All Strategy news – Page 1182
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Euro Direct
Euro Direct Airlines of Slough, Berkshire, UK, has appointed Rex Lezard managing director. Lezard, who has previously held senior management positions with British Airways, was most recently chief executive of Air Malawi. Source: Flight International
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SIA signs deal for new A340 fleet
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has signed a contract confirming its previously announced order for ten Airbus Industrie A340-300E long-haul passenger aircraft and 20 options. SIA announced in June 1994 its intention to buy up to 30 A340s, worth a total of $5.4 billion (Flight International, 29 June-5 July 1994). ...
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JAL sells ANZ stake but maintains links
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) stresses that it plans to continue its partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL), despite the Japanese carrier's decision to sell its 5% holding in the group. Announcing the share disposal, ANZ managing director Jim McCrea heaped praise on JAL's role as a strategic partner ...
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Continental to retire A300s
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES is to retire its fleet of 21 Airbus A300s in a bid to reduce capacity to 10% below 1994 levels by 1 March. The airline had previously announced the grounding of four Boeing 727s and three Boeing 747s in a move to improve financial performance. The ...
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Boeing starts work on UPS freight 767
BOEING WAS DUE to begin building the first 767 freighter on 6 January at its Everett assembly site, with work scheduled to start on the front spar of the wing. The cargo floor will also be "loaded" on to production jigs one week later. The aircraft will be ...
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Iberia Deal
Iberia pilots have agreed an 8.5% pay cut, in last-minute negotiations over restructuring. As a result, the Spanish airline will reduce planned staff redundancies, from 5,200 to 3,500. Iberia now plans to ask the European Union for clearance of a $1 billion state-subsidy package. The sale of Latin American and ...
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Aer Lingus
John O'Donovan has been appointed director of group finance at Irish national airline Aer Lingus, of Dublin. O'Donovan replaces Sam Young, who is to take up a post in Australia. O'Donovan was formerly finance director at Carbery Milk Products. Source: Flight International
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Air France
French flag carrier Air France has appointed Gerard Petit regional general manager for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. He was previously regional general manager for Air France in Ireland. Source: Flight International
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AJAS takes off
Alliance Airways, the African Joint Air Services carrier, is to begin services on 1 March from its base in Entebbe, Uganda. The carrier will operate a leased SAA Boeing 747SP and Christo Roodt, an SAA executive, has been appointed managing director. The carrier, a joint venture between the Ugandan and ...
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Appointments
Gordon Bethune has been named to the new position of president and chief executive officer at Continental Airlines. Floris van Pallandt will take over as managing director KLM Cityhopper on 1 January. Hans de Bruijn has been appointed manager general affairs and deputy to van Pallandt. ...
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Canada: it's in the timing
The two Canadian majors are prepared to support the concept of US-Canada open skies, but are split on the phase-in period and remain doubtful whether their US alliances will help put them on an equal competitive footing with the larger US carriers. US and Canadian negotiators appear set ...
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Airlines, take your partners - again
Many airlines are re-evaluating policy on strategic alliances. They'd better get it right. Alliance fever is hotting up again. Airlines that don't have strategic partners are rushing to find them. Some existing partnerships are collapsing or looking shaky. And even airlines which are happily married are continuing to court ...
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New year, new partners
The alliance structure of Europe's carriers is set for a dramatic reshuffle in 1995. Lufthansa appears to have succeeded in disrupting the European Quality Alliance of Swissair, Austrian and SAS. As SAS prepares to leave the EQA, the effects are likely to spread throughout the European airline industry. ...
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Coded warnings
Aeropolitics The industry should be sending clear signals to the US government to leave codesharing alone. Michael F Goldman argues the case for its deregulation. Codesharing policy is taking centre stage again. In early December both the US Department of Transport ation's outside consultants and the General Accounting Office ...
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A new Latin breed
The major carriers in Latin America and the Caribbean are still plagued by heavy losses, but private enterprise is beginning to make its mark. Richard Whitaker reports from the Airline Business/SH&E conference held in Miami. Innovation, attracting private sector funds, and coping with growth were the main themes of the ...
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Paperless journey
The increase in self ticketing and ticketless air travel will cut the costs of distribution and bring a much needed reduction in airline operating costs. By Jane L Levere. A distribution revolution that began quietly in the United States late last summer could ultimately yield wide-ranging cost savings for ...
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Slipping profits
The world's airports have begun to feel the pinch at a time when many airlines finally are seeing an economic upswing. In 1993 revenues for the 45 airport authorities reporting increased by only 2.7 per cent on 1992, and the group recorded a 5.8 per cent fall in net ...
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US drives in Euro wedge
The US offer of open skies dialogue to nine European states has not only highlighted the European Commission's inability to obtain a mandate from EU member states to negotiate external aviation agreements, but is also attracting interest from other countries. The European countries that expressed initial interest in ...
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US experiences crunch over data
As much as Republicans like to talk about the inherent evil of 'big government' under the Democrats, they are missing an important point: during the Clinton administration, the federal government has indulged in an historic bout of downsizing. In aviation matters, the public focus of the budget cuts has been ...
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Korean links worry China
Chinese carriers are delaying the start of air links with Korea as they hold out for pre-emptive compensation, amid growing concerns that foreign carriers are eating into their market share. The delay centres on Chinese demands that the Korean carriers pay a commission for 'extra' passengers on their ...