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Lufthansa says railways are 'unco-operative'
Lufthansa has accused German national railway company Deutsche Bahn of being unco-operative over plans to transfer substantial parts of the airline's domestic network to the railways in the year 2001. Representatives of the airline in talks with the rail company complain that Deutsche Bahn is refusing to make provisions ...
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Latin to lose key player
LanChile's defection from LatinPass is the latest in a series of withdrawals from the regional frequent flyer programme, leaving just 10 Latin airline members. Enrique Cueto, LanChile's chief executive, claims that LanChile's withdrawal from LatinPass does not relate to its plan to start frequent flyer reciprocity with American Airlines ...
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Peru stalls on freedoms
Peru's transport minister Antonio Paucar Carbajal has released some of LanChile's new fifth freedoms to the US but the key Lima-Miami route is still a hostage in the scramble for Peru-US market share. Since November, when Peru and Chile revised their bilateral to grant each other more third, fourth, ...
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Focus on Phoenix
America West's ups and downs have made Wall Street nervous, but new revenue management skills, a concentration on Phoenix, and codeshares with Continental and Northwest should allow its healthier performance to continue. Karen Walker reports from Phoenix You can only envy the residents of Phoenix, Arizona. Not only do they ...
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Virgin flirts with US rules
Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic, is calling for the US to open itself up to cabotage, saying he would open an airline there 'tomorrow.' Branson has briefed US congressmen on his wish to see the rules changed so foreign carriers can operate domestic services in the US. 'We ...
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North exposure
North Korea opened its air space in early March for the first time in 45 years. International carriers, led by Cathay Pacific, held a week of trial flights as a prelude to regular overflights starting 23 April. The new North Korea route shaves 20 to 40 minutes off flight times ...
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EasyJet eases into second home in Switzerland
No-frills UK carrier easyJet has secured a 40% stake in charter operator TEA Switzerland from owner Airfinance. The London Luton-based airline intends to relaunch TEA as easyJet Switzerland as soon as it can exercise an option for a controlling stake. The move follows easyJet's failed attempt to acquire Air ...
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FAA scrambles to defuse timebomb
Tick, tick, tick. The millennium bomb is counting down, potentially to wreak havoc just as champagne corks and fireworks explode to welcome in the new century. Like most bombs, until the fuse is lit no-one is quite sure whether this will be a dud or a disaster, but there ...
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Meal made of India deal
The joint board of Air-India and Indian Airlines has shelved the the two airlines' planned merger in favour of a holding company which will integrate the airlines' operations. 'An immediate merger of both airlines would be a disaster. Synergy and close cooperation is a must for the two organisations ...
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Delta jilted at Jap dance
Ink was barely dry on the new Japan-US bilateral before the scramble started to form newly authorised codesharing alliances. Each of Japan's three major airlines has now picked US partners, and Delta Air Lines, which thought it had an agreement with All Nippon, ends up the loser. Delta ...
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UK low costs counter Go
While Ryanair signals it will not concede any ground to British Airways' planned low-cost operation, Go, at London/Stansted, EasyJet is firing the first shots in a legal battle to prevent BA from cross-subsidising Go. With Go yet to reveal details of its routes, in late February Ryanair announced plans ...
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Classic takes shape
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH In June a familiar shape is due to take off on a maiden flight from Long Beach, California. Outwardly it will bear the classic hallmarks of a Douglas-built T-tail twinjet, yet in most respects it is a radically new aircraft. The Boeing 717-200 was once the MD-95. ...
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Channel your sales energies
Global networks and distribution advances are forcing airline sales forces to rethink. Organising an airline's sales team used to be a relatively straightforward affair. You established a network of regional offices, which each recruited a team of people to sell the airline, primarily via travel agents who received commission. Sales ...
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LOT prepares to make cargo expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines is planning to lease a freighter for the next winter season in a move towards expanding its cargo operation. The airline's cargo division says that it is looking for a long haul freighter with a payload of around 40t, such as a McDonnell ...
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A disinherited breed
Deregulation is well advanced in Latin America, but the predicted wave of international Latin startups has hardly been a ripple. David Knibb explains why. We called them 'The New Breed' - those Latin American airlines which emerged on the heels of deregulation to challenge the newly privatised flag carriers. Led ...
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Continental drift in Brazil
Delta Air Lines is boosting its Latin American presence with a deal to buy 35 per cent of AeroPeru, frustrating rival Continental, which seemed ahead in the race for a stake. Delta's current ties with Aeromexico, and its plans to expand those ties into a broader alliance, probably tipped ...
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Brave faces
The Asian slowdown is giving suppliers a chance to take stock of their many new ideas. Meanwhile, the regional jet phenomenon continues to grow. Karen Walker reports. For the commercial airliner manufacturers, observes one industry analyst, getting through the recent Asian Aerospace show was all about 'brave faces and nervous ...
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BM gets itchy US feet
After a 15 year break, British Midland is planning a comeback on the North Atlantic, with a request for route licences to the US. The airline wants to fly from London/Heathrow to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Washington DC. The application ...
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US six get big in Japan
Six US airlines and 13 cities will receive a total of 106 new weekly flights to Japan under a tentative agreement inked by the US and Japanese governments, following the signing of the new civil aviation bilateral in February. US carriers gaining new rights are American Airlines, Continental Airlines, ...