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Lufthansa's global authority
Peter Bennett FRANKFURT Lufthansa would like to see airline alliances and competition subject to a global authority German flag carrier Lufthansa has called for a global licensing authority with the ability to rule on airline alliances and competitive structures. "The European Union [EU] is investigating all transatlantic alliances ...
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Routes - Europe
BM requests exemption - Frustrated with lack of progress in revising the US-UK bilateral, British Midland (BM) has requested an exemption for the US Department of Transportation to start a London Heathrow-New York Kennedy service. BM cites exemptions granted to Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines to fly to London ...
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European safety moves ahead
Alan George BRUSSELS Brussels hopes that formal talks about the establishment of a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) can be started with non-European Union (EU) states by the end of the year and that the new body can be inaugurated in 2001 or 2002. Well-placed officials in Brussels say ...
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Deadlock continues at Narita
Japan's transport ministry has confirmed what many have long suspected: it will not be able to open a second runway at Tokyo's congested Narita airport by the end of the 2000 fiscal year as promised. While officials say efforts will continue to break a deadlock with landowners to allow ...
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Privatisation hopes survive Indian politics
Ravi Prasad NEW DELHI Despite the fall of the Hindu nationalist-led coalition government, there are hopes that privatisation of Air-India and Indian Airlines could still go-ahead. The federal cabinet has allocated Rs32.5 billion ($830 million) for Indian Airlines to increase its equity base and authorised it to ...
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China hits losses
China Southern Airlines reports a ´544 million ($66 million) net loss for 1998, and China Eastern Airlines is not far behind with losses of ´481 million. Elsewhere, Singapore Airlines reported a 27% drop in group operating profits for its 1998/9 year to March, dipping to S$549 million($320 million). The net ...
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Philippine Airlines races against time
Nicholas Ionides ATI/SINGAPORE The future of Philippine Airlines (PAL) remains unclear as it strives for an injection of capital. It was dealt a major blow when the US Exim Bank withdrew support for its rehabilitation plan The clock was ticking on PAL in May as it rushed to ...
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US carriers flock to China
David Knibb SEATTLE US carriers collectively have applied for almost twice as many frequencies as the new China-USA bilateral allows. In selecting which requests to approve, Washington faces an array of policy choices. The application by United Airlines is the most modest and straightforward. Of the 17 new ...
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Routes - Asia
China codeshare - Australia's Qantas Airways and China Eastern Airlines have signed a commercial agreement for a codesharing partnership. The carriers are to start sharing codes on flights between Australia and China sometime in the "middle of the year". Fiji first - Ansett Australia is to open a new ...
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KAL reshuffle disappoints
Nicholas Ionides ATI/SINGAPORE Troubles continue to pile up for KAL, with criticism from the country's president adding to its woes April and May are two months that Korean Air (KAL) may want to forget. Hurt by a 15 April Boeing MD-11 freighter crash in Shanghai - its fourth hull ...
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Fleets - Asia
Taiwan orders - Taiwan's EVA Airways has ordered three Boeing 747-400 freighters for delivery from next year, apparently taking advantage of a good deal on offer (see feature p80). Rival China Airlines is preparing to announce a similar order for 747-400Fs, but it is also expected to order 777s and ...
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Hong Kong fees fly high
Airlines should not count on any cut in landing fees when Hong Kong's airport authority completes its operational review in June. That is the warning from the authority, which explains that lower-than-forecast traffic means fees must stay high to avoid a shortfall in predicted revenues for the city's Chep Lap ...
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The king of low-cost: Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines
When it comes to making work seem like play, Herb Kelleher is a master. But don't be fooled by the broad smiles and open-neck shirt. Behind the casual demeanour lies a management style that is Disney-esque in its attention to detail. Southwest Airlines employees expect to have fun under this ...
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Out of the wilderness
Doug Cameron AMMAN/JORDAN The planned privatisation of Royal Jordanian Airlines could transform the industry in the Middle East with a government willing for the first time to sacrifice national pride for survival. The luxury hotels sprouting on the seven hills of the Jordanian capital, Amman, are a false ...
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Jockeying for position
Tom Gill While European and US hubs remain buoyed by healthy traffic flows across the Atlantic, the airports of Asia-Pacific have yet to see concrete signs of recovery in passenger numbers to fill the bright new capacity that has been coming on stream. If growth through the world's airports ...
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Storming the capital
Lois Jones Stansted has evolved from a little known local airport in the south-east of England to be the new rising star of the London airport scene, and still holds ambitions to become a base for global alliances launching long-haul services It is the tale of a poor relation which ...
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If sleeping giants awake
Mike Howarth from airport strategy & marketing in MANCHESTER Could consolidation within the airport sector create a new set of powerful global players, on equal terms with the airlines? ASM argues that it could. While analysts pore over every minor twist and turn in airline alliance strategy, few have cared ...
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Time to reflect
Nicholas Ionides TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has enjoyed rapid growth since it started flying eight years ago. Now it is time for consolidation and to take stock An unfamiliar quiet now fills the once bustling halls of the EVA Airways corporate offices. After eight years of phenomenal ...
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Playing for profit
Chris Tarry at Commerzbank in LONDON Chasing market share has cost the industry dear in past cycles. To avoid a repeat, major airlines and their alliances must start to recognise that not all growth is good for profits. Alliance strategy in one form or another has come to dominate the ...
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US first quarter causes concern
US first quarter results are perhaps the clearest indication so far that the current cycle's downturn might be just around the corner. While there is no need yet for tears, overall revenues are flat compared with the 1998 first quarter and net results are down. The sobering effect on overall ...