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ESOP reflects a united front
In his Dateline Washington column on United's Esop (Airline Business, October), Mead Jennings arrives at erroneous conclusions based on what can only be described as misinformation. Allow me to put the record straight. * United's Esop structure is unique in business history in that it contains a sunset ...
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Saddened by Sudan action
I am writing regarding your brief report on the death penalty against Sudan Airways ruled by the United Nations Security Council on 8 October (Airline Business, November). One can only be saddened to see that small third world airlines can actually vanish altogether through actions that are only possible against ...
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Aircraft news
TAP Air Portugal has ordered 18 Airbus A319s and taken an option on eight more, for delivery between December 1997 and June 2000, as part of its decision to become an all- Airbus operator. Cathay Pacific is ordering three more A340-300s. Dragonair will purchase two A320s, with options on five ...
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Suppliers
Rolls-Royce's Trent 800 now has Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180-minute extended-range operations on the B777. Shannon Aerospace is carrying out a heavy maintenance programme on Avianca's 11 MD-83s. UNC's manufacturing division has acquired the assets of aircraft component manufacturer Stearns Company. Galileo International ...
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Appointments
Anthony Herron has been appointed finance director of the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Federal Express has elected Paul Walsh to its board of directors, replacing Anthony Bryan, who is to retire. David Svatos of Trans World Airlines has been elected president of the World Airline Entertainment ...
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Fuelling costs
The highest jet fuel prices for five years are starting to break through into cargo pricing. Swissair Cargo, Canadian Air Cargo, KLM Cargo, American Airlines Cargo and South African Airways Cargo have all put fuel surcharges on shipment costs. Source: Airline Business
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A330 boost
Emirates has given the A330 programme a massive boost with an order for 16 200 series and options on seven more. The aircraft will replace the carrier's core fleet of A300s and A310s with first delivery set for January 1999. Source: Airline Business
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Volga scheduled
Russian cargo operator, Volga-Dnepr Airlines, has moved into scheduled passenger services with four weekly flights from Ulyanovsk to Moscow in November, using a Yakovlev Yak-40. Source: Airline Business
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No to franchise
British Airways has scrapped plans to franchise its Beirut, Amman and Damascus services to its rival in the region British Mediterranean. BA cited a failure by the UK independent to meet unspecified conditions. Source: Airline Business
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Modi legal threat
Lufthansa has initiated legal action in India to recover three Boeing 737-200s from erstwhile partner, Modiluft. Source: Airline Business
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Rip it up
British Airways plans to extend its E-Ticket electronic ticketing system throughout its domestic network during 1997 as part of a $15 million upgrade of the service. United Airlines, which developed the system, has signed up IBM and BA's consulting arm, Speedwing, to cooperate in its global marketing and distribution. ...
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Less tickets
Lufthansa has extended its ticketless travel system to European flights between Düsseldorf and London/Heathrow and Paris/CDG. This follows full coverage of its domestic network after successful trials on the Frankfurt-Berlin route. Source: Airline Business
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E-block sale
Aer Lingus has launched Europe's first Internet seat auction with thrice-weekly sales of tickets between Dublin and five UK airports. The six-week trial runs to 12 December and follows the carrier's earlier auction on its transatlantic routes. Source: Airline Business
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One battle
The Italian transport ministry has stripped Alitalia of its role as slot coordinator for Italian airports. The move follows a complaint by Air One, which was forced to abandon plans to launch Milan-Naples in late October when it received none of the 391 new weekly slots at Linate. At press ...
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United trust
The US DOT has awarded antitrust immunity to United and SAS and confirmed immunity extends to the tripartite alliance which includes Lufthansa. Source: Airline Business
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What a liability
Iata hopes the US DOT will soon approve its new liability scheme, which now has 67 signatories. Iata objected to the DOT's October demands to give US courts jurisdiction whenever US nationals are involved in accidents. Source: Airline Business
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100 shares
Aviation Industries of China is to hold 46 per cent of the AE-100 regional jet project, with British Aerospace and Aérospatiale holding 39 per cent and Singapore Technologies 15 per cent, says the Financial Times. Source: Airline Business