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Fokker looks for east Asian joint venture
FOKKER SERVICES of the Netherlands, a division of Fokker Aviation, the company born out of the bankruptcy of Fokker Aircraft in March this year, is seeking a joint venture with an East Asian maintenance company or airline to meet the service requirements of operators in the region. Erik ...
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Britannia takes first 767-300ERs
UK CHARTER CARRIER BRITANNIA AIRWAYS has taken delivery of its first three General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ERs, which received instant 180min extended-range twin-engined operations approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Delivery of a fourth aircraft, which was due shortly, has been delayed until 1997. The 328-seat 767-300ERs, which join ...
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Amman bound
Israeli airline El Al began scheduled flights to Jordan on 23 June. The airline will operate a Boeing 737 five times a week on a route opened up by the Middle East peace talks. The Royal Jordanian subsidiary Royal Wings began its service on the route in April, operating five ...
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Compass founder plans a comeback
THE BOSS OF failed Australian low-cost operator Compass Airlines says that he is to launch a new carrier following a successful Federal Court battle with rival Qantas over rights to terminal space at key domestic airports. Bryan Grey says that he plans to have a new airline, ...
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UK charter operator Excalibur finally folds
UK CHARTER OPERATOR Excalibur Airways, pilloried in the UK media for two weeks over a series of embarrassing delays, went into liquidation on 26 June. The decision is blamed partly on the "sensationalised media coverage", which followed a scare among passengers over technical problems on a leased McDonnell ...
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CityFlyer Express expects to grow by introducing Avro RJ100s in 1997
CITYFLYER EXPRESS has placed firm orders for two AI(R) Avro RJ100s, plus options on a further two aircraft, for delivery in 1997. It is understood that the aircraft are being leased, but the airline, which operates as a British Airways Express carrier, declines to comment on how the deal is ...
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IFE market starts to come right for BEA
BE AEROSPACE (BEA) claims that the long-awaited upturn in its fortunes is at last in sight, after returning a modest $1.4 million profit for the first quarter - the group's best quarterly performance in two years. A year ago, the cabin-equipment group had posted a loss of $33 million as ...
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Eurowings turns first profit
Andrzej Jeziorski/NUREMBERG GERMAN AIRLINE Eurowings, buoyed by strong growth in Europe's regional market, has announced its first profit since its formation from the merger of NFD Luftverkehrs and Regionalflug in 1993. The airline reports a net profit of DM2 million ($1.3 million), reversing a loss ...
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FedEx nears MD-10 decision
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES OVERNIGHT US freight giant FedEx is expected to make a decision by mid-July on the upgrade and conversion of a massive fleet of up to 80 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10s. The decision over the so-called "MD-10" programme involves upgrading FedEx's current 35-strong ...
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Air France shows profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AIR FRANCE, now in the final stretch of its restructuring plan, has posted its first full-year operating profit since 1989, but the news is tempered by uncertainty over whether the European Commission (EC) will approve the final tranche of state aid. The latest ...
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Hopping hot
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department is focusing its investigation into a false fire-alarm aboard a new Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-200, on two crates of live frogs being carried in the aircraft's hold. Over 300 passengers were forced to make an emergency evacuation on landing at Kai Tak Airport after ...
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Means to an end
IT WOULD BE EASY to assume from recent events on both sides of the Atlantic that the ultimate power of airline regulation has passed from the hands of the professional, independent, regulatory authorities to a rag-bag of customers, self-interest groups, the media, local politicians and the airlines themselves. In some ...
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EC to focus on airline competition issues
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) will increasingly turn its attention to airline-competition issues such as access to new routes, airport slots and computer reservation systems (CRS) EC Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock has pledged. Kinnock acknowledges that the EC has so far been pre-occupied with the issue of state aid, ...
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Air Inter Europe shuts 18 loss-making routes
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR INTER EUROPE is to close 18 loss-making routes in the third quarter of 1996 as part of money-saving measures as the carrier prepares for liberalisation in April 1997. The airline's moves towards competitiveness are threatened, however, by its pilots, who have until 30 ...
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Swiss shut tariffs door
When it came to putting its tariff structure into the Swiss market British Midland, one of the main drivers of price competition in Europe, hit a brick wall. The UK carrier launched its sixth European trunk route out of London/Heathrow into the lucrative Zurich market at the end ...
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The Tan dynasty
Lucio Tan has begun sweeping change in his first year as chairman of Philippine Airlines. He hopes a more stable future will enable him to complete the carrier's turnaround. Tom Ballantyne reports from Manila.When Philippine Airlines' chief financial officer Jamie Bautista set out in early June to raise money in ...
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Spoils of war
PAL's convoluted ownership structure has been at the heart of its continuing problems. At present the controlling stake of 67 per cent is owned by PR Holdings, while the remaining 33 per cent is in the hands of two government bodies, the Government Service Insurance System and Land Bank of ...
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Breaking the monopoly
Several startup carriers are attacking Philippine Airlines' former domestic monopoly and have international ambitions. Tom Ballantyne reports.Considering the skies over the Philippines were a stage monopolised by Philippine Airlines as recently as 18 months ago, the nation has since witnessed one of the Asia-Pacific region's most remarkable commercial aviation explosions. ...
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JAT is back
Since UN sanctions were first partially dropped in late 1994, JAT has relaunched its former European routes and aims to revive its North American and Australian services. Gordana Stevanovic reports from Belgrade.After teetering on the brink of extinction for more than two years, Yugoslav Airlines (JAT) has returned to international ...
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All change
Many US carriers are revising their hub strategies. The current trends include continuous hubbing, omni-directional hubbing and de-hubbing. David Treitel and Edward Smick report.In today's airline environment, network design is the key to profitability. But network design, or optimisation, must focus on profit maximisation - which is not ...