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Venezuelan FBO
Texaco International Aviation and fixed-base operator (FBO) Atlantic Aviation have opened the first general-aviation fuelling unit at Arturo Michelena Airport in Carabobo, Venzuela. The partnership will initially provide fuel and general ground support for corporate and commercial aircraft, with other FBO services expected to be offered by the end of ...
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Reversal of fortunes
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS Embraer emerged from a successful week at the Paris air show facing the enviable task of having to boost EMB-145 production to match its recent booming sales fortunes. During the show, total firm orders for the Brazilian 50-seat regional jet doubled from 65 to 132, while ...
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Lufthansa VLM links
German national carrier Lufthansa has signed an alliance with VLM which will see the Belgian airline begin codeshare flights between Antwerp, Rotterdam, London City and Monchengladbach (Düsseldorf) from 1 July, and gain access to Lufthansa's frequent-flier programme. In addition, VLM will start a twice-daily service on 1 September, linking Antwerp ...
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Starring role
Ansett is being propelled on to the international stage, with its strategic partnership with ANZ and SIA Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE When Rod Eddington was approached to head Ansett, the former Cathay Pacific Airways managing director made a tie-up with Air New Zealand (ANZ) a prerequisite condition. After just ...
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Appointments
Gavin Strang has taken up the position of minister for transport in the new UK government, and Glenda Jackson has been appointed aviation minister. Both report to John Prescott, secretary of state for transport and environment. Virgin Express has promoted Mike Lotz to chief operating officer, and has ...
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Trent trouble
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair resumed flying their Airbus A330s after temporarily suspending the aircraft's operation in May due to concerns over the reliability of gearbox parts in their Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. The grounding of its 11 A330-300s could cost Cathay up to $19.4 million. The carriers may seek compensation ...
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Aeropostal in legal dispute
The parties behind the resurrection of Aeropostal are caught up in a legal dispute over money and control of the Venezuelan carrier. On first appearances, the carrier has made a miraculous comeback after going bankrupt in October 1994. Aeropostal's president Nelson Ramiz says the airline was due to ...
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Airlines unite over Africa
Rising concerns over air safety in most of Africa have spurred several major European carriers to support a South Africa Airways' initiative that could see some countries boycotted if they do nothing to improve the parlous state of their air traffic control systems. In May SAA put forward ...
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Network agility
Will the gap widen between the most sophisticated European players in network management and those that have not yet grasped the concept fully? By Luis Rivera, Lucio Pompeo and Alberto Martin. Five years ago, network management was still quite an abstract concept for most European airlines. Though many had heard ...
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Airline News
Swissair and Delta Air Lines started codesharing on 1 June from Zürich to New Orleans, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Portland, Memphis, Nashville, Phoenix and Tallahassee via Atlanta or Cincinnati. Swissair was to start three weekly Zürich-Sarajevo services on 9 June. Crossair launched twice weekly Basle-Dublin services on ...
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BA places a no strike bet
British Airways' plan to reap £1 billion a year in efficiency savings by March 2000 could suffer a severe blow if two separate ballots of cabin crew and ground staff, the latter over the airline's plan to sell its catering operations, result in support for strike action. Both ...
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BA hit by tit for tat ban
Air services between the UK and Nigeria were suspended in early June as a reciprocal ban of British and Nigerian registered aircraft assumed wider political implications. The UK Department of Transport banned Nigerian-registered aircraft from British airports in mid-May due to alleged poor safety standards. The Nigerian government ...
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Iberia starts to fight back
Iberia is finally squaring up to its aggressive Spanish competitors by integrating the group's three main carriers. The Spanish flag carrier has seen its domestic monopoly slip over the last three years as private operators Spanair and Air Europa started expanding into scheduled services. But Iberia ...
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Sun blazes a trail for SAA
The experience gleaned during the sell-off of state-owned South African carrier Sun Air should help ease the partial privatisation of South African Airways. But there are strong doubts that the flag carrier will be in any fit shape to meet the government's stated end-of-year deadline. Captain Johan Borstlap, ...
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Senate grills the two Bobs
As theatre goes, it was in a class of its own. And as the curtain went down on a US Senate hearing into the US-UK open skies talks in early June, the prospect of progress seemed as remote as ever. The general consensus was that Robert Crandall and ...
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Final bow for three chiefs
Three of the longest serving airline chiefs shocked the industry by resigning within weeks of each other in May, with at least two seemingly forced out. The departure of Ron Allen, Delta Air Lines' chairman, president and chief executive, appears to have surprised Allen himself. Neither Allen nor ...
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Empire builders in fight to the finish
Make no mistake, it's a battle - a fight to the finish. A battle for territory, for customers, for markets, for revenue streams. A strategic war in which treaties are made with friendly powers, only to be abrogated when those powers turn out to be not quite as friendly as ...
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A red flag to a bull?
New scheduled operators Spanair and Air Europa have shaken up Iberia's traditional monopoly in the Spanish domestic market. Lois Jones reports from Madrid and Palma de Mallorca on how competition has prompted the Spanish flag carrier to get its act together. Never be fooled into thinking the Spanish market staid, ...
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Canada set for shakeup
The two major Canadian carriers are preparing their unprofitable regional operations for a shake-up, as Canada's low-cost startup carriers threaten to expand their influence. Even before Air Canada has completed a review of the future of its five regional carriers, it has been approached by a potential purchaser ...
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TWA faces up to challenge
Faced with what he describes, modestly, as a 'major challenge', Trans World Airlines' chief executive Gerald Gitner has outlined a four-part plan to get the airline back on its feet. The St Louis-based carrier faces an uphill battle but should not be counted out yet. At the airline's ...