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Rivals in a state
What should airlines do when their competitors benefit from state aid? Gerrit Schohe argues that the current system for approving state aids requires an overhaul, but suggests that Commission decisions can be challenged successfully. One of the biggest controversies in the European aviation industry arose when the European Commission ...
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Slow to plug in
It's not surprising that Asia Pacific's electronic distribution push is being spearheaded by Japan, a country renowned for its leadership in the business of high technology. The nation's airlines have already made ticketless travel and self-service check-in and ticketing part and parcel of flying the country's domestic skies. All Nippon ...
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Tokyo upbeat over US rift
Washington is trying to steer a steady course in renewed Japan-US passenger talks, but it is clear that Tokyo hopes to capitalise on the growing rift between the two groups of US carriers. The incumbents - United, Northwest and FedEx - enjoy rights beyond Japan, but the so-called MoU carriers ...
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TAP trickles into Macau
TAP Air Portugal is having a tough time on its newly launched route from Lisbon to Macau. Its difficulties range from inability to make the best use of its alliance partners to scheduling inefficiency. Launched in April, the twice-weekly flight operates via Brussels, with a block-space agreement with ...
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Italy startups outstrip UK
The freeing up of Italy's skies to local operators in January is already having a visible effect, as the rate of startups even outstrips the more dynamic UK market. After the emergence of two direct challengers to Alitalia - Air One and Noman - in the last 10 ...
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Nice way to launch a hub
In a classic case of back scratching, Air Littoral plans to develop Nice airport as a hub from October as a part of its strategy to establish itself as a major regional player in southern Europe. The Montpellier-based carrier signed an agreement with the airport's operator, Nice chamber ...
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Privates feel legal pinch
India's private operators appear to spend more of their time defending themselves against litigation, pursuing their own legal claims, or running into trouble with the regulators, than they do flying. The latest player to join the now familiar scene of foreign lessors resorting to court action over unpaid ...
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Extra lift
Atlas Air has found a winning formula: acquire used Boeing 747-200 freighters and operate them profitably on behalf of major airlines. Jane Levere reports. Some people say Atlas Air, the Golden, Colorado-based cargo carrier, is really in the taxi business rather than the air freight business. However you describe the ...
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Wired for a new era
Last April, Dr Julius Maldutis, the airline analyst for Salomon Brothers who's never at a loss for superlatives, labelled electronic distribution the US airline industry's 'third revolution,' behind deregulation and the introduction of the jet. If an industry-wide on-line auction system for unsold seats existed, it would have added $5.7 ...
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Smart cards to chip in
European carriers tend to wait for the thumbs-up from their US counterparts before pursuing any new trend. Yet the advanced stages of development of some of the carriers' electronic distribution products in Europe underscores their confidence in the huge potential this area has for transforming the business. The 'me-tooism' of ...
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Canada's hair of the dog?
Canada's federal cabinet has overruled a National Transportation Agency decision and allowed coach operator Greyhound to launch a low-cost, no-frills airline that became Canada's fourth scheduled trans-continental carrier in early July. The NTA had previously blocked Greyhound's plans by ruling that the company could not obtain its own ...
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Dragonair breaks ice
Confirming Beijing's increasing influence over Hong Kong, a surprising number of clouds over the territory's aviation arena melted away within days of Cathay Pacific's shareholders approving the deal giving China National Aviation Corporation control of Dragonair. Taiwan headed the list, with Hong Kong's Sino-British Joint Liaison Group giving ...
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Bow to no man
Pieter Bouw, the president of KLM, will need all his knowledge of the industry to rise above the crisis in the relationship with Northwest Airlines, growing competition from other hubs and US-European alliances, and insufficient market share in Europe. Interview by Jackie Gallacher. Airline Business: KLM's operating result declined ...
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Aussie hints at price war
Aussie hints at price war ustralia's airline industry may be heading for a Christmas confrontation as two newcomers, Aussie Airlines and Kiwi International, prepare to fly on routes dominated by incumbents Qantas and Ansett. The prospect of a fare war during peak season emerged after a Federal Court ...
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Asia's triple owner shift
Three major Asian carriers have signalled a new round of ownership changes to help fund up to $9 billion of aircraft orders. Garuda has begun a major restructuring ahead of privatisation, Philippine Airlines plans a public share offering, and Malaysia Airlines may sell 10 per cent of its stock to ...
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Arabs set to close ranks
Attempts to boost aviation cooperation in the Arab world are gathering pace. Ten carriers are considering a consultants' study recommending a pan-Arab airline alliance, while the birth of the long-awaited Arab Civil Aviation Commis- sion promises to strengthen ties further. A nine-month study on behalf of 10 of ...
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Antitrust is key in open skies talks
The proposed BA/American alliance is forcing regulators to examine airline mergers more closely than ever, while Brussels is nearer to gaining a full mandate to negotiate with the US. Report by Mark Odell, Lois Jones and Mead Jennings.While UK and US regulators concentrate on the task of assessing the implications ...
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Ancient and modern
Saudi Arabian's new name and image are the latest components in a programme of wholesale change at the airline. Director general Dr Khaled A Ben-Bakr talks to Richard Whitaker. When it comes to changing things, Dr Khaled Ben-Bakr isn't reticent. Last year's order for $6 billion worth of new aircraft ...
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Latin tie-ups for American
American Airlines is heating up the Latin American market, forcing its agenda in Colombia while signing up the El Salvador-based Taca consortium of airlines to an extensive codesharing pact that the new partners hope will end with antitrust immunity and US-Central America open skies. This may be the first of ...
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Alliance: is it a beauty or beast?
The proposed American/BA alliance poses the latest big challenge for the regulators.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, says the old saying. In other words, it all depends on your perspective. Take the proposed American Airlines- British Airways link, where the truth is obscured by a maelstrom of claims ...