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Bargain carriers establish hubs away from bases
US LOW-COST CARRIERS, Midway and ValuJet Airlines, are establishing new hubs. Chicago-based Midway has reached agreement with American Airlines to lease gates at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina, while Atlanta-based ValuJet has begun operations from Washington Dulles International Airport. Midway plans to shift most of its operations from ...
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Fiinding the way
The only surprise in the regional-airliner tie-up between Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace is that it is happening. The tie-up does not represent the end of the restructuring of the European regional-airliner industry, but the beginning of a new route for which there are, as yet, no maps. By including ...
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European duty-time argument is all about safety...
Sir - In response to the letters from R P Holubowicz (Flight International, 11-17 January and 25-31 January), the issue of European flight and duty-time regulation is about safety. European pilots believe that the proposed regulation is unsafe, and is supported by the aero-medical establishment in Europe and the USA. ...
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Much thought was put into JAA's FTL proposals
Sir - The article "Duty bound" (Flight International, 14-20 December, P32) is inaccurate both in detail and in the overall impression given. The proposed flight and duty time limitations and rest (FTL) requirements contained in the draft JAR-OPS 1 Subpart Q were not "thought up" by the Joint ...
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Satellites are cause of some problems
Sir - The article "Telstar 4 mystery delays Asiasat 2" (Flight International, 11-17 January, P18) confirms a story which I published in Worldwide Satellite Launches on 10 October 1994. I said: "...US Spacecom has only tracked one object from the launch (1994-058A/23249) which has been nominally assigned to the satellite: ...
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Battery Back-Up
Avtech of Seattle, Washington has teamed with GEC-Marconi InFlight Systems of the UK to develop a battery back-up unit, which provides power to the cabin file-server during power interruptions. The unit will be used on Boeing 777s fitted with the GEC in-flight entertainment system. Source: Flight ...
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Crisis over - don't let up
Airline industry fortunes may be on the upturn, but much work remains. Here are our 10 commandments. At long last, there's something to be optimistic about. For many airlines, traffic has returned, costs have been cut, and the bottom line is looking, well, better than it has for a ...
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Pricing it right
As O&D yield management techniques take systems to unprecedented levels of capability, the real challenge for airlines will be their proper integration and use. Jackie Gallacher reports. Like many technologies, yield management has taken time to evolve from the early systems of the 1980s to reach its current level ...
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Longhaul freedom
Christopher Chataway, chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, examines the obstacles to competition on longhaul routes and suggests how to overcome them. Drawing from a recent CAA report, he highlights bilaterals, EU bloc negotiations, problems faced by smaller airlines, corporate discounts, fare levels, and airline collusion. Longhaul aviation ...
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Asia's revival
Most Asian carriers should return to healthy profits, if they can contain costs. After four years of belt tightening, Asia-Pacific airlines are looking to the new year as a period of real revival, although managements believe trading conditions will remain tough. They also concede stringent measures will have to be ...
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Making the right moves
Understanding how to adapt their strategies to a rapidly changing 'newgame' environment may be one of the most important lessons for airline managers in the 1990s. Dr John Steffens proposes a suitable framework. It should be a basic premise in any industry that new games require new rules. And the ...
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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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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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USA and UK move ahead on Halon test replacement
Simon Elliott/LONDON THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority will award a contract to design and build an aircraft-cabin hidden-fire test rig by the end of this month. The system will be used to test replacements for Halon 1211, which is used in aircraft-cabin fire extinguishers. The contract ...
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Exploring technology
The McDonnell Douglas Explorer was designed with the customer more than just in mind Guy Norris/MESA, ARIZONA As the latest commercial machine from the manufacturer of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, it is reasonable to expect the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Explorer to incorporate the ...
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Boeing says 777 noise 'better than forecast'
BOEING IS about to submit "better than expected" noise data on the 777 to the US and European Joint Airworthiness Authorities. The noise data are essential for the type to qualify under Stage 3 requirements at certification, expected in late April 1995. Boeing 777 noise-engineering supervisor, Billy Glover, ...
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Waiting for the lift-off
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Heli-Expo '95, the Helicopter Association International (HAI) convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 29-31 January, comes as the industry faces the issues of continued recession, inadequate infrastructure and concerns over the safety of the machine on which most helicopter pilots train today. Manufacturers have ...
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Swissair strikes blow for satellite links
Kieran Daly/LONDON SWISSAIR HAS dealt would-be providers of terrestrial-based air-to-ground telephones a major blow by opting to fit its domestic European fleet with satellite communications. It is understood, however, that Lufthansa is about to sign up to use the competing terrestrial flight-telephone system (TFTS). ...
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Entertainment problem hits delivery of Cathay's A330
DELIVERY OF the first Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways has been delayed by problems with the aircraft's Matsushita inflight-entertainment (IFE) system. Cathay was due to accept the aircraft in mid-January, but that has slipped to 23 February because of "teething problems with the Matsushita ...