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Lufthansa returns Business Air stake after one year
LUFTHANSA HAS AGREED to sell back its 38% stake in UK regional carrier Business Air, less than a year after it acquired the holding. Long-standing partner Crossair is also divesting its 38% stake. Business Air's founding chairman, Ian Woodley, says that he wanted to buy back the shares ...
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CNAC negotiates 737 lease for Hong Kong start-up
CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is understood to be close to finalising an agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to lease a Boeing 737-500 for its planned Hong Kong airline The start-up carrier, to be named China Hongkong Airlines, plans to dry-lease the 737 for five years. ...
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BA set to buy FANS-1 for 747-400s
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS expected to order Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) avionics for its Boeing 747-400 fleet, following an agreement with Russia over the opening up of new over-flight routes. A board-level decision by BA is due this month. The first two new routes over Russia will enable ...
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Markets ripe for picking
In your article 'Going to the market' (Airline Business, December) you are correct to say that airport marketing is coming of age. Through computer analysis, airports can not only use the traditional methods you discussed, they are also able to evaluate: * Which flag carriers to focus upon ...
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Appointments
British Airways has announced a major management reshuffle. Alistair Cummings becomes chief operating officer and director of profit development and is replaced as managing director British Airways Engineering by Clive Mason. Charles Gurassa becomes director of passenger business, David Holmes assumes the post of director corporate resources and Roger Maynard ...
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Trust in us
Harmonised competition rules would be essential to EU-US open skies and the growing link being made between US antitrust immunity for multinational alliances and the conclusion of open skies agreements with individual countries is increasing the urgency. By Ron Katz.EU transport commissioner Neil Kinnock's comment, on emerging from the December ...
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Swiss role reversal
Regional operator Crossair has a central role to play in reversing the fortunes of the Swissair group. Mark Odell reports from Switzerland on the wider restructuring of a company trying to redefine itself.Swissair has earned its reputation for quality, sound management principles and solid financial performance as it has grown ...
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The market makers
Intense competition is leading more and more airlines to seek low costs and maximum revenues in off-line markets by outsourcing some of their sales and marketing operations. Special report by Doug Rhymes.International airline sales and marketing managers are struggling to cope with the unique challenges presented by an industry bent ...
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Horror movie
Problems with airline inflight entertainment and communications systems have turned into a nightmare for many senior executives and there is not much prospect of an early solution. Kieran Daly looks at the problems.Rarely before has a technical concept promised such commercial advantage and delivered such misery. In fact the story ...
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Zero sum game
North America-Asia routes may be projected as some of the world's fastest growing, yet capacity growth is at a standstill. David Knibb examines the reasons. One would expect the skies to be full between North America and Asia, given the growth in the Asian economies and the shift in US ...
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Slug out over French slot
France's scheduled operators are heading for consolidation in a fight for slots as they prepare for the opening of the French market to foreign airlines in 1997. Air Liberté has taken over Euralair's scheduled operations on Paris/Orly-Toulouse and Paris-Madrid, receiving three B737-200s, 100 employees and 5,000 slots at ...
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Europe
During the past year the fortunes of Europe's flag carriers have, at best, been variable. And as 1996 gets underway there is a pervasive sense of unsettled agendas and greater events to come. The European majors have reaped the benefits of fragile economic recovery and stronger demand to ...
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Middle East
Peace in the Middle East is the factor which will make or break the events of 1996. A lasting peace accord between Israel and its Arab neighbours could produce the boom the aviation players have been waiting for, but failure on the part of the politicians could put pressure on ...
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Southwest sizes up east
Southwest Airlines entered the Florida market in late January, beginning a regional operation many expect will someday rival the size and strength of its activity within California - a market Southwest continues to dominate, despite encroachment by Shuttle by United. As in other new markets, Southwest began service ...
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Delta: what value pilots?
Delta Air Lines is struggling to reach a deal with its pilots over the launch of a low-cost B737 operation to go head to head with ValuJet, as the no-frills Atlanta-based carrier turns up the heat by launching into USAir's heartland. Delta management, which is seeking $340 million ...
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Five crowd over Tasman
The skies between Australia and New Zealand are becoming crowded as two new startups vie for discount traffic on secondary routes across the Tasman Sea. At the same time Ansett Australia has launched its first flights to New Zealand, joining national flags Qantas and Air New Zealand on the primary ...
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Job cuts could hit companies hard
America West Airlines laid off 500 machinists in December following a 736-person cutback last March. As part of its dramatic cost-cutting campaign began, Delta Air Lines let go of more than 3,000 workers. In 1995 alone, Continental Airlines dropped 5,000 jobs from its roster. What is happening? Long attributed ...
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China ties start to fray
The once-strong links between Cathay Pacific and China are unravelling, fueling concerns over the unofficial flag carrier's status after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule next year. Cathay has withdrawn from its joint venture in southeast China to develop Xiamen airport, a project once touted as ...