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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 ...
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United launches UK web site
US carrier United Airlines has followed rival American Airlines in launching a UK Web site. The site will enable customers to buy tickets using UK currency. Source: Airline Business
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Gill calls in receivers
One of the first tasks of Malcolm Naylor, newly appointed managing director of the UK's Gill Airways, has been to call in the receivers. Arthur Andersen has taken over the day-to-day running of the airline, which operates from Newcastle. Source: Airline Business
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Tarom to privatise
ABN Amro is working with consultants SH&E and local affiliates to privatise Romanian flag carrier Tarom. SH&E expects that a stake in the airline will have been sold by the end of the year. Source: Airline Business
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Cost top in corporate travel
Cost is the number one factor for UK corporate travellers when choosing a flight, according to a new survey, with 44% choosing a flight based solely on cost. Around 79% of corporate travellers in the American Express survey had flown over the weekend to save money. For just under half, ...
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SALE strikes deals
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has mandated its largest financing facility in a deal with the European Export Credit Agency (ECA). The $185 million 10-year facility will fund new deliveries of five Airbus A320s and one A321. The deal is SALE's first ECA guaranteed transaction and was arranged by Halifax, ...
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PAL restores Cebu-HK link
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is restoring Cebu-Hong Kong services after an absence of nearly two years. The thrice-weekly services were due to have resumed on 26 March. PAL also operates to Hong Kong from Manila and will be adding an extra flight per week on that route. Source: Airline Business
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Swissair/Thai sign MoU
Swissair and Thai Airways International have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share codes on flights between Zurich and Bangkok. Source: Airline Business
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Cathay UK codeshare switch
Cathay Pacific Airways is switching its intra-UK code-share agreements from long-time partner British Midland to oneworld partner British Airways. Cathay's code will be carried on BA flights from London Heathrow to Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester. Source: Airline Business
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New tie-up for EVA
EVA Airways is to codeshare with Qantas Airways on flights between Taiwan and Australia, replacing a scrapped tie-up with Australia's second carrier, Ansett. Services are due to start on 1 May. EVA will operate thrice-weekly Taipei-Brisbane flights while Qantas will operate thrice-weekly Sydney-Taipei flights. Source: Airline Business
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Qantas to lease BA Boeings
Qantas Airways is to lease seven Boeing 767-300s from 25% owner British Airways. The aircraft are to be delivered between June this year and March 2001. The extra capacity will be used on new services between Australia and Singapore, connecting with Qantas and BA services to the UK and other ...
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Dragonair fleet expansion challenges Cathay Pacific
Nicholas Ionides ATI SINGAPORE Hong Kong's Dragonair has confirmed a major fleet expansion in what observers say is a clear sign that the carrier intends to mount a more direct challenge to the dominance of the former colony's de facto flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways. China-controlled Dragonair announced details of ...
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Hungary for a change?
Tom Gill BUDAPEST With a new chief executive and new investors on the horizon, things might be looking up for Malév Ferenc Kovacs is cautiously confident. Appointed Malév's chief executive in October after 23 years with the company, he is well aware of the many false starts that the Hungarian ...
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Back to Business: Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
For Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, this is the year the company can finally put its troubles behind it with new launches, a growing services business and, above all, a renewed focus on the customer
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Galileo takes over Trip.com
Jane Levere NEW YORK Galileo International, the US-based global distribution system (GDS), acquired the remaining 80% of web site Trip.com that it did not buy last year. The new purchase cost $269 million, in a combination of stock and cash. The web site, which uses Galileo as its ...
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Soft Landing
Tom Gill and Colin Baker LONDON There are all the classic signs of a downturn in the cycle, with aircraft prices weakening and deliveries slowing, but this time it looks more like a gentle decline rather than bust When the airline industry cycle last turned down a decade ago, it ...
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Eastern Caribbean Express ready for regional flights with Dash 8s
Eastern Caribbean Express plans to start flying on 18 April in support of parent Air Jamaica. The St Lucia-based airline will initially operate two Bombardier Dash 8-100s on lease from the manufacturer and has plans for a third. According to general manager Eugene Pieterse, the carrier will initially operate from ...
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767-400ER schedule set back
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing faces a delay to its 767-400ER certification and delivery schedule in the wake of its recently resolved engineering employees' strike. Before the 40-day strike by Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace members, Boeing was on target to certificate the -400ER in April and deliver ...
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Spain set for regional battle
Andrew Doyle/GERONA Boeing is close to securing a second European airline customer for its 717 following Spanish regional start-up AB Bluestar's announcement that it intends to order six of the twinjets and take nine options. Spanish rival Air Nostrum, meanwhile, has concluded a major deal with Canada's Bombardier ...