All Strategy news – Page 1175
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Independence for Lufthansa school
LUFTHANSA'S AIRLINE pilots' school is to be renamed the Lufthansa Flight Training and run as an independent company. The move is the last major restructuring project in the Lufthansa Group. Lufthansa Technik, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Systems have all been turned into independent companies. ...
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Air La Expands
Air LA says that it is close to finalising a $6 million deal to acquire Conquest Airlines, a Texas-based carrier with a fleet of Fairchild Metro-liners. The deal comes only weeks after Air LA acquired Capitol Airlines based in St Paul, Minnesota. When both acquisitions are complete Air LA will ...
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Pacific bus stops
Hawaiian operators plan to tap a predicted growth in South Seas tourism. Guy Norris/HONOLULU Hawaiian guitar music wafts across the palm-fringed beach near Waikiki on a balmy afternoon. High overhead, locally based airliners look like partners in paradise as they shuttle to neighbouring islands. ...
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Cathay issues cost warning despite rise profit rise
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has issued further warnings over falling yields and rising costs, despite reporting a 4% increase in net profits for 1994. Profits ended the year broadly in line with analyst expectations at HK$2.4 billion ($310 million), but Cathay chairman Peter Sutch ...
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Keeping in touch
Air-to-ground telephones for airline passengers are becoming more commonplace. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Passengers on certain British Airways flights are the first in the UK to enjoy something US air travelers have come to expect - air-to-ground telephones on aircraft. BA is the first airline to put ...
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Paradise found by Navcom Aviation
NAVCOM AVIATION is attempting to launch a scheduled airline called Paradise Air, using the assets and certificate of the former UltrAir. Scheduled and charter services are due to begin soon using one Boeing 727, possibly flown by ex-UltrAir pilots, linking Washington Dulles and New York Kennedy airports. Houston-based ...
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Qantas profit clears the way for privatisation
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE QANTAS AIRWAYS reports a profit increase of nearly 80% over the first half of its financial year, clearing the way for the Australian Government to sell its remaining 75% stake. The results, likely to be the last before the long-awaited share flotation, shows ...
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Space Shuttle could be privatised
A SPECIALIST PANEL appointed by NASA has recommended that the majority of Space Shuttle operations should be privatised. The panel recommends that one of the current programme contractors be appointed as prime contractor and the Shuttle's launch procedures, maintenance and management simplified. NASA operates the Shuttle ...
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Air France opens talks on fleet restructuring
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIR FRANCE has opened talks with Boeing and Airbus over its fleet restructuring, says chairman Christian Blanc, warning the European consortium that its place is not guaranteed. Air France is committed to carrying out a heavy rationalisation of its fleet under the three-year restructuring ...
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Garrett
Christopher Crum has been named, operations manager at maintenance company Garrett Aviation Services, of Phoenix, Arizona. He will be based at Houston International Airport, Texas. He was formerly director of customer support for regional airlines at AlliedSignal Engines. Source: Flight International
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USAir cuts point-to-point routes as it retreats into primary hubs
USAIR PLANS TO retreat from low-cost point-to-point competition and re-focus operations around its major hubs. The re-organisation will result in a 5% cut in capacity across the carrier's route system. The beleaguered airline, which is still trying to win labour concessions from union workers, will retrench ...
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BA considers A330 for medium-haul fleet update
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS plans to make a decision on updating its medium-haul fleet within the next 12 months, with the Airbus A330 among the contenders. The airline says that in a year's time it will be in a position to begin "seriously considering" acquisition ...
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Latavio tries to wreck SAS Latvian venture
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LATVIAN FLAG CARRIER Latvian Airlines (Latavio) is mounting a last-ditch attempt to sink the proposed joint venture between Baltic International USA (BIUSA) and Scandinavian Airline System (SAS). Latavio is now being backed by the privately owned Banka Baltija - the largest bank in ...
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Swissair
Swiss national carrier Swissair has appointed Eberhard Suhr to head district management for the south-eastern USA and Mexico, based at Atlanta, Georgia. He is replaced as the London-based general manager for the UK and Ireland by Hans-Ruedi Fehr, who was Swissair's country manager in Japan. Source: Flight ...
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Intertrade
Rick Sine has been appointed vice-president, engineering services and quality assurance, at Intertrade, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sine was an executive-level maintenance/operations leader with United Parcel Service Airlines. Intertrade has also appointed Perry Rebhuhn as senior accounts executive and Bruce Gross as senior accounts manager. Rebhuhn was formerly senior trading ...
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Aviation Sales
Aviation-parts company Aviation Sales, of Miami, Florida, has named Paul Hawthorne vice-president of quality control. He was formerly with freight carrier FedEx, of Memphis, Tennessee. Mario Levy becomes manager of the subcontract repair department. He was previously with the AGES Group, having formerly worked for Aviation Sales in the 1980s ...
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Belfast Air starts
A new airline, connecting Belfast with London-Stansted, started on 1 March, linking the two airports five times daily in each direction. Air Belfast is flying two BAC One-Elevens in a low-cost operation which aims to undercut fares charged by rivals British Airways and British Midland. Source: Flight International
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Ukraine International looks for European equity share
UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) is in advanced talks with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and three foreign airlines over the possible sale of up to one-quarter of the carrier. Deputy president Dick Creagh says that the airline, 11.3%-owned by lessor GPA, with the rest held ...