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LAB expands Vasp empire
Vasp's $47.5 million purchase of 49 per cent of LAB effectively gives it control over the Bolivian flag carrier, which will use the proceeds for internal development as well as to form an alliance with Vasp and its other recent acquisition, Ecuatoriana. Part of the Bolivian government's 51 ...
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Virgin draws US to Europe
In a powerful combination of UK entrepreneurial drive and US investment capital, Richard Branson and David Bonderman are teaming up to launch the first low-cost startup to strike at the heart of the European Union with substantial foreign ownership. Called Virgin Europe, the new carrier is expected to be based ...
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'Economic' spying bugs Japanese
Not many people were surprised to learn, in October, that the CIA undertook 'economic' spying on US trade rival Japan. The high-profile impetus for the intelligence gathering was the US-Japan automobile trade talks that were resolved in July after the two sides negotiated an eleventh-hour settlement under the spectre of ...
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Brave new shoots
The emergence of a new generation of start up carriers in Europe has finally begun. Sara Guild talks to some of the new players and examines their strategies for survival.It's a bit like attending the Academy Awards and not knowing when the envelopes will be opened. European aviation has been ...
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Asian Express
After a bitter defeat in Europe three years ago, Federal Express is now taking on Asia to compensate for declining yields at home and develop high yield premium international business. By Mead Jennings.Fred Smith, founder and CEO of Federal Express Corporation, has never had trouble thinking about the big picture. ...
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Airline news
SAS has launched a thrice weekly service from Copen-hagen to Poznan, the carrier's third Polish destination. Ansett Australia is to begin codesharing on seven existing Malaysia Airlines services and on a new Saturday service between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur via Melbourne. Meanwhile, Ansett has also entered ...
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Merpati mire after sacking
Indonesia's troubled government-owned airline industry is in turmoil following the sacking of the president of domestic carrier Merpati Nusantara over his refusal to obey a Transport Ministry directive to lease 16 aircraft through a local company. Ridwan Fataruddin's departure came just a few months after the resignation of ...
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Freighter lease
Atlas Air is to operate a fourth Boeing 747-200 freighter on behalf of Taiwan's China Airlines under a new five-year agreement. Golden, Colorado-based Atlas began operating for China Airlines early in 1993. Source: Flight International
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Are low fares, just pie in the sky?
Sir - The question of fare levels - in which the public should take a great interest - is an important issue. There is talk about a "low-fare philosophy" and Ryan Air is operating to Glasgow, the second-densest route in Europe, at fares lower than those established for ...
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Knight expands
UK regional airline Knight Air says that it is to replace two of its three Embraer Bandeirantes with British Aerospace Jetstream 31s in March, boosting its capacity by 30%. Knight will lease the 17-seat twin-turboprop J31s from BAe subsidiary JSX Capital. Source: Flight International
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EU law hits Ryanair routes
Gunter Endres/LONDON IRISH NO-FRILLS AIRLINE Ryanair is being forced to offer only 50% of seats available on its flights between London Stansted and Prestwick in Scotland, until it obtains its own Aircraft Operating Certificate, or finds a UK airline which will operate the service on its behalf (Flight ...
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Cargo in control
Lufthansa Cargo achieved its long-sought independence at the start of 1995. The business has not looked back since. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON WILHELM ALTHEN, chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, is clearly a happy man. For the past two decades, he has campaigned for air cargo to be treated ...
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Globespan buys Excalibur
UK CHARTER CARRIER Excalibur Airways has been sold to a Scottish long-haul tour-operator, Globespan, virtually completing the recent spate of vertical integration taking place within the industry. No price is given for the sale of the East Midlands-based airline, which was owned by its five directors, together with ...
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Brymon fleet decision imminent
BRYMON AIRWAYS is to decide on a major fleet re-equipment programme in early December, with proposals being considered from ATR and Bombardier. Mike Jones, the Plymouth-based British Airways subsidiary's managing director, says that, if Brymon decides to stay with Bombardier, it will replace three of its five de ...
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French shackle GEC missile bid
Douglas Barrie/LONDON A POLITICAL ROW is brewing between the UK and French Governments over an apparent attempt by Paris to cripple UK company GEC Marconi's bid to win a £1 billion ($1.5 billion) procurement programme for the Royal Air Force. The UK company is offering ...
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BA raises Middle East capacity
BRITISH AIRWAYS is to increase its capacity to the Middle East by 15% as a result of the introduction of the Boeing 777 to its fleet. Its first 777 finally took off on its delayed inaugural service to Middle East destinations Dubai and Muscat on 17 November. The ...
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Macau awards two new licences
EVA AIRWAYS and TransAsia Airways have been given the green light to fly to Macau, while Eva will also gain 16 flights a week from Taiwan to Hong Kong. TransAsia plans to begin twice daily Airbus A320 or A321 flights on 8 December - although the launch could ...
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Delta profitable on the Atlantic
DELTA AIR LINES says that its transatlantic services made a modest profit for the year to the end of September, marking the first profitable year since the group acquired the transatlantic operations of Pan American World Airways in 1991. The result was assisted by a record performance in ...
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China approves foreign investment in Hainan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE CHINESE Government has, for the first time, allowed a foreign investor to buy into a Chinese airline, with the approval of a 25% share sale in Hainan Airlines to American Aviation Investment, a fund led by US financier George Soros. According to ...
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Open skies hit Alitalia
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ALITALIA IS FACING heavy competition on its prime domestic trunk route between Rome and Milan, following Milan-Linate Airport's award of additional slots to two new rival airlines. The Italian flag carrier's woes are compounded, by its perpetual fight for financial stability, made harder ...