All Strategy news – Page 1133
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Sun shines on BA empire
Danish regional Sun-Air has signed a franchise agreement which will see it operating as British Airways Express from August. The deal marks the first time BA has franchised its Express brand to an airline based outside the UK, although 49 per cent-owned TAT European Airways of France is licensed to ...
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Eleven oust Afrique boss
The tense standoff at Air Afrique between management and unions has finally led to the sacking of chief executive Yves Rolland-Billecart, who has failed to reverse the decline at the multinational African carrier since his appointment in 1989. The unions' demand for the sacking of the entire management ...
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Time for last post again?
The sale of Venezuela's state-owned airline Aeropostal, bankrupt and grounded since October 1994, could take place by late June. Though the carrier's assets are limited and valued at $20 million, the asking price is double that. The government claims that it has received five bids, but analysts regard ...
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CNAC enters with Dragon
Hong Kong's handover has come a year early for Dragonair. Yielding to Chinese pressure, Cathay Pacific and the Swire group have agreed to cut their holdings in Dragonair and allow China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) to take control. Peter Sutch, Cathay's chairman, describes this as 'an accommodation of PRC aviation ...
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Virgin buys into Europe
With the Virgin Group's takeover of 90 per cent of Euro-Belgian Airlines (EBA), continental Europe is getting its first taste of the US low-fare, short-haul carrier craze. In return, the US management team of Brussels-based Virgin Express is getting its first taste of the vagaries of the European market. ...
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Trust US for new allies?
Washington's aviation scene is bubbling with potential alliance building and demolition, after the US Department of Transportation tentatively approved the application for antitrust immunity between United Airlines and Lufthansa. 'There is no question that all kinds of conversations are going nonstop and the immunity applications are the big ...
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Delta Air Lines
US carrier Delta Air Lines has appointed Michael Medlicott vice-president of its new business unit for transoceanic business for Europe and Asia at its London, UK, office. Medlicott, now Delta's vice-president for Europe, was formerly chief executive of the British Tourist Authority. Source: Flight International
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Continental
Ben Baldanza has been promoted to senior vice-president of pricing and route scheduling at Continental Airlines, of Houston, Texas. He was formerly vice-president of pricing and route scheduling, and has also held positions with UPS, Northwest and American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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British Airways
Jeannie Bevan has been named purchasing director at British Airways, from 1 July. Bevan, now purchasing director at the NatWest Group, succeeds Mervyn Walker, who became director of human resources in January. Source: Flight International
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AOM and TAT link to take on Air France Europe
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH INDEPENDENT airline AOM French Airlines has joined forces with British Airways partner TAT to compete with Air France between Paris Orly and Marseilles, the busiest domestic route in France. The move may signal a further rationalisation of French independents, which have been jostling ...
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European bosses accuse pilots on flight-limits issue
PILOTS HAVE "HIJACKED" the issue of joint European flight-time limitations (FTL) as a route to securing improvements in their working conditions, claim the region's airline chiefs. The draft Joint Aviation Regulation on FTL was highlighted as one of the major threats to the airline industry's fledgling recovery as ...
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Snecma and P&WC reveal regional turbofan details
SNECMA AND PRATT & Whitney Canada are planning to begin deliveries of the proposed SPW14 joint-venture engine early in the year 2000, to match the projected introduction of the Aero International (Regional) (AIR(R)) 70 regional jet. The SPW14 is the only all-new turbofan under consideration for the ...
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Maersk emerges as winner in Estonia
A CONSORTIUM headed by Denmark's Maersk Air has emerged as the winner of the race to take control of Estonian Airlines. Scandinavian Airlines System had battled to win the privatisation contest, to secure its grip on the Baltic. Maersk Air, together with Danish investment group Baltic Creco, is ...
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Lufthansa will attack costs
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A SET OF RECORD figures for 1995/6 has ensured that British Airways reclaimed its title as the world's most profitable airline. The group shows no intention of letting its lead slip, making an immediate announcement of another massive drive to improve costs, further product upgrades ...
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BA and American move closer to unveiling alliance
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS and American Airlines are close to unveiling an alliance, initially expected to include joint marketing and codesharing of flights, but which could pave the way for a long-awaited US-UK open-skies agreement. The tie-up, which is expected to be announced shortly, will give ...
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Thailand lays out plans for second national airline
THE THAI Government, after considerable internal debate, has finally laid out a series of corporate guidelines for the establishment of second national airline. A proposed start-up second carrier has faced extensive delays, as the result of domestic political debate over the extent of foreign investment. It will for the first ...
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Sochata wins its spurs for quick changes
SOCHATA, THE maintenance arm of French aero-engine manufacturer Snecma, has qualified as an approved quick-engine-change (QEC) repair station for the Allison T56-501Ds which power the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. It becomes one of only three such engine-repair centres. Lockheed Martin has provided Sochata with technical training, especially on the Hercules' ...
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Transaero seeks new aircraft
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIAN CARRIER Transaero is seeking bids for a potential $1.26 billion-worth of orders for new narrowbody and widebody aircraft, some of which will be used on routes linking Moscow with US cities, says the airline's deputy chairman Grigory Gurtovoy. Speaking in ...