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Cockpit inadequacies
David Learmount/LONDON Those who argue that there is a degradation of basic flying skills in line pilots ascribe it to many things, the favourite being flightdeck automation. Parc Aviation consultant Capt Russell Kane, a former Aer Lingus captain, says that there is evidence that giving undue importance to cockpit ...
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Boeing weighs up crisis in Asia
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing expects to deliver 60 fewer aircraft, mainly 747s and 777s, to Asian airlines over the next three years, because of the region's economic downturn. The revised forecast implies the near-term cancellation or deferral of orders in hand from Asian airlines, but the company has yet ...
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American/BA may give up Gatwick slots
Alan George/LONDON The proposed British Airways/American Airlines alliance may be allowed to include London Gatwick Airport slots among the concessions it needs to make to gain approval from the European Commission for the tie-up. Previously, it was thought that all of the slots to be sacrificed would be at ...
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Northwest and Continental tie-up raises Alitalia/KLM hopes
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS The tie-up between Northwest and Continental Airlines has been welcomed by European partners Alitalia and KLM, offering the prospect of a global alliance within five years. "The deal opens the door to a much wider co-operation," says Fausto Cereti, chairman of Alitalia, which already ...
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British Airways is ready to Go with no-frills contender
British Airways is to launch its London Stansted based "no-frills" division under the name Go. The launch is set for early in the second quarter of 1998. Go's chief executive Barbara Cassani denies that the new airline's remit is to eliminate new low-cost entrants such as easyJet, but warns that ...
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US airline profits are 'best ever'
The major US airlines ended 1997 with their strongest profits on record, but the celebrations were accompanied by the promise of more turbulence ahead, with the fall-out from Asian economic crisis and the prospect of a renewed round of consolidation closer to home following the Continental/Northwest Airlines tie-up. With only ...
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Air Europa focuses on feeding Balearic Islands
Air Europa has revised its involvement in its regional subsidiary, Air Europa Express, focusing on feed within the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. Air Europa Express began operations in early 1997 as a 50:50 joint venture between Air Europa and Canary Islands start-up Canarias Regional Air (CRA). It initially operated ...
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South African long-haul airline prepares to launch
A new South African airline, Air South Africa, plans to launch services between Johannesburg and London with a Boeing 747 during the third quarter of this year. Although Air SA's licence was approved by Pretoria's Air Services Licensing Council in 1997, the launch has been postponed twice after delays in ...
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Qantas and Virgin compete for Cathay's surplus 747-200s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways has entered into detailed discussions with Qantas of Australia and Virgin Atlantic Airways to sell its fleet of seven surplus Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft. Qantas is also being offered an interim development of the proposed 747-400 increased-gross-weight (IGW) variant by Boeing to meet the carrier's ...
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Rwanda rosette
Alliance Air has taken over Air Rwanda's operations and will start services to Kigali on 1 March. The new airline, to be called Alliance Express, will offer a regional network, taking in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, and dovetailing into Alliance Air's international services. Source: Airline Business
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Las Vegas loser
British Airways has beaten Virgin Atlantic to the last US gateway from the UK under Bermuda 2. The CAA chose BA's London-Denver route over Virgin's London-Las Vegas proposal. Source: Airline Business
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London Routes
Over 50 airlines have already committed to attend Routes in London, the 1998 route development forum organised by Airline Business and ASM and sponsored by BAA plc. British Airways is the official carrier for the event, which takes place on September 21-22. Contact ASM on tel +44 161 839 0747, ...
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DOT spotlights fare changes
The US Department of Transportation began publishing its domestic airline fares consumer report in response to an increasing number of inquiries about ticket prices. The first report, for the third quarter of 1996, was released in June last year and the latest report is based on data for the second ...
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Tamed by politics
Report by Tom Ballantyne It seems that every time a new Indian aviation policy ship gently eases itself into port, an election storm rears its head and dashes it onto the rocks. As India's two state-owned airlines, Air-India and Indian Airlines, prepared for the New Year after a ...
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Lufthansa say in SAA?
Roger Makings Lufthansa is set to enter the fray for a stake in South African Airways' partial privatisation, due to be finalised by October this year. Lufthansa had consistently denied that it was interested in buying into SAA, saying acquisitions were 'not its style - we prefer to ...
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Red ink rains over Korea
Tom Ballantyne South Korea's airlines are scrambling to downsize and slash costs as the region staggers from the blow of Asia's worsening economic crisis. Flag carrier Korean Airlines faces more than US$900 million in foreign exchange losses after the local currency, the won, dived 40 per cent against ...
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Thai hold is loosened
Tom Ballantyne Thailand's government is moving towards domestic and international open skies this year, starting with a move to end a virtual monopoly held by flag carrier Thai Airways International on major domestic routes. Thai transport and communication minister Suthep Thueksuban has proposed a new aviation policy, allowing ...
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French stick over partner
Doug Cameron Investment bankers are sharply split over Air France's ability to secure a strategic airline investor and Air France's advisers have retreated from supporting a trade sale after the collapse of its planned Alitalia agreement. Air France plans an equity issue of FFr18 billion (US$2.9 billion) in ...
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Higher US fares are hitting home
As US domestic fares continue to rise, more business travellers are making concessions in order to obtain lower fares, or are switching to low-cost carriers. Report by Karen Walker. The New Year had barely been rung in when both American Express and the US Department of Transportation confirmed what most ...
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Iberia faces inquisition?
Doug Cameron Iberia is courting trouble with the Spanish competition authorities after reaching agreement for a franchise deal with its main domestic competitor, Palma-based Air Europa. Iberia suffered capacity shortages during 1997 and was forced to wet lease a variety of aircraft, resulting in a fall in service ...