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Back in Business
DENNIS BLANK ORLANDO Since the crash in 1997, ValuJet has reinvented itself under the AirTran name. Its latest chief plans to keep profits rolling. It is more than three years since ValuJet crashed into the Florida Everglades, shutting down operations and dashing the hopes of a host of US low-cost ...
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BA tests wireless gatelink at Heathrow
British Airways plans to launch a six-month trial of wireless gatelink communication technology at London Heathrow Airport, starting in March or April. Initially, a Boeing 747-400 will be equipped with a gatelink antenna, radio modem unit and an airborne server in a project also involving SITA, Rockwell Collins and Penny ...
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BA gambles
British Airways is on course to save more than £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) from its three-year Business Efficiency Programme; enough, one might think, to guarantee respectable profitability even in the hardest of times. Yet analysts expect BA to barely break even this year, while the UK flag carrier last week ...
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Grounded TAESA awaits inspection
TAESA, Mexico's third largest airline, is to remain grounded until Mexican authorities complete a full safety inspection. The transport ministry says the discovery of "anomalies and incidents" had led to the decision. Suspension of the low-fare carrier's operating certificate has come two weeks after the crash of one of ...
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British Midland decides on the Star attraction
GÜNTER ENDRES LONDON After intensive talks with all the major alliances, with the obvious exception of oneworld, British Midland has opted to team with Lufthansa and the Star grouping. BM is expected to join in spring or summer of next year. The alliance signing is backed by Lufthansa taking ...
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Reclaiming ATC
Taking air traffic control services away from government is starting to look like a necessity as Europe and the USA continue to battle with near-gridlock. But airlines too will have to be realistic about the cost of renewing the neglected infrastructure. For years, airlines on both sides of the ...
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Battle for the Big Apple
JANE LEVERE NEW YORK The USA's north-east corridor, long a hotbed of airline competition, is entering a new phase of battle as traditional players face new rivals. And not all of them come with wings. There is much at stake in the lucrative north-east corridor of the USA. Salomon Smith ...
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Alliances take hold in Asia-Pacific
NICHOLAS IONIDES/ATI SINGAPORE Alliance activity is on the rise in Asia-Pacific, with Korean Air (KAL) having won a place in the new global alliance being formed by Delta Air Lines, Air France and Aeromexico. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is meanwhile edging closer to membership in the so-called Wings alliance based ...
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Malév sees alliance as top priority
PETER BENNETT VIENNA Malév has admitted for the first time that it is to seek direct talks with all five of the global alliances, after a consultancy report from SH&E labelled this a top priority for the Hungarian flag carrier's privatisation. A Malév board meeting in early November decided to ...
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British Airways launches corporate rescue plan
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways has launched a corporate plan with the aim of tackling problem areas, including low yields at London Gatwick Airport, loss-making airline subsidiaries and domestic operation and poor aircraft usage. The plan is part of a bid to secure the massive profit improvements BA financial controller ...
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Restructuring airspace fix 'best for European ATC'
Complete restructuring of Franco-Swiss, German and Central European airspace is the best solution to Europe's air traffic management (ATM) woes in the short and medium term, reveals a report by Eurocontrol's Performance Review Commission (PRC). The second report issued by the PRC, which comprises 12 independent airline and air ...
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Air Jamaica set for expansion
Air Jamaica, which has been transformed since privatisation four years ago, is continuing to expand by adding new routes to the USA and starting a St Lucia-based regional carrier. It also plans to add three more Airbuses to its fleet, which has been replaced since local businessman Gordon "Butch" Stewart ...
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Alitalia and KLM seek to add Northwest to alliance
TOM GILL LONDON KLM and Alitalia have started their joint venture and may be close to gaining US anti-trust immunity for a tripartite alliance with Northwest Airlines. The formal launch of the "virtual merger" at the beginning of November was accompanied by much shuttling of senior executives between Rome, Milan ...
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Venezuela's Aserca moves togain access to USA
Venezuela's Aserca Airlines is looking to its Caribbean subsidiary to expand a US presence otherwise frozen for Venezuelan airlines. Air Aruba, which is 70% owned by Aserca, is expanding its Aruba hub with three more McDonnell Douglas DC-9s, more flights to Caracas, and listings in more computer reservation systems. ...
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Virgin reluctanctly accepts alliances as a fact of life
KEVIN O'TOOLE CHICAGO Even a maverick like Richard Branson is forced to admit that joining an airline alliance is fast becoming a "fact of life". Speaking during Virgin Atlantic's inaugural flight to Chicago, he revealed that contacts have taken place with three of the global groupings. "It's inevitable that ...
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Airbus hunts MAS with A320 offer
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is being offered an attractive financial package deal by Airbus Industrie to roll over its narrowbody fleet and replace it with new A320 family aircraft. The move comes as Airbus seeks to bolster an earlier A340-500/600 proposal and undermine support for the yet-to-be launched ...
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Premiair takes first A330-200 for long haul winter flights
The first of two Airbus A330-200s for Scandinavian charter airline Premiair is poised to enter service on a six-month wet lease from sister company Airtours International. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered A330-200 has been delivered new to Premiair. The second A330-200 is due this month, while three Trent-powered A330-300s will arrive ...
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BA's regionals eye 70-110 seater jets
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways regional carriers CityFlyer Express, British Regional Airlines (BRAL) and Brymon are undertaking independent evaluations of 70-110-seat regional jets, but could link for a major joint order next year. The three airlines, of which two - CityFlyer and Brymon - are wholly owned by BA, have ...
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Routes
British Airways is restructuring its Caribbean network from London Gatwick with a redeployment of flights operated under franchise by the paper airline Airline Management (AML) from March. AML services are operated by two-class Boeing 777s, with BA providing pilots and Flying Colours (to be renamed JMC Air) the cabin crew. ...
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Marketplace
DHL Worldwide Express is purchasing two Boeing 757-200 freighters for its European and African networks, from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) in a deal worth over $60 million. The aircraft, one of which is already leased by DHL for its Dubai/Bahrain-Brussels services, will be delivered in January and March. DHL ...