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EC sets out rules for BA and American alliance
Julian Moxon/Paris The European Commission (EC) competition directorate has laid out its position on granting approval to the planned alliance between American Airlines and British Airways. The paper, in which the EC outlines a series of problems it has with the alliance, repeats the call for ...
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EVA secures US partner and now looks to Europe
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has signed an alliance agreement with an unnamed US carrier as it strives for a similar link in Europe. The US deal, disclosed by EVA president Richard Huang and described as a "full alliance", includes an exchange of frequent-flyer programmes. "All ...
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FAA approves composite repairs
Ian Sheppard/LONDON An aircraft-repair technique developed by the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico together with composites specialists from Textron Systems, has gained initial approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration as an alternative to riveted aluminium. The bonded composite "doubler" is the result of a three-year FAA-sponsored ...
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FedEx MD-11 crashes
A FEDEX McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter (N611FE) crashed on 31 July landing at Newark International Airport, New Jersey. The MD-11, en route from Anchorage, Alaska, apparently touched down very hard on landing and then flipped over and burned out. The five crew on board escaped with minor injuries. ...
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New US taxes may take a toll on airline boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US airlines could be hit with extra taxes of almost $4 billion over the next five years under recommendations from the US Congressional committee set up to establish an alternative to the 10%federal ticket tax. The recommendation, which is expected to become law from ...
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Volga-Dnepr introduces first scheduled passenger services
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Volga-Dnepr, the Ulyanovsk, Russia-based freight carrier, has introduced its first regular passenger flights, following a request from its home city's council to provide scheduled services after Simbirsk Avia ceased operating. The airline is operating services between Ulyanovsk and Moscow (twice daily), St. Petersburg (three ...
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Air jets off
French independent Air Jet, which pioneered ticketless travel in Europe, has ceased scheduled operations and withdrawn from its solitary route, from Paris/Charles de Gaulle to London/City. Air Jet will continue to operate in the charter sector. Source: Airline Business
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Laker sues BA
Laker Airways has filed an antitrust lawsuit against British Airways in the US, alleging exclusionary tactics by the UK major. The US startup claims that BA controls the slot allocation committee at London/ Gatwick, which denies Laker a 'fair opportunity to compete on Miami-London'. The suit also says that Laker ...
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Paris terminal
The new French government has suspended construction of two extra runways at Paris/Charles de Gaulle, following traffic noise concerns. The runways are vital for Air France's expansion at its main hub, which is close to its capacity limit. Source: Airline Business
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Little moves on US-Japan
Alliance plans appear to have led to a softening of United Airlines' stance towards US bilateral talks with Japan, but there is little progress on open skies talks with the UK. Formal bilateral negotiations between Japan and the US resumed in July, with Tokyo still rejecting the prospect ...
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US starts up merge mania
Low-fare, low-cost startups on both the east and west coasts of the US are seeking critical mass through mergers in their struggle for survival. On the east coast, ValuJet's mid-July merger with Airways Corporation allows the Atlanta-based airline to obtain critical mass without technically infringing the growth restrictions ...
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AA set to win Latin stake?
Victory appeared close for American Airlines at presstime in its bid to capture a stake in Aerolineas Argentinas. Although American was making no comment and Continental Airlines, the other bidder, said it had not been informed of any decision, well informed sources in the US were saying that ...
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Alitalia gets cash crutch
State aid conditions attached to Alitalia's capital injection present few surprises, other than the insistence on the removal of the carrier's monopoly rights on international routes and a potential loophole which could allow the carrier to circumvent restrictions on capacity expansion. The European Commission was set to rule ...
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Business revolution
While Ansett Australia is certain to benefit from its relationships with Air New Zealand, United and Singapore Airlines, the carrier knows that internal change is required to ensure a more profitable future. By Tom Ballantyne. When former Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington took control of financially struggling Ansett ...
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Shifting sands
European carriers have taken the lead across the North Atlantic, and major airports like Detroit, Heathrow and Amsterdam have emerged as the clear winners. April Pearson examines the latest data on the US-Europe market. Newly released International Onboard traffic data demonstrates how much the most competitive airline market in the ...
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Airports face down charge
Brussels' second attempt to push through legislation to harmonise airport charges in Europe has attracted the usual hail of criticism from both sides of the industry. Airport charges vary widely across the European Union. In its draft proposal, the Commission highlights a 'cost variation for these facilities and ...
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Bogota plays safe for FAA
Colombia's airlines are feeling the effects of an invigorated safety campaign aimed at convincing the US Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade Colombia from its Category II status under the FAA's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities. The country's third largest domestic carrier, Aero-Republica, ...
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Xiamen joins China float
Xiamen Airlines looks set to become the fourth Chinese airline to go public, following the boost the domestic carrier has given to its majority shareholder China Southern Airlines in advance of its parent's late July stock market debut. At presstime, China Southern was heading for Hong Kong and ...
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Airline news
Icelandair will introduce four weekly flights to Minneapolis and two weekly flights to Helsinki in 1998. Olympic Airways commenced five weekly Athens-Budapest services on 22 June. Delta Air Lines is planning to operate daily Atlanta-Caracas services in December 1997, subject to government approval. Sabena ...
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Power to the plans
As the major alliance partners strengthen the ties between their frequent flyer programmes, the combined power of FFPs to influence the all-important business class traveller has made frequent flyer plans more important to global alliances than codesharing. Report by Jackie Gallacher. 'It is the glue to hold the alliance together.' ...