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2005: An airline odyssey
In ten years time, what will have become of the conventional wisdom of the airline industry? In looking ahead 10 years, this survey concentrates on how the electronic revolution will reshape the airline business. But first, Mead Jennings balances the projected technological advances against less quantifiable developments in labour ...
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Slots to grumble about
Virgin seems to have it all, well almost. Improving profitability, strong international codeshare partners and a highly successful brand name. But further expansion is hampered by the independent UK carrier's old bogey: slot restrictions at London/Heathrow. Sara Guild examines Virgin's dilemma.Washington, none; Philadelphia, none; Chicago, none; Boston, none; Bombay, none; ...
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A new breed?
The US airline industry has produced several waves of startup carriers at various points in its history. The latest such surge, centred on low-cost entrants, started in 1992 with the recession in full swing and is now slowing in the swell of an economic upturn. Mead Jennings examines the new ...
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Blanc brings Inter change
With sleight of hand and a change of name, Christian Blanc, now heading up both Air Inter and Air France, has dissipated the social unrest brewing around him. Air Inter's unions were against being merged into Air France Europe, wanting instead independence and the ability to develop freely. ...
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Japan cool on codesharing
Judging from attitudes recently expressed in Tokyo, codesharing is not the key to solving the Japan-US dispute. It may have provided the way out of the US-Germany bilateral impasse, but with Japan trying to instill pan-Asian unity on aeropolitical issues, Tokyo believes extensive codesharing rights for US carriers would upset ...
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Equity links act as lifeline
The chances of an airline alliance surviving are increased threefold if there are equity links between the partners, according to an analysis of all airline alliances undertaken by Boston Consulting Group. The same analysis, presented at a recent IIR/Airline Business conference, shows that the survival rate of intercontinental alliances is ...
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The digital age: A virtual reality?
Second-guessing future developments will help airlines in key areas like distribution.Good morning. It's 0800 local time on 1 August 2005. This synthesised, virtual reality, digital Airline Business newscast is brought to you, wherever you are, by satellite from London. The top stories this morning: * United Lufthansa buys final tranche ...
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LAX land fee row rolls on
US airlines continue their landing-fee battle with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), but so far all they have made is a small dent in the increases, as new fees are imposed and the validity of the old ones is largely upheld by the Department of Transportation. In late ...
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Germans win out on codes
A recent report on codesharing for the German ministry of transport has pushed Bonn to the centre of the debate in Europe, as Brussels prepares to launch its own long-awaited study. The report by the quasi-independent state research institute, DLR, is the first of its kind in Europe, following the ...
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Renaissance transport
Is the choice of military transport now between, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules or the Future Large Aircraft? Or can a fleet of small transports, integrated with larger ones, provide an alternative approach? Harry Hopkins/NAPLES THE ALENIA G222 is among the few 5-10t-payload loading-ramp-equipped transports, which are still ...
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Russian regrets?
The initial enthusiasm for East-West joint projects appears to be waning. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AT THE END OF THE 1980s, political and economical changes in the Soviet Union opened the way for a series of co-operative agreements between Western and Soviet aerospace companies. Now, five years ...
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Collins windshear radar approved certificated
COLLINS COMMERCIAL Avionics, part of Rockwell International, says that its Forward Looking Wind-shear Weather Radar has received supplemental type certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Trials of the WXR-700X were completed using a Boeing 737-300. The radar warns of wind-shear conditions up to 90s ahead of the ...
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A320 Overhaul
Lufthansa Technik (LTAG) began overhauling Airbus A320 landing gears at its Hamburg, Germany site in July. Meanwhile, LTAG has acquired a complete Boeing 747-200 landing gear, in addition to the 747-400 gear already held in the company's inventory of rotable spares. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed Martin turns TriStar into flying hospital
LOCKHEED MARTIN Aircraft Services is to convert a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar into a flying hospital under a $14.5 million contract from Operation Blessing International Relief and Development, a Virginia Beach-based relief organisation. Lockheed Martin says that the converted L-1011 will be the largest self-contained hospital aircraft ever built. ...
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FAA calls for check on THY JT8Ds overhauls
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will issue an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for detailed inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines overhauled by Turk Hava Yollari (THY), an FAA-certificated aircraft and engine-maintenance shop in Turkey. The AD results from an investigation of the 8 June uncontained failure ...
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Aer Lingus A330 launches new service
Aer Lingus put its fourth Airbus A330 into service on 13 July on a new transatlantic service linking Belfast in Northern Ireland with New York and Boston via Shannon. The aircraft, originally built for Air Inter, has been leased for seven years. The new service is being marketed as Vacation ...
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Sabena/Swissair tie-up gets EC approval
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has given its blessing to the alliance between Swissair and Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Under the deal, Swissair will take a 49.5% stake in Sabena by 2005. The EC says that it is "satisfied" about guarantees that Sabena will remain under European Union ...
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ATR 42-400 First Flight
The first flight of the latest version of the ATR 42, the -400, took place on 12 July. The aircraft flew for 3h 15min and, according to ATR, performed "flawlessly". The aircraft features up-rated Pratt & Whitney PW121A turboprops driving six-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers, and as a revised, acoustically treated ...
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Schweizer unveils Twin Condor for spy flights
Ramon Lopez/ELMIRA, NEW YORK SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT hopes to cash in on a growing international market for low-cost long-distance surveillance aircraft such as the RU-38A Twin Condor, which the US aircraft maker revealed publicly for the first time on 20 July. The US Coast Guard, which ...
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CMC and ASI join for cabin systems
CANADIAN MARCONI (CMC) and Australia's ASI Technologies have joined forces to offer airline cabin-management and cabin-information systems. ASI's ACAMS II cabin-management system and CMC's CMA-3200 passenger visual-information system have been combined to form the CMA-6000 passenger video-services system. Pakistan International Airlines has awarded the team a contract to ...