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BA swings its management axe
British Airways plans to reduce its management headcount by more than a third by 2008 – including half of all senior managers.
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EC soothes emissions trading worries
The European Commission (EC) has hinted that rules currently being drawn up for emissions trading will protect the interests of airlines that have invested in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft.
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Backers emerge for Virgin America plans
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson’s long-held ambition to create a domestic US carrier appears to have taken a major step forward as he secures investors for his Virgin America project.
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Star raises prospect of airport boycotts
The airline-airport dispute has become an alliance-wide issue through an initiative begun by Air Canada’s Robert Milton, a vocal critic of spending at Toronto airport.
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Let’s talk
Internet access and live television have been realities on aircraft for some time, and the era of mobile telephony and SMS messaging during flight is arriving
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Freight freedoms
The liberalisation of air services agreements has been a key enabler of growth in international air cargo for the past decade.
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Chinese challenge
Anticipated regular non-stop flights between China and Taiwan and a brace of new Chinese hub airports threaten to knock Hong Kong’s aviation sector from centre stage, but it is fighting back
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Optional extras
A steadily increasing number of carriers from all corners of the globe are offering travellers the chance to upgrade their basic economy-class experience.
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Shifting sands
Arab carriers are taking significant strides on many joint operational projects, but long-planned liberalisation moves, like sand in the desert, shift with the wind and seem destined to take much longer to achieve
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Opportunity knocks
Washington’s offer to provide European investors with effective control of US carriers while keeping foreign ownership levels capped at 25% offers the best chance in years to unlock the door to a long-awaited transatlantic “Open Skies” deal
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