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Financial results
Air Canada's international passenger sales jumped 25% and operating income rose 14.4%. There was a US$43m gain on the sale of warrants. The move into profit was helped by lower debt, but comes before a charge for cabin crew redundancies. A full-year loss of $240m is expected. ...
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Surfers take to the air
Users of the Internet's World Wide Web spend around $40 billion a year on air travel, equivalent to the annual passenger revenues of the top three US majors combined, according to San Diego-based market research company CIC Research. Moreover, the majority are interested in using the Web to get travel ...
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Trouble in store despite recovery
Some majors face alliance upheaval, more startups and threats to costs. Did you think that stability had returned to the airline business? Were you lulled into a sense of security by a return to profits? Did you think that most carriers had now defined their long-term strategies and established their ...
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Lloyd's find out what's in a Name
After several horrendous years in which the accumulated losses of the London insurance market climbed to £8.2 billion ($12.7 billion), it is at last possible to believe that Lloyd's is far enough along the road to recovery and reform to remain a significant factor in the global insurance industry. ...
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ANZ waits on Oz poll
The future of Air New Zealand's bid to take a 50 per cent stake in Ansett Australia could hinge on the outcome of the finely balanced Australian federal election scheduled to be held before March. Victory for the opposition Liberal Party will see a swift resumption of policy to complete ...
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DHL delivers Asian jigsaw
DHL has successfully 'frightened' some of Asia's major airlines into a deal in which it will add capacity to handle DHL's spectacular growth in the regional freight business. Continental Micronesia, Cathay Pacific and two unnamed Asian carriers were afraid that DHL would bring in its own aircraft, losing ...
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EVA victory rings hollow
Five years after it started clamouring to end China Airlines' monopoly on the world's busiest air route, EVA Airways has finally gained the right to compete on the lucrative Taipei-Hong Kong sector. With the simultaneous prize of Macau, one might expect EVA to rejoice, but both victories ring somewhat hollow. ...
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Virgin plans receive cool reception
AIRLINE ANALYSTS have greeted with scepticism the declaration by Virgin Atlantic Airways that it plans to lease or buy up to $5 billion-worth of aircraft within the next three years in a bid to become one of the world's leading long-haul carriers. The airline has announced plans to ...
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Ryanair UK plans foray into Europe
RYANAIR UK IS planning a substantial expansion of the low-fare, no-frills, service concept pioneered in Europe by its Irish parent company. While keeping details under wraps until plans have been finalised, Ryanair UK managing director Tim Jeans confirms that more UK routes and a determined foray into Europe ...
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Slovenian stimulus
Deutsche Lufthansa and Slovenian carrier Adria Airways have signed a long-term co-operation agreement. From 1 January 1996, two daily frequencies from Frankfurt and a daily service from Munich to Ljubljana will be operated by Adria Airways under a code-share, and schedules will be coordinated to provide better connections to Lufthansa ...
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Czech Saab 340
Czech regional airline Air Ostrava is acquiring two secondhand Saab 340s for its expanding network, now linking Ostrava in the east of the country with Amsterdam, Prague, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna. The airline also flies corporate shuttles for VW-Skoda to Braunschweig in Germany. The first 340A, an ex-Deutsche BA aircraft, ...
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Nakanihon repeat
Nagoya-based Japanese commuter airline Nakanihon Airline Service has ordered and taken immediate delivery of a third Fokker 50, for its routes from Nagoya to Toyamu, Takamatsu, Yonago, Fukushima and Hakodate. The airline, which is owned 80% by Meitetsu and 20% by All Nippon Airways, took delivery of its first Fokker ...
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From Brabazon to Viscount
VICKERS TURNED the 1942 Brabazon Committee's requirement for a postwar Brabazon IIB into the winning VC2 design. Originally, it was to have Napier Naiad, Armstrong Siddeley Mamba or Rolls-Royce Dart engines, but it went into service with the Dart. The prototype V630 was flown on 16 July 1948, and was ...
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British World's Viscounts soldier on
BRITISH WORLD AIRLINES (BWA) is now the largest operator of Viscounts, with eight active at the end of 1995. At one stage, BWA and its predecessors operated 18 of the aircraft. Of the eight left, five have been converted to freighters and three soldiers on in passenger guise, ...
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Fair comparisons are needed on Airbus aircraft
Sir - I read the article "Battle of the big twins" (Flight International, 22-28 November, P16), which contains a number of errors and misleading comments. The airliners competing for the 300- to 350-seat market are the Airbus Industrie A330 and A340, the Boeing 777-200A, -200B and -300, ...
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Avatar eyes bigger logistics role
AIRCRAFT-PARTS reseller Avatar Alliance, formed earlier this year to acquire the Delta Air Lines surplus-parts inventory, is restructuring to offer logistics services to new low-cost airlines. Avatar says that it plans a full set of services, from parts sales through to spares provisioning and management, potentially offering start-up ...
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Irish connection
AIR BRISTOL SUBSIDIARY AB Shannon inaugurated a twice-daily service between London Gatwick and Shannon on 7 December, responding to demand for additional capacity between London and the mid-west of Ireland. The new service, flown with a BAC One-Eleven leased from Bournemouth-based European Aviation, is receiving the full start-up support of ...
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Air Macau expected to add Airbuses
Brett Hannan/MACAU START-UP CARRIER Air Macau expects to add two narrow body aircraft a year to its fleet for the next five years. The new aircraft will almost certainly be additional Airbus A320s and A321s, says airline marketing executive Dominic Ching. Air Macau, which now operates ...
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Europe agrees on ground-handling
Julian Moxon/PARIS IN A LANDMARK decision, European transport ministers have agreed to a full liberalisation of the region's airport ground-handling from 1 January 2003. Germany and Austria have refused to sign the agreement, but will still be bound by the decision, which is expected to ...
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JAA group will define tests for evacuations
JAA group will define tests for evacuations NEW CRITERIA for cabin emergency-evacuation tests are to be defined by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to enable the safety of a greater variety of exit configurations to be accurately assessed, according to JAA secretary-general Klaus Koplin. After a 12 ...