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North-South divide
Southern European carriers will struggle as recovery continues in the north. The efforts of the southern European majors in bridging the divide with their resurgent northern counterparts will dominate the aviation calender in the year to come. Any restructuring will be heavily influenced by the attitude of a new-look ...
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Altered images
What is happening with the Southwest wannabees? Both Continental Lite and ValuJet shadow Southwest's style, but neither is a true mirror image. Mead Jennings reports on the differences that have spelled one's success and the other's failure. Two airlines, one concept. Launched at a brief interval from one another, ...
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Playing catch-up
Look for some progress in Africa and more competition in the Middle East. After years in the doldrums, African aviation looks set for an upturn in fortunes in 1995. Political instability and financial hardship will ensure the negatives still outweigh the positives, but any form of progress will provide the ...
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Sabre points way ahead
We at Sabre Decision Technologies (SDT) certainly appreciate the point that the Making the Sale article (Airline Business, October 1994) makes: that anyone not already in the business of selling services to the aviation market will 'find it very hard - perhaps impossible - to break in' and compete against ...
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Washington eyes safety standards
As US airlines assess the damage inflicted by the high-profile debate on safety, concerns are growing that the subject could provoke a political battle of wills, with aviation caught in the middle again. By Mead Jennings. Most US citizens are familiar with the statistics: more than 40,000 people die ...
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MAS makes more moves
Malaysia Helicopter Services is continuing its rapid expansion of global aviation interest, but the launch of its latest joint venture may sour relations between Cambodia and Thailand. MHS has taken a 40 per cent stake in Royal Air Cambodge, stepping into the breach left by Singapore Airlines, which ...
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PAL faces home threat
Faltering deregulation in the Philippines will receive a boost this month with the startup of the first serious domestic competition for the country's flag carrier. Grand International Airways (GrandAir), set up by a group of former senior Philippine Airlines officials, will operate two Airbus A300s on a four ...
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Virgin bucks Oz trend
Virgin Atlantic appears intent on bucking the trend on the highly competitive Kangaroo route. As the UK carrier threatens legal action to gain access, the incumbents are reassessing their independent approach on the route. Virgin's threat follows hard on the heels of a cooperation deal with Malaysia Airlines, ...
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LOT signs three airlines to co-operate in Europe
LOT POLISH AIRLINES has signed co-operation agreements with three European carriers, while reporting a significant increase in 1994 passenger traffic. The Polish flag carrier experienced a 13% growth in passengers carried in 1994 - more than double the world average. The co-operation agreements are with Austrian ...
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Jobs to go at America West
AMERICA WEST Airlines is to shed around 1,100 jobs as part of a wider programme to cut costs to compete in the low-fares US airline market. The streamlining plan aims to trim around $31 million off the carrier's $1.3 billion costs this year. The savings are then targeted ...
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Zambia troubles spark regional-airline hopes
THE COLLAPSE OF Zambia's flag carrier is proving the catalyst for the probable creation of a new domestic carrier and the possible formation of a network of southern African regional airlines. South Africa's SA Express (SAX) has told Zambia that it is willing to fund 40% of the ...
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APIC becomes latest Awards sponsor
AUXILIARY POWER International (APIC) has become the latest sponsor to lend its backing to the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards '95. APIC, which is jointly owned by Labinal and Sundstrand, joins eight other leading aerospace and airline companies in backing the Awards (see Flight International, 18-24 January). ...
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Pilots enjoy job boom as US airlines increase personnel
US AIRLINES HIRED more than 8,000 new pilots in 1994, up by 55% over 1993, says Aviation Information Resources (AIR). The Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy forecasts that US carriers will recruit more than 9,000 new pilots in 1995. AIR says that the 201 US airlines it monitors hired 8,044 ...
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Pilots to influence flight-time limits?
Sir - On flight-time limitations, you say ("Duty bound", Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) that: "The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) is convinced that the proposed European rules are dangerous..." It is entirely legitimate that professional bodies should say and do whatever they can to further ...
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PNG begins shut-down of aviation infrastructure
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS PAPUA NEW Guinea has begun the progressive withdrawal of major elements of its aviation infrastructure because of a lack of funding. The closures could eventually result in a complete shut down of the country's airways system and its airports. Air-traffic-control (ATC) services ...
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FAA acts on PW2000 icing in Boeing 757
US OPERATORS of Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 757s are being required to perform engine run-ups in cold weather to remove ice which may form in the compressor. The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness-directive (AD) following incidents in which ice broke loose from low-pressure-compressor stators ...
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Alitalia pilots to strike over wages
ALITALIA PILOTS planned a . strike on 18 January, in an attempt to apply further pressure on the carrier's management to concede pay increases in return for productivity improvements. The strike threat comes amid talks between Alitalia and its two pilots' unions over the need for major cost-savings ...
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Air Inter/Air Liberte start price war
A SAVAGE PRICE WAR has broken out on the newly liberated Orly-Toulouse route between French state-owned carrier Air Inter and private domestic airline Air Liberte. On 5 January, Air Inter launched a Fr450 ($84) return "super leisure" fare between the two destinations, cutting its own standard fare by ...
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Broadening horizons
Times are hard at home, so All Nippon Airways is looking abroad for its growth. Kieran Daly/Tokyo and Kansai Throughout the world, governments are cheerfully embracing the concept of instant deregulation of their air-transport services. The consequences of this are sometimes dramatic, frequently unforeseen and, ...
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US Court gives Virgin go-ahead to challenge BA
BRITISH AIRWAYS' alleged abuse of a market "monopoly" position can now be challenged by Virgin Atlantic Airways under US anti-trust laws, following a ruling by the US District Court. The Court, which took eight months to decide, ruled that only three out of eight complaints by Virgin, could ...