News from FlightGlobal – Page 1662
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Capacity crisis
Infrastructure investment is now back on the agenda with a vengeance, leading to high-level summits on both sides of the Atlantic. While Europe worries where the runways will come from, the USA frets about the FAA‘s dwindling funds
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COHOR hits back at easyJet over slots
French slot coordinator COHOR has hit back at easyJet over the budget carrier’s claims that it has not been given a fair share of the slots at Paris Orly.
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Iceland’s overseas push
Icelandair’s parent company has branched into aircraft leasing as part of a new investment strategy, while the wider Icelandic aviation community is beginning an acquisition drive.
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No more science fiction
Dr Philippe Rochat, executive director of the Air Transport Action Group which lobbies on behalf of the aviation industry on environmental matters, responds to the Green Party’s stance on airlines and the environment
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Pensions battleground
As the US majors posted first-quarter operating losses amounting to a collective deficit of over $1.2 billion, some are turning to their pension schemes to find relief.
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Summer growth
Capacity on the North Atlantic is up for a second consecutive year, but with expansion this summer focusing away from hub-to-hub service
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Common measures
As global airport benchmarking initiatives gain increasing market acceptance, airline and airport groups are discussing for the first time a common method of measuring airport efficiency and how this could eventually be related to charging levels
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China’s crossroads
Airports in China are undergoing an unprecedented level of growth thanks to a booming economy and a stringent reform agenda.
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Concrete plans
As predicted, US airports are facing a capacity crisis to equal that of 2000. Traffic is back, bringing chronic congestion that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later
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Capacity crunch
The spectre of an impending congestion crisis has reappeared to haunt the air transport industry around the world (see page 55), but nowhere is the capacity crunch more evident than in the crowded airports of Europe
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Svit success
Air transport in the Ukraine has been in the doldrums since the collapse of communism, but a revival has begun, as the country sets its sights on the West, and membership of the European Union