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Cretans welcome Dutch move
Dutch scheduled and charter airline Transavia has become the first non-Greek airline to operate a domestic schedule in Greece, following a change in the rules by the Greek aviation authorities in line with European Union (EU) rules. Transavia, which has built up a strong following in Greece over many ...
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BA and American agree 10% Iberia stake
While the alliance across the Atlantic appears to have been scaled back, British Airways and American Airlines are moving ahead with their European and Latin American links. BA and American are taking a 10% stake in Iberia, according to Spanish state industrial holding company SEPI, with BA taking at ...
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KLM-Alitalia alliance moves ahead
It could take up to six months before normality is restored for airlines flying to Milan's new Malpensa airport, despite claims by the hub's owner, SEA, that normality will be restored by the year-end. The opening was marked by chaos, with long delays and an unintentional recoating of airline ...
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SAir's Italian job
The SAir Group has reached an agreement to acquire a 45% equity stake in Italy's charter airline Air Europe. As well as developing Air Europe's international charter operations, the two partners are planning to establish a scheduled domestic network. Source: Airline Business
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BA's eastern moves - BA and LOT are expanding their codesharing arrangement to include the London Gatwick-Krakow route. LOT will move to Gatwick's North Terminal. AB/Debonair build - AB Airlines is expanding its codeshare with Debonair to include services from London Gatwick to Barcelona and Palma. Swiss link-ups ...
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Balkan sale mysteriously delayed
Officials in the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport have postponed the sale of flag carrier Balkan Bulgarian, despite a "perfectly legitimate" bid from Balkan Air. The carrier was due to be sold by the end of the year to a consortium led by Balkan Air, which included a management team and ...
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Moscow tussle continues
Virgin Atlantic and British Midland are still fighting it out over Moscow route rights. The two rivals are taking their cases for a new London Heathrow to Moscow route back to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority after John Prescott, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, ruled that it had ...
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Capacity for sell-offs
While a flurry of airport privatisations has taken place across Latin America, a big unanswered question still remains over whether that will extend to the region's real giant, Brazil. Privatisation of Infraero, the Brazilian airports authority, has been talked about for years. But when Cardoso's four-year government auctioned off ...
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Keen to grow but loath to sell
There is no doubt that many of Eastern Europe's key airports are in dire need of upgrading and expansion. As elsewhere in the world, governments are casting around for private finance, but as yet privatisation itself is not on the agenda. Despite the trauma which followed the collapse of ...
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FAA team builder
The sceptics were out when Jane Garvey became the FAA's first female, non-pilot Administrator. But her management technique is beginning to change minds. Only 18 months after taking the helm at the Federal Aviation Administration, Jane Garvey has already served as long as the entire terms of some of ...
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Gleaming Gardermoen
Can Norway's attractive new hub at Gardermoen carve out an international role in the Scandinavian market? Oslo's futuristic new airport at Gardermoen can probably lay claim to being Europe's last major new opening this side of the millennium. It is undoubtedly a gleaming example of Norwegian architecture, coming complete with ...
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private investigations
A new European directive on data protection is threatening to change the rules for airline alliance partners seeking to share customer details. Imagine the global alliance makers as players on a Monopoly board, all lined up at the start and keen to roll the dice. The world's major airlines ...
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Pockets of growth
It should come as no surprise that in the USA, much of what can or cannot be done about capacity growth will boil down to politics. In keeping with all of American life, politics weaves its way through all of the major issues: not least the struggle to raise ...
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Reining back on growth
Not so long ago, the issue exercising minds in much of Asia Pacific was whether airport capacity would be able to keep pace with the region's roaring traffic growth. Since last year's economic turmoil took hold, the concerns have changed. After decades of topping the growth tables, the region ...
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Not there yet
Canadian Airlines is falling behind on its recovery plan and still faces a host of serious challenges. Canadian Airlines finally made a profit last year. A tiny net result of only C$5.4 million ($3.5 million)may have looked like a molehill amid the Rocky Mountains that crowd Alberta's western sky. Yet ...
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Flourishing in Florida
As Miami's major airport struggles to keep pace with the fastest growth in the USA, its smaller rivals are making a bid for more international service. Growth in Florida is a bit like the sunshine - there's always plenty to go around. No matter which way you slice the ...
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BA/American put alliance brakes on
Faced with declining yields across the North Atlantic, British Airways and American Airlines have confirmed plans to postpone a full alliance for up to five years. But their revised plans for limited codesharing have failed to dispel US opposition. BA now plans to codeshare with American in the US ...
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Continental seeks justice
The US Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to mount a legal challenge to the proposed purchase of a 14% stake in Continental Airlines by Northwest Airlines throws a question mark over the future shape of the alliance. Continental Airlines insists it will pursue the pact and that the two airlines ...
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Mixed fortunes in US results
Every US chief executive expects to find the next economic downturn around the corner - a fact acknowledged by United Airlines chairman Gerald Greenwald when he said: "Yes, Virginia, there's a bear market out there. How big, how bad and how long it stays remains to be seen." But when ...
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Near to the limit
Despite a recent spate of new airport openings, the capacity crunch in western Europe looks as if it is here to stay, at least for the region's major hubs. The fact is underlined by the number of smaller, secondary airports now eagerly marketing themselves as alternatives to the overcrowded majors. ...