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NEPC chases Modi stake
Indian independent NEPC Airways is moving aggressively to consolidate its position as a major domestic player with a hostile takeover bid for rival Modiluft. NEPC's chairman Ravi Prakash Khemka's goal is to become the largest independent in the Indian domestic sector. 'We want to be number one in ...
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West teeters on brink of recession
The sustained economic recovery among the larger western economies, now entering its fifth year, could pause in 1996 after slowing abruptly in the final months of last year. A combination of factors, including the downward pressure on budget deficits in Europe being exerted by the need to meet the ...
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Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region continues to maintain its flagship role at the sharp end of global air travel recovery. Double-digit growth is again forecast through 1996, bringing further financial gains for regional operators and benefits for major airlines operating into the area from elsewhere. There will, however, be dramatically ...
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Tokyo mixes its approach
No one is more baffled by the Ministry of Transport's plans for a third Tokyo airport than local government and civic leaders. Not that they oppose another airport, but they are wondering whether the MOT has levelled with them, or if it is incapable of following a coherent airport strategy. ...
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Latin America
Now that the process of privatising the airlines in Latin America and the Caribbean is complete, the next logical step is consolidation. Most Latin carriers are small by world standards, all are highly dependent on their home country markets, and many have weak balance sheets. The heavy losses of the ...
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One law for all
Manufacturers and financiers are drafting proposed uniform rules on aircraft security interests and leases that could lead to lower capital costs for airlines worldwide. But will they be adopted soon enough to be of help? David Knibb reports.Lower credit costs for airlines are the aim of an international effort now ...
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Airline news
Alaska Airlines has become the first US carrier to offer ticket booking on the Internet. Northwest Airlines is extending its daily Boston-Amsterdam service to Bombay (four times weekly) and Delhi (three times). United Airlines is launching daily services to Vancouver from both Denver and Los Angeles ...
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Forging ahead
What could possibly go wrong? Most carriers have achieved a remarkable turnaround from the depression of 1990-1. Traffic has rebounded and capacity is under control, leading to healthy load factors and yields. Unit costs have fallen as workforce cuts and productivity improvements have borne fruit, while fuel prices have remained ...
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Beijing wins on US accord
The China-US bilateral signed in December is the culmination of a sustained and successful effort by Beijing to ratchet back US dominance. It resists pressure from Washington for big capacity boosts. China has long complained that loads did not justify more capacity and that US airlines already carried ...
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95 at a glance
Mark Odell recaps on the highlights of 1995, from the usual share of startups, failures and major equity transactions to commission caps and open skies. January The French government partially opens Paris/Orly to intra-European traffic after complaints to the European Commission from Lufthansa, KLM, SAS and Lauda Air. The new ...
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Tahiti's FANS makes headway
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S THOMSON-CSF has completed the second phase of Tahiti's new satellite-based oceanic air-traffic-control system, with delivery of the automated data-link component. When complete in early 1997, the Tahiti system will be one of the main components of the South Pacific Future Air Navigation ...
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Fokker's dream
REPORTS OF Fokker's death may be somewhat exaggerated, but the company's descent into administrative protection does spell the end of two dreams: that the Netherlands Government could somehow sustain a full-competence national aircraft maker, and that Daimler-Benz could be the nucleus of a powerful third Euro-pean aerospace force. ...
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Regional raises domestic stakes
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S REGIONAL Airlines has joined the list of domestic carriers taking advantage of the 1 January liberalisation of French internal routes. The Nantes-based airline says that it will open several new cross-country routes between Nantes-Lyon, Bordeaux-Marseille, Lyon-Lille and Lyon-Strasbourg in the second quarter. ...
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Debonair set for Luton launch in May
UK START-UP carrier Debonair Airlines plans to begin scheduled passenger services from London Luton Airport to five capital cities in Europe and one domestic destination on 1 May. Details of the routes have not been revealed, but while it will be a low cost operation, Debonair says that ...
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A tale of two crises
Could Fokker have performed better if it had followed Avro's lead in cutting quicker and deeper? Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER MAY NOT appreciate the irony, but its latest crisis has come just as the regional-jet market is showing few signs of life. If a recovery in ...
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Emission control
Experiments are in hand to determine the real impact aircraft are having on the atmosphere. Martin Hindley/LONDON SCIENTISTS STUDYING the effects of aircraft emissions on the Earth's atmosphere have produced results, which may dispel one of the most commonly held theories about air pollution. After more than ...
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Checking the numbers
There are fears that Hong Kong's new airport is already heading for a capacity problem. Chris Yates/HONG KONG IT IS THE WORLD'S single largest project in civil engineering today and one of the most complex combined excavation and reclamation projects in history, requiring the largest fleet of seaborne dredgers, ...
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Business Express yields to bankruptcy protection
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC BUSINESS EXPRESS, the US regional carrier based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been forced into the federal bankruptcy court by Saab Aircraft. The airline owes Saab more than $20 million - much of it in unpaid lease payments. A major creditor, Saab ...
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Augsburg finds early success at City
THE EARLY success of its new service from London City Airport to Cologne/Bonn and Augsburg (Flight International, 15-21 November, 1995, P8), has prompted Augsburg Airways (formerly Interot Airways) to increase frequencies. From 31 March, Cologne/Bonn will be served three times a day, with two flights carrying on to Augsburg. The ...
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China turns down Dragonair stake to go it alone
CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) has rejected Swire Pacific's offer of a 6% share in Dragonair, and will instead press on with plans to launch its own Hong Kong-based carrier. Beijing-controlled CNAC is reported to have already leased a Boeing 737 from the USA for delivery in March. The ...