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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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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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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 ...
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Alliance: is it a beauty or beast?
The proposed American/BA alliance poses the latest big challenge for the regulators.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, says the old saying. In other words, it all depends on your perspective. Take the proposed American Airlines- British Airways link, where the truth is obscured by a maelstrom of claims ...
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Italy startups outstrip UK
The freeing up of Italy's skies to local operators in January is already having a visible effect, as the rate of startups even outstrips the more dynamic UK market. After the emergence of two direct challengers to Alitalia - Air One and Noman - in the last 10 ...
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Can Blanc do it BA's way?
Christian Blanc must have cast an envious glance across the water to his counterpart at British Airways after the UK carrier stopped a strike by its pilots at the eleventh hour. Still the Air France chairman may yet have divided the disgruntled pilots at Air France enough to push through ...
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Fresh threat to Air France
The creation of a powerful private French competitor to threaten Air France's domestic dominance is closer to reality, following the signing of a cooperation agreement between Air Liberté and AOM. Although the two medium-sized French airlines are limiting themselves to a codesharing agreement, Air Liberté admits that the ...
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Latin tie-ups for American
American Airlines is heating up the Latin American market, forcing its agenda in Colombia while signing up the El Salvador-based Taca consortium of airlines to an extensive codesharing pact that the new partners hope will end with antitrust immunity and US-Central America open skies. This may be the first of ...
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Air Canada
John Foster Fraser has been elected non-executive chairman of Air Canada, with effect from 1 August, replacing Hollis Harris, who is to retire. Fraser was most recently chairman and chief executive of Federal Industries. Source: Flight International
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Swanwick delays cost CAA dearly
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority has confirmed that delays to the UK's new Swanwick en route air-traffic-control centre will leave it with a bill of around £10 million ($15.6 million), but says that it hopes to avoid raising user charges to meet the costs. ...
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Constellation evaluates A320 and 737 to replace too-noisy 727-200s
CONSTELLATION International Airlines plans to acquire quieter, more efficient, aircraft to replace its Boeing 727-200s, which face a possible weekend noise- ban at the carrier's Brussels-Zaventem, Belgium, base. Constellation chief executive Christian Heinzman says that the airline is evaluating the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-300/400 to replace its Boeing ...
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The Top Fifty Airlines
The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...
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Thai plans MoU for six 747-Xs
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is discussing signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for up to six new Boeing 747-500/600X aircraft, but the carrier is now waiting for Government approval for its earlier fleet modernisation before committing itself. The airline is among a group of ...
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BA uses rule-change to purchase remainder of TAT shares
Julian Moxon/PARIS BRITISH AIRWAYS has acquired the remainder of the shares in its French regional subsidiary TAT, becoming the first European flag carrier to take major advantage of the changing cross-border ownership rules in Europe. BA took a 49.9% stake in TAT in 1992, with ...
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China takes first MD-90
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has delivered the first of 11 MD-90 TrunkLiners to China Northern Airlines, marking the culmination of a four-year development effort. The delivery followed the long-delayed signing of a purchase agreement in Beijing on 17 July which had been threatened ...
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Funding blow hampers Modiluft's fleet-expansion plans
MODILUFT'S plans to expand its fleet could be hampered by the refusal of the Indian Government to permit it to undertake a bond issue to fund the acquisition of additional aircraft. The Delhi-based domestic carrier is already faced with the prospect of finding replacements for its entire ...