All Safety News – Page 1359
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US holds out for more from Japan
High expectations for a treaty between the US and Japan, that might at least have paved the way towards full open skies, collapsed with a resounding thud in Washington DC during the September round of bilateral negotiations. And there has followed much finger wagging at Northwest Airlines, which is accused ...
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Nigeria near to collapse
Africa's largest domestic airline market is close to total collapse, with just 10 aircraft left operating to serve Nigeria's 90 million population. The explosion of private operators, which filled the vacuum left by Nigeria Airways as it struggled to define its role in a confused political environment during ...
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Moscow hopeful
Transaero has opted to curb its wider ambitions in order to focus on stimulating a rebound in the moribund Russian domestic market. Douglas Cameron reports from Moscow on the airline's chances. Transaero has not quite shaken off the past. A strategy which has flirted with the purchase of TWA and ...
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Wolf secures pilots' seal
Stephen Wolf cut it close but his tough approach towards US Airways' pilots has paid off. The carrier's chairman and chief executive officer brokered a deal after 18 months of frustrating stalemate just in time to secure production slots for the first of 400 Airbus A320s on order. ...
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A breath of fresh air
US-Canada open skies, tentatively begun just over two and a half years ago, has been a resounding success for all concerned. Report by Karen Walker. The doom and gloom experts had better find another target. Despite concerns by some that the US-Canada open skies agreement, forged over three years ago, ...
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Cathay lives a nightmare
Cathay Pacific is fast running out of superlatives to describe what has developed into a post-handover nightmare. Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty has kept tourists away and the slump in load factors has been exacerbated by the currency and environmental crises in the region. While the carrier isn't ...
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German FFP spoils shared
Lufthansa's links with the public sector appear alive and well despite the sale of the German government's remaining 37.5 per cent stake in the carrier in October. Two rivals claim the German flag carrier had prior knowledge of decisions by federal authorities affecting their businesses and cite a ...
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Second to none ?
Following its relaunch this year, Qatar Airways is ahead of its forecasts and plans to assume a major role in the region over the next few years. Richard Whitaker reports from Doha. When it comes to service standards, Akbar Al Baker is not easily satisfied. The chief executive of ...
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Float tied by IMF's strings
The future of Thai Airways International's privatisation programme may hinge on a deal with an unlikely source - the International Monetary Fund - as a result of strings attached to a US$16 billion rescue package for the beleaguered Thai economy. The poser for the Thai government is that ...
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Airtran does the business
ValuJet is giving up more than its name in the planned merger with fellow Atlanta startup AirTran Airways. The no-frills, single-class, open-seating service is going as well in a quest to attract the business traveller. From November the new ValuJet, renamed AirTran Airlines, will no longer focus purely ...
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Cargolux sale
SAirLogistics, the cargo and logistics subsidiary of Swissair parent SAirGroup, has bought Lufthansa Cargo's 24.5 per cent stake in Cargolux. The latter will enter an extensive cooperation agreement with Swisscargo as a result. Source: Airline Business
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Push start on the Web
Taking Internet technology to the next level, Lufthansa recently became the first airline to use 'push' technology to send its customers fare data regularly. Individuals who surf the Web, seeking out information on their own, are said to be 'pulling' this data from the Internet. Whenever a Web ...
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Don't just look, book !
Microsoft's Expedia travel Web site is cracking down on people who look but do not book, though instances of this seem to be rare. Josh Herst, group product manager of Expedia, says the site now has over 700,000 members and is posting sales of over $2 million weekly, ...
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The tigers advance
Asian carriers have taken the biggest share of the rapid growth in the US-Pacific market. April Pearson reports. Over the past five years, transpacific traffic to and from the US has risen by 33 per cent - nearly 10 percentage points more than the transatlantic market - according to ...
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Brown is beautiful
As demand for express products continues to grow in overseas markets, United Parcel Service has carefully tailored its international operations to suit each region and is willing to take a long-term view in waiting for the rewards. Karen Walker reports. The last 12 months have been somewhat colourful for ...
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Sole survivor
Canada has rapidly lost two of its low-cost airlines, leaving WestJet as sole survivor. David Knibb looks at the lessons which should be learned and examines the prospects for any future Canadian new entrants. Like a tree shedding leaves in autumn, two of Canada's three low-cost airlines - Greyhound ...
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Qantas considers A340/777 competition
Qantas' new order will lift its 747-40 Qantas is evaluating the Airbus and Boeing 300-seat models, and has confirmed orders for three additional Boeing 747-400s, worth some A$650 million ($478 million)including engines and spares. According to chief executive James Strong, Qantas has been studying closely its ...
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FAA rethinks fuel-tank approval
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC In an apparent change of heart, the US Federal Aviation Administration is considering the case for changing the way it certificates commercial-aviation fuel tanks, say senior officials close to the year-long investigations into the mid-air explosion of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 747-100. ...
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US Airways selects engines and secures deliveries for A320s
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTONDC US Airways has moved closer to finalising its long-standing commitment for up to 400 Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the selection of CFM International CFM56 engines, and an agreement over the delivery schedule for the first 30 aircraft. Some of the early delivery positions ...
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Airbus supplement: A330 A340
When Airbus first discussed the A340 seriously with potential customers in the mid-1980s, "...the maximum range requirement was not much more than 6,000nm [11,100km]," recalls Airbus vice president strategic planning Adam Brown. "By launch in 1987 this had grown to 6,600nm [12,200km], and the A340-300 now in production can fly ...