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'Big three' plan for FANS as cost benefits emerge
THE BIG THREE aircraft manufacturers estimate that up to 2,500 of today's jet-powered airliners could potentially be equipped with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) datalinks, although they warn that the speed of implementation will hinge on proof of clear cost gains for airline customers. Boeing has led ...
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Lufthansa fares cuts upset Deutsche BA
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DEUTSCHE BA IS considering complaining to the European Commission over Lufthansa's decision to slash fares on domestic routes. The move comes after the German flag carrier announced that it is replacing its low-priced Express concept with a new domestic service, introducing a fares ...
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Laker to cross the Atlantic again
SIR FREDDIE LAKER is to re-enter the transatlantic airline business in a venture backed by Texas oil millionaire Oscar Wyatt. The UK businessman plans to launch Laker Airways on routes from Florida to the UK before the end of this year. Laker has yet to ...
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Cargo, for cargo's sake
When aviation officials from the US and Japan sit down to negotiate the air services agreement between the two countries at the end of September, it will be the first time that the US negotiates cargo service rights as a stand-alone issue. More than anything, this is the ...
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Regionals grow
Taiwan's TransAsia Airlines and Indonesia's Bouraq Airlines will join the growing club of secondary Asian carriers serving regional routes. Both launch Taipei-Surabaya flights in early October. TransAsia is also a contender for Taipei-Macau, while Bouraq has received Jakarta's nod for five regional destinations. Source: Airline Business
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Twin exit
Seth Schofield, USAir's chairman and chief executive, is to retire once his replacement has been found. Maurice Myers, president and chief operating officer of America West, retires at the end of the year with chairman and CEO William Franke assuming Myers' responsibilities until a successor is appointed. Source: Airline ...
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Stop downsizing
Considerable barriers to rationalising airline maintenance remain. The answer lies not in downsizing but in upgrading training and systems, discarding outdated procedures and making facilities flexible, argues Scott Brandt.Airline maintenance has historically accounted for 9 to 13 per cent of an airline's operating costs. Maintenance cost per ASM varies throughout ...
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Voyage into cyberspace
Airlines are already taking their first tentative steps onto the Internet but remain uncertain over what type of product they should make available. By Carlos de Pommes, Steve Geller and Jens F Meyer.As the Internet continues its global expansion, cyberspace is becoming as big as outer space and the travel ...
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A breath of fresh air
After several wrong turnings on the bumpy alliance road, Sabena and Swissair are finally travelling together. In Brussels, Sabena chief executive Pierre Godfroid and alliance supremo Patrick du Bois discuss the prospects for the carrier with Trevor French.The irony is probably lost on Sabena chief executive Pierre Godfroid that almost ...
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Third party tussle
Despite excess capacity and reduced demand major carriers are returning to the third party maintenance & overhaul business as a key part of their maintenance and engineering strategies. By Steven Casley.In recent years third party maintenance organisations have been through a turbulent period of excess repair capacity, reduced carrier demand ...
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Pride of Argentina
Aerolineas Argentinas is hoping to break even this year, a sign that it could soon cease to be a financial drain on its ailing majority owner Iberia. Sara Guild reports.South America has been the bane of Iberia's expansionist existence since 1990. So it is perhaps a bit of a blow ...
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Rushing to compete
US and Canadian airlines have been rushing to fill the many gaps in the recently liberalised markets between the two countries. But opinions vary on which side will turn out to be the overall winner. Brian Dunn reports on the various strategies that exist in the newly created open ...
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Chilean combine
A restructured and profitable LanChile has finally taken control of its smaller rival Ladeco, securing access to substantial new markets. Sara Guild reports.Timing is everything. Certainly Sebastian Pinera would say so. The Chilean businessman and senator heads the company which in June sold 16.5 per cent of LanChile to take ...
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A real future
Vasp has seen a return to profits and growth despite having almost shut down three years ago. Wagner Canhedo, the president and CEO of the Brazilian carrier, talks to Mead Jennings about his plans for a new trans-border airline in South America.If anyone were to personify the character of Brazil, ...
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US problems brew in Asia
The Japan-US mini-deal may have skirted one impasse, but it is the first of several Asian bilaterals where US negotiators face renewed battles over capacity and fifth freedoms. Two rounds of China-US talks this year have made no progress on the question of allowing US carriers to fly ...
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US fares plan faces doubts
The first major challenge in the US to the current system for selling and distributing airline tickets has gained antitrust clearance, but it still faces a shaky future. The US Department of Justice has given the green light to a plan by Business Travel Contractors Corporation (BTTC) to ...
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Macau faces slow start
The long-awaited opening of Macau's airport next month may not see the carriers lining up as planners had envisaged, but they can at least take comfort from the barrier still facing their irrepressible rival and neighbouring airport at Zhuhai. When the first scheduled flights start from the Portuguese ...
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Dragon sale to calm fears
Senior managers at Cathay Pacific are still fighting to prevent the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) from invading their home turf. The latest gambit is to offer the potential rival a stake in regional carrier Dragonair, but there are doubts whether this tactic will curb the Chinese operator's ambitions. ...
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Kiwi to Oz
The New Zealand government has given Kiwi Travel International Airlines approval to operate scheduled services to Australia. The former charter carrier launched three new trans-Tasman routes with six weekly services: three between Hamilton and Brisbane, two from Hamilton to Sydney and one from Dunedin to Brisbane, using an all-economy B727-200. ...
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JAL smooths over FAA ban
Japan Airlines was understood to be close to an agreement in early September to end the US Federal Aviation Administration's suspension of its licence to repair US registered aircraft. The airline's FAA authorisation was cancelled in August after a routine annual inspection showed violations of US standards, according ...