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Appointments
James P Kelly has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service. Isaac Omolo Okero is the new chairman of Kenya Airways, which has renewed the contracts of managing director Brian Davies and finance director Malcolm Naylor. John W Power is to become ...
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Bow to no man
Pieter Bouw, the president of KLM, will need all his knowledge of the industry to rise above the crisis in the relationship with Northwest Airlines, growing competition from other hubs and US-European alliances, and insufficient market share in Europe. Interview by Jackie Gallacher. Airline Business: KLM's operating result declined ...
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Extra lift
Atlas Air has found a winning formula: acquire used Boeing 747-200 freighters and operate them profitably on behalf of major airlines. Jane Levere reports. Some people say Atlas Air, the Golden, Colorado-based cargo carrier, is really in the taxi business rather than the air freight business. However you describe the ...
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Slow to plug in
It's not surprising that Asia Pacific's electronic distribution push is being spearheaded by Japan, a country renowned for its leadership in the business of high technology. The nation's airlines have already made ticketless travel and self-service check-in and ticketing part and parcel of flying the country's domestic skies. All Nippon ...
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Arabs set to close ranks
Attempts to boost aviation cooperation in the Arab world are gathering pace. Ten carriers are considering a consultants' study recommending a pan-Arab airline alliance, while the birth of the long-awaited Arab Civil Aviation Commis- sion promises to strengthen ties further. A nine-month study on behalf of 10 of ...
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Asia's triple owner shift
Three major Asian carriers have signalled a new round of ownership changes to help fund up to $9 billion of aircraft orders. Garuda has begun a major restructuring ahead of privatisation, Philippine Airlines plans a public share offering, and Malaysia Airlines may sell 10 per cent of its stock to ...
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Canada's hair of the dog?
Canada's federal cabinet has overruled a National Transportation Agency decision and allowed coach operator Greyhound to launch a low-cost, no-frills airline that became Canada's fourth scheduled trans-continental carrier in early July. The NTA had previously blocked Greyhound's plans by ruling that the company could not obtain its own ...
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Dragonair breaks ice
Confirming Beijing's increasing influence over Hong Kong, a surprising number of clouds over the territory's aviation arena melted away within days of Cathay Pacific's shareholders approving the deal giving China National Aviation Corporation control of Dragonair. Taiwan headed the list, with Hong Kong's Sino-British Joint Liaison Group giving ...
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EU pressures liability plan
The European Commission has angered Europe's airlines by threatening to bring in a liability regulation unless more carriers sign up to Iata's voluntary agreement. The European legislation would override the inter-carrier agreement on unlimited liability, which Iata is hoping to bring into effect by 1 November to replace ...
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Twin win for Euro makers
Airbus will become a public limited company, but it could take up to six months of complex negotiations to thrash out the details. Europe's aerospace industry received a further boost when China confirmed Aero International Asia as its western partner in the consortium to build the proposed AE-100 regional jet, ...
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Can Blanc do it BA's way?
Christian Blanc must have cast an envious glance across the water to his counterpart at British Airways after the UK carrier stopped a strike by its pilots at the eleventh hour. Still the Air France chairman may yet have divided the disgruntled pilots at Air France enough to push through ...
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Fresh threat to Air France
The creation of a powerful private French competitor to threaten Air France's domestic dominance is closer to reality, following the signing of a cooperation agreement between Air Liberté and AOM. Although the two medium-sized French airlines are limiting themselves to a codesharing agreement, Air Liberté admits that the ...
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Latin tie-ups for American
American Airlines is heating up the Latin American market, forcing its agenda in Colombia while signing up the El Salvador-based Taca consortium of airlines to an extensive codesharing pact that the new partners hope will end with antitrust immunity and US-Central America open skies. This may be the first of ...
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Tracor
John Johnson has been promoted to vice-president of engineering at aerial-target company Tracor Flight Systems, of Austin, Texas. Johnson, formerly director of engineering, was previously engineering project manager for Honeywell's Defense Avionics Systems division. Source: Flight International
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Catia upgrade
ICE has released upgraded Assembly Manager Version 4 software to enable Dassault CATIA computer-aided-design package users to develop three-dimensional assemblies and mock-ups without the need for an external database. The UK company says that its customers, which include GE Aircraft Engines and Lockheed Martin, asked for the upgrade. ...
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GE90 for Kuwait
Kuwait Airways has selected the General Electric GE90-90B engine, a derated version of the 410kN (92,000lb)-thrust -92B, to power two Boeing 777-200IGWs on firm order. The carrier switched its 747-400 contract to a firm order for two 777s for delivery in 1998, with an option on a third. The higher-thrust ...
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Sabena contract
Sabena Technics has received a contract from KLM covering the overhaul of two Boeing 737-300s. D-checks cover 12,000 to 20,000 man-hours and take about four weeks. In addition, KLM has signed an option to have four more aircraft overhauled in 1997. These would cover two more 737-300s and, possibly, two ...
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Cargolux joins AEA
Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline Cargolux has joined the Association of European Airlines, becoming the 26th member of the organisation. The airline operates a fleet of seven Boeing 747s, the third largest all-cargo fleet in Europe, and made an $11.3 million profit in 1995. Source: Flight International
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Bangkok Airways president aims for second carrier slot
Julian Moxon/BANGKOK THE PRESIDENT and owner of Thailand's privately owned airline Bangkok Airways wants to start a new airline to respond to the Thai Government's imminent call for offers for a second carrier to operate services on domestic and regional routes. Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, who owns ...