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Debonair broadens its horizons
The last few months of 1998 have been a busy time for ambitious UK low-fare airline Debonair. First came the regional frequent flier initiative, followed by approval from above for an extensive air-bridge operation for pilgrims travelling to the religious sanctuary of Lourdes from 10 European cities. Then came ...
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News in Brief
Round-the world - British Airways and Qantas have added six new one-stop round-the world codeshare flights. Passengers from London Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester will be able to use the alliance to connect directly to Australia, or via Paris or Frankfurt. Fairbanks flights - Lufthansa Cargo has added three weekly ...
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Is Europe ready for recession?
Europe's major airlines are faced with the prospect of falling profits and traffic in 1999, but are they doing enough to limit the damage? If current traffic predictions hold true, then Europe should have a relatively easy ride over the coming year or so, despite the spectre of a ...
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Global outlook
With the world economy poised to slow in 1999, the airline industry may finally get the chance to show whether it has learned the lessons of the last recession. Even the most experienced of forecasters has been forced to admit that 1998 was a difficult year to call. As ...
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US majors aim to break the cycle
The US majors have just ended another year of record profits, but can the industry now avoid descending into losses once the market turns? Airline managers are confident they can. It will be different next time. How familiar that message must sound to the Wall Street analysts who track ...
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Just keep on flying
When Russia was entering the last few days of normality in July and early August of last year, its national carrier Aeroflot was worrying about its new Boeing aircraft and grappling with a 25% increase in passenger numbers. A few weeks later and it was talking about schedule cuts, capacity ...
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A different kind of downturn
With memories still fresh of the last recession, the world is again bracing itself for downturn. But this could be a different type of decline. When the world began to emerge from the wreckage of the last recession, the air transport industry promised that it had learned its lesson - ...
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KLM aims for commitment
KLM and Alitalia are committed to building a long term global alliance As far they are concerned it is a marriage for life. A year's intense prematrimonial discussion between the Dutch carrier KLM and Italy's Alitalia has produced a 10-year deal that promises to be a fully blown merger ...
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TAM seeks foreign fish
Transportes Aereos Meridionais (TAM) of Brazil, which has seen profitability fall at home following a fare war and recession, was to launch its first international flights on 28 December with a daily Sao Paulo-Miami service. "It's much easier to tap a lake with fish than an empty lake," says Rolim ...
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News in brief
Summer ice - Northwest Airline plans to increase its seasonal weekly service between Tokyo and Anchorage, Alaska to twice a week during the summer of 1999. The airline will use McDonnell Douglas DC-10s instead of the Boeing 747 it has been using. Paris,Texas - American Airlines will start daily ...
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Swiss World dream ends
Transatlantic start-up Swiss World has been forced to suspend operations at the start of December, only three months after inaugurating its low-fare Geneva-New York route. The airline blames the collapse on its inability to raise capital in the current economic climate, although sources close to the carrier talk of mistakes ...
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Could you please confirm
No-one can hope to predict when a crisis will strike but you can be ready to limit the damage to brands and reputation It is the moment every airline executive dreads. To be woken in the early hours of the morning by the insistent summons of the telephone and ...
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Money well spent?
Interactive inflight entertainment technology may not have lived up to its promise as a lucrative new revenue stream, but carriers are spending more than ever on the technology to retain a competitive marketing edge. Airlines have already spent a fortune on inflight entertainment (IFE) and the sums are getting ...
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Vanity fare
Luxury seats, gourmet meals and complimentary amenity kits are all commonplace in business class. As premium products continue to improve is there a future for first class or will its adepts start to want more value for money? The fallout from the global financial crisis in the second half ...
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Brazilian seeks trainer backing
Kate Sarsfield Backers are being sought for a Brazilian basic trainer which its designer says has attracted attention from several potential customers. Joseph Kovacs, who led design of the Brazilian Neiva Universal and Embraer Tucano trainers, has built and flown a prototype of his K-51 Peregrino. His son, Andr‚ ...
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Lufthansa adds A340
Lufthansa Flight Training has ordered an Airbus A340-300 full flight simulator from CAE Electronics, which will be installed at its Frankfurt training centre in February 2000. Lufthansa has selected Evans & Sutherland's new ESIG-3800 visual system for the simulator, with options to replace the SP-X visuals on all its existing ...
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Marconi begins NG 737 head-up display tests
Marconi Avionics has begun flight testing the HUD 2020 head-up display for the Next Generation (NG) 737 on a leased 737-800 based at Mojave, California. The tests are aimed at achieving US Federal Aviation Administration certification in the first quarter of 1999, followed by immediate deliveries to Boeing for ...
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Air France plans image change
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta has launched a three-year programme to improve the airline's competitiveness and image as it prepares for a global alliance before the end of next year. A four-part plan has been unveiled to the workforce portraying Air France as an airline recognised ...
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Delta scales back Los Angeles operations
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines is scaling back services to Los Angeles by discontinuing its codeshare arrangements with SkyWest Airlines. At the same time it is strengthening its Asian presence with the signature of a co-operation deal with China Southern Airlines. The two companies have announced that ...
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Air Liberte franchise boosts Flandre Air jet expansion
French regional airline Flandre Air has teamed with Air Liberté in a franchise agreement that will add 22 routes and 18 aircraft to the British Airways subsidiary. The five-year deal, which is expected to take effect on 18 January, extends the code-sharing agreement between the two carriers, signed in ...