News from FlightGlobal – Page 2504
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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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Qantas
Australian national airline Qantas has hired senior Ansett executive Paul Donovan to head its Auckland office as New Zealand manager, to strengthen and expand its New Zealand position. Donovan, who had been with Ansett for 25 years and is a close associate of recently ousted Ansett managing director Graeme McMahon, ...
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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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Al on board
El Al has finally filled its six month managerial vacuum with the appointment of Yoel Feldshu as general manager following the resignation in April of Rafi Harlev. Feldshu, a former air force general who left the service to work in the car industry, is close to Israeli prime minister Bejamin ...
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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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Aircraft news
Alaska Airlines has ordered 12 Boeing 737-400s, with an option on 12 more. Tyrolean Airways has placed orders for two Canadair Regional Jets, scheduled for delivery in January and March 1997. Air Inter Gabon took delivery of its second ATR42-300 in September. Business Air ...
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Suppliers
McDonnell Douglas is to convert 60 DC-10s into MD-10 freighters for Federal Express by 1999. The first 36 aircraft are coming from United Airlines. MDC expects to launch its long-range jetliner, the MD-XX, in early 1997. Pemco World Air Services is to convert five B727-100 freighters to quick ...
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Appointments
Tony Tyler is to become Cathay Pacific's director corporate development and Robert Cutler will replace him as director service delivery. Northwest Airlines has elected James Lawrence to the position of executive vice-president finance/chief financial officer. David Brooks has been named as president of American Airlines' cargo ...
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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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Renaissance or rigor mortis?
A lifeline of capital and a rescue plan are intended to help Alitalia haul itself back to shore. Will these measures prime the carrier for profitability and privatisation or merely keep Alitalia temporarily afloat? Lois Jones reports. One troubled Italian flag carrier. Comes complete with imminent restructuring plan, fresh funds, ...
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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 ...