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OAG in search of new owner
OAG, the international travel information provider, is seeking a new owner. Parent company Reed Elsevier, which also owns Airline Business, put the business up for sale after a strategic review that will see the group focus on scientific, legal and business publishing - the last of which includes this ...
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Air Liberté takeover bid
Air France has received board approval to bid for 86% British Airways-owned Participations Aéronautiques, parent company of Air Liberté. If the sale goes through, it will strengthen Air France's grip on its regional network, which has seen heavy investment recently. SAir-owned AOM is also reported to have shown interest in ...
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Tokyo's runway slots awarded
Japan's transport ministry has allocated 48 of the 57 valuable new slots to be made available over the next two years at Tokyo's congested domestic hub Haneda Airport ahead of the opening of a third runway in July. As expected, new carriers Skymark Airlines and Hokkaido International Airlines - ...
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New lease for Air Do
Japanese low-cost carrier Hokkaido International Airlines, which operates as Air Do, is to lease a second Boeing 767-300ER from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services. The aircraft will be added between April and June and will be used to double frequencies on the carrier's single Tokyo-Sapporo domestic route. Source: ...
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Vietnam-USA seal deal
NICHOLAS IONIDES ATI SINGAPORE Vietnam and the USA have finally signed a bilateral to allow codesharing. That could be the prelude to a full air-services accord when talks resume in June. The codeshare agreement was signed early in March in Hanoi and is described as a "memorandum of discussions", although ...
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Air Maldives hit by cash shortage
Air Maldives is in serious financial trouble, having been forced late in February to suspend all international services as a result of a cash shortage. The airline grounded its international operation on 28 February, although as Airline Business closed for press it hoped to have resumed flights before the ...
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Airbus wins Chinese orders
China Northern Airlines has signed with Airbus Industrie to acquire 10 A321s. The deal concludes the allocation of the purchase package of 30 A320-family aircraft placed by China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Corporation in May 1997. Ten other aircraft from the package were allocated to China Eastern Airlines, three ...
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SAA springs surprise with Boeing decision
ROGER MAKINGS JOHANNESBURG South African Airways (SAA) has acquired 21 Boeing 737-800s, plus 21 options, raising eyebrows among observers who expected the carrier to buy Airbus A320s. SAA chief executive Coleman Andrews claims that Boeing's offer was clearly ahead on price, but some in South Africa remain suspicious over the ...
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Biman sell-off
RAVI PARSAD NEW DELHI A Citibank-led consortium is preparing a restructuring plan with the aim of attracting a strategic partner for Biman Bangladesh Airlines. British Airways and Singapore International Airlines are among those reported to be interested. The consortium consists of consultancy SH&E, legal firm Clifford Chance Wirot and ...
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When size matters
The debate over the size of market for a new very large aircraft has become similar to a poker game; until the first cards are on the table, no-one knows which way the deck will fall. During a recent briefing in Washington, Airbus Industrie's senior vice- president, commercial, John Leahy ...
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Life at the top
KAREN WALKER SINGAPORE Airbus is right to feel proud of its 1999 performance, as it overtook Boeing on new orders. But the fight to stay on top will be fierce. If Airbus Industrie's managers find the heights to which they climbed in 1999 overwhelming, they show no signs of vertigo ...
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Ansett leasing arm finds a buyer
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE The owners of Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) appear to have found a buyer for the aircraft lessor. A unit of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (MSDW) has agreed to buy AWAS in a deal expected to close in April. MSDW has been circumspect about its plans. ...
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Out of this world
Canadian Airlines, which has been taken over by former rival Air Canada, confirms it will withdraw from the oneworld alliance from June. Canadian was a founding oneworld member. Source: Airline Business
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Flying partners
America West and TWA have announced a reciprocal frequent flier programme partnership and say they are discussing a similar agreement for each airline's airport lounges. The airlines are not yet committing to a codeshare agreeement, however. America West is a codeshare partner with Continental Airlines. Source: Airline Business
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Start-up expands
Las Vegas-based start-up National Airlines is adding a sixth flight between Vegas and San Francisco. National, which operates an all Boeing 757 fleet, now serves Chicago, Dallas/Fort worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Philadelphia. Source: Airline Business
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Beachbound Airtran
AirTran Airways is starting new non-stop services between Atlanta, Georgia, and Myrtle Beach, Florida. The Orlando-based low-fares carrier plans three daily roundtrips. Source: Airline Business
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Atlantic Coast for Louisville
United Express carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines is starting regional jet services between Washington Dulles and Louisville from 8 June. It plans a four times daily roundtrip service. Source: Airline Business
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Emirates gets Milan link
Dubai-based Emirates is to introduce a three times a week service between Dubai and Milan Malpensa, via Rome. In addition, services between Dubai and Rome will be doubled to six times a week. The route will be served by Emirates' new Airbus A330-200. Source: Airline Business
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Flier programme connects
Northwest Airlines, Alitalia and KLM have introduced reciprocal frequent flier programmes as well as codeshares to 42 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the USA. Northwest is also launching daily non-stop services from Detroit to Rome and Milan Malpensa. Source: Airline Business
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EU fuel tax proposal criticised
A proposal by the European Commission that individual member states take steps to levy tax on aviation fuel has been criticised as "confused and confusing" by the Association of European Airlines. The proposal, a follow-up to the wide-ranging Communication issued at the end of last year, calls for member states ...