All Safety News – Page 1459
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No state aid means yes
For once the European Commission is to be congratulated on its political juggling over the Spanish request to recapitalise struggling Iberia, although the carrier's continued control of two Latin American carriers has raised a few eyebrows. Avoiding the minefield of the 'one time, last time' tenet of state ...
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The day the taxes died
US government taxes on air tickets died - probably only temporarily - on 31 December but their demise, however short-lived, could be good news for US airlines. At presstime the 10 per cent excise tax on domestic tickets and $6 departure tax on international tickets still had not ...
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Japan boosts Asian unity
Japan's Ministry of Transport has demonstrated the sway it holds in the region by bringing together Asia-Pacific's senior aviation administrators for watershed discussions aimed at forging closer cooperation on air transport policies. At presstime, officials from at least 17 nations in Asia and Oceania were preparing to meet ...
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Five crowd over Tasman
The skies between Australia and New Zealand are becoming crowded as two new startups vie for discount traffic on secondary routes across the Tasman Sea. At the same time Ansett Australia has launched its first flights to New Zealand, joining national flags Qantas and Air New Zealand on the primary ...
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Pakistan to boost SIA?
Singapore Airlines could boost its bottom line by an estimated US$500 million in its current financial year through a major sale of aircraft. Discussions are underway with Pakistan International Airlines over eight Boeing 747-300s, which SIA wants to retire from its fleet of 69 aircraft. It is the ...
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China double in five years
Beijing may have put the brakes on its airline's phenomenal expansion rates over the past year but the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is preparing to cope with another 'Great Leap Forward'. The latest Five Year Plan, covering 1996-2000, caters for an annual civil aviation industry growth ...
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Southwest sizes up east
Southwest Airlines entered the Florida market in late January, beginning a regional operation many expect will someday rival the size and strength of its activity within California - a market Southwest continues to dominate, despite encroachment by Shuttle by United. As in other new markets, Southwest began service ...
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Job cuts could hit companies hard
America West Airlines laid off 500 machinists in December following a 736-person cutback last March. As part of its dramatic cost-cutting campaign began, Delta Air Lines let go of more than 3,000 workers. In 1995 alone, Continental Airlines dropped 5,000 jobs from its roster. What is happening? Long attributed ...
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Uncertainty wins the casting vote
Some airlines are viewing the spate of elections this year with trepidation.Even in parts of the world where airlines are privately owned and have the commercial freedoms associated with deregulation, they remain uniquely susceptible to the political environment in which they must operate. Small wonder that the prospect of a ...
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Delta: what value pilots?
Delta Air Lines is struggling to reach a deal with its pilots over the launch of a low-cost B737 operation to go head to head with ValuJet, as the no-frills Atlanta-based carrier turns up the heat by launching into USAir's heartland. Delta management, which is seeking $340 million ...
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Unions face Wolf's bite
USAir's surprise appointment of former UAL chief Stephen Wolf to its helm could further exacerbate an already fragile situation with its unions. The new USAir chairman and chief executive, renowned for his hard-line stance towards unions, now faces labour groups deeply mistrustful of management. One labour leader at ...
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EU liable to impose will
The European Commission has hijacked the global debate on airline liability with proposals that would force all European Union carriers to conform to a Japanese-style unlimited liability system. The move towards a legally enforceable liability regime not only appears to have taken the European carriers by surprise but ...
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Thai/US stalemate ends with new bilateral accord
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A SIX-YEAR stand-off between Thailand and the USA has ended with agreement on a new bilateral air-services treaty which lifts capacity restrictions and increases fifth-freedom flights. The new agreement, which has still to be ratified by the Thai Government, will allow US carriers ...
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Alitalia seeks ban on strikes to help recapitalisation
ALITALIA IS AWAITING responses from its main unions over plans for an 18-month ban on industrial action, which has become essential if the cash-strapped carrier is to go ahead with its badly needed recapitalisation. The Italian flag carrier requires a cash injection of L1.5 billion ($950 million) to ...
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Engine problems ground Swiss Airbuses
SWISSAIR HAS grounded five Airbus A320/321s after cracks were discovered in the turbine section of their CFM International CFM56-5B turbofans. The grounding affects Swissair aircraft recently fitted with the low- emissions dual-annular combustor (DAC). The airline describes the move as precautionary. The aircraft were withdrawn from ...
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'Financial irregularities' found at Transwede
SWEDISH STATE prosecutor Berndt Berger has found "gross irregularities" in the finances of Sweden's Transwede Airways. Investigations into the airline were started after the present owners raised the alarm over the whereabouts of nearly krona 180 million ($26 million). Two former presidents, Lars-Olof Svenheim and Thomas Johansson, have ...
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Tahiti's FANS makes headway
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S THOMSON-CSF has completed the second phase of Tahiti's new satellite-based oceanic air-traffic-control system, with delivery of the automated data-link component. When complete in early 1997, the Tahiti system will be one of the main components of the South Pacific Future Air Navigation ...
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...while Continental and United forge ahead with record results
FURTHER GOOD news from the US airline industry included record profits at Continental Airlines and progress from United Airlines as it ends its first full year under employee ownership. "This was a whopper year for us no matter how you measure it...we're back on the map and ...
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Checking the numbers
There are fears that Hong Kong's new airport is already heading for a capacity problem. Chris Yates/HONG KONG IT IS THE WORLD'S single largest project in civil engineering today and one of the most complex combined excavation and reclamation projects in history, requiring the largest fleet of seaborne dredgers, ...
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Safety Contract
China Airlines (CAL) has contracted Lufthansa Technik to help the accident-prone Taiwanese national carrier improve its safety record. Lufthansa Technik will advise CAL on drawing up new operational and maintenance management procedures over the next two to three years. The airline has suffered from a spate of fatal and non-fatal ...