All articles by Graham Dunn – Page 89
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Old hands face new challenges at Air France-KLM
Air France-KLM has turned to the group's founding fathers Jean-Cyril Spinetta and Leo van Wijk to help guide the carrier through troubled waters, with challenges...
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ROUTES: Cologne comes into season
Cologne is looking to continue the rapid growth in visitors to the German city seen this year which, if it continues, will see it surpass 2006 - when Germany...
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ROUTES: Warsaw hopes for long-term lift from Euro 2012
Warsaw Chopin airport hopes Poland's co-hosting of the UEFA European Championship football tournament next summer will help boost travel to the country in the long term.
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ROUTES: Nigeria's Arik to launch Abu Dhabi flights
Nigerian carrier Arik Air is to begin flights from Lagos to Abu Dhabi this November, becoming the UAE capital's first link to West Africa.
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ROUTES: Cairns eyes China opportunity
Cairns airport hopes to use its North Queensland location to secure direct traffic from Asia, particularly China.
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ROUTES: Industry hits out at growing tax burden
It is coming from all directions, it seems. New taxes, new efforts to add billions to government coffers at the airline industry's expense. In 2010...
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Routes: Low-cost carriers take on the Italian job
European budget operators have taken advantage of the fragmented Italian market to expand
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ROUTES: Industry meets with caution in the air
The return of economic fragility means stuttering airline growth, but the 787 introduction provides welcome tonic for route managers
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Routes: increased numbers set for Routes European return
Increased numbers set for Routes European return
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Routes: Air France begins regional defence
Air France's launch of its provincial flights from Marseille shows its determination to regain a grip in the regions as low-cost rivals start to get a footing in the tough French market
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Italian airlines keep feeling the pressure
Meridiana Fly's recent merger deal with Air Italy sees a further step in the consolidation of Italian airlines. The combination aims at establishing a strong...
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Analysis
Analysis: Europe key to the rise and fall of airline profits
Amid all the economic gloom and headlines IATA provided something of a surprise with its latest industry forecast, predicting airline profits in 2011 will...
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Analysis
Analysis: first half traffic on the rise, but load factors slip
While airline passenger traffic continued to grow in the first half of 2011, the bumps in the road which have hit demand mean this growth has largely failed to keep pace with extra capacity.
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News
AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines detail cross-ownership deal
Plans for a major cross-ownership agreement have been confirmed by Malaysia's two biggest carriers under which low-cost carrier AirAsia's parent Tune Air...
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Khazanah director joins AirAsia board
Datuk Azman Yahya, a director at Malaysia Airlines largest shareholder Khazanah Nasional, has joined the AirAsia board as a non-independent, non-executive...
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Fernandes joins MAS board, Azmil steps down as MD
Malaysia Airlines has confirmed AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes will join the board as a non-independent, non-executive director. The two Malaysian...
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Economic fears cloud airline profit hopes
Stock markets crashing around the world, amid renewed concerns over the potential spreading of the Eurozone debt crisis and weak US recovery, spell out a...
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AFRAA condemns Europe's 'unfair' African blacklisting
Continent's airline association attacks the European Union's blanket prohibitions on states as unfair and anti-competitive
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Why Kenya Airways is a poster child for liberalising African skies
The SkyTeam carrier is seen by most industry observers in the region as a shining example of what can be achieved within sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of carriers continue to struggle to gain momentum. It is privately-owned, profitable, growing and developing intra-African connectivity. And in Naikuni, it has an ...
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Kenya Airways to lease two 777-300ERs from GECAS
Kenya Airways is set to add two Boeing 777-300ERs after agreeing a deal with aircraft lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) "We have signed a...