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French gamble on growth
Are Air France's fortunes looking up? Strong fourth quarter performance partially compensated for the pilots strike of mid-1998, limiting the damage to a 11% drop in profits. Higher load factors, meanwhile, have been aided by transatlantic codeshares and the its expanding Charles de Gaulle hub. The carrier has ...
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USA and UK revisit open skies talks
Talks on a new US-UK liberalised aviation bilateral agreement are due to resume at the start of July, but the hosts in Washington DC remain cautious about the likely outcome of this latest round. Talks were set to restart in mid-June but were cancelled by the UK Government, which said ...
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A touch of Swiss prudence
Jackie Gallacher/BRUSSELS Sabena is back in profit and experiencing one of the fastest growth rates in the industry. But under Swiss chief executive, Paul Reutlinger, there has been little fanfare surrounding the transformation. For a man who has just steered a foundering european flag carrier back to profits, Sabena's Paul ...
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surfing for value
Nancy Schwartz and Michael Zea at Mercer Management Consulting in Washington DC Many airlines have begun using the Internet to market and distribute their products, but few have yet made a success of the medium. Internet-related market value has exploded over the past few years, especially in the USA, so ...
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Airtours introduces Airbus A330-200
Airtours International has become the second UK charter airline to introduce the Airbus A330-200, with the delivery of the first of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered examples. The 363-seaters will be operated on long haul routes to the USA, the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia and Asia. The UK airline division of tour ...
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LanChile picks A340 for expansion
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC LanChile has selected the Airbus Industrie A340 over the competing Boeing 777 and is set to announce an agreement for up to 21 aircraft, including options. The deal is a major expansion of the carrier's long haul capability and another significant South American sale for the European ...
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Midway grows east US service with 737s
Midway Airlines plans to expand its eastern US services with 17 newly ordered Boeing 737-700s to counter growing competition from US Airways' low cost division, MetroJet, and Southwest Airlines. The North Carolina-based regional airline plans to replace its eight remaining Fokker 100s with the new aircraft by the end ...
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AeroPeru given new deadline after Continental pull-out
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON AeroPeru has until 12 July to find a new backer following Continental Airlines' decision to pull out of a rescue. The move comes after operating permits were granted to planned start-ups LanPeru and TransAmerica. The bankrupt national carrier has reacted by opening talks with two other ...
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African Express takes on international routes
Kenyan start-up African Express Airlines (AEA) has begun to bite into Kenya Airways' domestic market, and has taken its first step into international services with a flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Nairobi-based carrier began scheduled operations two months ago, after winning licences to fly Nairobi-Mombasa. AEA ...
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Condor and British Airways to plug airliners into cyberspace
Emma Kelly/LONDONCondor Flugdienst is activating Rockwell Collins' Integrated Information System (I2S) on two Airbus A320s this month as part of a project to test technologies linking an aircraft-based intranet to airline terminal area databases. At the same time, British Airways is equipping the first of two Boeing 747-400s as part ...
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Delta/Air France alliance makes an impact
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The new Delta Air Lines/Air France alliance, announced amid much fanfare last week, has had a significant impact on other major airlines and could ultimately dictate the future strategic direction to be followed by carriers including Swissair and Continental Airlines. ...
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Ansett cuts services
Ansett Australia has reduced its British Aerospace 146 services in the Northern Territory and the northwest region of Western Australia, handing over under-performing routes to independent Darwin-based regional carrier Air North. Air North has acquired two Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias to operate 30 services a week on Ansett's behalf. "As ...
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Deutsche BA could prosper from parent's cuts
Jens Flottau/BERLIN British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA says it is keen to fly more routes on behalf of its parent and could take over some of the services to be shed by BA as part of the planned rationalisation of its European route network. In addition to cutting destinations, farming ...
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The big numbers
Airbus and Boeing continue to dispute the sales prospects for large airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS Airbus Industrie and Boeing renewed their long-term debate over the size and timing of demand for very large capacity aircraft at the Paris air show by releasing their market forecasts for the next 20 years. ...
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US pilot shortage is 'critical'
David Learmount/LONDON The pilot shortage in the USA has become critical, according to US airlines. A flightcrew deficit in the USA has affected the regionals, but it looks set to hit the major airlines soon. The US Airways Group says it is reducing the growth rate of its ...
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Nigerian start-up makes domestic debut
Sky line, the new Nigerian airline set up by Israel's Arkia, has begun operations on domestic services. The new carrier, which is operating two de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops leased from Arkia, launched services on 22 June, from Lagos to Port Harcourt. Arkia, Israel's largest private airline, has ...
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SAirGroup wins fight for stake in SAA
SAirGroup has won the battle for a 20% equity stake in state-owned South African Airways (SAA)after Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines (SIA),pulled out of the bidding. The Swiss company's $230 million offer was favoured over bids from American Airlines and David Bonderman's Texas Pacific Group. The move has prompted ...
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Slump needed
US airlines have always survived without having to make any provision for ab initio pilot training. But things have changed radically and almost all the airlines seem to be oblivious to the signs. Or perhaps they have noticed, and their immobility is that of rabbits caught in the glare of ...
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Regional wars
Access to the US market is critical if Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild are to see any payback Paul Lewis/PARIS The fight for the 70/100-seat regional jet market early in the 21st century has already begun with an opening exchange of fire between Fairchild Aerospace and Embraer. Also manoeuvring into ...
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Routes
India and China are negotiating a bilateral air services treaty, which they hope will be signed by December. On the negotiating table are gateways, fare levels, and the designation of authorised airlines. Air India is expected to get rights to fly beyond Hong Kong, but direct routes to Chinese destinations ...