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Herculean task for Olympic
After extreme protectionism for the Greek national carrier, the walls come tumbling down. The latest business plan, approved by the European Commission last July, will change the Greek aviation environment forever. That is, of course, if this plan succeeds where the last effort failed through what managing director Theodore Tsakiridis ...
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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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EC raises spectre of higher airport charges
The European Commission (EC) has recommended that airports raise charges to airlines as one of the means available to compensate for the abolition of duty free sales within the European Union. Philip Hamon, director general of ACI Europe, says operators do not want to raise charges, but agrees there is ...
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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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The rise of the global super brands
Global alliances are attempting to build and enhance new common brands, while protecting the core products of their members. It felt like a delayed reaction. Some 18 months ago Lufthansa, United Airlines, Air Canada, SAS and Thai International, later joined by Varig, jumped feet first into the branding game ...
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Economy challenge
Rising numbers of frequent business travellers fly in economy class and the trend is intensifying. By Doug Cameron. Business class seats may be getting flatter and IFE screens even bigger but the battle for premium passengers is moving inexonerably towards the back of the aircraft. For all the product upgrades ...
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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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Viasa routes reallocated
Venezuela's new secretary of transport, Julio Marti, has reversed his predecessor's course and redistributed the routes of bankrupt Viasa to three airlines. Aeropostal is the big winner, gaining rights on three continents. Aeropostal has been awarded Canada, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Aserca has won Brazil ...
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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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Taking action over passives
In the battle to cut distribution costs, the airlines are fighting hard to reduce computer reservation fees for passive and duplicate bookings. But despite progress on both sides of the Atlantic, the issue remains a cause of tension. Passive or duplicate ticket bookings may be sound harmless enough, but airlines ...
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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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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 ...