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New chapter of growth
A year after emerging from bankruptcy, America West is resuming growth, but this time the carrier plans to do things differently. By David Knibb.America West Airlines has unveiled a business plan designed to leave its checkered past behind and set a smooth course for at least the next two years. ...
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Brussels fails to use its muscles
The new European Commission has held office for a year but has little to show for its efforts, despite the initial hype. Mark Odell looks at Brussels' performance in regulating a market where competition is on the increase.When Neil Kinnock took over as the new European transport commissioner in January ...
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Japan cuts to bite back?
Japan is taking a first step towards liberalising the domestic market by introducing flexibility in local fares. But the move could backfire and lead to near-monopolies on individual routes. Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to set benchmark fares for each domestic route based on cost and then allow ...
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DHL delivers Asian jigsaw
DHL has successfully 'frightened' some of Asia's major airlines into a deal in which it will add capacity to handle DHL's spectacular growth in the regional freight business. Continental Micronesia, Cathay Pacific and two unnamed Asian carriers were afraid that DHL would bring in its own aircraft, losing ...
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A system approach
O&D revenue management systems can increase an airline's revenues by a valuable 1 per cent, but they require airline managers to look at the system as a whole rather than an individual route. Richard Whitaker looks at one and answers common questions about the concept. Every yield manager knows that ...
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ANZ waits on Oz poll
The future of Air New Zealand's bid to take a 50 per cent stake in Ansett Australia could hinge on the outcome of the finely balanced Australian federal election scheduled to be held before March. Victory for the opposition Liberal Party will see a swift resumption of policy to complete ...
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USAir looks to life alone
After its brief fling with United Airlines, USAir is settling down, if only momentarily, to its old position: alone with its high costs amidst a bevy of low-cost players. The only new wrinkle is that the airline may soon face even tougher competition, if Delta Air Lines succeeds in creating ...
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Alitalia faces capital test
Alitalia is treading a fine line as it finalises its new restructuring plan, trying to avoid the attentions of Brussels over its capital injection and further conflict with its unions. At presstime, the Italian flag was considering a report on Alitalia's restructuring drawn up by an independent financial ...
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Airline news
EVA Air was due to launch services from Taipei to Macau, Los Angeles and Panama in December and will begin Hong Kong services in February. Emirates has launched services to Ho Chi Minh City and Nairobi, both on a twice weekly basis. Elsewhere the carrier has launched Mercator, ...
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Surfers take to the air
Users of the Internet's World Wide Web spend around $40 billion a year on air travel, equivalent to the annual passenger revenues of the top three US majors combined, according to San Diego-based market research company CIC Research. Moreover, the majority are interested in using the Web to get travel ...
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Solo act in Doha
Now two years old, Qatar Airways has survived the pain of its launch period. But the carrier still has to transform Doha from a regional outpost into a global hub able to compete with Dubai and Bahrain. Report by Sara Guild. One expects to find a sheikh up front, but ...
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Slovenian stimulus
Deutsche Lufthansa and Slovenian carrier Adria Airways have signed a long-term co-operation agreement. From 1 January 1996, two daily frequencies from Frankfurt and a daily service from Munich to Ljubljana will be operated by Adria Airways under a code-share, and schedules will be coordinated to provide better connections to Lufthansa ...
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Nakanihon repeat
Nagoya-based Japanese commuter airline Nakanihon Airline Service has ordered and taken immediate delivery of a third Fokker 50, for its routes from Nagoya to Toyamu, Takamatsu, Yonago, Fukushima and Hakodate. The airline, which is owned 80% by Meitetsu and 20% by All Nippon Airways, took delivery of its first Fokker ...
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TAT posts further heavy losses
BRITISH AIRWAYS' French regional partner TAT has revealed that it again racked up heavy operating losses, of Fr583 million ($117 million), over the last financial year, up to the end of March 1995. The deficit, which has been recorded on sales of nearly Fr1.9 billion, is the second ...
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Ryanair UK plans foray into Europe
RYANAIR UK IS planning a substantial expansion of the low-fare, no-frills, service concept pioneered in Europe by its Irish parent company. While keeping details under wraps until plans have been finalised, Ryanair UK managing director Tim Jeans confirms that more UK routes and a determined foray into Europe ...
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JAA group will define tests for evacuations
JAA group will define tests for evacuations NEW CRITERIA for cabin emergency-evacuation tests are to be defined by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to enable the safety of a greater variety of exit configurations to be accurately assessed, according to JAA secretary-general Klaus Koplin. After a 12 ...
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Virgin plans receive cool reception
AIRLINE ANALYSTS have greeted with scepticism the declaration by Virgin Atlantic Airways that it plans to lease or buy up to $5 billion-worth of aircraft within the next three years in a bid to become one of the world's leading long-haul carriers. The airline has announced plans to ...
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Irish connection
AIR BRISTOL SUBSIDIARY AB Shannon inaugurated a twice-daily service between London Gatwick and Shannon on 7 December, responding to demand for additional capacity between London and the mid-west of Ireland. The new service, flown with a BAC One-Eleven leased from Bournemouth-based European Aviation, is receiving the full start-up support of ...
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British World's Viscounts soldier on
BRITISH WORLD AIRLINES (BWA) is now the largest operator of Viscounts, with eight active at the end of 1995. At one stage, BWA and its predecessors operated 18 of the aircraft. Of the eight left, five have been converted to freighters and three soldiers on in passenger guise, ...
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From Brabazon to Viscount
VICKERS TURNED the 1942 Brabazon Committee's requirement for a postwar Brabazon IIB into the winning VC2 design. Originally, it was to have Napier Naiad, Armstrong Siddeley Mamba or Rolls-Royce Dart engines, but it went into service with the Dart. The prototype V630 was flown on 16 July 1948, and was ...