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Fair or foul?
Recent accusations by smaller US carriers of predation by their major rivals have renewed the debate over what is legitimate under US law. By David Knibb. It's a problem as old as deregulation itself. When does the legitimate competitive response of an incumbent carrier to a new entrant cease to ...
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Airline news
Austrian Airlines and Swissair have confirmed taking a 18.37 per cent stake in Ukraine International Airlines through a holding company in which Austrian Airlines holds 77.78 per cent and Swissair 22.22 per cent. KLM will inaugurate twice weekly services to Abidjan and to Nagoya via Sapporo from April ...
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French revolution is a non-starter
Blanc's successor as head of state-owned carrier Air France will face a rough rideChristian Blanc's resignation statement from Air France begins with a stark heading: 'I take note of the government's decision.' France's change of government, and the decision of prime minister Lionel Jospin to appoint a Communist transport ...
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Europe close to noise ban
Proposed environmental measures to reduce aircraft noise and emissions at European airports are stirring up a storm of protest. The European Commission looks set to adopt Ecac recommendations to ban hushkitted Chapter II aircraft after 1 April 1999. An official confirms that the Commission's proposals, which are due ...
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Fair's fare is the business
In sharp contrast to the wave of low-cost startups sweeping through Europe, a Paris-based carrier is set to start Europe's first dedicated business class service. Fairlines is to start scheduled business services this November from Paris/Charles de Gaulle to Nice and Rome/Fiumicino using 70-seater MD-81s. The aircraft will ...
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Financial results
Operating income leapt from $27m to $97m. A 16% growth in passenger revenues and higher yields helped produce a 9.5% operating margin. Air NZ suffered from a strong dollar, high fuel prices and tougher competition. Restructuring cost $17.6m but selling catering made $4.2m. Operating profit increased from $11.5m to $25.1m ...
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Gulf Air aims salvo at Delhi
Gulf Air has fired a broadside at the Indian government's insistence that the Arab carrier sell its 20 per cent stake in Jet Airways, just as New Delhi looks set to bring an end to the ownership debacle by reversing the ban on foreign airlines holding stakes in Indian carriers. ...
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Gently down stream
As with the engine manufacturers, consolidation among major airframe producers is likely to be followed closely by bold moves to secure dominance in the after sales market. Report by T Wakelee Smith and Jonathan Culley.It may be hard to believe. But with the recent absorption of McDonnell Douglas into ...
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BA-AA enter political ring
The US Department of Transportation has finally launched its review of the proposed American Airlines-British Airways alliance.But 15 months after the linkup was first mooted, the US regulators are in danger of getting left behind as the process migrates to the political level. Still, the prospective partners are ...
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No more tears
With a burgeoning economy, and a new USpartner, Aerolineas Argentinas is riding high as it reaps the benefits of its restructuring plan. Karen Walker reports. Business is back to normal at Aerolineas Argentinas following a frenetic few months during which Buenos Aires became a popular destination for management at both ...
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Aeropostal row hots up
The punches are getting lower in the fight for control of Aeropostal, with an arrest warrant issued against its president and legal proceedings mounting. Aeropostal's president and 51 per cent shareholder, Nelson Ramiz, is currently running the airline from Aruba as he faces arrest on his return to Venezuela to ...
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Italians go to the markets
Italian charter carrier Air Europe is preparing for an initial public offering, while flag carrier Alitalia is still on the lookout for private investors. Air Europe is to float 35 per cent of its shares on the Milan stock exchange and in 'several markets abroad' by December this ...
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SIA prepares for stardom
As the clock runs down on one of the oldest alliances in Asia, US and Taiwanese carriers are forging closer ties following the recent open skies deal between the two countries. The first sign that Singapore Airlines' Global Excellence alliance with Delta Air Lines and Swissair is starting ...
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Sydney syndrome
As Australia's government prepared to launch the second phase of its airport privatisations in October, the difficulty of finding a buyer for Sydney remained a significant cloud on the horizon. By Tom Ballantyne.Three down, 15 to go and one odd man out. That constitutes a pretty good summary of where ...
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Alitalia brings A320s into Airbus contract
Marco Massela/ROMEJulian Moxon/PARIS Alitalia is negotiating with Airbus Industrie for the conversion of its 23 outstanding A321 orders to include some smaller A320s, which would be the Italian carrier's first order for the 150-seat member of the Airbus narrowbodied family. The airline is also examining its longer-term strategy ...
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Smog causes air chaos in Asia
Dense smoke from massive forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra is severely disrupting air transport across much of South-East Asia, forcing the closure of some smaller airports and the cancellation or delay of many domestic and regional flights. A thick haze generated by the fires has blanketed Brunei, ...
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Bournemouth's Scottish express plane
Euroscot Express launched low-fare services to Scotland from its base in Bournemouth in southern England on 29 September, using a BAC One-Eleven 500 leased from European Aviation. The airline will serve Glasgow daily and Edinburgh at weekends, and will compete against British Airways Express (British Regional Airlines), which serves the ...
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American presses case for free-flight
American Airlines is conducting a co-ordinated lobbying campaign to accelerate progress towards US free-flight, based on computer modelling which predicts that the region's hub-and-spoke system will seize up by 2014 if nothing is done. Over the past year, the airline has begun applying pressure at political and technical ...
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Condor prepares for low-cost subsidiary
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Condor Flugdienst, the charter subsidiary of Lufthansa, is expected to found a Berlin-based subsidiary airline within weeks. According to Condor, plans are being finalised for a low-cost airline, to be called Condor Berlin, which will compete against rivals such as Aero Lloyd and Air ...
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BA waits on Russian approval for FANS go-ahead
British Airways is ready to equip up to 40 Boeing 747-400s with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) avionics to take advantage of new cost-saving routes across Russia - but may walk away from the project if there is no sign of funding for ground infrastructure by the end of this ...