Networks – Page 1393

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    Financial results

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Y = Year. H = Half year. Q = Quarter. M = Months. Currencies converted into US dollars a average exchange rates during reporting period. Per cent changes in local currencies. Net profit at the UK airports operator rose 13 per cent. Passenger numbers rose 7.4 per cent ...

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    The unions' man

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    United Airlines' chairman and CEO Gerald Greenwald has some novel ideas on how to make employees work together, run an airline more efficiently and establish strong ties with worker groups. Could he be the new blood airlines have needed at the top for years? Mead Jennings reports.In Gerald Greenwald's office ...

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    Airline news

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Air Canada will commence its first Middle Eastern service with a twice weekly flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv from 20 June. Northwest is to launch a Detroit-London/Gatwick service at the beginning of March. The carrier has purchased the route from Delta, in a deal awaiting US government ...

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    Changing fortunes

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Early figures suggest that 1994 was the long-awaited turnround year for most airlines. Richard Whitaker reports. 'Mixed' seems the most appropriate word to use in describing the fortunes of the world's major airlines in 1994, to judge by the information available so far. The full-year financial results for the ...

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    Once more to the breach?

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...

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    BA: put your trust in US

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The recent decision forcing British Airways to stand trial in New York for alleged conduct in the UK has heightened uncertainties about when actions outside the US can subject a non-US company to US anti-trust claims. Indeed, one anti-trust specialist believes BA's case was weakened by the judge's ...

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    HK's woe of two Chinas

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese control continues to overshadow the UK colony's role in regional aviation. Despite November's Sino-British accord over funding for Chek Lap Kok, talks are dragging on over the language of debt guarantee agreements, while Hong Kong's future as a Taiwan-China hub appears tenuous as ...

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    Now for the real Macau?

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Nine months ahead of startup, fledgling international carrier Air Macau has run headlong into management problems, compensation claims and allegations of shady dealings which at presstime were being investigated by the Portuguese enclave's anti-corruption agency. The proposed carrier faces a barrage of legal action from expatriate managers whose ...

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    Japan-China link

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    China and Japan have signed a new bilateral which allows for a 20 per cent increase in passenger services over current levels and a tripling of cargo capacity. The agreement gives three new carriers access to the market: China Southern, Japan Air System, and Nippon Cargo Airlines. Source: ...

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    African risk leased in DC

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Nigeria airs its options

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The management at Nigeria Airways is fighting to keep control over the carrier as a government review is set to issue proposals for the future course of the carrier, which could include a revival of the Air Nigeria concept. The government consultative document is expected to propose three ...

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    Africa's new note of hope

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Rome divides to conquer

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Alitalia's management is increasing the pressure on its pilots for concessions with the threat of expanding wet-leases to cut the cost of its North American operations. Although the initial wet-lease of two B767s from Ansett Worldwide (Awas) can hardly be categorised as union breaking, an internal working document ...

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    Travel agents capped by all

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    Delta rejigs home focus

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Delta Air Lines' cost cutting efforts will see the downsizing of its domestic system, while Continental Airlines struggles to find direction after its traumatic foray into the short-haul, low-cost sector. Just prior to leading the cap on travel agent commissions in February, Delta announced a restructuring of its ...

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    Aria takes assets back

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    As Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (Aria) prepares to transfer 49 per cent of its stock to employees, the carrier has averted the danger of a break up of its international operations. But while the privatisation plan has been approved, it is unclear when it will be implemented. Under ...

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    Zambian flier

    1995-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Aero Zambia will fill the gap left by the liquidation of Zambia Airways when it starts regional operations to Harare, Gaborone and Mbabane this month. The private carrier, owned by Belgian shareholders, was previously operating as the national cargo carrier. The ministry of transport has granted it rights to fly ...

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    GB Airways

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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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    Air Malta

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Air Malta is launching a weekly service to Copenhagen following the success of its Stockholm and Oslo routes begun in 1994.   Source: Flight International

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    Austrian Airlines

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    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