News from FlightGlobal – Page 2476
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Rome recalls its old hands
Two years after Alitalia's management underwent a radical shakeup with the hiring of two private sector managers to fill the senior posts, the top dogs are out of the door, seven other executives are on 'holiday' and the status quo has returned with the appointment of trusted, politically astute, aviation ...
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SAS fingers French lead
Air France clearly enjoys sailing close to the wind. But this time it may have capsized the boat, following SAS' complaint to the European Commission that the French flag's recent weekend break promotions undercut market prices. The French flag carrier is strictly prohibited from price leading under the ...
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Delta set for solo quest?
After 14 months, Delta Air Lines and AT&T may be parting ways as joint equity holders of TransQuest Information Solutions, the information technology concern primarily serving Delta but also set up to rival AMR's Sabre to sell services to other airlines. NCR, the computer division of AT&T and ...
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Cargo talks stumble on
After a period of fractious relations, the US and Japan may still be able to agree to a limited liberalisation of the air cargo market between the two countries. But events of the past month have dashed US officials' hopes that renegotiating the cargo bilateral would be a relatively easy ...
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FAA hurts its neighbours
The US Federal Aviation Administration's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities is threatening the existence of Venezuelan carrier Avensa and starting to harm the international expansion plans of Air Jamaica. After an FAA safety audit, Venezuela was categorised as a Category II country ...
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Food forthought
the dual battle for profitability and greater competitiveness the drive for lower costs means less spending in all areas, including catering. Carriers around the globe are having to cut costs without losing passengers, a trend which is in turn driving changes in the airline catering suppliers market.On board catering is ...
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Mesaba setback hits Dornier workforce
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER HAS PUT half of its production workforce on short time after losing to Saab Aircraft on the order for 72 turboprop aircraft from US regional carrier Mesaba Airlines. The short working begins on 1 April, and will continue for six months. What ...
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Lining up
BOEING ANNOUNCES a production rate increase and the world is convinced, that the airline recession is over. Why is that so? Because Boeing, is both a bastion and a bellwether of the industry. Boeing has been particularly successful recently with customers seeking a family of aircraft, whether ...
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Tentative Agreement
FedEx has tentatively agreed a new five-year contract with its 3,000 pilots, including pay increases partly linked to profitability and work-rule changes to improve flexibility and productivity. FedEx pilots, who took industrial action when talks broke down, have yet to vote on the deal. The carrier began direct US-China cargo ...
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Bankruptcy fails to prevent Fokker 50 handover
INDEPENDENT BELGIAN COMMUTER AIRLINE VLM took delivery of its fourth Fokker 50 on 15 March - the day that Fokker went bankrupt. The airline, which operates daily scheduled services linking Antwerp and Rotterdam with London City Airport, will use the aircraft on its new Dusseldorf-London route, to be inaugurated on ...
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Continental service
Continental Airlines has launched services from Newark, New York, to Lima, Peru, and plans to add flights to Bogota, Guatemala City, Quito and San Salvador on 6 June. The carrier serves 11 Latin American cities from its Houston, Texas, hub. Source: Flight International
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Crossair
Josef Felder has been appointed to head Swiss airline Crossair's new product-management division and will serve as executive vice-president in the carrier's new corporate organisation. He was formerly vice-president of marketing. Bettina Schaub becomes vice-president for cabin crew and a member of Crossair's corporate management. Schaub, who is a former ...
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Air Canada
Hollis Harris, chairman, president and chief executive of Air Canada, has announced changes to the carrier's executive management in anticipation of Lamar Durrett becoming president and chief executive on 14 May. Jean Jacques Bourgeault, formerly executive vice-president and chief operating officer, becomes senior executive vice-president, with responsibility for key corporate ...
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AeroMexico on firmer footing
AEROMEXICO HAS emerged from a critical year with its financial restructuring safely in place and its losses apparently under control. The Mexican carrier, which came close to collapse during 1995, reports that net losses ended the year at 173 million pesos ($23 million). That compares to more than ...
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Varig outlines blueprint for expansion
VARIG BRAZILIAN Airlines president Fernando Pinto has outlined a new expansion programme following two years of substantial cuts in staff, unprofitable routes and aircraft. The airline plans to invest $40 million developing new routes and is negotiating with leasing companies GECAS and GPA to acquire two McDonnell Douglas ...
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Lessons to learn from Concorde
Sir - In "Twenty years young" (Flight International, 7-13 February, P41) you comment that "...in terms of flight cycles and hours, the aircraft [Concordes] are remarkably young, despite the physical age of the fleet". British Airways, you report, operates each Concorde for 900-1,100h a year - one-quarter (or less) of ...
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Boeing plans to step up production during 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING PLANS to increase production of all models in 1997 in response to the recent surge in orders and strong indications of a continuing recovery in the industry. The increase will take monthly output of all types to 27 aircraft by the ...
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USA told: 'offer more' to beat bilateral block
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC LACK OF LEVERAGE ON the part of US negotiators has led to the current impasse in bilateral aviation talks with the UK, according to the US General Accounting Office (GAO). As the GAO issued its report, British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall, visiting Washington, was ...
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Air France Europe fights to regain business
FRENCH DOMESTIC and regional carrier Air France Europe (incorporating the former Air Inter) is fighting to regain traffic, which it has lost since French air services were opened to competition from domestic rivals. In what he says will be an "aggressive" campaign to prepare the airline for total ...
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Vietnam to receive delayed A320s
VIETNAM AIRLINES WILL now take delivery of its first new Airbus A320 in early July, after finally reaching agreement with Region Air and leasing underwriters to register the aircraft locally. Region Air of Singapore and Airbus, have been waiting to close the deal, to lease ten A320s since ...