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Asia links the American way
American Airlines is blanketing Asia-Pacific with codeshare agreements, even though the US and Japan are discussing a new bilateral which is likely to allow it to codeshare with Japan Airlines to many of the same points via Japan. Asiana Airlines is American's latest codeshare partner in a blanket ...
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The Asian miracle turns to a malaise
For many years, the traditional lore in the airline business has been that Asia-Pacific represents the most vibrant, fastest growing, most profitable element of the industry, with the brightest prospects and the greatest resilience to factors like wars and recession to which most other carriers are vulnerable. As ...
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Basle buster
Europe Continental Airways, the Basle-Mulhouse-based start-up in which Crossair has a 35 per cent stake, will launch flights in spring 1998. The carrier is controlled by French investors and no decision has been taken on the carrier's final trading name. Initial services will start with two Saab 340s but up ...
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Brown is beautiful
As demand for express products continues to grow in overseas markets, United Parcel Service has carefully tailored its international operations to suit each region and is willing to take a long-term view in waiting for the rewards. Karen Walker reports. The last 12 months have been somewhat colourful for ...
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Cathay lives a nightmare
Cathay Pacific is fast running out of superlatives to describe what has developed into a post-handover nightmare. Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty has kept tourists away and the slump in load factors has been exacerbated by the currency and environmental crises in the region. While the carrier isn't ...
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Chile spices up Latin row
The addition of LanChile to American Airlines' growing list of Latin American alliance partners has merely poured oil on the fiery debate over US aviation policy in the region. LanChile joins Aerolineas Argentinas, Colombia's Avianca, and Central America's Taca Group awaiting government approval for links with American that ...
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Nigeria near to collapse
Africa's largest domestic airline market is close to total collapse, with just 10 aircraft left operating to serve Nigeria's 90 million population. The explosion of private operators, which filled the vacuum left by Nigeria Airways as it struggled to define its role in a confused political environment during ...
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Rockies duo dump merger
Money problems end many marriages and the break-up of Colorado's low-cost couple is no different. Just days after Western Pacific and Frontier Airlines called off their merger Western Pacific announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the latest set-back for low-cost contenders in the US. ...
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Oz duo still needs repair
As Australia's two major carriers struggle to improve their finances, a potential threat to the stability of the domestic market has taken a step closer to reality in the form of proposed startup Aussie Airlines. After less than a year at the helm, Ansett Australia's executive chairman Rod ...
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UK electric
United Airlines has introduced electronic ticketing on longhaul services, with the launch of its E-Ticket system on US-UK routes. Source: Airline Business
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Europe joins the hunt
The European Commission plans to launch a major crackdown on anti-competitive practices in the EU. The move represents a tacit admission that four years of liberalisation have failed to remove a number of barriers to entry in the European market. KLM may be the first to feel the ...
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German FFP spoils shared
Lufthansa's links with the public sector appear alive and well despite the sale of the German government's remaining 37.5 per cent stake in the carrier in October. Two rivals claim the German flag carrier had prior knowledge of decisions by federal authorities affecting their businesses and cite a ...
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Flyers in the ointment
High average load factors are leading US airlines to clamp down on multiple bookings which play havoc with their yield mix. But some more advantageous solutions should be considered. By Bill McKnight, Geoff Murray and Patrick Meynial. Plan ahead. Leave yourself plenty of time. Always check in at the ...
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Swiss offer Geneva hope
Swissair may still come to regret its decision to drop intercontinental flights from Geneva after the Swiss parliament mandated limited special treatment for regional airports in new bilateral agreements. But critics say the measures don't go far enough. The parliament bowed to pressure from the western cantons by ...
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US holds out for more from Japan
High expectations for a treaty between the US and Japan, that might at least have paved the way towards full open skies, collapsed with a resounding thud in Washington DC during the September round of bilateral negotiations. And there has followed much finger wagging at Northwest Airlines, which is accused ...
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Moscow hopeful
Transaero has opted to curb its wider ambitions in order to focus on stimulating a rebound in the moribund Russian domestic market. Douglas Cameron reports from Moscow on the airline's chances. Transaero has not quite shaken off the past. A strategy which has flirted with the purchase of TWA and ...
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Second to none ?
Following its relaunch this year, Qatar Airways is ahead of its forecasts and plans to assume a major role in the region over the next few years. Richard Whitaker reports from Doha. When it comes to service standards, Akbar Al Baker is not easily satisfied. The chief executive of ...
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Wolf secures pilots' seal
Stephen Wolf cut it close but his tough approach towards US Airways' pilots has paid off. The carrier's chairman and chief executive officer brokered a deal after 18 months of frustrating stalemate just in time to secure production slots for the first of 400 Airbus A320s on order. ...
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US targets predators
It has been a long time coming - some think too long - but the US Department of Transportation is promising to open up some of the key US hub airports and to get tough on carriers that behave anticompetitively. Predictably, the low-cost airlines applaud the move while the majors ...
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Schiphol on top
Amsterdam/Schiphol won the overall Airport Marketing Award at the Airline Business/ASM Routes conference in Oslo. Specialist award winners were Manchester, for best trade advertisement; Dubai, for best print material for the trade; Birmingham, for best consumer advertisement/poster; and Stansted, for best consumer print material. Source: Airline ...