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American Airlines will start a daily nonstop service from Chicago to Birmingham, UK at the end of May. Elsewhere the carrier was set to begin daily services from Los Angeles to San Jose, Costa Rica at the end of January. United Airlines launched four weekly services from Miami ...
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North-South divide
Southern European carriers will struggle as recovery continues in the north. The efforts of the southern European majors in bridging the divide with their resurgent northern counterparts will dominate the aviation calender in the year to come. Any restructuring will be heavily influenced by the attitude of a new-look ...
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Altered images
What is happening with the Southwest wannabees? Both Continental Lite and ValuJet shadow Southwest's style, but neither is a true mirror image. Mead Jennings reports on the differences that have spelled one's success and the other's failure. Two airlines, one concept. Launched at a brief interval from one another, ...
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Playing catch-up
Look for some progress in Africa and more competition in the Middle East. After years in the doldrums, African aviation looks set for an upturn in fortunes in 1995. Political instability and financial hardship will ensure the negatives still outweigh the positives, but any form of progress will provide the ...
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Financial results
Air Liberté returned to profit on strong sales growth, and said it was helped by the stronger dollar. The carrier launched its Orly-Toulouse route in January. Air Malta's 19% profit increase produced a record result, with a 39.9% pre-tax return on shareholders' equity. It launched 13 new scheduled ...
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Share and share alike?
South Korean and Chinese airlines finally launched the first-ever scheduled flights between their respective capitals in December following agreement on a commercial pact to pool revenues. The insistence by Air China and China Eastern on such a pact had surprised Korean Air Lines and Asiana, which were ready ...
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PAL faces home threat
Faltering deregulation in the Philippines will receive a boost this month with the startup of the first serious domestic competition for the country's flag carrier. Grand International Airways (GrandAir), set up by a group of former senior Philippine Airlines officials, will operate two Airbus A300s on a four ...
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Virgin bucks Oz trend
Virgin Atlantic appears intent on bucking the trend on the highly competitive Kangaroo route. As the UK carrier threatens legal action to gain access, the incumbents are reassessing their independent approach on the route. Virgin's threat follows hard on the heels of a cooperation deal with Malaysia Airlines, ...
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Beijing beckons
Paul Lewis/BEIJING In the 16 years since China opened its doors to reform, the country has emerged as a major trading partner of the West and is on course to become an economic superpower in the next century. Underlining its emerging importance are the many corporations beating a ...
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Douglas concentrates on proposal for MD-11 Twin
Guy Norris/ LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS has revealed new details of the medium-range twin-engined version of the MD-11 now emerging as an early leader in Douglas Aircraft's (DAC) studies of potential developments of the tri-jet. The twin would be aimed primarily at the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ...
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LOT signs three airlines to co-operate in Europe
LOT POLISH AIRLINES has signed co-operation agreements with three European carriers, while reporting a significant increase in 1994 passenger traffic. The Polish flag carrier experienced a 13% growth in passengers carried in 1994 - more than double the world average. The co-operation agreements are with Austrian ...
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Airlines face prospect of dearer leases as capacity shortages begin to bite
AIRLINES COULD begin to face a shortage of aircraft capacity as soon as 1996, leading to a steep rise in leasing rates according to industry specialist, GATX Air. "There's going to be a scarcity again," warned GATX Air executive vice-president Glenn Hickerson, when he addressed airline representatives at ...
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China Yunnan 767s replace 757 order
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines' recently announced order for three Rolls-Royce RB.211-524H-powered Boeing 767-300s (Flight International, 18-24 January) replaces a previously unannounced order for three 757-200s. The Kunming-based carrier had been scheduled to receive three 757s from state-owned China Aviation Supplies (CASC). The aircraft are among 13 RB.211-535-powered 757s originally ...
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Middle Eastern airlines report mixed results
CARRIERS IN THE Middle East are looking for an upturn in 1995, improving on a patchy performance over the past year among the region's national carriers. Privatisation also remains on the agenda. Saudi Arabian carrier Saudia could be back on course for break-even this year because of an ...
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Zambia troubles spark regional-airline hopes
THE COLLAPSE OF Zambia's flag carrier is proving the catalyst for the probable creation of a new domestic carrier and the possible formation of a network of southern African regional airlines. South Africa's SA Express (SAX) has told Zambia that it is willing to fund 40% of the ...
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Swissair strikes blow for satellite links
Kieran Daly/LONDON SWISSAIR HAS dealt would-be providers of terrestrial-based air-to-ground telephones a major blow by opting to fit its domestic European fleet with satellite communications. It is understood, however, that Lufthansa is about to sign up to use the competing terrestrial flight-telephone system (TFTS). ...
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Expressly Alabama
Alabama Express Airways is to provide daily short-haul flights within Alabama, USA, using five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s. The new regional carrier will be based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but will centre operations on Montgomery and Mobile until Tuskegee's municipal airport is expanded. Source: Flight International
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JAS pulls back
Japan Air System (JAS) plans to suspend Tokyo-Singapore flights from 1 April, as part of cutbacks in international services in favour of more profitable domestic routes. Aircraft and crews will be redeployed on ten new domestic routes planned for launch in 1995. JAS scrapped its Honolulu service in 1994 after ...
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Germany embarks on GPS testing
THE GERMAN air-navigation-services agency, the DFS, has begun a satellite-navigation test programme which could lead to satellite-based non-precision approaches being allowed this year. The programme, begun in December, 1994, is being carried out in co-operation with the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) and Nuremberg-based regional carrier Eurowings. ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...