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United goes soft on fifths
A softening of United Airlines' opposition to limiting fifth freedom traffic beyond Japan could yet signal a breakthrough in the acrimonious dispute that has stalled passenger talks with the US. The signal came in unprepared remarks by United's chief executive Gerald Greenwald, on which the carrier has declined ...
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Air Afrique states case
We have been deeply upset by the article 'Eleven oust Afrique boss' (Airline Business, June) commenting on Yves Roland-Billecart's departure from Air Afrique. Roland-Billecart's decision to resign was a consequence of the resolution from the Ministers of Transport of Air Afrique's owner states to separate the functions of chairman ...
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All together in the Middle East
The collapse in yields to the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines has pushed carriers in the Middle East into a fares pact aimed at stemming the decline. Gulf Air, Emirates and Kuwait Airways agreed at a meeting in Kuwait in June to raise market fares on sectors to ...
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TWA resists Pan Am rerun
After years of proving detractors wrong and just as the carrier was showing signs of recovery, TWA is once again fighting to prove that it can survive, following the crash of Flight 800 off New York's Long Island on 17 July. In the three weeks that followed the ...
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Dual policy is under fire
Less than two years after its launch, Canada's restrictive policy for dual designation of Canadian carriers on international routes is under serious attack. Air Canada and a coalition of charter carriers have intensified their campaign for a more open designation system, leading some officials to predict that the policy could ...
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No Easy ride in the World
The European Commission may need to act sharply to toughen up competition law enforcement, as newcomers EasyJet, World Airlines and VLM file complaints against incumbents' alleged anti-competitive behaviour. World Airlines says KLM affiliate Air UK is guilty of predatory behaviour on London-Amsterdam, while EasyJet accuses KLM itself of ...
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Aria on verge of merger?
Speculation is mounting in Moscow that state-controlled Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (Aria) and private operator Transaero are close to a merger. Rumours were fuelled in early July when the rival carriers signed a cooperation deal, which envisages codesharing and joint fleet planning. One aviation source in ...
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Where angels fear to tread
An unprecedented restructuring plan has put Avensa back in the black amid economic chaos, but has also attracted fierce criticism. Flag carrier Viasa has lost out to its rival in both the domestic and US markets and as it struggles to fight back, new entrants are appearing on the scene. ...
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Thai tight rope
The embattled president of Thai's flag carrier is hoping that he can avoid further sniping and get on with a much-needed revamp of the airline. Imtiaz Muqbil reports from Bangkok. Thamnoon Wanglee might want to consider a career in the circus, if he wasn't already performing a high-wire act as ...
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Washington now Virgin territory?
As Virgin Atlantic makes its presence felt in the US-UK open skies negotiations, Washington's commonly held wisdom that British Airways holds nearly complete sway over the UK's international aviation policy is being put to the test. BA, which wants an open skies pact so it can seek antitrust ...
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Airline news
Canadian Air Cargo and American Airlines Cargo begin an alliance on 1 September. Canadian Air Cargo will be general sales agent for its US partner in Canada and American will be GSA for Canadian Air Cargo in the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. Continental Airlines plans to ...
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China's links are at stake
The clearing of the aeropolitical clouds over Hong Kong may be having a downwind effect in Taiwan, where direct air links with China (PRC) are moving from political rhetoric to actual preparation. Wang Guixiang, chairman of China National Aviation Corporation and new chairman of Dragonair, was the first ...
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Qantas faces union threat
Qantas's management is facing confrontation with unions over a new wage agreement as it launches a drive to try to control costs and improve on disappointing productivity gains. Flight attendants and ground workers have already hinted at industrial action if they fail to win agreement on across the ...
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Threesome Inter Africa
Three African regional carriers are forming a joint venture dubbed Air Inter Afrique, in the latest example of cooperation on the continent. Benin Air Express, Air Niger and Peace Air Togo plan to join forces in late 1996 in a scheme devised by multinational carrier Air Afrique. The ...
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Romanian regional
DAC Air says that it will take delivery of the first of four 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets in late September. The Romanian regional airline already operates four Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s on lease from General Electric Capital Aviation Services, and will take the first of four new Dash 8-300s ...
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easyJet adds
EasyJet has announced further expansion, with the addition of a fourth Boeing 737 (its second 737-300) and extra services to its network, which includes flights from London Luton to Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The UK start-up airline will introduce the new aircraft in October. Source: ...
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Seven-year countdown
Airbus makes progress towards a launch of its vitally important new large aircraft. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE THIS AIRCRAFT "-will be the biggest challenge in civil-aviation history", says Jurgen Thomas, head of the new large-aircraft division of Airbus Industrie charged with developing the A3XX. While such words ...
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Lebanese events
Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airlines (TMA) suspended all operations indefinitely on 5 August. The carrier operated a fleet of four Boeing 707-300 freighters and employed 460 people. In 1995, TMA announced that it would suspend 200 employees because of its deteriorating financial condition. Separately, Lebanese flag carrier Middle East ...
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Family favourites
Boeing's new-generation 737is the same, only different Guy Norris/SEATTLE EXACTLY 30 YEARS ago, the first Boeing 737 was taking shape at the company's plant in Renton, Washington. At the time, not everyone was convinced that the "Baby Boeing" gamble would be a winner. The concern ...
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The curtain rises
Coming soon - the next installment in an exciting tale of aircraft engines and orders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES This year's Farnborough air show provides the stage for an extraordinary drama, the cut and thrust of which would defy even the most imaginative playwrights of the West End ...