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Rocky road
Will Canadian Airlines International survive until the weight of its financial liabilities start to lift two years from now? David Knibb weighs up the Calgary-based carrier's chances. Canadian Airlines International is in a race against time. Two years from now its loan and lease obligations will ease, finally giving the ...
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High risk business
The risks associated with flying are obvious, but airline managers face hefty business risks, too. Colin Smith says risk management should be a board responsibility and asks whether airline directors can afford the risks they are running. Risk in the aviation industry is most commonly associated with threat to ...
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Airline News
Alpi Eagles was to start daily flights from Catania, Sicily to Venice, Verona, Cagliari and Lampedusa and twice daily flights to Rome in October, using Fokker 100s. British Airways franchisee Maersk Air is due to commence six daily services between Birmingham and Berlin/Tegel in January 1997, using Boeing ...
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Ghana clears FAA hurdle
Ghana has joined South Africa as only the second sub-Saharan African country to secure category one status from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The rapid process of the country's application could help diffuse criticism over the FAA's tough safety oversight policy, particularly towards South America. The approval paved ...
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Who's taking a liberty?
The lure of valuable slots at Paris/Orly has attracted four potential suitors for troubled Air Liberté after the carrier entered receivership on 26 September. AOM, Air France Europe, TAT and Virgin Express have all expressed interest and reopened the debate about the French government's competition policy. Saddled with ...
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China offers no guarantee
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has signalled an expansion of operating leasing in China by ordering airlines to cease providing lessors with a Bank of China guarantee. However, future growth may be limited to lessors willing to accept unguaranteed deals and carriers which can prove their own financial health. ...
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Eagle lands in MAS' lair
The Malaysian government has finally acceded to pressure to authorise a second international carrier but will initially protect flag carrier Malaysia Airlines from direct competition. The AirAsia consortium has battled for two years to secure a licence in the face of opposition from MAS and has finally secured ...
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Ansett deals few changes
The shakeup of Australia's aviation sector following Air New Zealand's successful acquisition of Ansett is likely to have more of an impact outside the country than within. ANZ's swoop to appoint Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington to head Ansett is a rare managerial coup in the region. Eddington will ...
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Tan on hiding to nothing?
The boardroom battle for control of Philippine Airlines is finally over but the carrier's ambitious expansion plans now face the threat of intensified competition as the country's independent carriers seek to expand their international presence. PAL chairman Lucio Tan cleared the final hurdles in his three-and-a-half year campaign ...
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US is set to open up Asia
The US has floated a joint approach to open skies talks with the Asia-Pacific region for the first time. While cynics view the move as an attempt to kick-start stalled talks with Japan and deflect attention from the European focus of recent policy, some officials argue it is a genuine ...
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SIA hopes lift in India
The proposed Singapore Airlines Indian joint venture with the Tata Group is back under government scrutiny. And while the civil aviation ministry insists it will ban all foreign participation in Indian carriers, the weak state of some private Indian carriers suggest the sector may benefit from foreign investment and management ...
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SAA trips on triple threat
South African Airways is having a hard time of it. In mid-October, the carrier was embroiled in a bitter battle with its technical staff and faced a threat of court action from its pilots. Its domestic rivals are turning up the heat through alliances with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. ...
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Wide smiles at Sabena
It's happy families in Brussels, on the surface at least. Sabena's management appears to have won the support of the unions for the airline's 'Horizon '98' restructuring plan, which will lead to lower labour costs and to more flexible working hours. All four Sabena unions have signed a ...
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Slots wrong for regionals
Not surprisingly Europe's regional carriers are up in arms over the European Commission's revision of its slot regulation, which is likely to come down in favour of slot trading. And alternative proposals circulating in Germany have heightened the dismay. The board of airline representatives in Germany (Barig) appears ...
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SAS Express is so simple
SAS has responded to the threat of competition on its profitable Nordic services by piloting a new simplified product, SAS Express. SAS Express is being used to brand 14 daily Stockholm-Oslo services for a three-month trial period from 22 October but could be extended throughout its Nordic and domestic network. ...
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Team works at Alitalia
Alitalia is squaring up to its impending scrutiny by the European Commission with the launch of its low-cost operation, Alitalia Team. But the carrier remains dogged by allegations of predatory pricing and collusion on slots. Brussels opened an investigation into the airline's planned 3,000 billion lire (US$2 billion) ...
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Dragon fired
Dragonair's owners have shelved the planned initial public offering until at least the end of 1997. Citic Pacific, one of the carrier's main shareholders, cited the impact of new route development which would not be fully reflected in the 1996 profits. Source: Airline Business
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Unions balk at BA plans
British Airways is facing a serious confrontation with its two main unions in the wake of plans to slash US$1.5 billion from its cost base in three years. The UK carrier has also come under fire from employees and the financial community over the apparently unfocused nature of its proposals, ...
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US startups lose value
Two low-cost US airlines launched service within a week of each other in late September, including a reborn ValuJet. But the experience of long-ailing Kiwi, which filed for Chapter 11 in early October, seems the more likely barometer for this sector. Some three months after ValuJet was shut ...
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Air France switch
Air France has switched partners for its Express services between Paris and London City. The route is now being flown under franchise to Cityjet, with BAe 146s replacing Air Littoral Fokker 70s previously operated. Source: Flight International