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Smart cards to chip in
European carriers tend to wait for the thumbs-up from their US counterparts before pursuing any new trend. Yet the advanced stages of development of some of the carriers' electronic distribution products in Europe underscores their confidence in the huge potential this area has for transforming the business. The 'me-tooism' of ...
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Airline news
Unijet Group is to take over full ownership of Leisure International Airways by the end of April 1997, increasing its shareholding from the current 40 per cent. Continental Airlines introduced a daily route from New York/Newark to Quito via Bogota, a weekly flight to Düsseldorf, and second daily ...
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Wired for a new era
Last April, Dr Julius Maldutis, the airline analyst for Salomon Brothers who's never at a loss for superlatives, labelled electronic distribution the US airline industry's 'third revolution,' behind deregulation and the introduction of the jet. If an industry-wide on-line auction system for unsold seats existed, it would have added $5.7 ...
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Dole clues up on economic reform
This August's Republican Party convention in San Diego, California will offer American voters the first chance to examine in detail the policies which would be pursued if former Senator Robert Dole is elected as President in November. Despite more than 27 years in the US Senate, many of them ...
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TAP trickles into Macau
TAP Air Portugal is having a tough time on its newly launched route from Lisbon to Macau. Its difficulties range from inability to make the best use of its alliance partners to scheduling inefficiency. Launched in April, the twice-weekly flight operates via Brussels, with a block-space agreement with ...
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Arabs set to close ranks
Attempts to boost aviation cooperation in the Arab world are gathering pace. Ten carriers are considering a consultants' study recommending a pan-Arab airline alliance, while the birth of the long-awaited Arab Civil Aviation Commis- sion promises to strengthen ties further. A nine-month study on behalf of 10 of ...
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Alitalia plans more links
Once its restructuring plan is finally in place Alitalia will start the search for more alliances, and it may even invite partners to take a share in developing the new hub at Milan/Malpensa, according to new chairman Fausto Cereti. 'We plan to be a piece of a global ...
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A private RAM?
Morocco's ministry of privatisation is studying a report on Royal Air Maroc by consultants Speedwing and lawyers Sinclair Roche & Temperley assessing the prospects of commercialising the carrier prior to a possible privatisation. Source: Airline Business
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Antitrust is key in open skies talks
The proposed BA/American alliance is forcing regulators to examine airline mergers more closely than ever, while Brussels is nearer to gaining a full mandate to negotiate with the US. Report by Mark Odell, Lois Jones and Mead Jennings.While UK and US regulators concentrate on the task of assessing the implications ...
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Asia's triple owner shift
Three major Asian carriers have signalled a new round of ownership changes to help fund up to $9 billion of aircraft orders. Garuda has begun a major restructuring ahead of privatisation, Philippine Airlines plans a public share offering, and Malaysia Airlines may sell 10 per cent of its stock to ...
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Canada's hair of the dog?
Canada's federal cabinet has overruled a National Transportation Agency decision and allowed coach operator Greyhound to launch a low-cost, no-frills airline that became Canada's fourth scheduled trans-continental carrier in early July. The NTA had previously blocked Greyhound's plans by ruling that the company could not obtain its own ...
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Dragonair breaks ice
Confirming Beijing's increasing influence over Hong Kong, a surprising number of clouds over the territory's aviation arena melted away within days of Cathay Pacific's shareholders approving the deal giving China National Aviation Corporation control of Dragonair. Taiwan headed the list, with Hong Kong's Sino-British Joint Liaison Group giving ...
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Seoul seeks North accord
South Korea is trying to block Pyongyang's attempts to end years of isolation by widening commercial aviation links, unless North Korea agrees to extend its offer of opening its airways to all carriers and sign a joint air traffic control accord for the peninsula. The latest manoeuvring by ...
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Aussie hints at price war
Aussie hints at price war ustralia's airline industry may be heading for a Christmas confrontation as two newcomers, Aussie Airlines and Kiwi International, prepare to fly on routes dominated by incumbents Qantas and Ansett. The prospect of a fare war during peak season emerged after a Federal Court ...
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Canada caps
Canadian Airlines has followed Air Canada in capping travel agent commissions. Base commission in Canada will be limited to US$45 on roundtrips, but for US travel agents the carriers are matching the cap of their US counterparts with a cap of US$50 on a return ticket. Source: Airline ...
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The whole holy grail by halves
What a difference a year makes. Just 12 months previously transport commissioner Neil Kinnock was faced with a majority of member states opposed to granting Brussels its holy grail - the external negotiating mandate for bilateral air service agreements. In mid-June, he won over enough support to start negotiations with ...
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EU pressures liability plan
The European Commission has angered Europe's airlines by threatening to bring in a liability regulation unless more carriers sign up to Iata's voluntary agreement. The European legislation would override the inter-carrier agreement on unlimited liability, which Iata is hoping to bring into effect by 1 November to replace ...
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Tokyo upbeat over US rift
Washington is trying to steer a steady course in renewed Japan-US passenger talks, but it is clear that Tokyo hopes to capitalise on the growing rift between the two groups of US carriers. The incumbents - United, Northwest and FedEx - enjoy rights beyond Japan, but the so-called MoU carriers ...
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Privates feel legal pinch
India's private operators appear to spend more of their time defending themselves against litigation, pursuing their own legal claims, or running into trouble with the regulators, than they do flying. The latest player to join the now familiar scene of foreign lessors resorting to court action over unpaid ...
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Contrary Mary in eye of the storm
Mary Schiavo, the erstwhile US Department of Transportation investigator general who has become nationally known for her high-profile criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration since the 11 May crash of ValuJet 592, has been good for the US airline industry. Such a statement could be considered heretical, especially amongst ...