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Kiwi sold on Murphy's law
The traditionally difficult winter season could prove especially challenging for troubled US minnow Kiwi International. In August, the Newark-based carrier installed its fourth chief executive in seven months, and its competitive position in the eastern US is under threat from Southwest's planned entry into Florida. But CEO Jerry ...
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Latins can look to a brighter future
South America's airlines are entering a new phase of alliances and cooperationThe realignment of the Latin American airline business is gathering pace. Chile's antimonopolies board has finally decided to permit LanChile to acquire Ladeco. Enjoying the fruits of a remarkable financial turnaround, Vasp of Brazil is acquiring Ecuatoriana and bidding ...
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Blanc rejigs his top team
Air France chairman Christian Blanc is putting pressure on flight attendants to accept a two-tier pay structure. The latest bid to cut costs follows a management reshuffle at the end of August. Blanc has commissioned a study by Munich-based consultants Roland, Berger and Partner which shows that cabin ...
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No ticket to ride with UAL
United Airlines' decision to make electronic ticketing an option for passengers on all its domestic routes, including services to Hawaii and Puerto Rico, could save the carrier up to $5 per ticket. The carrier estimates the new technology will save it about $25 million annually, similar to savings ...
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KLM builds with caution
KLM's recent agreements with Garuda Indonesia and Jet Airways in India reflect a wariness by the Dutch carrier over the future development of the industry in Asia-Pacific, but in Europe the carrier is still lacking a major partner. As parts of Asia like Thailand and Vietnam develop rapidly ...
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New faces sweep Lagos
Nigeria's aviation industry has undergone a massive shake-up, with the sacking of the entire management of Nigeria Airways and the merger of the Federal Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Airports Authority. Group captain Peter Gana replaces managing director Andrew Agom at Nigeria Airways, after what the minister ...
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More blues in St Louis
After emerging from Chapter 11 for the second time in three years, TWA's management may have left the immediate crisis behind but there are still plenty of problems that need fixing. TWA came out of bankruptcy protection in late August with a prepackaged restructuring that erased $500 million in debt. ...
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US push for London move
The US is hoping to wrap up the next stage in aviation bilateral negotiations with the UK by October, with talks focusing on US carriers' rights to move London flights from Gatwick to Heathrow. But an initial UK proposal gave little solace to US carriers. In exchange for ...
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How much trust in US?
With all nine European countries signed up to open skies agreements with the US, Washington has completed a key part of its international aviation policy announced last November. But the fallout could have serious repercussions for the European Commission's attempts to win an external negotiating mandate with the US, in ...
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Airline news
All Nippon Airways is to launch a twice weekly service between Osaka and London/Heathrow - ANA's first European service from Osaka. The British government has rejected complaints from the Civil Aviation Authority that British Airways overcharged business class passengers on its flights from London/ Heathrow to Madrid, Milan ...
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Team tactics
International joint ventures pave the way for an expansion of the maintenance market in China. Paul Lewis/BEIJING/GUANGZHOU/XIAMEN A WORLDWIDE OVERCAPACITY in aircraft maintenance and overhaul has left many companies struggling under the weight of intense competition and uneconomical work rates. This gloomy global picture, however, has not ...
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ANA signs up for 777
All Nippon Airways (ANA), has formally signed a contract for its previously announced purchase, of ten stretch Boeing 777-300s, following final approval from the carrier's board. ANA 777-300s are planned to carry 480 passengers in a two-class configuration. The aircraft will be a replacement for the airline's Boeing 747SR on ...
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Two-man 727 flightdeck offer
AEROWORKS AND Gull Electronic Systems have teamed to offer a two-man Boeing 727 cockpit, eliminating the flight-engineer's position. The "DuoDeck" conversion is "largely based on the proven design reliability of the two-position Boeing 737-200 cockpit", says Incline Village, Nevada-based AeroWorks. Gull, a division of Parker Bertea Aerospace, based ...
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FSI/Embry co-operate on training centre
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are to establish an airline flight-training centre at the university's Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, to be operational by the end on 1996. FSI has agreed to equip the centre, which is to be built by Embry-Riddle, with two Level D full-flight ...
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Thai plans A300 update renewal
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is negotiating to purchase five additional Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs and two Boeing 747-400s as part of a long-term plan to rationalise and modernise its fleet. The A300-600Rs are needed as replacements for Thai's elderly A300B4s, now used on domestic and ...
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BA beds in for class battle
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS that the highly publicised launch of its new long-haul first-class "cabin" concept is just part of a broader £500 million ($776 million) programme to redesign all cabin services over the next three years. The new first-class offering, which was officially ...
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Denmark will deregulate, but expects little change
DANAIR, A GROUPING of Denmark's three largest airlines - Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Maersk Air and Cimber Air - is to be dissolved as the country deregulates its domestic market on 1 October to comply with European Union liberalisation legislation. The grouping controls around 95% of the market. ...
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Greenwald blames bilaterals for strangling industry
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) chairman Gerald Greenwald has launched one of the most scathing attacks yet on the system of bilateral air agreements, including among his main targets the slow progress being made on UK-US liberalisation. "What we have now is a kind of ...
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Tu-154 fleet repainted
THE FORMER MINERALNYE VODY division of Aeroflot is having its Tupolev Tu-154 fleet repainted at the Aer Rianta paint shop at Shannon, Ireland. Mineralovodskoe Production Association, which operates regional and international services, runs some 14 Tu-154s on a weekly scheduled flight to Shannon, which links with an Aeroflot transatlantic flight. ...
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New identity for Skyways
A NEW CORPORATE identity has been adopted by Swedish airline Skyways. Based at Linkoping, the airline has grown in the past two years to become the country's third-biggest airline, expecting to carry 420,000 passengers in 1995, giving it a 9% share of a still-declining domestic market. Its expansion ...