All Strategy articles – Page 1048
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Moscow tussle continues
Virgin Atlantic and British Midland are still fighting it out over Moscow route rights. The two rivals are taking their cases for a new London Heathrow to Moscow route back to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority after John Prescott, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, ruled that it had ...
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French flotation delayed
The privatisation of Air France may now be delayed until late 1999 as a result of weak market conditions, political opposition and investor fears of further labour troubles. Originally scheduled for summer 1998, the sale of a 20% stake in the company on the Paris bourse has been delayed ...
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SAA dumps sale guidelines
Widely accepted guidelines for the privatisation of South African Airways (SAA) have been turned on their head by chief executive Coleman Andrews. The South African Government had said that it would sell off 49% of SAA, with 30-35% going to a single foreign partner and the balance finding its ...
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Flourishing in Florida
As Miami's major airport struggles to keep pace with the fastest growth in the USA, its smaller rivals are making a bid for more international service. Growth in Florida is a bit like the sunshine - there's always plenty to go around. No matter which way you slice the ...
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Gleaming Gardermoen
Can Norway's attractive new hub at Gardermoen carve out an international role in the Scandinavian market? Oslo's futuristic new airport at Gardermoen can probably lay claim to being Europe's last major new opening this side of the millennium. It is undoubtedly a gleaming example of Norwegian architecture, coming complete with ...
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Pockets of growth
It should come as no surprise that in the USA, much of what can or cannot be done about capacity growth will boil down to politics. In keeping with all of American life, politics weaves its way through all of the major issues: not least the struggle to raise ...
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Internet pursuit heats up
Two US airlines - Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines - have brought fresh attention on the Internet as an inexpensive marketing tool by establishing two-tier pricing structures for their heavily discounted Internet air fares. Northwest has been giving travellers a $20 discount if they buy special fares - posted ...
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private investigations
A new European directive on data protection is threatening to change the rules for airline alliance partners seeking to share customer details. Imagine the global alliance makers as players on a Monopoly board, all lined up at the start and keen to roll the dice. The world's major airlines ...
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SAir's Italian job
The SAir Group has reached an agreement to acquire a 45% equity stake in Italy's charter airline Air Europe. As well as developing Air Europe's international charter operations, the two partners are planning to establish a scheduled domestic network. Source: Airline Business
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Transbrasil reshapes
Transbrasil, which admitted earlier this year that it was the Brazilian carrier most vulnerable to the effects of the country's partial deregulation, has announced a series of changes aimed at regaining the local market share it has lost over the last three years. Founded by Omar Fontana 40 years ...
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ROUTES
Aloha flights - Canadian Airlines, in partnership with Air Pacific of Fiji, will begin a three-times weekly service from 7 December between Auckland and Honolulu that will dovetail with Canadian's daily Toronto-Honolulu and Vancouver-Honolulu services. Nonstop Mardi Gras - Air Canada has begun a daily nonstop service between Toronto ...
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Not there yet
Canadian Airlines is falling behind on its recovery plan and still faces a host of serious challenges. Canadian Airlines finally made a profit last year. A tiny net result of only C$5.4 million ($3.5 million)may have looked like a molehill amid the Rocky Mountains that crowd Alberta's western sky. Yet ...
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Thomson reveals expansion plans for Orbit subsidiary
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) has outlined plans to expand its Orbit Flight Training simulator operating subsidiary. TTS-built Airbus A320 and A340 full-flight simulators have entered service with Orbit at a centre near London Gatwick Airport. The company will also offer A310 training from December at its ...
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ILFC A318 deal adds to 717 woes
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Airbus Industrie has moved a step closer to the launch of its new 100-seat programme, with a commitment from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for up to 30 A318s. The deal has taken on more significance because it apparently signals a decision by the giant US ...
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Airtours aims to extend Europe links
Corsair, the French charter airline, looks set to become the next European airline to join the fast-growing Airtours group as its parent company, Nouvelles Frontieres, may be taken over by the UK tour operator. Airtours and its UK rival Thomson, which runs Britannia Airways, have been progressively expanding throughout ...
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Delays continue for Europe's air traffic
Air traffic delays in European airspace during the summer were "among the worst on record",according to the Association of European Airlines (AEA). The figures, which reveal that 25.9% of intra-European flights were delayed by more than 15min, come despite traffic growth being 2% less than the predicted 7%. ...
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American races to Reno Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has acquired Reno Air in a deal worth $124 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999, after which the airlines will begin integrating the route networks and work forces. American, the second-largest airline in the USA, plans to ...
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Pressure mounts for Uganda Airlines
Chris Yates/LONDON Doubts are rising over whether Uganda Airlines will survive to see its eventual planned privatisation. The airline, which operates a single leased Boeing 737-500, is being propped up by a government subsidy as it attempts to stave off creditors seeking payment for mounting unpaid debts. The situation has ...
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Gaza Airport prepares for launch operations
The new airport belonging to the Palestinian authority in the Gaza strip is about to open, with Royal Air Maroc set to be the first international airline to operate scheduled flights. The Israeli Government was expected to give approval for flights to begin as Flight International closed for press ...
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Alitalia and KLM take step closer to global alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Alitalia and KLM will sign a "master co-operation" agreement by the end of this month, almost a year after signing their original memorandum of understanding on a wide ranging commercial alliance. The deal was conditional on the opening of Milan's new Malpensa airport hub, which is ...