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Delta rejigs home focus
Delta Air Lines' cost cutting efforts will see the downsizing of its domestic system, while Continental Airlines struggles to find direction after its traumatic foray into the short-haul, low-cost sector. Just prior to leading the cap on travel agent commissions in February, Delta announced a restructuring of its ...
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JAL and Thai consider expanding ties
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) and Thai Airways International are considering expanding their recently concluded co-operation agreement into a wider strategic tie-up covering Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The two airlines have agreed to increase joint flights from Bangkok to Nagoya and Fukuoka, introduce new joint services to Kansai Airport ...
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Rome divides to conquer
Alitalia's management is increasing the pressure on its pilots for concessions with the threat of expanding wet-leases to cut the cost of its North American operations. Although the initial wet-lease of two B767s from Ansett Worldwide (Awas) can hardly be categorised as union breaking, an internal working document ...
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Coming clean
It is time the United States stopped equivocating and led the way towards multilateral liberalisation by clearly stating its international open skies policy. Jacqueline Gallacher reports. The attempt to launch a worthwhile debate on multilateralism at last November's Icao worldwide air transport conference, resulted in little more than a ...
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HK's woe of two Chinas
The transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese control continues to overshadow the UK colony's role in regional aviation. Despite November's Sino-British accord over funding for Chek Lap Kok, talks are dragging on over the language of debt guarantee agreements, while Hong Kong's future as a Taiwan-China hub appears tenuous as ...
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Changing fortunes
Early figures suggest that 1994 was the long-awaited turnround year for most airlines. Richard Whitaker reports. 'Mixed' seems the most appropriate word to use in describing the fortunes of the world's major airlines in 1994, to judge by the information available so far. The full-year financial results for the ...
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Programming change
Many aviation companies, including airports and service providers as well as airlines, need to find ways of cutting costs further. Ray Eitel Porter and his colleagues at The LEK Partnership discuss effective responses. For the first time in its history, a medium-sized airline faced the threat of real competition. ...
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Once more to the breach?
The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...
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Northward bound
Ansett Australia is grappling with international expansion, toughening domestic competition, questions over its ownership, and a heavy debt burden. Tom Ballantyne assesses the future of Australia's second major airline. Fledgling international carrier Ansett Australia, striving to establish a permanent presence amongst Asia-Pacific's airlines, is wondering what cards fate will deal ...
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BA: put your trust in US
The recent decision forcing British Airways to stand trial in New York for alleged conduct in the UK has heightened uncertainties about when actions outside the US can subject a non-US company to US anti-trust claims. Indeed, one anti-trust specialist believes BA's case was weakened by the judge's ...
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Aria takes assets back
As Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (Aria) prepares to transfer 49 per cent of its stock to employees, the carrier has averted the danger of a break up of its international operations. But while the privatisation plan has been approved, it is unclear when it will be implemented. Under ...
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GB Airways
GB Airways, now a British Airways franchise carrier is adding four per week services to the Spanish destinations of Valencia and Murcia in the northern summer. Source: Flight International
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Nigeria airs its options
The management at Nigeria Airways is fighting to keep control over the carrier as a government review is set to issue proposals for the future course of the carrier, which could include a revival of the Air Nigeria concept. The government consultative document is expected to propose three ...
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Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines is beginning services from Vienna to Beijing and Almaty, while Austrian rival Lauda Air is starting a daily Salzburg-London Gatwick service. Source: Flight International
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Airline news
Air Canada will commence its first Middle Eastern service with a twice weekly flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv from 20 June. Northwest is to launch a Detroit-London/Gatwick service at the beginning of March. The carrier has purchased the route from Delta, in a deal awaiting US government ...
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MAS seeks long-range aircraft
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) has asked for proposals from manufacturers for up to six new long-range passenger aircraft to replace its McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 on thin international routes. Under consideration for the deal are the Airbus A340, Boeing 777 and MDC MD-11. The airline is understood to want ...
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Air Canada
Air Canada is increasing its transatlantic and transpacific capacity for the northern summer by 18%. Toronto-Tel Aviv and Toronto-Montreal-Brussels are new services. There are capacity and frequency increases on routes to Madrid, Osaka, London, Glasgow, Zurich, Berlin and Vienna. Source: Flight International
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Air New Zealand boosts profits
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) boosted profits in its first half-year, despite continuing problems with its domestic Boeing 737 fleet and a rapid expansion of capacity on international routes. The New Zealand carrier managed to raise net profits by nearly 60%, to more than NZ$140 million ($89 million) ...