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Crisis looms in Thailand
Thailand faces the renewed prospect of its airline industry falling prey to political vested interests in the wake of the dissolution of the Thai government on 19 May and the elections set for 2 July. The dissolution has meant the departure of both the transport and finance ministers, ...
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Latin sales close to end
The opening of the bidding for Bolivia's LAB and what remains of Ecuatoriana should bring to a close the troubled airline privatisation process in Latin America. Consolidation could be the emerging trend, as evidenced by events in Chile and Peru. Advisers for both LAB and Ecuatoriana are placing ...
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KLM cagey over Garuda
Indonesia and the Philippines are heading in opposite directions on state ownership of flag carriers, but neither is making progress. Jakarta cannot find a buyer for Garuda Indonesia and Manila is still waiting for a ruling as to whether it can reassert control over Philippine Airlines. On-again off-again ...
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SAA boosted by Lufthansa
The cooperation agreement between South African Airways and Lufthansa is a major boost for the African carrier, while the pact nearly completes the German flag's global net of alliances. SAA has sought a European partner for more than two years and senior general manager John Hare says few ...
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Merger plan draws blank
Yet again political expediency is muddying the debate over Air Inter's future, as its merger with Air France Europe looks set to be sidelined to minimise social unrest. Christian Blanc, who took over the chair of Air Inter when Michel Bernard unexpectedly resigned in mid-May, has proposed an ...
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USAir boost: BA doubts
The winding down of Continental Lite has helped USAir increase yields and bounce back into profitability, and the airline now has agreements with three out of its four unions. However, the proposed employee board representation has thrown up a potential conflict with partner British Airways. Investors in USAir, ...
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Managing Asia's growth
Aeropolitics, rising costs and physical impediments to growth are the biggest challenges posed by the tidal wave of growth forecast for the Asia-Pacific region. David Knibb reports from the Airline Business/ Reed Exhibitions conference on 'Managing Airline Growth in Asia', held in Singapore.Asia's growth defies superlatives. ...
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Japan urges Asian forum
Japanese officials in Asia-Pacific have completed a diplomatic offensive to win support for a major regional aviation forum that Japan hopes will lead to tighter government cooperation on air transport policies. The initiative is emerging as the first serious attempt to bring together high level government officials capable ...
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Ansett carry on regardless
Ignoring recent losses and the imminent purchase of 50 per cent of its stock by Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia has decided to push ahead with plans to expand its embryonic international operations in Asia. Managing director Graeme McMahon says a third Boeing 747-300 will be leased for ...
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American's fire met with blanks
Frank Salizzoni, president of USAir, says he has known Robert Crandall a long time. He believes that the chief executive of AMR Corp can be a genuinely nice person. That is, 'if you agree with him'. In a bid to find a whole region of the world to agree with ...
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Qantas all set to float
With its long awaited A$2 billion (US$1.4 billion) public flotation now in sight, Qantas has taken steps to reassure prospective local investors that privatisation is not a step on the way to integration with 25 per cent stockholder British Airways, and that the company remains committed to European markets. ...
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Airline news
All Nippon Airways will begin routes from Osaka/Kansai to Shanghai, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur in mid-July. The routes are subject to approval by Japan's Ministry of Transport. Philippine Airlines has begun a three time a week service from Manila to San Francisco using B747-400s. SilkAir and ...
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Capital plans out of Africa
Two African airlines are moving closer to privatisation, as Kenya Airways seeks an airline investor and Air Tanzania awaits the government's plan for its intended sell-off. International Finance Corporation, the World Bank body advising the Kenyan government, has written to all Iata members requesting expressions of interest in ...
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Wings West
American Eagle carrier Wings West, of Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Mary Jordan president. She was vice-president of human resources at American Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Fokker reveals regional-twinjet configuration
FOKKER HAS revealed the configuration of the new 120-seat regional twinjet it is now studying with Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA), Aviation Industries of China and South Korea's Samsung. The Dutch manufacturer says that the aircraft would supplement the lower end of the Airbus family and the upper end of ...
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Impact of high-speed competition: the real threat
Sir - Andrew Chuter is right to warn the airlines of the impact of high-speed rail services (Flight International, 7-13 June, P94). The real danger threatening domestic and short-haul European services, does not come from the TGV high speed train, however, but from the willingness of governments to sink ...
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Row delays FedEx Subic Bay opening
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FEDEX HAS DELAYED by 30 days the scheduled 3 July opening of its Subic Bay, Philippines, hub because of a bilateral-air-services dispute between the USA and Japan After a hiatus in talks between the two nations over Japan's refusal to let FedEx ...
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Back to break-even
The world airline industry ended 1994 close to break-even, but cost of reduction is still top of the agenda. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON At times, it seemed that it would never happen, but the world airline industry at last appears to have ended its record run of ...
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BA poised for Gatwick relaunch
David Learmount/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS IS TO base an additional eight wide bodied aircraft at London Gatwick Airport, to fly routes transferred from the carrier's premier international hub, Heathrow. Robert Ayling, BA's managing director, says that, with a growth rate of 6% a year and severe ...
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British Airways
Ford Ennals has been named director of marketing at British Airways, from mid-July. Ennals, executive vice-president of marketing and business operations for international clothing firm Fruit of the Loom, succeeds Mike Batt, who has become executive vice-president of sales and marketing for Alamo Rent a Car in the USA. ...