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    Crystal joins list of US hopefuls

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC Following a dearth of activity in the late 1990s, the US start-up scene is off to a flying start in the new millennium. The latest entrant is Tampa, Florida-based Crystal Airways, which intends to launch a low-fare, all-business-class service in the first quarter of this ...

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    KLM uk sets off for low-cost growth

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    COLIN BAKER LONDON KLM uk has joined the low-fare club as its new buzz brand took to the air in January. It backs predictions that low-cost traffic will triple in the next four years. Floris van Pallandt, KLM uk's chief executive, dismisses suggestions that the London Stansted-based carrier has been ...

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    Cargo airlines impose surcharges as fuel soars

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    PETER CONWAY LONDON Many of the world's major cargo carriers have given in to the inevitable after a rise in the fuel price index by announcing fuel surcharges on their rates, effective from 1 February. Among the airlines which added surcharges in late December were Lufthansa Cargo, Air France, ...

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    In the right direction

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The virtuous trend towards capacity constraint with which the industry ended last year appear to be holding steady. Kevin O'Toole and Chris Tarry of Commerzbank look for early signs. A couple of months into the new decade and it seems that the industry's resolve is holding. Towards the end ...

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    Routes - Europe

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Southampton to Frankfurt British Airways franchise British Regional Airlines has introduced a daily service between Southampton and Frankfurt in a bid to attract business travellers looking for an alternative to the main London airports. Air France has doubled its capacity from Southampton to Paris Charles de Gaulle, meanwhile, with ...

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    In Brief - Europe

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Aer Lingus to be floated The Irish Government has opted to go ahead with an initial public offering for Aer Lingus, rather than offer the oneworld partners a strategic stake in the airline. The flotation is expected late this year or early 2001. The carrier says the exact timing, ...

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    Iberian carriers strike alliance deals

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BARRY CROSS LONDON Portugal's TAP and Portugália have signed a memorandum of understanding to re-establish co-operation, while Spain's Air Europa is linking with "Wings" . The TAP-Portugália deal, announced in December, revives commercial relations which had been broken off by Portuguese flag carrier TAP 12 months previously. During the summer, ...

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    Italy's Gandalf emerges as contender

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Gandalf Airlines made Italian aviation history on 23 December when it become only the second carrier in the country, after Alitalia, to undertake a successful initial public offering. The company, which was established by a group of venture capitalists in April 1998, started operations in April 1999. Despite the ...

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    British Airways moves towards Internet network

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    British Airways has begun a major move towards use of the Internet Protocol (IP), signing a five-year $250 million contract for SITA to provide it with an IP-based global network infrastructure. The development will allow BA to add new systems on the IP network rather than on existing ...

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    Sun Air recovery hopes hit by SAA deal with Safair

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    ROGER MAKINGS JOHANNESBURG The saga over the liquidation of South African domestic carrier Sun Air has taken a further twist. Liquidators claim to have unearthed a deal between South African Airways (SAA) and leasing company Safair which effectively kills any chance of revival for the defunct carrier. SAA's bid ...

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    Sans frontiers?

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Transportation'sChicago conference caused a stirback in December, but will aviation barriers now finally begin to fall? And how feasible is the proposal for a transatlantic common aviation area? The French have a succinct expression for summing up life's tendency to stay ...

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    Reform minded

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    NICHOLAS IONIDES TOKYO Kichisaburo Nomura's appointment as ANA president surprised many observers two years ago and the shocks have continued as he has reshaped Asia's largest passenger carrier. It is probably an understatement to say that Kichisaburo Nomura has surprised observers since his appointment over two years ago as president ...

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    Slow change

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    NICHOLAS IONIDES TOKYO The final changes in Japan's painstakingly slow aviation deregulation, from April, will at last pave the way for more new start-ups For a country that so often leads the world in technological innovation, it is ironic that change in other areas can be painfully slow in ...

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    Regional rumba

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BRIAN HOMEWOOD RIO DE JANERIO South America's regional scene is shifting rapidly; regional jets, economic upheavals, loosening of government restrictions and the scramble to secure partnerships with major carriers are all having an impact. The idea of travelling on a regional airline in South America usually evokes thoughts of ...

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    Finding a new deal

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Airline Business looks at the state of finance markets as carriers continue to find innovative ways to keep aircraft liabilities off the balance sheet. A new survey also covers the world's major operating lease companies, including a ranking of the Top 40 groups by fleet value. JACK SELLSBY ...

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    Airports

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Orlando Sanford Airport has begun expanding its terminal building. The $25 million expansion will add a two-storey terminal facility of more than 11,150m² (120,000ft²) and will increase the airport's annual capacity by 3 million passengers when completed by February next year. Nice Cote d'Azur Airport is to spend almost Fr1 ...

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    British Midland Commuter starts CityLine services

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/COLOGNE British Midland Commuter was due to start flying services for Lufthansa CityLine on 1 February as part of a deal that will see the UK carrier take over the bulk of the routes from Munich operated by bankrupt Debonair. The wet-lease deal, which was close to ...

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    Italy clamps down on small regionals

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Italy's civil aviation authority, Enac, has clamped down on several of the country's small regional airlines in its first moves to tighten regulatory inspections following its reorganisation in 1997. Air Sicilia is back in operation following the grounding of the chief pilot for failing to comply with numerous procedural ...

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    Maintaining the margin

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    In the maintenance industry, the big are getting bigger Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC North America's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry enters the new millennium in a healthy condition, having changed shape substantially in the closing years of the 20th century. In South America, recovering economies and increasing liberalisation of ...

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    TES programme resumes but BA says more work is needed

    2000-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Emma Kelly/LONDON British Airways is resuming installations of Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems' Total Entertainment System (TES) on its widebody fleet after a temporary halt in the programme following initially disappointing seat availability figures. The airline claims improved performance of the TES, which is installed on 24 Boeing 747s and 777s, ...