All articles by Graham Dunn – Page 100
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Filling the Gulf
Chief executive Samer Majali is wasting no time in implementing Gulf Air's new strategy
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Merged life begins for Meridiana and Eurofly
Italy's second largest carrier Meridiana has formally completed its merger with partner Eurofly establishing and a new company called Meridiana Fly.
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Analysis: 2009 year-end traffic
Year-end signs of recovery especially in Asia-Pacific helped lift spirits after a grim traffic year for airlines
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Italian market review: Coming to the party
While the new Alitalia is finding its feet, other carriers continue to stake their own claims in an Italian market that remains as fragmented as ever
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Olympic Air CEO Antonis Simigdalas
A decade after helping Aegean Airlines break into the Greek airline market, Antonis Simigdalas now finds himself leading efforts to breathe fresh life into the once proud but diminished Olympic name
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Interview: head of Lufthansa Italia Heike Birlenbach
In February 2009 Lufthansa launched its first new airline operation outside of Germany with the Milan Malpensa-based Lufthansa Italia operation.
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No looking back for new Olympic
Management at Greek carrier Olympic Air believe focusing on core markets is key as it attempts to build a profitable operation after years of losses incurred...
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Analysis: European 3Q results 2009
Amid the continued fall in revenues, European airline profitability took a further dent in the third quarter, particularly among network carriers. While the situation for carriers may be improving, a long road is likely to lie ahead
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Airline Business 2009: A year in covers
During the last 12 months, pretty torrid ones for the industry at that, Airline Business has interviewed chief executives from across continents, with varying airline models and with a range of challenges and differing financial fortunes.
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Forecasts 2010: The only way is up
It says much for the scope of the crisis to engulf the airlines that an industry-wide net loss forecast of $5.6 billion for 2010 marks a significant improvement on the last two years
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Emissions picture still to clear
IATA claims a good response to calls for an ICAO-led global sectoral approach to climate change but taxes remain a threat
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NewsRevised IATA forecast predicts $5.6bn loss for 2010
IATA expects the industry to post collective losses of $5.6 billion for 2010 compared with its previous forecast of $3.8 billion. The revised figure...
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Study: Carbon trading may raise efficient carriers' profitability
Operators of more efficient aircraft could see a 40% advantage in relative profitability over other carriers under the European Union's emissions-trading...
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Europe's low-cost carriers on the front foot
While European network carriers restructureand combat losses, their low-cost rivals are posting modest profits
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Airport Special Report: Up for grabs
Airlines have for many months been warning of the need for structural changes to their model as the severity of the economic crisis alters the operating landscape. But airports have not been unscathed either and face an equally dynamic period ahead in responding to bothshort-and medium-term challenges
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Turning the tide at Thai Airways
New president Piyasvasti Amranand is fashioning astrategy aimed at stabilising and regenerating the national carrier
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Oman Air aims to break even within five years: chief
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air aims to break even at group level within the next five years as it presses ahead with building up its network, despite the...
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European carriers feel the pain
European network airline chiefs could hardly have met for the recent Association of European Airlines presidents' assembly at a tougher time. Most had already...