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American/BA fight goes to next stage
The European Commission's (EC) competition directorate has said that it expects American Airlines and British Airways to reply to its preliminary proposals on the planned strategic alliance between the two by early to mid-September. Competition commissioner Karel Van Miert outlined the next move in the lengthy process of ...
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More codes
Canadian and American Airlines will extend their codeshare agreement to UK and Central American routes from 1 November. Canadian's codes will appear on American's services from Chicago to Birmingham and Manchester and on its flights from Los Angeles to Guadalajara, Guatemala City, San Salvador, and San Jose. ...
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Mexican mix
Swissair was due to start a daily codeshare service with Aéromexico on 12 August to Mexico City. The flight will operate from Zürich and Geneva via New York, and via Atlanta from the winter season. Source: Airline Business
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TWA acts as clock ticks
Trans World Airlines is cutting jobs, has a fresh look and is introducing new frequent flyer incentives in a bid to attract high-yielding business traffic, but Wall Street analysts question if the returns will come quick enough. 'There is a mad dash going on to improve the product ...
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Airline news
KLMis to introduce twice-weekly services from Amsterdam to Sapporo and Nagoya effective 28 October. KLMand Transavia are to codeshare to Casablanca from 26 October. Northwest and KLMare to operate daily Amsterdam-Seattle codesharing services from April 1998. American Airlines is to start daily Miami-Asuncion services on 1 December. ...
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Euro alliance shape shifts
The European alliance merry-go-round is turning at full tilt during the northern hemisphere's summer, with loose ends tidied up and new combinations entering the arena. With the holidays more or less shutting the regulators in Brussels down for the month of August, the frustrated officials at British Airways ...
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Rainbow aria
Besides the airline industry, Omar Fontana's leading passion in life is the piano. Yet a recent operation on Fontana's hands has made it difficult for this accomplished pianist to play. So he is sublimating his love for playing by composing a symphony, instructing other people to write down 'the ...
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BA strikes up Spanish talks
After a damaging three-day strike forced British Airways back to the negotiating table, management set about leaking plans for a low-cost carrier in a bid to raise the pressure on the cabin crew union. At the same time, BA has started talking with Iberia about a possible alliance, following a ...
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Turkish blend
The Turkish flag carrier appears to have turned the corner financially and is now profitable. But political uncertainty and government interference are still holding THY Turkish Airlines back. Meanwhile, deregulation is allowing the country's private charter carriers to move into scheduled operations. Mark Odell reports from Istanbul. Much as Turkish ...
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Caracas fails to fill vacuum
While Caracas prevaricates over how to re-allocate Viasa's international routes, foreign airlines are racing to fill the vacuum left by the flag carrier's demise. This leaves any Venezuelan carrier eventually granted the dormant route authorities with the daunting challenge of having to establish itself in a market dominated chiefly by ...
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No ticket to ride catching on fast
Electronic ticketing - or ticketless travel - continues to grow in popularity in the US, where the concept was invented, and should become widespread in the international arena in the near future, carrier officials say. First adopted by ValuJet and Morris Air, electronic ticketing was next embraced by Southwest - ...
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Closing the loopholes
As Japan seeks to solve its financial problems, the leveraged lease is under review again, posing serious questions for the country's future role in aircraft finance. By David Knibb. Over the past decade Japan has furnished as much or more capital for aircraft finance as any other country in the ...
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India signs deal
India and Singapore have signed a new bilateral which allows for codesharing between carriers from each country. This could clear the way for cooperation between Singapore Airlines and the Indian domestic carrier it is still hoping to set up together with the Tata Group. The new deal also allows a ...
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Northern delights?
Routes Oslo '97, the third route development forum organised by Airline Business and Airport Strategy & Marketing, takes place in Oslo on 15-16 September and is sponsored by Gardermoen Airport and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority. In this preview, Sally Gethin examines the role of Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen, ...
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Thai sale set for year end
It has been a long and tortuous road but Thai Airways International looks to be edging towards phased privatisation, with a partial disposal expected before year end. Thai's board has asked the government to approve the sale of part of its remaining 93 per cent stake along with ...
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Great expectations
The European Commission is putting a stronger case than ever before for direct powers to apply EC competition rules to air transport services on third country routes. If it is successful the implications will be enormous. By Trevor Soames.The European Commission never was one to give in easily. With some ...
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Giant leap forward?
Varig may still be the undisputed giant of the Brazilian airline industry, but will restructuring efforts be enough to keep it ahead of burgeoning competition? Lois Jones reports.When you start off at the top, the danger is that there's only one way to go - and that's down. Five years ...
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Marginal gains
Given the usual distortions caused by special items, from restructuring costs to investment write-downs, all summaries of airline profitability have to be read carefully. The overall impression from this year's Airline Business 100 is that 1996 was a great year for some, but others have a long way to go ...
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State grip on Tunisair slips
It's out with the old and in with the new for Tunisair. The airline's new president is gearing up to take the airline out of state control by renewing the fleet and shedding staff. Since taking over as Tunisair's president and director general in March, Ahmed Smaoui has ...
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Hell for leather
American Airlines is pushing alliance logic to the limit, leaving its rivals howling in protest and regulators perplexed at the issues of hub and market dominance that have been brought to the forefront. Karen Walker reports.Mention the word 'alliance' in the same sentence as 'American Airlines' and you might as ...