All Ops & safety articles – Page 1188
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Olympic work just begun
LOIS JONES LONDON Olympic Airwarys appears to be making financial gains by attacking costs, but a major restructuring effort still faces the Greek carrier's new management team. The Greek Government tendered the management of Olympic to British Airways consulting subsidiary Speedwing, with a view to making it more ...
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JetBlue wins Kennedy slots in low-fares battle
CAROLE SHIFRIN WASHINGTON DC JetBlue Airways has cleared a major hurdle in its attempt to start new low-fare services from New York after being granted key take-off and landing rights at J F Kennedy International Airport by the US Department of Transportation. The agency gave JetBlue a total of 75 ...
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Low-costs in fierce battle at Stansted
LOIS JONES LONDONc Cut-throat competition between low-cost players at London Stansted airport looks set to cause casualties with the launch of KLM uk's Buzz KLMuk is to set up a low-cost fares airline next year called Buzz at Stansted to compete with Go and Ryanair. The carrier, ...
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Is Asia close to a turning point?
Asia's economic woes authored much of the over-capacity appearing on the North Atlantic. Chris Tarry of Commerzbank looks for sings of recovery Over the last few months much attention has been focussed on the current blood bath taking place on the North Atlantic. The conclusion very early on from ...
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Sabre chief's departure fuels talk of rift with AMR
JANE LEVERE NEW YORK The head of Sabre, the travel distribution and information group controlled by American Airlines' parent AMR, unexpectedly left his job in early September, raising questions about the company's future. Michael Durham, Sabre's president and chief executive officer, left the company suddenly, saying in a ...
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Egypt turnsback El Al
BARRY CHAMISH TEL AVIV A row has erupted after three Israeli commercial aircraft - two charter jets en route to Kenya and an El Al flight to Bangkok, were refused entry into Egyptian air space in late August. Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Akiva Tor has reacted angrily and says that ...
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The Airport Awards
The aviation industry is hardly short of awards events, but the Airport Awards can perhaps claim to be different. Uniquely, these awards aim to recognise the success of airports in developing and implementing marketing strategies - not just for the benefit of passengers and profits, but in partnership with the ...
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Airport Marketing Awards
CATEGORY: Regional GOLD AWARD: Southampton International ,UK ACHIEVEMENT: Building and sustaining business traffic through developing links with key customers, media and staff. Southampton Airport, in common with many of Europe's regional airports, is focused on building business traffic and has already established itself in that role ...
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UK charter airlines growing urge to merge
Consolidation is speeding up in the UK leisure market as charter carriers Flying Colours and Caledonian Airways merge to form a vertically integrated airline, JMC Airlines. The creation of JMC Airlines follows the merger of parent companies, Thomas Cook and Carlson. Over the next five years, JMC will ...
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New dispute looms after Sydney gets go-ahead
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE The decision on whether to build an additional Sydney airport edged another step closer early in September when Australia's environment minister gave the Badgerys Creek proposal a qualified go-ahead. A dispute is escalating, however, over how to fund the A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) project, ...
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Eurocontrol sets date for rule-making decision
Eurocontrol is to present "a concrete proposal" for a European rule-making and enforcement body to its council on 13 October, according to Jan van den Assem, the agency's head of stakeholder relations. The European air navigation organisation's council was originally due to consider the proposal of granting Eurocontrol regulatory ...
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South Pacific Forum sets decision date
A working group of the South Pacific Forum is due to complete its studies on the proposed unified upper airspace management of the region in June next year, allowing ministers to decide next September on whether to implement the plan. The 16-member South Pacific Forum - Australia, Cook Islands, ...
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Clinton pushed to take tough line on EC hushkit plan
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS The US House of Representatives is expected to vote to join the US Senate in adopting a resolution pressuring the Clinton Administration to complain to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) about European Commission policy on hushkits. ICAO would then rule on whether that policy ...
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Channel-spacing gets green light
The implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in the core area of Europe will go ahead as planned next month, Eurocontrol nations and the user community decided on 22 September. The go-ahead comes as the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) warns that the programme poses "very serious safety risks". ...
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Breaking up
Breaking up is never easy - just ask Swissair and Austrian Airlines. The pair had been locked into a close relationship since 1990, but, last week, their love affair ended when Austrian packed its bags and walked out on the Qualiflyer group, having been won over by the rival charms ...
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Carriers link to beat US safety restrictions
Aeropostal of Venezuela is negotiating with Aerolineas Argentinas to combine their Airbus A310-300 services in a move to improve operating efficiencies and circumvent safety assessment restrictions on flights to the USA. The South American carriers each operate two Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered A310s on operating leases from Airbus Asset ...
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Airports
New Tokyo International Airport, which owns and operates Tokyo's Narita Airport, has applied for Ministry of Transport approval to construct a second runway by November 2001. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The proposed runway would be 2,180m (7,200ft) long, rather than the 2,500m previously planned. The airport ...
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Hong Kong to climb down over airport fees
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) is cutting landing and parking fees at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) by 15% from 1 January in response to criticism over high charges at the new Chek Lap Kok airport, which opened last year. The AA says the move should "increase the competitive ...
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UK airline group to bid for NATS
David Learmount/LONDON A group of nine UK airlines is preparing to bid for 49% of the country's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) when it is sold by the government in the next two years. The nine, collectively known as Airline Group, say that, as NATS' major users, it is in ...
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Il Avia loses licence after using time-expired engines
Russia's Federal Service of Air Transport has withdrawn the operating licence of a leading air cargo operator for maintenance violations involving the alleged use of time-expired engines on an Ilyushin Il-76TD. Il Avia, 10%-owned by the Ilyushin Aviation Complex and 90% by Vozrozhdenniya, a foundation set up to support ...