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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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CSA poised to update fleet
CSA, THE CZECH Republic's flag carrier, is planning to revamp its fleet with Western aircraft by the year 2002, according to Frantisek Slaby, vice-president for finance and planning. The carrier has several options under review, as it looks to phase out four Tupolev Tu-134s and three Tu-154s still ...
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BA 777 delivery hopes raised
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION testing of the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 is expected to be completed around 7 November, boosting hopes that the delayed first delivery to British Airways could be made by 15 November. Boeing has been conducting virtual round-the-clock flight tests of WA077, ...
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Aircraft news
EVA Air, Taiwan's major independent airline, has signed a letter of intent to buy six new MD-90s, with an option for a further six. Tyrolean Airways of Austria has ordered four Canadair Regional Jets with an option on four more. British Airways Express operator CityFlyer Express ...
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Appointments
Mauricio Botelho has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Embraer. At KLM Cargo, Jan Meurer has been appointed vice president, operations, Enno Osinga is named vice president customer service, and Michael Kimman becomes business systems manager. Sjaak Hofstra becomes operations and marketing director, cargo service centre ...
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EVA enjoys the fruits of youth
If spectacular improvements in efficiency and productivity are a measure of success, then on the surface at least Taiwan's international newcomer EVA Airways appears to be setting new standards. Productivity, measured in terms of revenue per employee, soared 62 per cent last year. Unit costs plunged 21 per cent and ...
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Profit share: a stroke of genius
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay has absolutely no doubt that in an unforgiving airline industry, survival rests on the continuing struggle to improve productivity and keep ahead of costs. And there can be little doubt that Pillay's message is getting through at an airline which consistently turns in some ...
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Gains will come from change
KLM has made impressive leaps in efficiency since it launched its cost control programme in 1991. But with the sizeable efficiency boost in the last financial year driven more by expansion than by productivity measures, the carrier is now facing a future of diminishing gains. The carrier is keen to ...
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Growth spurs on drive for cuts
Air Canada, in the midst of a significant growth phase, is attempting to counteract the costs of expansion with employee productivity gains and new technology. Air Canada expects to double its transborder service to the US within the next three years and in recent months has added new flights ...
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China cuts its numbers
Beijing has formally declared its intent to consolidate China's airlines after two years moving in that direction. The number is set to shrink by 40 per cent, but more carriers are likely to receive international designation as well. Li Zhao, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administrat- ion ...
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More than a fleeting gain?
At Malev Hungarian Airlines, a major improvement in efficiency is one of the main outcomes of a modernisation programme that started back in 1991 but only really started to take root last year. Indeed, commercial director Ferenc Turi says the restructuring has really only just begun in earnest. 'We are ...
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Moving targets
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay calls it 'The genius of the organisation at work.' Productivity has become a mantra in an airline industry which is desperate to find ways of improving its long term financial performance. All airline managers are putting in a great deal of effort to improve ...
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Twice bitten
After its second exit from Chapter 11, TWA is attempting to reinvent itself, from new livery to balance sheet. Mead Jennings talks with CEO Jeffrey Erickson. If Trans World Airlines Inc could receive one dollar for each time its death has been predicted in the past nine years, it probably ...
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Financial results
Aeromexico was helped by US traffic growth, a stronger peso, and cuts of 600 employees and seven aircraft. Second-quarter net was $98m. Air NZ improved 36% despite the Kobe earthquake and the temporary grounding of its B737s. Alitalia's first-half loss was better than last year's, but ...
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Garuda puts on brave face
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda is seeking more codeshare partners after trimming dozens of flights and dropping several destinations from its global network amid speculation of mounting financial problems. The carrier has cut four European cities - Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Madrid - from its winter schedule and cut ...
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US boost as Ozberg nears
Cathay Pacific has launched an immediate review of its North American expansion strategy after the signing of a landmark air service agreement with the US. The breakthrough comes as welcome relief to Hong Kong negotiators embroiled in a bitter bilateral dispute with Australia. The US deal was forged ...
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The CAA is targeting New Zealand's poor general-aviation safety record
Aviation morale in New Zealand is sky high, with Air New Zealand among the beneficiaries of economic reform Paul Phelan/Auckland To the casual observer, New Zealand may appear to be the poor relation of its neighbour, Australia. Nothing could be further from the truth, particularly in ...
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DASA is being forced to contract again as it struggles to return a profit
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH IT HAS BEEN a bad year for Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). After having hopes of profits dashed by the low dollar exchange rate, leading to a record DM1.6 billion ($1.14 billion) first-half loss, the company has now raised the axe over nearly 9,000 jobs and at least ...
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Airbus should not fuss about 737
Up Tempo Sir - I do not understand Airbus Industrie's concern over the fact that, the Boeing 737 is allowed to be certificated to an older standard. Surely passengers will be so appreciative of the new safety standards to which Airbus aircraft are certificated that they will seek ...
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CIS buys 757s and 767s
Boeing has taken orders for 757s and 767s worth almost $400 million from CIS carriers. Two 767-300ERs and one 757 have been ordered by Uzbekistan Airways, while the National Civil Aviation Authority of Turkmenistan has ordered two 757s. The Turkmenistan carrier already operates a single 757 and three Boeing 737-300s. ...