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Peru seconds it
Aero Continente has become Peru's second international airline. It will operate daily between Lima and Miami using Boeing 727s and 737s. Aero Continente sought 21 weekly frequencies, and has asked transport minister Antonio Paucar Carbajal to reconsider his grant of only seven. Source: Airline Business
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A one-horse race
Though dulled by drink, the American business class passenger was able to stab a finger towards the aircraft window as it taxied into Frankfurt airport. 'Emirates. That's a good little airline,' he slurred, pointing at a parked Airbus 310. Therein lies the Dubai flag carrier's problem. Despite its well-deserved reputation ...
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Narita slots scramble
Where there's a will, there's a way. Despite a nine year freeze on more takeoffs and landings at Tokyo/Narita airport, Japan's Ministry of Transport (MOT) seems to have found a way to accommodate more prime time flights by US carriers. But then, faced with the obligation to make the new ...
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Policy stirs Tata's hopes
With the announcement of a new aviation policy by the right-wing Indian government, the civil aviation ministry has reopened the Tata Airlines file. Tata proposes that foreign institutional investors pay Rs 2.78 billion (US$65.5 million) for a 40 per cent equity stake in the airline, leaving Tata Industries with ...
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A Herculean task
Never trust Greeks bringing gifts, so the saying goes. It is to be hoped that doesn't apply to Greeks receiving gifts. Where is Hercules when he's needed? Unless he or the ancient gods intervene and provide a timely miracle, Greek flag carrier Olympic will require another sizeable gift from ...
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Poles delay LOT sale
The Polish government says it wants to postpone the sale of state carrier LOT Polish Airlines until next year, following delays in foreign ownership laws. LOT is now likely to look for a foreign strategic partner after the appointment of an advisory team to aid in the airline's privatisation. ...
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No dumb deals
American Airlines' new chairman and chief executive officer, Don Carty, is keen to stress that it's business as usual since the smooth handover from the high-profile Robert Crandall to his heir apparent. But business as usual for American, of course, includes a slow struggle to put in place its proposed ...
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Love rivalry in courtroom
Continental Express will be unable to implement its new regional jet service out of Dallas/Love Field fully until 1999 at the earliest, because of a legal wrangle that has developed with the city's main airport, Dallas-Fort Worth. The court case could set an important precedent. In the latest controversy ...
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Rising confidence
Isao Kaneko became president of Japan Airlines the same day its shareholders approved a US$894 million write-off against capital reserves - the largest in Japan's corporate history. Kaneko succeeded Akira Kondo, who resigned as president to take responsibility for the unprecedented loss. It hardly seemed the occasion for the new ...
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And now for something . . . completely different
The term 'survivor' may be sorely overused in the airline industry, but it remains the most appropriate description for AirTran Airlines, the product of a merger with the ill-fated ValuJet whose once-bright future ended abruptly in 1996 with a controversial crash in a Florida swamp. Not that there is ...
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SAA chief plans repairs
South African Airways' new US chief executive is promising a complete overhaul and believes alliances and privatisation will have to wait until the airline is in better shape. Coleman Andrews, former CEO of World Airways, has been given a four-year contract with a mandate to restore the South African ...
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CLK charges unchanged
Despite the current focus on resolving the initial hiccups, the long-term success of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) airport lies in keeping charges down. Since its inauguration on 6 June, technical and logistical problems have caused long delays for passengers and freight forwarders. But while these ...
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Nigeria hits rock bottom
Efforts to revitalise Nigeria's national carrier, Nigeria Airways, seem to have hit the rocks, due to its heavy debt burden, government apathy in providing financial help, and a lack of serviceable aircraft. The government is saddled with fashioning a credible political transition and creating a conducive economic environment. There ...
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Avensa wins court battle
Venezuela's Supreme Court has ruled that Avensa has the right to European routes awarded 11 years ago, even though it did not fly those routes over most of that time. General Moises Orozco, the recently dismissed minister of transport, tried to revoke Avensa's 1987 award of routes to Lisbon, ...
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Asia cuts its capacity
Asian airlines are continuing to downsize their existing fleets and defer new aircraft deliveries in a bid to bring capacity in line with shrinking demand. But deliveries of new aircraft for the next five years will still produce a net increase in the size of Asia's overall fleet. Carriers ...
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Indonesians ally together
The domestic Indonesian aviation market will receive a much-needed shot in the arm if proposals for an alliance between five struggling airlines go ahead. Garuda Indonesia, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, Mandala Airlines and Sempati Air are the prospective members of the alliance. The grouping could provide a ...
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Oz raises the alliance ante
Australia's antitrust agency has approved the alliance between Ansett, Air New Zealand, and Singapore Airlines, paving the way for the three carriers to turn up the heat on the Qantas-British Airways strategic alliance. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) tentatively approved the tripartite agreement despite its concern that ...
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Airline News
Air France began codesharing with Delta Air Lines on 19 June between Paris/Charles de Gaulle and New York/John F Kennedy, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington/Dulles, Atlanta, Boston and Cincinnati and between Nice and New York. Air France began codesharing with Continental Airlines on 19 July ...
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Airline revolution gathers pace
When we launched Airline Business magazine 13 years ago, Carl Icahn had just taken over TWA; People Express was looking at acquisitions; Japan Airlines was losing its international monopoly; British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines were about to be privatised; Britain and France had signed a new air services ...
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AA/BA takes another step
American Airlines and British Airways describe the European Commission's preliminary ruling on its planned alliance as a welcome step forward, but legal experts believe the ambiguities and uncertainties of the ruling will only further prolong the approval process. Most carriers opposing the alliance protest that the number of weekly ...