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A question of give and take
Many airlines have become more demanding of marketing alliances and are now prepared to abandon bad agreements or switch partners to get the right benefits.To the untrained eye the level of alliance activity over the past year could seem rather subdued compared to the frenetic activity of previous years. Some ...
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Making it work
Though airline alliances will come and go in the years to come, this survey demonstrates that they will almost certainly remain a strong feature of the industry. Despite some significant deletions since last year, particularly in the realm of route specific cooperation, each time an agreement has died another partnership ...
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A fighting chance
Aer Lingus managers have yet to solve the airline's problems on UK regional routes and must complete the restructuring of the rest of the group in order to secure the final payment of state aid. Mark Odell reports from Dublin.When the European Commission gave a derogation to the Irish government ...
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China cramps Taipei links
Taiwan is struggling to retain or expand regional air links in the face of Beijing's campaign to isolate the island state and force it into direct ties with mainland China. The commercial agreement that serves as a bilateral between Taiwan and Hong Kong was extended for an interim ...
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Airline news
Korean Air has begun operations to Aomori, Japan. The thrice weekly service uses a Fokker 100. Emirates will start flights to Nairobi and Ho Chi Minh City from the end of October. Both destinations will be twice weekly and use A310s. SAS is to resume its ...
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Home sales, closed ranks
The sale of stakes in three of Taiwan's larger domestic airlines in less than a month appears to be linked to Taipei's plan to open international routes to these airlines. EVA Air paid $13 million for 20 per cent of Great China Airlines and $18 million for 32 ...
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Virgin hopes for Oz link
Malaysia Airlines' codeshare link with Virgin Atlantic Airways on the Kangaroo Route hit unexpected turbulance when the Australian government declined to approve it. However, at presstime Virgin officials were hopeful of a positive outcome by mid-May, allowing the codesharing to start by early June. Canberra's refusal to clear ...
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Qantas/BA green light
British Airways and Qantas are set to win approval from Australia's Trade Practices Commission (TPC) for their controversial revenue pooling and price arranging plans for the loss-making Kangaroo Route, though with some tough conditions attached. Approval will be strictly limited to cooperation on flights between Australia and Europe ...
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Cathay HK role threat
The future of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific looks increasingly uncertain as it attempts to fathom the motives behind a China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) application for an air operator's certificate in the territory, in a move to set up a Chinese-controlled, Hong Kong-based international airline to compete with Cathay. ...
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Air NZ to take Ansett
News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch has agreed to sell his 50 per cent share in Ansett Australia to Air New Zealand for around A$500 million (US$365 million). But an announcement was delayed as Air NZ and its controlling shareholder Brierley Investments continued tough negotiations with the other Ansett shareholder, TNT, over ...
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JAL: cancel US bilateral
Japan Airlines has fired the opening shot in expected Japan-US aviation talks by calling for cancellation of the existing bilateral so that both sides can start with a clean slate. With talks imminent, JAL is signalling its determination to urge a harder line that is consistent with Tokyo's growing resistance ...
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Western help Uzbek style
Forget airline consultants. Uzbekistan Airways has come up with a novel way of obtaining western expertise: invest in a UK airline. European Airways, which operates a single domestic route, is 40 per cent owned by the CIS carrier. In exchange, managing director David Allen and board members are ...
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Alitalia pilots feel the heat
Alitalia is forcing its intransigent pilots into a corner. The recent move by management to convert lower cost domestic subsidiary Avianova to a regional European operation follows the decision to wet-lease B767s on some transatlantic routes. Both moves mean cheaper labour for Alitalia and less work for its pilots. ...
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Bells ring in the changes
Time will tell whether the three recently announced major alliances are merely marriages of convenience or opportunities for long-term harmony and success. The wedding bells are ringing again. If successful, this month's three major new airline alliances will all change the balance of power in their respective markets. But ...
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EU ponders open skies
The European Commission's draft negotiating mandate, being considered by European Union transport ministers at their 19 June meeting, envisages pursuing a full open skies agreement with the US, higher reciprocal ownership limits, and a raft of safeguards to prevent anti-competitive behaviour. If it is awarded, the EU will ...
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New SA fires flag growth
South Africa's new found international acceptance has forced its flag carrier sub- stantially to upgrade its fleet of long-range, wide-bodied aircraft and go on a billion dollar spending spree to compete with growing competition. South African Airways will spend $1.1 billion acquiring some 10 new wide-bodied aircraft over ...
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Weber wins Nordic prize
For SAS the search is over. But KLM now finds itself without any major European partner and is fast running out of available options. The Scandinavian flag carrier solved its European partner problem by forging close ties - but no equity swap - with Lufthansa. The alliance is ...
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Asiana-Seattle start-up
Asiana Airlines has begun Seattle-Seoul services with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, becoming the first carrier to offer non-stop services between the two cities. Asiana has an all-Boeing fleet of 34 737s, 767s and 747-400s. Source: Flight International
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Avro introduces maintenance and refurbishment services
Avro International, the British Aerospace regional-jets subsidiary, has begun offering maintenance and refurbishment services through its flight-test department at Woodford, UK. Under the Avrotec name, the company will initially offer support for the BAe146/Avro RJ series, but in the future it intends to extend its work to cover ...
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BA profits soar but its alliances falter
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS HAS once more cruised to a record set of results, helped by a mix of premium-passenger growth and cost-cutting. The performance was marred only by continuing problems at alliance partners TAT and USAir. Group pre-tax profits were at a new high of ...