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Expansionist Air Canada swings back to profitability
AIR CANADA HAS posted its first profit in five years, and chairman Hollis Harris plans to keep the momentum rolling in 1995 with a further double-digit capacity expansion. Group net profits of C$129 million ($92 million) in 1994 mark a dramatic turnaround from the C$326 million loss ...
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Travel agents capped by all
Delta Air Lines' lead in capping travel agent commissions could boost operating results by as much as 15 per cent this year, industry analysts believe. The caps on domestic commissions still give travel agents 10 per cent on fares under $500 but put a limit of $25 on ...
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Africa's new note of hope
Africa's newest carrier, Alliance, starts operations in March heralding a new era of cooperation in the continent's aviation industry. A joint venture between South African Airways and the national airlines and governments of Tanzania and Uganda, Alliance will start by operating charters for SAA. On 1 July it ...
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African risk leased in DC
USAfrica's demise eight months after it started serving Johannesburg from Washington DC exemplifies the extreme risks in starting an international airline in the US. One lesson: American Airlines drives a hard aircraft leasing deal. USAfrica began service in June with two MD-11 aircraft on sublease from American, hoping ...
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Flemings doubts add to Bravia problems
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NEW CRACKS have appeared in the Bravia consortium, set up to sell Rolls-Royce re-engine Tupolev Tu-204 twinjets, with the Flemings banking group expected to make a final decision, over its involvement in the programme within weeks. The problems, centre on disputes over funding ...
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Lufthansa decides on A319 as successor to 737-200
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS to order 20 Airbus A319 short- to medium-range airliners to replace its remaining Boeing 737-200s. The airline says that it chose the latest and smallest product of the Airbus stable on "grounds of fleet policy and economics". The decision still requires the ...
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Aer Lingus close to finalising deal to lease three BAe 146-300s
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS close to completing a deal to lease three British Aerospace 146-300 regional-jets to allow it to compete on routes between Ireland and UK regional airports. The aircraft are being made ready for leasing by BAe's Assett Management Organisation, although Aer Lingus ...
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Eurowings shifts focus to international routes
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROWINGS, the German regional carrier, has shifted its focus onto developing international routes, because of intensifying domestic competition from Germany's rail and road networks. According to Eurowings marketing and sales chief, Karl-Friedrich Muller, Germany's ICE high-speed trains and improved road links with eastern ...
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Easing the flow
Europe's new Central Flow Management Unit promises to make life easier for its embattled air traffic controllers. Julian Moxon/PARIS European air traffic increased by 4.8% in 1994, which is around the annual level of growth predicted until at least the end of the century. ...
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Fokker prepares for new round of cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER IS CLOSE TO announcing a new wave of restructuring, with further workforce cuts expected to be on the agenda as the Dutch manufacturer attempts to match cutbacks made by its major competitors. A decision on the scope of the rationalisation is due ...
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Code-Sharing Success
Delta Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Swissair have received US approval to begin a joint Washington-Geneva-Vienna code-sharing service on 26 March. Delta and Swissair will sell seat blocks on Austrian Airbus A310 flights. Source: Flight International
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Chess master moves in
AAI keeps up with the weather There is little doubt that Russia's occasionally chaotic aviation industry could benefit from the application of a fine strategic mind. It is about to get one. World chess champion Gary Kasparov has now formally launched a consultancy, aimed at helping ...
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Licence to change
European pilot-training organisations at all levels will have to cope with a new set of standards. David Learmount/LONDON Most European pilots know that flight crew licence requirements are changing to a European standard, but few could say when or describe the differences. Pilot-training organisations, on the other ...
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UK CAA calls for changes to be made to slot rules
THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority is calling for Europe's airport slot-allocation rules to be changed, to make slot trading for cash legal and to use vacant slots more efficiently. It says that the existing, two-year old, European Commission (EC) regulation "...is not working" and warns that the business ...
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Booz pushes Russian route plans
Kieran Daly/VIENNA A NEW air-traffic management (ATM) system for the Russian Far East, which will bring huge savings for airlines operating in the North Pacific, could be fully operational by August 1997. The programme is designed to open up at least three more routes through ...
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Canadian carriers ask Government for slots
AIR CANADA and Canadian Airlines International have asked their Government for all of the slots which available to Canadian carriers at New York La Guardia and Chicago O'Hare airports under the proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. The pact, is expected to be signed when US President Bill Clinton visits ...
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All Nippon continues with cost-cutting measures
ALL NIPPON AIRLINES (ANA) has announced further cuts in expenditure and staffing, alongside a drive to boost revenues by 10% through increased aircraft utilisation. The latest cost-cutting drive, which will run over the next three years, comes as part of the second phase of the airline's extensive ...
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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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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