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Time to sprint
The pace of business life in Brazil is slow. The Brazilians tend to advocate the 'Mañana' approach introduced by their Portuguese forefathers and add an extra week onto the deadline for virtually any urgent task. Liberalisation is proceeding at a leisurely pace. 'Any new step towards open skies will ...
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Airline news
KLMis to introduce twice-weekly services from Amsterdam to Sapporo and Nagoya effective 28 October. KLMand Transavia are to codeshare to Casablanca from 26 October. Northwest and KLMare to operate daily Amsterdam-Seattle codesharing services from April 1998. American Airlines is to start daily Miami-Asuncion services on 1 December. ...
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How much value on human life?
Despite a strong safety culture, accident rate must improve to avoid more deaths. Ask an airline chief what his or her number one priority is, and the reply will probably be: 'Safety'. It certainly should be. While they struggle with all the other priorities, from service standards to costs and ...
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Great expectations
The European Commission is putting a stronger case than ever before for direct powers to apply EC competition rules to air transport services on third country routes. If it is successful the implications will be enormous. By Trevor Soames.The European Commission never was one to give in easily. With some ...
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Euro alliance shape shifts
The European alliance merry-go-round is turning at full tilt during the northern hemisphere's summer, with loose ends tidied up and new combinations entering the arena. With the holidays more or less shutting the regulators in Brussels down for the month of August, the frustrated officials at British Airways ...
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Closing the loopholes
As Japan seeks to solve its financial problems, the leveraged lease is under review again, posing serious questions for the country's future role in aircraft finance. By David Knibb. Over the past decade Japan has furnished as much or more capital for aircraft finance as any other country in the ...
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India signs deal
India and Singapore have signed a new bilateral which allows for codesharing between carriers from each country. This could clear the way for cooperation between Singapore Airlines and the Indian domestic carrier it is still hoping to set up together with the Tata Group. The new deal also allows a ...
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No ticket to ride catching on fast
Electronic ticketing - or ticketless travel - continues to grow in popularity in the US, where the concept was invented, and should become widespread in the international arena in the near future, carrier officials say. First adopted by ValuJet and Morris Air, electronic ticketing was next embraced by Southwest - ...
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Northern delights?
Routes Oslo '97, the third route development forum organised by Airline Business and Airport Strategy & Marketing, takes place in Oslo on 15-16 September and is sponsored by Gardermoen Airport and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority. In this preview, Sally Gethin examines the role of Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen, ...
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PAL sues the home team
It looks like an aeropolitical first. The sudden abandonment of planned open skies talks between Singapore and the Philippines in late July had nothing to do with a dispute between the two nations and all to do with Philippine Airlines initiating legal action against the head its own country's negotiating ...
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Peru regains top ranking
Peru has become the first Latin American country to regain Category I status for safety oversight from Washington, but officials in the region are wary over claims that the US Federal Aviation Administration will upgrade other Latin American countries still on the 'black list.' 'This as not at ...
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Seven in a pickle over ticket tax
The US ticket tax debate has turned into something of a pretty pickle for the Seven Sisters. The campaign by seven major US airlines, officially known as the Coalition for Fair FAA Funding, to replace the current tax with a user fee has backfired so spectacularly that they now find ...
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Pro to take on Northwest
The US has a new low-cost carrier in the north-east, something of a rarity in the post-ValuJet era, but Pro Air will have a tough time establishing itself in a market dominated by Northwest Airlines. The management of Detroit-based Pro Air has illusions of an easy ride. The ...
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Tough on TAM
Just kick them where it hurts most - this is standard parental advice given to daughters the world over to arrest ardent advances. Translate the formula into airline terms and the equivalent way to stall an airline's overzealous advances is to damage its safety record. Well, TAM (Transportes Aereos Regionais) ...
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Thai sale set for year end
It has been a long and tortuous road but Thai Airways International looks to be edging towards phased privatisation, with a partial disposal expected before year end. Thai's board has asked the government to approve the sale of part of its remaining 93 per cent stake along with ...
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Rainbow aria
Besides the airline industry, Omar Fontana's leading passion in life is the piano. Yet a recent operation on Fontana's hands has made it difficult for this accomplished pianist to play. So he is sublimating his love for playing by composing a symphony, instructing other people to write down 'the ...
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State grip on Tunisair slips
It's out with the old and in with the new for Tunisair. The airline's new president is gearing up to take the airline out of state control by renewing the fleet and shedding staff. Since taking over as Tunisair's president and director general in March, Ahmed Smaoui has ...
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Turkish blend
The Turkish flag carrier appears to have turned the corner financially and is now profitable. But political uncertainty and government interference are still holding THY Turkish Airlines back. Meanwhile, deregulation is allowing the country's private charter carriers to move into scheduled operations. Mark Odell reports from Istanbul. Much as Turkish ...
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TWA acts as clock ticks
Trans World Airlines is cutting jobs, has a fresh look and is introducing new frequent flyer incentives in a bid to attract high-yielding business traffic, but Wall Street analysts question if the returns will come quick enough. 'There is a mad dash going on to improve the product ...
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Giant leap forward?
Varig may still be the undisputed giant of the Brazilian airline industry, but will restructuring efforts be enough to keep it ahead of burgeoning competition? Lois Jones reports.When you start off at the top, the danger is that there's only one way to go - and that's down. Five years ...