News from FlightGlobal – Page 2512
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Yangon domestic
Myanmar's latest start-up carrier, Yangon Airways, plans to begin domestic services shortly. The airline has concluded a ten-year operating lease for two ATR 72s, the first of which is due for delivery in early October. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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BA fights for the continent
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE announcement of a new wave of restructuring at British Airways should have come as little surprise. In May, chief executive Bob Ayling followed the group's world-beating 1995 profits announcement with a stark warning that BA needed to make another £1 billion ($1.5 billion) in savings. ...
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Eurocontrol fears delay to RNAV
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS The introduction of area navigation (RNAV) and the flexible use of airspace in Europe, planned for March 1998, is being threatened by the failure of some airlines to acquire the required avionics, says Eurocontrol. The Brussels-based air-traffic control (ATC) agency is increasingly concerned that ...
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European regionals grow
Julian Moxon/HANOVER The European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has good cause to celebrate. In the year since its last annual meeting, the industry has seen strong passenger growth and the beginnings of the long-awaited shake-out among the aircraft manufacturers. The disappearance of Fokker, the sale of ...
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Indonesian firms plan nine new communications satellites
Companies in Indonesia are planning to build up to nine new telecommunications satellites. The Indonesian schemes are part of a recent explosion of interest in space ventures in the Asia Pacific and other fast developing regions of the world. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is to assess bids from ...
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American edges to regional goal
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA American Airlines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed a complex formula governing the introduction of regional jets by commuter arm AMR Eagle. The agreement foresees the acquisition of up to 218 45- to 70-seat regional jets by 2009, but limits AMR Eagle to a maximum ...
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Slots of value
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) is keen to overhaul the slot-allocation system at Europe's airports by creating a "market" in which some slots could be traded for money. It is right to be looking for an overhaul but, if it believes that airline services should exist as much for the customer ...
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Air Liberte wins reprieve in effort to stay airborne
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR LIBERTE has been given six months to implement a survival plan or face bankruptcy. The independent airline is credited with leading the battle to open up the French air market, and was also recently voted the country's most popular carrier The concession was ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Appointments
Singapore Airlines has appointed managing director Dr Cheong Choong Kong as deputy chairman and chief executive officer. Edmund Cheng, Lim Chee Onn and Tjong Yik Min are to join SIA's board, while Lim Chin Beng and Ngiam Tong Dow are to retire from the board. Air France's director ...
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Qantas-JAL
Japan Airlines and Qantas have applied to codeshare on Tokyo services to Brisbane and Cairns from April 1997. JAL plans to operate daily on the Brisbane route; Qantas will match the frequency from Cairns to Tokyo. Source: Airline Business
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Estonian Finnish
Finnair and Estonian Air will codeshare on each other's services between Helsinki and Tallinn from the end of October and will handle each other's flights at their respective home bases. Source: Airline Business
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Virgin's sun
Virgin Atlantic has signed a marketing pact with South African regional Sun Air in preparation for the UK carrier's inaugural service to Johannesburg in early October. The codeshare agreement will see Sun Air's Durban and Cape Town flights connecting with Virgin's initial three weekly frequencies. Source: ...
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Condor moment
Lufthansa's Condor charter arm has become the launch customer of the B757-300 stretch with an agreement to take up to 24 of the 252-seat aircraft. The first of 12 firm deliveries start in 1999 and it also holds 12 options. Source: Airline Business
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Latin accords?
The US has resolved its bilateral dispute with Colombia under an accord granting American Airlines three new frequencies and a Colombian carrier one, but otherwise freezing passenger capacity until March 1999. Separately, Washington appears to have held back from suspending Venezuelan carriers' flights to the US. Services continue while the ...
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Cartel study may spread
Lufthansa faces a serious challenge to its remaining domestic monopoly routes as German antitrust regulators threaten to widen their investigation into the carrier's pricing practices. The move comes as management attempts to secure further cost savings in a new pay round with unions. Lufthansa already faces sanctions from ...
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Austrian hub hits earnings
Rumours abound about the future of Austrian Airlines' management as the carrier's losses continue to mount, dragged down by a flawed Vienna hub and an ineffective alliance strategy. Austrian firmly refutes suggestions in the local press that co-chairmen Herbert Bammer and Mario Rehulka will be replaced in the ...
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Control is key to future success
Running an airline is becoming yet more complicated. Can managers manage? What will be the biggest managerial challenge faced by airline chiefs in years to come? There are many candidates: marketing in a deregulated environment; cost cutting; attracting new business; finding new markets; alliances; managing union relationships. But the biggest ...
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Balkan banks on cash crop
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is seeking to bolster its unprofitable operations by exchanging part of its western fleet for new aircraft in an attempt to source cash from financiers and lessors. The airline has had preliminary discussion with financiers and lessors about acquiring up to six B737s to add ...