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Pro to take on Northwest
The US has a new low-cost carrier in the north-east, something of a rarity in the post-ValuJet era, but Pro Air will have a tough time establishing itself in a market dominated by Northwest Airlines. The management of Detroit-based Pro Air has illusions of an easy ride. The ...
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Tough on TAM
Just kick them where it hurts most - this is standard parental advice given to daughters the world over to arrest ardent advances. Translate the formula into airline terms and the equivalent way to stall an airline's overzealous advances is to damage its safety record. Well, TAM (Transportes Aereos Regionais) ...
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Thai sale set for year end
It has been a long and tortuous road but Thai Airways International looks to be edging towards phased privatisation, with a partial disposal expected before year end. Thai's board has asked the government to approve the sale of part of its remaining 93 per cent stake along with ...
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Rainbow aria
Besides the airline industry, Omar Fontana's leading passion in life is the piano. Yet a recent operation on Fontana's hands has made it difficult for this accomplished pianist to play. So he is sublimating his love for playing by composing a symphony, instructing other people to write down 'the ...
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State grip on Tunisair slips
It's out with the old and in with the new for Tunisair. The airline's new president is gearing up to take the airline out of state control by renewing the fleet and shedding staff. Since taking over as Tunisair's president and director general in March, Ahmed Smaoui has ...
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Turkish blend
The Turkish flag carrier appears to have turned the corner financially and is now profitable. But political uncertainty and government interference are still holding THY Turkish Airlines back. Meanwhile, deregulation is allowing the country's private charter carriers to move into scheduled operations. Mark Odell reports from Istanbul. Much as Turkish ...
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TWA acts as clock ticks
Trans World Airlines is cutting jobs, has a fresh look and is introducing new frequent flyer incentives in a bid to attract high-yielding business traffic, but Wall Street analysts question if the returns will come quick enough. 'There is a mad dash going on to improve the product ...
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Giant leap forward?
Varig may still be the undisputed giant of the Brazilian airline industry, but will restructuring efforts be enough to keep it ahead of burgeoning competition? Lois Jones reports.When you start off at the top, the danger is that there's only one way to go - and that's down. Five years ...
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Stretched to the limit
Vasp's ambitions spread far and wide, but are its financial resources equally expandable? Lois Jones reports. Vasp chairman and president Wagner Canhedo Azevado is a man who likes to think big and be in control. The chairman likes to consider South America, and not just Brazil, as a single ...
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Caracas fails to fill vacuum
While Caracas prevaricates over how to re-allocate Viasa's international routes, foreign airlines are racing to fill the vacuum left by the flag carrier's demise. This leaves any Venezuelan carrier eventually granted the dormant route authorities with the daunting challenge of having to establish itself in a market dominated chiefly by ...
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easyJet's complaint
The European Commission has opened an enquiry into allegations by UK low-cost airline easyJet of anti-competitive practices by KLM. The action follows a complaint made by easyJet in October 1996 that KLM was lowering its fares artificially on the Amsterdam-London route in order to compete with easyJet's tariffs. ...
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Dash 8-400 favourite at SAS
Kevin O'Toole/Stockholm An official announcement on the selection of a new 70-seat turboprop for the SAS Commuter fleet is imminent, says the Scandinavian airline, with an order expected for as many as 20 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400s, to be used alongside the existing Saab 2000 50-seaters. ...
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Lockheed tests F-22
Lockheed Martin has begun taxi trials in preparation for the first flight of the F-22, possibly by the end of this month, after testing the fighter's 156kN (35,000lb)-thrust Pratt & Whitney F119 powerplants at full afterburner, with the aircraft tied down. A series of minor software problems, including over-sensitive sensors ...
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Continental is revealed as EVA's US partner
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has agreed an alliance with Continental Airlines of the USA. The deal struck between the two carriers, which is expected to be announced on 26 August, will cover a range of activities which includes a frequent-flyer tie-up (Flight International, 6-12 August). The ...
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KLM pursues European plans
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM says that it will continue to press ahead with plans to increase its presence across Europe, having signed its latest partnership deal with Norway's Braathens SAFE- backed with a 30%equity stake. KLM, which took full control of Air UK earlier this year and ...
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Olympic will buy 737-800s
Julian Moxon/paris Olympic Airways is to acquire a fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737s and Airbus A340s. The airline is close to resolving its long-running dispute with the European Commission (EC), which has held up payment of the last two tranches of its state aid. Resolution of the ...
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United buys time for regional-jet deal with Atlantic Coast Airlines
United Airlines has agreed to reimburse the aircraft-lease and flight-crew costs for Atlantic Coast Airlines' (ACA) Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ) until the end of the year, giving the carrier more time to reach an agreement with its pilots . ACA had planned to begin an independent regional-jet ...
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Europe's B-RNAV plans in 'chaotic mess'
Julian Moxon/PARIS The attempt to introduce the new basic radio-navigation (B-RNAV) standards into European airspace by January 1998 has been termed a "chaotic mess" by the avionics industry as it faces a last-minute change of speciÌcation from the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). B-RNAV avionics will be required to enable ...
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Marketplace
++ Virgin has confirmed that it will add two new Airbus A340-300s in 1998 (Flight International, 13-19 August ) but that one of the aircraft will be acquired on a four-year operating lease from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The aircraft will be delivered in March 1998, and will be joined ...
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Mesa Air regional-jet operation experiences a sluggish start
Mesa Air Group says that its Texas-based regional-jet operation, started in May with two Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs), is growing more slowly than anticipated. Marketing of the initial Fort Worth-Houston service is being intensified, and Fort Worth-San Antonio flights will be added in September, with a San Antonio-Colorado Springs ...