All Strategy news – Page 1138
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Alliance moves to expand East African partnership
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE CHAIRMAN OF EAST African carrier Alliance has proposed a merger with Air Tanzania and Uganda Airlines - both 10% stakeholders in the multi-national long-haul carrier. The merger call by Ugandan parliamentarian and Alliance chairman, Adrian Sibo is seen as an attempt at ...
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Japan and USA sign cargo bilateral
JAPAN AND THE USA HAVE signed a new bilateral air-cargo accord, with little reference to solving the more fundamental problem of passenger services between the two countries. US transportation secretary Federico Pena and his Japanese counterpart Yoshiyuki Kamei had been expected to seal the cargo deal in Washington, ...
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USA extends ban on airline gambling
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) is to retain its ban on gambling on commercial-airline flights to and from the USA by all carriers at least until a national commission has considered the wider issue of gambling legislation in the USA. The policy re-affirmation came with release ...
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AMR may spin-off Sabre
AMERICAN AIRLINES parent AMR is considering a spin-off of its highly profitable Sabre computer reservation system (CRS), raising speculation that cash from any deal could put the carrier back on the acquisition trail in the US airline market. AMR chairman Robert Crandall, who once joked that the ...
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Indonesia acts to solve Garuda cash problems
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE INDONESIAN Government has announced a major corporate and financial shake-up of Garuda Indonesia, in an effort to turn around the financially struggling national carrier in readiness for privatisation later in the year. As part of the airline's restructuring, three senior executives have ...
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Flying Colours launched with Boeing order
FLYING COLOURS Leisure Group has placed a $200 million order for four new Boeing 757-200ERs for its new in-house carrier, Flying Colours Airlines. The four 757s, three leased from International Lease Finance and one from GATX, will be powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4s. Three aircraft will be based at ...
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Swissair shows renewed grit over cost-cutting
Kevin O'Toole/GENEVA SWISSAIR PRESIDENT-elect Phillippe Bruggisser has put some steel behind a new campaign to drive down costs at the airline group, including plans to shed at least another 1,600 jobs. He also expresses determination, echoed throughout the management team, to press ahead with the ...
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Ethiopian birthday
This month Ethiopian Airlines celebrates half a century in the business - and it has turned in net profits during each of the last 14 years. Alfred Price/LONDON FOR MANY WESTERNERS, the word Ethiopia conjures up haunting images of starving men, women and children. That famine ended ...
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Air Niugini
Air Niugini, based in Papua New Guinea, has named Moses Maladina its new general manager and chief executive, replacing Dieter Seefeld, who resigned recently. Maladina, a Papua New Guinea national, was formerly the carriers' company secretary. Source: Flight International
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International rival planned for MAS
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE PLANS TO launch a second Malaysian international carrier are being revived, 15 months after flag carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) blocked the start of AirAsia. Heavy Industries of Malaysia (HICOM) and 15% joint-venture partner Mofaz Air are understood to be drawing up new plans ...
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FANS will ease Calcutta chaos
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS DRAMATIC TRAFFIC flow improvements, for aircraft over-flying the Calcutta area of India, are expected by September of this year. A new future air navigation systems (FANS) route for Boeing 747-400s across the country and the Bay of Bengal will ease chronic peak-hour congestion. ...
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Swissair expands as Crossair gets route boost
Gunter Endres/BASLE SWISSAIR IS expanding its fleet with orders for five Airbus narrow-bodies and two McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The order comes as Crossair, the Swiss carrier's regional subsidiary, revealed a boost from taking over a part of its parent company's European and charter business. Swissair is ...
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Confusion hits UK's foreign-pilot policy as Airworld hires Canadians for A320s
UK RULES for granting work permits to non-European Economic Area pilots have been thrown into confusion by a Government decision to approve an application by UK charter airline Airworld to hire Canadian Airbus A320 pilots. The approval comes only weeks after the Government rejected a similar controversial request ...
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Virgin names the day for EBA take-over
VIRGIN IS to complete its purchase of a 90% stake in EuroBelgian Airlines (EBA) on 30 April, clearing the way for Virgin European Airways to inaugurate low-cost scheduled flights between Brussels and five initial destinations (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P15). The revised BFr1.8 billion ($59 million) deal, ...
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ValuJet tempers growth as FAA watches watch
VALUJET AIRLINES is to slow its rapid growth for the next few months, citing increased US Federal Aviation Administration safety scrutiny following recent incidents. The low-cost carrier, based in Atlanta, Georgia, will add 13-14 aircraft during 1996, instead of the previously planned 18-24 aircraft. The FAA conducted a ...
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GE90-powered Boeing 777 enters ETOPS test arena
EXTENDED-RANGE-twin-operations (ETOPS) testing on the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 has finally begun, with both companies hopeful of receiving certification by about August. The long-delayed 1,000-cycle ETOPS testing began on 30 March, one day after Boeing received clearance from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The test aircraft, ...
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Most expensive not necessarily the best
Sir - My distaste of the attitudes held by the majority of pilots I have met was increased by Peter Llendell's letter, "Dangers of paying less than going rate" (Flight International, 28 February-5 March, P37). How does Mr Llendell arrive at the conclusion that the safest pilots are ...
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United plans to launch all-cargo service to Asia
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA United Airlines plans to launch an all-cargo service between the USA and Asia, using four McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighters. Approval is being sought for six flights a week in both directions between Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei and Manila and New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San ...
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Air New Zealand plan for Ansett rejected
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS NEW ZEALAND'S Commerce Commission has rejected Air New Zealand's plan to acquire up to 50% of Ansett Holdings. The scheme foundered on the monopoly effect the deal would have on domestic services in New Zealand. Air New Zealand managing director Jim McCrea says ...
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North and South Yemen airlines to merge
North and South Yemen airlines to merge Six years after North and South Yemen, became a single republic, their airlines are to merge into a single company. Yemen Airways (Yemenia), based in the northern capital of Sana'a, was formed in the 1970s as a joint venture between the ...