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New game in town
Last November's takeover of the US Congress by Republicans has made for strong partisan politics and even aviation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, is showing signs of rancour. Mead Jennings reports. If there is one person who signifies that Congress now leans to the right following the Republican takeover last November, ...
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Financial results
Higher load factors and increased yields combined to produce the increase in revenue. Pretax income doubled to $41.2m but the tax provision rose. The dislocation of American Eagle's fleet due to bad weather and a freak hailstorm affecting 10% of American's fleet cost $23m in net earnings. ...
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Garuda fears open house
Already hit by falling profitability Garuda Indonesia has been stunned by a government scheme to allow major rivals virtual open entry into its home market. The carrier has 'protested fiercely' at proposals by minister of transport Haryanto Dhanutirto to invite British Airways, KLM and Japan Airlines to apply ...
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. . as Sabena deal gets OK
The European Commission's conditions imposed in clearing Swissair's 49.5 per cent stake in Sabena may yet boost Belgium's private carriers but other European airlines seem less inclined to challenge the incumbents. The deal, cleared in late July, will see Swissair pay BFr6 billion ($212 million) for slightly under ...
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The right balance
Profits and losses dominate the headlines, but balance sheets give a better long term view of a company's health Ian Milne explains.In the rapidly changing, increasingly results-oriented airline industry most attention is paid to operating performance, in the shape of the profit and loss account, in assessing the immediate success ...
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Holding back the tide
Relations between Europe's major airlines and their flight deck crews have reached an all-time low, as pilots resist cost cuts and changes to scope clauses. A return to profit by US carriers looks set to damage relations with their pilots too. Mark Odell assesses the pilots' case.Overpaid, overreacting and overhead. ...
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Avia out for the discount
A lack of yield management lies at the heart of the failure of the Johannesburg-based international startup Avia Airlines, which entered 'provisional liquidation' after only three months of operations. Gert De Klerk, Avia's sole shareholder, blames the demise on heavy discounting of up to 15 per cent on ...
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Asia majors to woo DHL
The Asia-Pacific's major airlines are trying to convince overnight express freight operator DHL Worldwide to modify plans to introduce 12 of its own Boeing 727 freighters into the region, apparently fearing the move will rob them of critical cargo income. Until now DHL has used only commercial uplift ...
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Asia yields to price wars
Asia's halcyon days of high yields look set to end in the conflagration of fare wars as the pressure on prices mounts from four directions. Seven months of flat or falling loads are the main culprit. Traffic is still growing at an annual 8 or 9 per cent, ...
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Delta plans another rejig
Delta Air Lines is to restructure its network by leaving five international markets, diminishing its Dallas-Fort Worth hub further, building up the importance of Cincinnati, and transferring more routes to regional airlines. The realignment is part of a continuing effort to maximise the profitable elements of Delta's network ...
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Are airlines really on the rebound?
It all looks blissful, but this year's profits rebound could be a nine-day wonderOh, joy. After five years in the doldrums, there is a steady breeze of success and optimism blowing through the airline industry. But is the recovery going to be a permanent feature, or will it be yet ...
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EC to act on Nordic link
The European Commission has set out the conditions it will impose before approving the proposed alliance of Lufthansa and SAS, while Transwede and Finnair are putting on a brave face about the prospect of a northern European giant operating in their backyard. The Commission has notified Lufthansa and ...
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LOT to think about AMR
LOT Polish Airlines has a lot to think about. The most pressing issues are doubts over its cooperation with AMR Corp, its proposed codeshare with American Airlines and the refinancing of its recent fleet acquisition. AMR Corp's ground services management contract with LOT is up for a two ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...
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TASC offers turbulence prediction
ALMOST 25% OF reported aircraft accidents are turbulence-related, claims Reading, USA-based meteorological equipment manufacturer TASC, which offers operators a system for clear-air turbulence (CAT) prediction. Known as the SCATR (specific clear-air-turbulence risk predictor), the screen-displayed system uplifts data from the world's primary meteorological centre at Bracknell, UK. ...
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The Gordon-Bennett Race...
The Gordon-Bennett Race After an interval of seven years, the classic Gordon-Bennett race, in which speed is the only consideration, is to be resumed at Etampes near Paris. The speed course this year is somewhat longer than that for the event which was held in 1913, being 300 kilometres (186 ...
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Xiamen plans fleet for overseas travel
Paul Lewis/Xiamen CHINA'S XIAMEN Airlines expects official approval by the end of the year to launch international flights and is planning to acquire a further ten passenger aircraft, including widebody jet-powered airliners. The airline wants to start its first overseas service in 1996, providing it receives ...
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EUCARE takes shape
David Learmount/London EUROPE IS EDGING closer to the creation of a confidential aviation-safety reporting system. Proponents of the idea, known as EUCARE, expect a formal proposal to emerge from a 12 September meeting in Brussels. The likely framework, say sources close to the EUCARE, would be ...
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Meeting demands
Airbus Industrie rolls out the A319 to complete its present range of airliners. Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE IN JUST 25 years since its creation in December 1970, Airbus Industrie has fielded a range of airliners spanning 124-350 seats, knocked McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into third place in ...
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Is RED the colour of a revolutionary hushkit?
HUSHKITTING NOISY old jet-powered aircraft powered by low- bypass engines, such as the Pratt & Whitney JT8D designed to meet Stage 3 noise regulations has tested the ingenuity of engineers. The few commercial hushkits available are relatively expensive, heavy and degrade engine performance . Former Grumman test pilot ...