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Asia's cargo crunch
Airlines bidding to capitalise on the projected rich pickings from the Asia-Pacific cargo boom are pouring capacity into the region. But nobody is benefiting as rates, yields and profits slump, says Tom Ballantyne. When United Airlines said earlier this year that it planned to enter the full-freighter air cargo market ...
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US is set to open up Asia
The US has floated a joint approach to open skies talks with the Asia-Pacific region for the first time. While cynics view the move as an attempt to kick-start stalled talks with Japan and deflect attention from the European focus of recent policy, some officials argue it is a genuine ...
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Even the good times aren't good
It may appear to be a vintage year but life for some airlines continues to be troubled. A casual reader of this issue of Airline Business could be forgiven for not realising that 1996 is a vintage year for the the airline industry. Just consider some of the stories: ...
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Ansett deals few changes
The shakeup of Australia's aviation sector following Air New Zealand's successful acquisition of Ansett is likely to have more of an impact outside the country than within. ANZ's swoop to appoint Cathay Pacific managing director Rod Eddington to head Ansett is a rare managerial coup in the region. Eddington will ...
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WAEA
David Svatos, supervisor of in-flight services and entertainment with Trans World Airlines, of St Louis, Missouri, has been elected president of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA), of Los Angeles, California, for 1996-7. Joe Leach, manager of onboard programmes at Delta Airlines, of Atlanta, Georgia, becomes vice-president. Marcy Beaubelle, vice-president ...
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Sabena links with Virgin Express for Heathrow route
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Virgin Express is launching scheduled services between Brussels and London Heathrow, in a code-share deal with Sabena under which it will replace the Belgian flag carrier on the route. The low-cost Brussels-based airline launched services on 27 October with nine daily return ...
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Key free-flight tool evaluated
Evaluation of a conflict probe which, promises to be a key element of the future US "free-flight" air-traffic-management system is under way at Indianapolis. The prototype conflict probe, named the user-requirement evaluation tool (URET), has been developed for the US Federal Aviation Administration by Mitre's Center for Advanced Aviation System ...
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US extends deadline for bag-match test
The US Aviation Safety and Security Commission, which was set up to improve airline security procedures in the wake of the crash of TWA Flight 800, has extended the 60-day deadline for testing a full domestic bag-match programme. US carriers have been able to convince the Clinton Administration ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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CAAC holds up Chinese airliner approvals
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Chinese airlines are facing a growing backlog of pending aircraft orders and leases waiting for final approval from the country's civil aviation authority and Government. All Chinese aircraft orders and lease agreements of longer then one year are required to be submitted to ...
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BA moves closer to control of Air Liberte
Julian Moxon/Paris British Airways appears to have come a step closer in its bid to take over ailing French independent carrier Air Liberte after the unexpected withdrawal of a competing offer from a consortium led by French travel group Nouvelle Frontieres. One of the consortium members, the Banque ...
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IFALPA is set to act on African airspace 'risks'
Chris Yates/LONDON An urgent safety bulletin spelling out the growing danger of flying in African airspace is expected to be issued soon by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). Capt Tony van Heerden, president of the South African Airline Pilots Association says, that ...
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US NTSB hearing on ValuJet DC-9 crash
The 11 May crash of the ValuJet McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 into the Florida Everglades will be the subject of a US National Transportation Safety Board five-day public hearing, scheduled to begin on 18 November in Miami. The DC-9 was operating a flight from Miami to Atlanta, and crashed ...
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Dragonair delays
Dragonair of Hong Kong is to postpone its planned public listing on the local exchange until the end of 1997, reportedly to give the airline more time to improve its profit growth. It had originally been intended to float part of Dragonair's stock early in 1997 as part of the ...
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ANA searches for more international passengers-
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) plans to expand further its international network and frequencies, in an effort to boost revenues and reduce its heavy dependence on the Japanese domestic market. The airline is aiming for an 18% increase in its international capacity by the end of the financial ...
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Air France signs US pacts
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE HAS ended its long-running search for transatlantic partners with the signing of commercial pacts with both Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The French flag carrier also hints that an Asian partner could be signed up in the first half of 1997. ...
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Bidders line up to rescue Air Liberté
Julian Moxon/PARIS BRITISH AIRWAYS and Virgin Express have emerged among the bidders for Air Liberté, the embattled French independent carrier which has been given six months to secure its future. British Airways made its offer through its French subsidiary TAT. Together, the two airlines would give BA a major slice ...
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Rainbow Samurai
Japan Air System is raising its international profile. Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (JAS) celebrated its 25th anniversary in April but, outside its home base, the airline continues to be relatively unknown. In spite of its overseas obscurity, JAS boasts annual traffic statistics and a fleet of ...