Networks – Page 1293
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Dollars and sense
At last year's Paris air show, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) chief executive Harry Stonecipher was telling the world: "I don't care if we never launch a new aircraft", and that if his company was not already in the civil airliner business, it would be trying to get into it. Last week ...
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China signs contract for CFM56-5B4s to power its A320 fleet
China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has signed a $130 million contract with General Electric/Snecma for CFM56-5B4 engines to power 13 Airbus A320s for China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal already agreed with CASC, ten of the A320s will be allocated to China Northwest, and the remaining ...
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Kenya's Dutch treat
Allan Winn/NAIROBI If there hadn't been a KLM, I wouldn't have known what to do - we'd done all the things we could," says Kenya Airways managing director Brian Davies as he looks back over the months since a successful privatisation and the formation of a successful ...
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Maintenance Directory Part 3
Compiled by Jennifer Pite/LONDON Introduction by Paul Lewis/Singapore A quick look at the activities of operators listed in this section of Flight International's three-part directory shows that, in the regions covered, the prime movers in maintenance at the moment are mostly based in Asia-Pacific. The ...
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Bridging the gaps
Günter Endres/Port of Spain Sixteen times a day, a 56-seat Air Caribbean NAMC YS-11A-500 turboprop takes off on one of the shuttle flights which form the "air bridge" between Trinidad's Piarco Airport and Tobago's Crown Point International. In peak season, demand rises to make up to 38 ...
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Where next for MDC?
The decision to drop the MD-XX raises fresh questions over a future for Douglas Aircraft Graham Warwick/ATLANTA McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has dropped the MD-XX not because of the $2 billion over four years that it would have taken to develop the MD-11 derivative, but because ...
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A new bird
Having sold EBA to Virgin, City Hotels is linking with tour operator group NUR to create a new low-fare longhaul airline, City Bird. The carrier plans to operate two MD-11s. It will start dedicated charters for NUR in December, and from March it plans scheduled flights from Brussels to Newark, ...
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Routes to Oslo
Routes 98, the annual route development forum organised by Airline Business and ASM, is to be held in Oslo on 15-16 September 1997. The event will be hosted by the New Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, and SAS will be the official carrier. For further details, ...
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Turkish world
Turkish cargo operator Star Airways has bought struggling UK startup World Airlines from music entrepreneur Nick Stolberg. The carrier had suspended its sole scheduled service between London/City and Amsterdam at presstime and had had its BAe146 aircraft impounded in the UK capital for non-payment of landing fees. The carrier says ...
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CLK protest
Airlines and user groups are firmly opposing proposals to double landing fees at Chek Lap Kok over those at Kai Tak. Critics of the plan argue the proposed 20-year pay-off period to recover construction costs is too short. As CLK's opening date nears, a Hong Kong business group is lobbying ...
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Back to your routes
How does an airline perform better than its rivals when all carriers do basically the same thing? The key to success - resource-based management - can be found at home base, argues Paul Couvret. Every airline strategist will say they have the answers to market success, but are they ...
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Asia's cargo crunch
Airlines bidding to capitalise on the projected rich pickings from the Asia-Pacific cargo boom are pouring capacity into the region. But nobody is benefiting as rates, yields and profits slump, says Tom Ballantyne. When United Airlines said earlier this year that it planned to enter the full-freighter air cargo market ...
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Ramping up the price
Europe's airlines are fighting to cut costs but the second Cranfield University study of user charges at the region's airports suggests carriers can expect little help from their infrastructure and ground handling providers. By Ian Stockman. Since the last assessment of aircraft turnround fees at European airports by Cranfield ...
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Sunshine Express
Delta has finally launched its low-cost carrier. But has management learned from the mistakes made by other US majors in setting up such low-fare units? Jane Levere first looks at the arguments for and against the Florida-based Express operation and then turns to California to review the performance of Shuttle ...
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Rocky road
Will Canadian Airlines International survive until the weight of its financial liabilities start to lift two years from now? David Knibb weighs up the Calgary-based carrier's chances. Canadian Airlines International is in a race against time. Two years from now its loan and lease obligations will ease, finally giving the ...
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High risk business
The risks associated with flying are obvious, but airline managers face hefty business risks, too. Colin Smith says risk management should be a board responsibility and asks whether airline directors can afford the risks they are running. Risk in the aviation industry is most commonly associated with threat to ...
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Airline News
Alpi Eagles was to start daily flights from Catania, Sicily to Venice, Verona, Cagliari and Lampedusa and twice daily flights to Rome in October, using Fokker 100s. British Airways franchisee Maersk Air is due to commence six daily services between Birmingham and Berlin/Tegel in January 1997, using Boeing ...
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Ghana clears FAA hurdle
Ghana has joined South Africa as only the second sub-Saharan African country to secure category one status from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The rapid process of the country's application could help diffuse criticism over the FAA's tough safety oversight policy, particularly towards South America. The approval paved ...
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Who's taking a liberty?
The lure of valuable slots at Paris/Orly has attracted four potential suitors for troubled Air Liberté after the carrier entered receivership on 26 September. AOM, Air France Europe, TAT and Virgin Express have all expressed interest and reopened the debate about the French government's competition policy. Saddled with ...
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China offers no guarantee
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has signalled an expansion of operating leasing in China by ordering airlines to cease providing lessors with a Bank of China guarantee. However, future growth may be limited to lessors willing to accept unguaranteed deals and carriers which can prove their own financial health. ...