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Opening Arab skies
Tom Gill JEDDAH Unity among Arab airlines is being tested over proposals for a single aviation market in the region as they struggle against a weak economic background. With the Middle East peace dividend yet to materialise, weak oil prices , a continuing UN economic embargo on Iraq and ...
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Lufthansa's global authority
Peter Bennett FRANKFURT Lufthansa would like to see airline alliances and competition subject to a global authority German flag carrier Lufthansa has called for a global licensing authority with the ability to rule on airline alliances and competitive structures. "The European Union [EU] is investigating all transatlantic alliances ...
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Storming the capital
Lois Jones Stansted has evolved from a little known local airport in the south-east of England to be the new rising star of the London airport scene, and still holds ambitions to become a base for global alliances launching long-haul services It is the tale of a poor relation which ...
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US carriers flock to China
David Knibb SEATTLE US carriers collectively have applied for almost twice as many frequencies as the new China-USA bilateral allows. In selecting which requests to approve, Washington faces an array of policy choices. The application by United Airlines is the most modest and straightforward. Of the 17 new ...
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US first quarter causes concern
US first quarter results are perhaps the clearest indication so far that the current cycle's downturn might be just around the corner. While there is no need yet for tears, overall revenues are flat compared with the 1998 first quarter and net results are down. The sobering effect on overall ...
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FAA plans safety change
Carole Shifrin MIAMI The US Federal Aviation Administration has signalled forthcoming changes in its controversial international aviation safety assessment (IASA) programme, but not enough to make carriers suffering under the programme any happier. Nicholas Lacey, director of the FAA's Flight Standards Service, says the agency expects to place ...
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Deadlock continues at Narita
Japan's transport ministry has confirmed what many have long suspected: it will not be able to open a second runway at Tokyo's congested Narita airport by the end of the 2000 fiscal year as promised. While officials say efforts will continue to break a deadlock with landowners to allow ...
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KAL reshuffle disappoints
Nicholas Ionides ATI/SINGAPORE Troubles continue to pile up for KAL, with criticism from the country's president adding to its woes April and May are two months that Korean Air (KAL) may want to forget. Hurt by a 15 April Boeing MD-11 freighter crash in Shanghai - its fourth hull ...
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euros can wait
Airline customers are beginning to angle for their first aircraft deals in the new European single currency. But there are good reasons why Airbus is not yet pushing too hard for the euro as an international replacement for the dollar. Dietrich Russell, Airbus chief operating officer, says that "a ...
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Hong Kong fees fly high
Airlines should not count on any cut in landing fees when Hong Kong's airport authority completes its operational review in June. That is the warning from the authority, which explains that lower-than-forecast traffic means fees must stay high to avoid a shortfall in predicted revenues for the city's Chep Lap ...
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Tackling IFE
As aircraft deliveries continue to ramp up, Airbus is aiming to take a tighter grip over the scope for Buyer Furnished Equipment (BFE) - basically the seats, galleys and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems specified by the customer. Late delivery or faults with such items, especially IFE, has begun to cause ...
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Jockeying for position
Tom Gill While European and US hubs remain buoyed by healthy traffic flows across the Atlantic, the airports of Asia-Pacific have yet to see concrete signs of recovery in passenger numbers to fill the bright new capacity that has been coming on stream. If growth through the world's airports ...
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Playing for profit
Chris Tarry at Commerzbank in LONDON Chasing market share has cost the industry dear in past cycles. To avoid a repeat, major airlines and their alliances must start to recognise that not all growth is good for profits. Alliance strategy in one form or another has come to dominate the ...
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Time to reflect
Nicholas Ionides TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways has enjoyed rapid growth since it started flying eight years ago. Now it is time for consolidation and to take stock An unfamiliar quiet now fills the once bustling halls of the EVA Airways corporate offices. After eight years of phenomenal ...
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Towards unsettled skies
The economic crisis in Latin America is making the region's carriers focus on capitalisation and potential consolidation. Report from the annual meeting of airline chief executives in Miami. Latin American carriers, shaken by liberalisation, open skies agreements and the continuing encroachment of US airlines into their territories, must come to ...
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US Q400 order on horizon as targets are bettered
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Bombardier and US regional carrier Horizon Air are negotiating a deal for at least 20 Dash 8 Q400 turboprops. An order from Horizon would represent a critical breakthrough in the North American market for the Canadian manufacturer. Although not confirmed by either party, ...
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VisionAire redesign could give advantage to single-engined jet
Dave Higdon/WICHITA VisionAire's single engined Vantage will be heavier, longer and costlier, following an extensive six-month design review. The move compounds the Ames, Iowa-based firm's charge that the Vantage is a new jet for the 21st century, as certification and first deliveries have been pushed back by about 18 ...
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Aeroflot bucks trend as Russian airlines suffer declining market
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Jens Flottau/MOSCOW Passenger traffic figures for Russia's many airlines reveal that most suffered a significant decline last year, with Aeroflot Russian International Airlines one of the few to have bucked the trend. The flag carrier reported an increase in emplanements and claims to have returned a profit, albeit ...
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Chinese aim to compensate for traffic slump with aircraft leases
Chinese airlines are responding to overcapacity and a slump in domestic traffic by offering aircraft for lease to other carriers. China Southern Airlines, based in Guangzhou, is to wet-lease two of its Boeing 777-200s to Biman Airlines of Bangladesh for carrying passengers on the hadj, starting in July. Chengdu-based ...
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Datalink team aims at year-end
Emma Kelly/LONDON A business case for the implementation of datalink communications in Europe will be completed by an industry team involving airlines, air navigation service providers, airframe manufacturers and associations by the end of this year. The European working group - the CAFT/Euro Datalink Focused Group - has been ...