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Back to Business: Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
For Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, this is the year the company can finally put its troubles behind it with new launches, a growing services business and, above all, a renewed focus on the customer
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Air Liberté takeover bid
Air France has received board approval to bid for 86% British Airways-owned Participations Aéronautiques, parent company of Air Liberté. If the sale goes through, it will strengthen Air France's grip on its regional network, which has seen heavy investment recently. SAir-owned AOM is also reported to have shown interest in ...
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New lease for Air Do
Japanese low-cost carrier Hokkaido International Airlines, which operates as Air Do, is to lease a second Boeing 767-300ER from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services. The aircraft will be added between April and June and will be used to double frequencies on the carrier's single Tokyo-Sapporo domestic route. Source: ...
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Air Maldives hit by cash shortage
Air Maldives is in serious financial trouble, having been forced late in February to suspend all international services as a result of a cash shortage. The airline grounded its international operation on 28 February, although as Airline Business closed for press it hoped to have resumed flights before the ...
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Travel agents hit back at Iberia's Internet ticket sales
BARRY CROSS LONDON Spanish flag carrier Iberia launched its first aggressive Internet sales campaign at the end of February, offering 150,000 seats to 30 destinations at discounts of up to 40%. To qualify, passengers simply had to book online. Travel agents reacted with a week's ban on Iberia ticket ...
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Scramble for AeroPeru routes starts
Almost a year after AeroPeru stopped flying, Lima has revoked the airline's operating permit and confirmed that its international routes are available for re-allocation. For TACA Peru and LanPeru, the move comes none too soon. The director general for air transport (DGTA) delayed cancelling AeroPeru's permit because a group ...
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Balancing act
ALAN GEORGE BRUSSELS While keen to work within a global framework, Europe has its own environmental agenda, says Eckard Seebohm, the man charged with leading aviation environmental policy in Brussels For Europe, at least, next year's assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), will mark a defining moment in ...
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Aboard the management express
Regional carriers provide a broad management training ground for senior executive roles in the mainline carrier argues Michael Bell, who leads the global aviation practice at executive search consultancy Spencer Stuart. What's the best way to groom an up-and-coming airline executive for general management? Put him or her into ...
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Lufthansa snaps up KLM student pilots
Lufthansa is recruiting 60 trainee pilots graduating from the KLM Flight Academy in the Netherlands, following the Dutch flag carrier's decision to cut unprofitable routes and remove aircraft from its fleet in an effort to restore profitability. Industry sources say that KLM will also offer to second to Lufthansa ...
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JMC considers planning pact with Hapag-Lloyd for long-haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/BARCELONA JMC Airlines, the newly formed UK charter carrier, expects to choose between Airbus and Boeing for its new long-haul fleet later this year after concluding its long-expected order for up to five Boeing 757-300s. The long-haul deal could signal the start of a joint fleet planning ...
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JAL stalls en route to oneworld commitment
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Japan Airlines (JAL) has failed to commit to the oneworld alliance amid concerns in Tokyo over systems compatibility and the strength of the British Airways/American Airlines partnership. JAL, which was expected to unveil a commitment to join oneworld as part of a new three-year corporate plan, says ...
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Carriers queue for La Guardia
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines are moving quickly to claim additional slots promised for regional services at New York's La Guardia Airport as the result of newly approved Congressional legislation. Contained in the US Federal Aviation Administration reauthorisation Bill is a provision to grant ...
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Spain set for regional battle
Andrew Doyle/GERONA Boeing is close to securing a second European airline customer for its 717 following Spanish regional start-up AB Bluestar's announcement that it intends to order six of the twinjets and take nine options. Spanish rival Air Nostrum, meanwhile, has concluded a major deal with Canada's Bombardier ...
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BAE approves regional launch
Emma Kelly/LONDON BAE Systems hopes to announce the launch airline for its RJX regional jet family in the next three weeks following the formal launch of the Avro RJ derivative on 21 March. Peter Connolly, BAE Systems senior vice-president for sales and marketing, says an order for the ...
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US Airways gets set to form international partnership
Ramon Lopez/TOULOUSE US Airways will become a partner in an international airline alliance in the next few months, says chairman Stephen Wolf. At the same time, the airline is gearing up for long-haul expansion with the delivery of the first of up to 30 Airbus A330-300s. Until now, ...
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Traffic fall defeats Russian airlines' restructuring plan
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW New figures on the state of the Russian airline industry make sobering reading - although the improved performance of a handful of carriers, achieved in a harsh economic climate, suggests there may be grounds for cautious optimism. Russian passenger traffic fell 3.7% last year compared with 1998, ...
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Canadian plans to update ageing fleet
Canadian Airlines has unveiled plans for a multi-billion dollar acquisition to replace up to 70 ageing aircraft over the next five years. The move follows its takeover by rival Air Canada, and a joint fleet-renewal order may be under consideration. The plan has been disclosed by new president ...
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Air France/Delta court Aeroflot
Julian Moxon/BUDAPEST Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Air France and Aeroflot have agreed a deal that should see the Russian carrier join the former's global alliance with Delta Air Lines, while the French flag carrier is also emerging as the most likely partner for Hungary's Malev, with its Budapest Ferihegy hub. The ...
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Aegean considers global alliances
Aegean Airlines is "probing" global alliance possibilities with a view to joining one of the networks by next March to let it launch international routes, having given up hope of co-operating with Greek carrier Olympic Airways. The airline plans international expansion around the opening of the new Athens Spata ...
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Virgin Australia agrees 737-700 leasing deal
Virgin Australia has agreed a A$540million ($333 million) long-term operating lease deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) for 10 Boeing 737-700s, with the option to switch to the larger 737-800. The deal, confirmed by new chief executive Brett Godfrey, calls for deliveries to begin next March. The aircraft will ...