All Strategy articles – Page 1079

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    Lufthansa agrees to set up travel venture with Karstadt group

    1997-09-24T00:00:00Z

    AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The supervisory boards of German ßag carrier Lufthansa and Karstadt, the Essen-based retail and travel group, have agreed to set up a new travel conglomerate, to be called C & N Condor Neckermann Touristik. The company will be formed on 1 November, provided that it ...

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    Delivery delays hit Boeing again

    1997-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Boeing has been forced to delay delivery of 12 aircraft from this month to the fourth quarter, as it struggles to keep pace with ambitious plans to increase production to 43 aircraft a month by early 1998. The delays are blamed on a combination of inexperienced new workers, ...

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    Deutshe BA

    1997-09-17T16:34:00Z

    Philip Saunders has been appointed head of marketing and sales for British Airways' German subsidiary, Deutsche BA. Saunders has worked for British Airways since 1990, with responsibility for the development and marketing of various BA routes into Central and Eastern Europe, holding the posts of district manager in St Petersburg ...

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    US Airways

    1997-09-17T16:34:00Z

    US Airways, of Arlington, Virginia, has appointed Fred Poole vice-president of heavy maintenance, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was formerly general manager of the United Airlines maintenance centre, based at Indianapolis, Indiana.   Source: Flight International

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    Dasa tests flight management

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)is beginning a six-month flight-test campaign for a new flight-management system (FMS), the NFS-5000, developed by its Ulm, Germany-based subsidiary Navigation and Flight Guidance Systems (NFS). The system creates flight plans for pilots, who simply have to enter their point of departure and ...

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    Potential suitors eye Cathay partnership

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Cathay Pacific Airways says that it is being actively courted by global airline partnerships - in addition to the Star Alliance - but that is in no rush to make a decision. The Hong Kong carrier also warns that the recent downturn in traffic will affect the timing of its ...

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    Low fares or bust?

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Air South's recent bankruptcy has struck a chill note for US start-up airlines. Although the carrier may have been a relatively small player, its demise is dangerously close to home for a low-cost airline sector in which nobody is looking secure. The financial performance ...

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    Blanc resignation fails to deflect French Government

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    The final elements of the merger of Air France and its domestic subsidiary, Air France Europe, went ahead as planned on 12 September. The move followed the resignation of the national carrier's president, Christian Blanc, over the Government's refusal to privatise the airline (Flight International, 10-16 September). A ...

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    Zurich leads battle to penalise polluters with landing-fee rise

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Zurich Airport has become the world's first major airport to introduce an emissions charge, amounting to as much as 40% of normal landing fees, for operators of aircraft which fail to meet the highest environmental standards. The charge, introduced from 1 September, is balanced by ...

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    British World takes delivery of ATP QC

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    British World Airlines took delivery of its first British Aerospace ATP QC (Quick-Change) on 15 September. A second will arrive in December and "at least another two" in 1998, says sales director Mike Sessions, who adds that the aircraft "-have only been flown for about 20h each". ...

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    Chinese independents co-operate to form defensive alliance

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Six independent provincial Chinese carriers, led by Hainan Airlines, have signed an agreement to form the country's first co-operative alliance, in a move designed to strengthen their position against competition and take-over moves by larger, state-owned, airlines. The New Star (Xinxing) Air Alliance will consist of Hainan Airlines, ...

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    AEA hits out as Europe's ATC delays soar

    1997-09-17T00:00:00Z

    AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The Association of European Airlines (AEA) is calling for a fresh drive towards a single integrated European air- traffic-control (ATC) system, in response to rising traffic and record delays in Europe in recent months. Worsening punctuality figures on European routes show a "severe problem", with ...

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    Turkish Airlines grows

    1997-09-10T09:45:00Z

    New company MNG Airlines Cargo, set up by Turkish conglomerate MNG Holdings, plans to begin flights in October from Istanbul to Frankfurt, London Stansted and Dubai with a leased Airbus A300C4. The airline says it plans to acquire two more A300s and a Boeing 747 in early 1998. ...

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    Lufthansa sells off Hapag Lloyd

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    German national airline Lufthansa has sold its 17.95% stake in travel and tourism firm Hapag Lloyd to Preussag, in the run-up to the creation of a new travel conglomerate in partnership with tour operator NUR. Lufthansa says that its decision to sell the stake, already agreed by the ...

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    Eastern rising

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    EVA Airways of Taiwan has achieved formidable progress in six years Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways, launched with little fanfare in mid-1991, today boasts a fleet of 30, a route network which extends to London, New York and Panama City, and a balance sheet which shows ...

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    Court sends receiver to run Israviation

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Israviation has halted work on the ST-50 pusher-turboprop business aircraft, after an Israeli court appointed a receiver to manage the manufacturer's plant in northern Israel. Efforts are being made to find a new investor to replace the undisclosed Swiss company whose decision to pull out of the programme ...

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    Boeing expects to reap Chinese harvest

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    China is set to announce sizeable new orders for Boeing 777-200, 757-200 and 737-700/800 passenger aircraft during the state visit to the USA in October of the country's president, Jiang Zemin. Boeing is hoping that Jiang's trip will finally give the green light to a large number of ...

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    Blanc quits over privatisation

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/Paris Christian Blanc has resigned as Air France chairman because the recently elected French Government has refused to press ahead with privatisation of the state-owned airline. Blanc says that he has a "moral contract" with the Government to proceed with privatisation, arguing that it forms ...

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    Air New Zealand looks to alliances to boost profits

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Paul Phelan/CAIRNSKevin O'Toole/LONDON Air New Zealand (ANZ)is looking for benefits from its alliance strategy, including closer ties with newly acquired Ansett Australia, to help lift profits this year after posting a major slump in its results for 1996/7. Over the next year, the airline plans to ...

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    Greyhound abandons low-cost air service

    1997-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Greyhound Canada is to end its Greyhound Air low-cost airline operation on 21 September, leaving Kelowna Flightcraft, which flies seven Boeing 727-200s for Greyhound, considering its options. Greyhound Air had lost C$28 million ($19 million) since beginning operations in July 1996, despite achieving good load factors, but is ...