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HK's woe of two Chinas
The transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese control continues to overshadow the UK colony's role in regional aviation. Despite November's Sino-British accord over funding for Chek Lap Kok, talks are dragging on over the language of debt guarantee agreements, while Hong Kong's future as a Taiwan-China hub appears tenuous as ...
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Mody caught in a pickle
It has not taken long for Russi Mody, chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines, to fall out with the government - two months after claiming a free hand in turning the ailing carriers around. Members of the aviation committee are upset by remarks he made, which they ...
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Cathay Pacific
Andrew Hoad has been appointed general manager supplies at Cathay Pacific. He replaces Albert Harrison, who will be director of Belfast Airport in the UK. Source: Flight International
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USAir hit by cabin fever
USAir has started a campaign that will result in a downsized fleet and employee roster. This is even with a $2.5 billion concessionary package that has been tentatively worked out with three of its four contract employee groups, an agreement that, sources say, if finalised could still leave the airline ...
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Once more to the breach?
The clearance for up to 9 million members of American Airlines' frequent flyer programme to sue the carrier over retroactive changes to its loyalty programme could open the flood gates to legal action against US carriers. At the very least, the ruling means a comparable number of United ...
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Northward bound
Ansett Australia is grappling with international expansion, toughening domestic competition, questions over its ownership, and a heavy debt burden. Tom Ballantyne assesses the future of Australia's second major airline. Fledgling international carrier Ansett Australia, striving to establish a permanent presence amongst Asia-Pacific's airlines, is wondering what cards fate will deal ...
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Belgium holds bilateral talks with USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BELGIUM AND the USA met on 28 February to finalise the latest transatlantic open-skies agreement, so dealing another blow to European attempts to develop a common response to the US bilaterals offensive. A Belgium deal would also allow Delta Airlines, Sabena and Swissair ...
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Aria takes assets back
As Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (Aria) prepares to transfer 49 per cent of its stock to employees, the carrier has averted the danger of a break up of its international operations. But while the privatisation plan has been approved, it is unclear when it will be implemented. Under ...
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US launches the anti-trust debate
With the formal offer of open skies by the US to nine smaller European countries, the cross-border code-sharing alliance has changed from an airline marketing tool into a bilateral right that symbolises complete air service liberalisation. This is what US transportation officials have wanted. But as representatives of the ...
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Job shake-up heralds more change at Alenia
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A FURTHER ROUND of restructuring is expected at Alenia following a shake-up of the top jobs at the Italian aerospace group by its parent Finmeccanica. Giorgi Zappa has been appointed to head Alenia, while joint presidents Fausto Cereti and Enrico Gimelli will move ...
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Airline news
Air Canada will commence its first Middle Eastern service with a twice weekly flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv from 20 June. Northwest is to launch a Detroit-London/Gatwick service at the beginning of March. The carrier has purchased the route from Delta, in a deal awaiting US government ...
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Air New Zealand boosts profits
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) boosted profits in its first half-year, despite continuing problems with its domestic Boeing 737 fleet and a rapid expansion of capacity on international routes. The New Zealand carrier managed to raise net profits by nearly 60%, to more than NZ$140 million ($89 million) ...
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Strong yen aids surge in JLL deals
The Japanese leveraged lease looks certain to stabilise into a more mature product, helped by cautious equity investors. Report by Tom Ballantyne. When aircraft deliveries finally begin to pick up speed over the coming years the Japanese leveraged lease should have evolved into a stable, more mature product. ...
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Africa's new note of hope
Africa's newest carrier, Alliance, starts operations in March heralding a new era of cooperation in the continent's aviation industry. A joint venture between South African Airways and the national airlines and governments of Tanzania and Uganda, Alliance will start by operating charters for SAA. On 1 July it ...
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Eurowings shifts focus to international routes
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROWINGS, the German regional carrier, has shifted its focus onto developing international routes, because of intensifying domestic competition from Germany's rail and road networks. According to Eurowings marketing and sales chief, Karl-Friedrich Muller, Germany's ICE high-speed trains and improved road links with eastern ...
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Easing the flow
Europe's new Central Flow Management Unit promises to make life easier for its embattled air traffic controllers. Julian Moxon/PARIS European air traffic increased by 4.8% in 1994, which is around the annual level of growth predicted until at least the end of the century. ...
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Chess master moves in
AAI keeps up with the weather There is little doubt that Russia's occasionally chaotic aviation industry could benefit from the application of a fine strategic mind. It is about to get one. World chess champion Gary Kasparov has now formally launched a consultancy, aimed at helping ...
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Licence to change
European pilot-training organisations at all levels will have to cope with a new set of standards. David Learmount/LONDON Most European pilots know that flight crew licence requirements are changing to a European standard, but few could say when or describe the differences. Pilot-training organisations, on the other ...
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Belgium holds key to Swissair deal
The Belgian Government is considering a renewed Swissair offer to buy 49.5% of Sabena. Preliminary agreement could be reached in the next few days. Swissair is understood to have cut its original BFr12 billion ($380 million) to BFr8 billion following the collapse of a Sabena plan to form ...
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British Airways
Graham Howat has been appointed general manager commercial at the engineering department of British Airways. Howat, who co-founded and ran Airline Maintenance Associates, a Cambridge-based consultancy, has also been managing director of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering. Source: Flight International