analysts said. U.S. airline stocks sank on
Wednesday, led by declines in shares in AMR Corp, the parent
company of No.2 U.S. carrier American Airlines, and US Airways
Group Inc, when fourth quarter profits fell short of Wall Street
expectations. Analysts said pessimism over the global economic
outlook and concerns that British Airways's capacity increases
would hit revenue were stifling the stock.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558130712-be7

* HAWAIIAN AIRLINES INC late Wednesday said its systemwide load
factor in December increased 5.3% points from a year ago to 74.8%.
That compared to 69.5% in December 1997.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558127451-d37

* DAIMLERCHRYSLER AREOSPACE (Dasa) has won a bid to build Taiwan's
second satellite, the official Central News Agency said. The
second satellite was designed by Taiwan's National Space Programme
Office amd , was scheduled to be launched in June 2002, the agency
said. It did not say how much the satellite cost. The first
Taiwan-owned satellite, the ROCSAT-1, was scheduled to be launched
on January 27 from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Taiwan awarded a
US$61 mln contract with TRW INC to design and build the ROCSAT-1
satellite. It awarded a US$18 mln contract to LOCKHEED MARTIN
CORP's Lockheed Missiles and Space Co for the satellite's
launching vehicle. Under a US$516 mln space program, Taiwan plans
to have three satellites in orbit by 2006 for scientific research
and communications. (Reuters 07:42 AM ET 01/21/99)

* Merrill Lynch said it upgraded SABRE GROUP HOLDINGS INC to
accumulate from intermediate-term neutral on Thursday.
(Reuters 10:22 AM ET 01/21/99)

* SABRE GROUP HOLDINGS INC said that online revenue from its
consumer-direct products, including Travelocity.com, more than
doubled in 1998 from the previous year. It said Travelocity.com
had raised the industry benchmark for online travel by recording
more than $9 million in sales for the week ending Jan. 10.
Throughout the past year, the company consistently led the
industry with record-breaking weekly sales figures, it said, and
total online revenue in 1998 was $285 million, more than twice the
1997 figure. (Reuters 07:29 PM ET 01/20/99)
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558123339-bb8

* SOUTHWEST AIRLINES reported 4Q EPS of $0.29 vs $0.23 in the
prior year, on revenues of $1.05 bln vs $976 mln in 1997.
Analysts' mean estimates were $0.29, according to First Call. Full
year EPS were $1.23 vs $0.93 in 1997.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558132295-39e

* UAL CORP reported 4Q EPS of $1.52 vs $1.74 in the prior year, on
revenues of $4.28 bln vs $4.24 bln in 1997. Analysts' mean
estimates were $1.45, according to First Call. Full year EPS were
$10.50 vs $9.97 in 1997. NOTE: 1998 4Q EPS excludes a $52 mln or
$0.27 a share foreign exchange charge related to the yen.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558135106-ff9
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558131983-435

* UAL CORP, parent company of United Airlines, said that its goal
is for a pretax fully-distrubted margin of 11.8% in 1999, which
would be down from 12.2% this year. The company has seen more
competition in Europe recently, as well as some weakness in the
United States market, UAL executives said during a conference call
with reporters. Fully-distributed reporting accounts for the
airline's employee stock ownership plan and are the message most
closely followed by investment analysts. UAL does expect
bottomline improvement in 1999 in its key Asian market, which has
been battered by economic crises in the region.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558133448-cc3

* UAL CORP, parent company of United Airlines, said that its 4Q
net income fell to $189 mln from $231 mln a year ago before
special charges in both periods. A slower growth rate in domestic
travel demand in the quarter, continued weakness in Asian
economies and increased competition in international markets were
all factors in the 4Q, UAL Chairman and CEO Gerald Greenwald
noted. The airline benefited from lower fuel costs and its own
cost controls, which helped unit costs drop to 8.94 cents in the
quarter from 8.99 cents, UAL said. Fuel costs in the quarter were
58.0 cents, down from 67.6 cents a year ago.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558136202-a25

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AIR AAR Corp........................... 20 - 1/16 499
AMR AMR Corporation.................... 58 3/8 -1 7/16 26865
ASAI ASA Holdings Inc................... 31 1/16 -1 3302
ACNAF Air Canada Corp.................... 3 11/16 + 1/16 107
AEIC Air Express International Corp..... 20 3/8 - 3/4 3749
AIRT Air Transportation Holding Co Inc.. 5 1/16 unch 5
AAIR AirTran Holdings Inc............... 3 3/32 + 1/64 2245
ABF Airborne Freight................... 33 11/16 + 1/16 2938
ALK Alaska Air Group................... 49 13/16 - 1/16 6117
AWA America West Holdings Corp......... 23 1/16 +3 9/16 36503
AWA/WS America West Holdings Corp......... 11 1/2 +3 7/16 4061
AMTR Amtran Inc......................... 24 1/2 +1 536
ACAI Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings In 32 1/2 -1 1656
CGO Atlas Air Inc...................... 43 5/16 - 9/16 593
BA Boeing Co.......................... 33 3/8 - 7/8 37573
BAB British Airways.................... 61 -1 7/8 923
CCAR CCAIR Inc.......................... 3 3/8 - 3/16 115
CEA China Eastern Airlines Corp........ 5 9/16 - 5/16 343
ZNH China Southern Airlines Co Ltd..... 4 9/16 - 1/16 295
COMR Comair Inc......................... 36 3/4 + 1/16 4580
CAI/A Continental Airlines Inc........... 37 3/8 +1 203
CAI/B Continental Airlines Inc........... 33 1/2 + 3/16 14330
DAL Delta Airlines..................... 50 3/8 -1 7/16 17910
FDX FDX Corp........................... 77 7/16 - 1/4 12081
FA Fairchild Corp..................... 14 7/8 - 1/2 546
FRNT Frontier Airlines Inc.............. 7 7/16 unch 3994
GLC Galileo International Inc.......... 46 1/4 - 1/16 942
GLUX Great Lakes Aviation Limited....... 2 5/8 + 1/16 111
HA Hawaiian Airlines Inc.............. 3 - 1/16 939
IAABY Indigo Aviation Ikiebolag.......... 7 1/4 - 3/16 115
JAPNY Japan Airlines..................... 5 3/16 - 1/16 75
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines........... 27 3/16 - 5/16 1044
KTTY Kitty Hawk Inc..................... 11 - 1/8 270
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp............... 38 -1 3/8 17110
MAX Mercury Air Group.................. 8 1/8 + 1/16 249
MESA Mesa Air Group Inc................. 8 9/16 + 1/16 988
MAIR Mesaba Holdings Inc................ 18 3/4 - 5/8 193
MDWY Midway Airlines Corp............... 14 1/2 + 1/8 405
MEH Midwest Express Holding............ 27 9/16 + 3/8 945
NWAC Northwest Airlines Corp............ 25 - 3/16 5728
PZX Pittston........................... 10 -1 3/16 490
RENO Reno Air Inc....................... 7 41/64 + 1/64 389
RYAAY Ryanair Holdings................... 33 unch 21
TSG Sabre Group Holdings Inc (The)..... 46 15/16 unch 930
SKYW SkyWest Inc........................ 33 7/8 -4 1/16 2908
LUV Southwest Airlines................. 26 13/16 + 3/16 15955
TOWR Tower Air Inc...................... 2 1/8 - 1/64 294
TWA Trans World Airlines............... 4 11/16 - 1/16 10807
UAL UAL Corp........................... 60 -1 3/16 11236
UCP UniCapital Corp.................... 7 7/16 + 1/8 535
U United States Airways Group........ 49 3/4 -1 3/8 14744
VIRGY Virgin Express Holdings............ 6 3/4 - 7/16 774
WLDA World Airways Inc.................. 1 3/16 - 1/16 121
AADFX Amer AAdvant Inst: ShTrmBI x....... 9.53 +0.01
XAL Amex Airline Index................. 310.15 -3.24
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