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Delta stokes fires in east
With the launch of its low-fare Express concept, Delta Air Lines will want to avoid repeating the disastrous low-fare Continental Lite experience on the US east coast and mirror that of the Shuttle by United, whose performance has been good enough for United to give it a dedicated fleet of ...
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More dirty tricks and legal twists
In Europe, a volley of legal attacks by airlines on their competitors has been launched. In the US, hard on the heels of KLM's spat with alliance partner Northwest, USAir has declared legal war on its partner, British Airways. If your aviation lawyer is not involved in either ...
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Dual policy is under fire
Less than two years after its launch, Canada's restrictive policy for dual designation of Canadian carriers on international routes is under serious attack. Air Canada and a coalition of charter carriers have intensified their campaign for a more open designation system, leading some officials to predict that the policy could ...
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No Easy ride in the World
The European Commission may need to act sharply to toughen up competition law enforcement, as newcomers EasyJet, World Airlines and VLM file complaints against incumbents' alleged anti-competitive behaviour. World Airlines says KLM affiliate Air UK is guilty of predatory behaviour on London-Amsterdam, while EasyJet accuses KLM itself of ...
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End of World scheduled
After just five weeks of operating US-South Africa services, World Airways decided not only to drop out of the route, but to drop out of scheduled passenger services for good. The airline will return to its niche as a contract carrier for airlines and the US military. The end of ...
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Qantas faces union threat
Qantas's management is facing confrontation with unions over a new wage agreement as it launches a drive to try to control costs and improve on disappointing productivity gains. Flight attendants and ground workers have already hinted at industrial action if they fail to win agreement on across the ...
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Fans support spreads
The benefits of the Future Air Navigation System have been slow in coming, but now they are tantalisingly close to being realised and more countries are rallying to the cause.
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United goes soft on fifths
A softening of United Airlines' opposition to limiting fifth freedom traffic beyond Japan could yet signal a breakthrough in the acrimonious dispute that has stalled passenger talks with the US. The signal came in unprepared remarks by United's chief executive Gerald Greenwald, on which the carrier has declined ...
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SAS gold no longer safe
SAS is facing a double challenge as Norwegian carrier Braathens Safe prepares to enter one of the Scandinavian carrier's most lucrative routes and the Swedish government finalises plans to tax frequent flyer points. Braathens will enter the Oslo-Stockholm market with six daily frequencies from the winter timetable, rising ...
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Off to a head start
After a long wait, deregulation in Europe has spawned a growing number of startup carriers which are now providing a serious challenge to the majors. Lois Jones reports Until now, startup carriers have tended to provoke no more than a bemused glance from Europe's old timers. But the ...
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Washington now Virgin territory?
As Virgin Atlantic makes its presence felt in the US-UK open skies negotiations, Washington's commonly held wisdom that British Airways holds nearly complete sway over the UK's international aviation policy is being put to the test. BA, which wants an open skies pact so it can seek antitrust ...
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Starting over
The second wave of US new entrant airlines is proving more resilient than the first and some venture capitalists are now looking at Europe. Russell Winter offers a formula to make sure aspiring low-cost startups, especially in Europe, find financial backers with deep pockets.Many industry specialists continue to believe that ...
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Profits return
It's been a long haul, but at last the airline industry can rejoice. Last year, the 100 largest airlines made a collective net profit of $5.7 billion, the first positive bottom line since 1989. And the industry's operating profit reached the record level of $15.5 billion, half as much again ...
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Thai tight rope
The embattled president of Thai's flag carrier is hoping that he can avoid further sniping and get on with a much-needed revamp of the airline. Imtiaz Muqbil reports from Bangkok. Thamnoon Wanglee might want to consider a career in the circus, if he wasn't already performing a high-wire act as ...
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easyJet adds
EasyJet has announced further expansion, with the addition of a fourth Boeing 737 (its second 737-300) and extra services to its network, which includes flights from London Luton to Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The UK start-up airline will introduce the new aircraft in October. Source: ...
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Romanian regional
DAC Air says that it will take delivery of the first of four 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets in late September. The Romanian regional airline already operates four Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s on lease from General Electric Capital Aviation Services, and will take the first of four new Dash 8-300s ...
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ValuJet misses 23 August target date for service resumption
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has failed to resume flights by the 23 August start-up target, which it had set earlier in the month. The carrier says that "proving runs" were to take place on 20-21 August for the benefit of US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. ...
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GE prepares Snecma invitation to A340-600 engine project
Julian Moxon/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines says that Snecma will "-definitely be invited" to join development of a power plant for the Airbus A340-600, if Airbus Industrie accepts the US company's proposal to supply an engine for the aircraft. Under a six-month exclusivity deal signed ...
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Lufthansa to sell 737-400 fleet in cost-cutting move
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS TO SELL its fleet of six Boeing 737-400s as part of a major cost-cutting programme under way at the German national airline. According to Lufthansa, cost-cutting probes have exposed unnecessary capacities and unprofitable routes. "We have pinpointed the 737-400 as an ...
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Boeing fights airline doubts in bid for 747-X go-ahead
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS MOUNTING an intensive last-minute push to launch the Boeing 747-500/600X growth derivatives at the Farnborough air show, which starts on 2 September, but the US manufacturer is struggling to win sufficient airline support - partly caused by the $230 million price ...