All Ops & safety articles – Page 1325

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    Large aircraft: Airbus v Boeing...

    1997-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Sir - Your discussion of the different results from Airbus and Boeing for new large aircraft assumes that the fall in the size of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic is demand-led (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). Could I suggest that US airlines' balance sheets a few years ...

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    Seven Sisters are no poor relations

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Seven Sisters, as Washington now refers to the US major carriers which are united in their determination to rid themselves of the ticket tax, have lost their cause. The 10 per cent flat-rate tax lives again, giving a reprieve to the low-cost, low-fare airlines - at least until 30 ...

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    Time running out for SAA

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The effects of foreign and domestic competition have cast doubts over this year's planned partial privatisation of South African Airways. SAA is suffering from a shortage of long-haul aircraft and is losing market share to British Airways and Virgin Atlantic as a result. And its domestic competitors believe ...

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    Miami stuck in legal vice

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    A US Department of Transportation ruling on how payment should be divided for the new terminal at Miami International Airport could have a big impact on future airport funding. The $975 million project, planned to be completed by the year 2003, became the centre of a legal dispute ...

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    US head for Lufthansa

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Lufthansa is searching for a second Asian partner but the airline's new president and chief operating officer, Frederick Reid, says he remains committed to the relationship with struggling Thai Airways International. Further development of 'a highly developed alliance system' is one of the three issues Reid identified as ...

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    Forget Paris

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    While other French carriers are dragged in to the vortex of troubles affecting the French airline industry, Régional Airlines has found a successful niche on the sidelines and is expanding it. Lois Jones reports. At the sight of a fight some people bare their fists; others walk away. While TAT, ...

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    Too few sales but lots of potential

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite much recent fanfare about airline participation in the online revolution, ticket-selling on the Internet is still a relatively rare phenomenon and has yet to have much positive impact on carriers' bottom lines. But its potential is undisputed and airlines uniformly consider their experience to be an invaluable education about ...

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    Happy families?

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The debate in the aerospace industry over future product lines is sharply focused on the two extremes - the regional jet and the 'superjumbo'. Karen Walker looks ahead as the manufacturers vie to fill the gaps in the market, and Mark Odell presents a summary of current and planned jets. ...

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    TWA is still in dire straits

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    A move by Trans World Airlines to raise $26 million in cash from pre-purchase tickets is further evidence of the airline's growing financial woes. TWA struck an advance purchase deal with 20 leading businesses in its home town of St Louis for discounted tickets. It is the second ...

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    Clinton still confident

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The American economy has shown remarkable resilience in the 1990s. Over the last five years more than 11 million new jobs have been created, the rate of unemployment has fallen to 5.4 per cent of the workforce and inflation has been kept below 3 per cent. Even the US budget ...

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    Cleaning up on yields

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The benefits of a yield management system depend upon what competing airlines are doing. Peter P Belobaba and John L Wilson from MIT's Flight Transportation Laboratory explain why. Most airlines have embraced the practices of differential pricing and yield management over the past decade. By offering a range of fare ...

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    US to tackle central issue

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    American's proposed alliance with British Airways and the prospect of US-UK open skies is grabbing all the headlines. But the Dallas-based carrier's alliance building in Latin America could temporarily overshadow that with the promise of another slanging match and the prospect of Central American open skies. The alliance ...

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    PAL secures capital boost

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Things are starting to happen fast at Philippine Airlines. The carrier is set to increase its capital four-fold in less than a year, a move that should help PAL finance its fleet renewal and also strengthen chairman Lucio Tan's control. Tan successfully ended a boardroom struggle last September ...

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    Boeing tries to convince

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Boeing's attempts to clinch a second big exclusive aircraft deal, similar to the one signed with American Airlines last November, comes at a time when the US manufacturer is trying to persuade regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to approve its merger with McDonnell Douglas. The company's ...

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    Blood, sweat and Gore

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The aims of the Gore Commission report are laudable but Karen Walker and Dave Knibb ask whether the recommendations are workable. Financially, most US airlines had cause to celebrate by the end of last year, but 1996 had its darker side. A total of 380 people were killed in US ...

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    CAI survives the big chill

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Canadian Airlines International has survived the winter with the help of government, employees and creditors, but competition in western Canada is still growing with charter operator Canada 3000 expanding its scheduled services. Canadian's cash position has improved enough to defer searching for a C$60 million (US$40 million) credit ...

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    Private funds elude Alitalia

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Put your wallet away: Alitalia's no longer for sale. The carrier has abandoned its quest for private investors and turned to state holding company IRI for the full capital injection. The Italian treasury has now confirmed that IRI will inject the remaining L1.5 trillion (US$880 million) of fresh ...

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    Algeria plans amid chaos

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The vision of the president and chief executive of Air Algérie as a profitable and privatised airline may seem more like a Saharan mirage in a country riven by a bloody, religious conflict. But Faycal Kellil's actions certainly prove he is serious. The government-owned airline became a joint ...

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    Airbus and Boeing agree to differ

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    It's time once again to upgrade airline and aerospace industry filing systems, as extra cupboards and stronger shelving are pressed into service. Yes, the forecast season is with us again. Every day, a new volume arrives, to be scanned before being filed away to gather dust until data is required ...

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    AA pilots to strike deal?

    1997-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Presidential intervention may have prevented a strike, but as another deadline loomed in the American Airlines pilots dispute, AMR chairman Bob Crandall admitted he was unsure how to resolve the central issue of regional jets. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American's pilots, is haggling for wage increases. ...