News from FlightGlobal – Page 2555
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Chinese Start-Up
China's latest start-up carrier, Daxueshi Aviation, began services in late March equipped with five Harbin Y-12 turboprops. The privately owned airline is operating in support of oil companies in the remote Xinjiang region of western China. Source: Flight International
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Ice and poor management hit Viscount
THE OFFICIAL UK report on 1994's fatal crash of a Vickers Viscount freighter, following multiple engine ice-ingestion, severely criticises the crew's actions and the airline's emergency checklist. Two of the 36-year-old aircraft's four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops flamed out after ingesting ice at 18,000ft (5,500m). The crew of the ...
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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...
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Keeping track
The Traxon cargo automation system is now well established, but some significant technical and political obstacles remain. Mark Lyon reports. Air cargo doesn't achieve its potential for most airlines. Industry critics want carriers to work more closely with air freight forwarders so these two partners ...
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Appointments
Gaston Hébert has been named president of de Havilland, replacing Ken Laver. John Horne has been appointed airport director for London/City airport. Rick Ellis has been appointed chief executive of Ansett New Zealand. He replaces Craig Wallace, who has taken a senior position with Ansett Australia. ...
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Orders
Air Atlantic has ordered 10 Jetstream 41s. The first five are to be delivered in the second quarter to the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based carrier. Mesa Air has ordered 25 Dash 8-200s from Bombardier worth $250 million. The New Mexico commuter airline has options on a further 25 aircraft. ...
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Airports
London/Luton has formed a joint venture with venture capitalists Nash, Sells & Partners to build a rail station at the airport. The venture capitalists will take an 80 per cent stake in the $7.6 million project. The $3.2 billion Denver International Airport finally opened for commercial operations at ...
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Suppliers
PROS Strategic Solutions has installed its bid price based origin-destination revenue management system at Continental Airlines. BehavHeuristic yield management system has been installed at Icelandair. FLS Aerospace has won a five year contract from Irish independent Ryanair to provide heavy maintenance for 11 Boeing 737-200s. The ...
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Direct flop
Euro Direct Airlines, the ambitious UK independent, ceased operations at the end of February after 10 months of operation. The airline blamed high operational costs for its inability to obtain a reasonable return. Source: Airline Business
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Malev reshuffle
A political reshuffle has lead to the ousting of Malev's managing director Andras Pakay. At press time, a replacement had not been announced, but former minister of transport Andras Derzsi has been appointed as the new president and chairman of the board. Alitalia is understood to have opposed Pakay's departure ...
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China's high flyers
Timing. That is the key word for any interested party wondering when the big three Chinese carriers, China Southern, China Eastern and Air China, will eventually list and sell shares on the New York stock exchange.While the indications are that China Eastern at least will be ready later this year, ...
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The big float
There are doubts over whether the jewel of the Chinese state-owned airlines, Air China, will be allowed to follow flotations at China Southern and China Eastern in two years' time. David Knibb reports. Whether Air China will sell and list shares overseas after China Southern and China Eastern depends ...
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A firmer future
As the industry recovers, aircraft values are hardening and surpluses falling but some types are faring better than others. Clive Medland of SH&E explains why. Predicting the outlook for the commercial aviation industry is somewhat analogous to forecasting the weather. We can accurately predict that there will be winters and ...
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On the attack
Mid-sized airlines face crucial decisions as they focus on which strategies and management tactics to adopt. Sara Guild reports from an Airline Business conference on the future of medium-sized carriers. The greatest profit potential for medium sized carriers lies in a direct attack on the strategic weaknesses of ...
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Airline news
Shuttle by United is adding Portland-San Francisco and Portland-Los Angeles from the beginning of April. Under the new US-Canada bilateral Northwest Airlines will begin services from Minneapolis to Calgary and Regina on 1 May and Saskatoon on 15 May following US government approval. From Detroit the carrier will ...
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Top earners must deliver
As an avid reader of your intelligent, well reported magazine I was surprised with part of the February editorial, Crisis over - but don't let up. There is no doubt that the airline industry must change, and that companies must be more innovative and responsive in future. My main concern ...
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China order thaw on way
Pressure is mounting for Beijing to relax its freeze on new aircraft orders. It looks as if the Civil Aviation Administration of China will permit two, and perhaps all three big carriers, to place firm orders. Senior Air China officials recently visited Toulouse and Seattle in anticipation that ...
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Follow the leader or fix?
Did US airlines agree to cap travel agent commissions and then stage their announcements to make it look as if they were simply following the leader as usual? That is the key question in an antitrust class action filed by US travel giant Travel Network against the major ...
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Beijing sets out HK stall
Beijing has shown half its hand with an eleventh hour disclosure of its terms for renewing the Hong Kong-Taiwan air agreement that expires this month, but it has been less forthright about whether it will approve Hong Kong-Taiwan flights by foreign airlines under other bilaterals, or what criteria it will ...
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Vietnam on for sell-off
The wide-ranging ambitions of Vietnam Airlines are set to receive a boost in the near future with an expected government decision to clear the way for partial privatisation, including a measure of foreign investment. At presstime, airline officials were awaiting details of a planning package which is expected ...