All Strategy articles – Page 1182
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US Court gives Virgin go-ahead to challenge BA
BRITISH AIRWAYS' alleged abuse of a market "monopoly" position can now be challenged by Virgin Atlantic Airways under US anti-trust laws, following a ruling by the US District Court. The Court, which took eight months to decide, ruled that only three out of eight complaints by Virgin, could ...
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Iberia Deal
Iberia pilots have agreed an 8.5% pay cut, in last-minute negotiations over restructuring. As a result, the Spanish airline will reduce planned staff redundancies, from 5,200 to 3,500. Iberia now plans to ask the European Union for clearance of a $1 billion state-subsidy package. The sale of Latin American and ...
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JAL sells ANZ stake but maintains links
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) stresses that it plans to continue its partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL), despite the Japanese carrier's decision to sell its 5% holding in the group. Announcing the share disposal, ANZ managing director Jim McCrea heaped praise on JAL's role as a strategic partner ...
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Air France
French flag carrier Air France has appointed Gerard Petit regional general manager for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. He was previously regional general manager for Air France in Ireland. Source: Flight International
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Aer Lingus
John O'Donovan has been appointed director of group finance at Irish national airline Aer Lingus, of Dublin. O'Donovan replaces Sam Young, who is to take up a post in Australia. O'Donovan was formerly finance director at Carbery Milk Products. Source: Flight International
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Boeing starts work on UPS freight 767
BOEING WAS DUE to begin building the first 767 freighter on 6 January at its Everett assembly site, with work scheduled to start on the front spar of the wing. The cargo floor will also be "loaded" on to production jigs one week later. The aircraft will be ...
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SIA signs deal for new A340 fleet
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has signed a contract confirming its previously announced order for ten Airbus Industrie A340-300E long-haul passenger aircraft and 20 options. SIA announced in June 1994 its intention to buy up to 30 A340s, worth a total of $5.4 billion (Flight International, 29 June-5 July 1994). ...
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Continental to retire A300s
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES is to retire its fleet of 21 Airbus A300s in a bid to reduce capacity to 10% below 1994 levels by 1 March. The airline had previously announced the grounding of four Boeing 727s and three Boeing 747s in a move to improve financial performance. The ...
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AJAS takes off
Alliance Airways, the African Joint Air Services carrier, is to begin services on 1 March from its base in Entebbe, Uganda. The carrier will operate a leased SAA Boeing 747SP and Christo Roodt, an SAA executive, has been appointed managing director. The carrier, a joint venture between the Ugandan and ...
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Appointments
Gordon Bethune has been named to the new position of president and chief executive officer at Continental Airlines. Floris van Pallandt will take over as managing director KLM Cityhopper on 1 January. Hans de Bruijn has been appointed manager general affairs and deputy to van Pallandt. ...
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Slipping profits
The world's airports have begun to feel the pinch at a time when many airlines finally are seeing an economic upswing. In 1993 revenues for the 45 airport authorities reporting increased by only 2.7 per cent on 1992, and the group recorded a 5.8 per cent fall in net ...
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New year, new partners
The alliance structure of Europe's carriers is set for a dramatic reshuffle in 1995. Lufthansa appears to have succeeded in disrupting the European Quality Alliance of Swissair, Austrian and SAS. As SAS prepares to leave the EQA, the effects are likely to spread throughout the European airline industry. ...
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Paperless journey
The increase in self ticketing and ticketless air travel will cut the costs of distribution and bring a much needed reduction in airline operating costs. By Jane L Levere. A distribution revolution that began quietly in the United States late last summer could ultimately yield wide-ranging cost savings for ...
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Plugging the Zambian gap
Though its employees may disagree, the demise of Zambia Airways has provided an ideal opportunity to test the latest move towards a more liberalised regime in African aviation. But Lusaka is not alone in facing a major challenge: Ghana Airways is experiencing problems at every turn as it aims for ...
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A fly in the ointment?
The Spanish government appears to be pursuing brinkmanship tactics with the unions in an attempt to settle the chaos surrounding troubled flag carrier Iberia. As pilots walked away from the negotiating table at presstime, industry minister Juan Manuel Eguiagaray threatened to go ahead with 5,200 layoffs and plans ...
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Qantas floats on and on
Qantas' drawn out privatisation process has been hit by further setbacks which threaten both the potential value and the timing of the public share issue. The main blow comes in a ruling which bars the Australian flag from pooling resources and setting prices with alliance partner British Airways ...
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Europe ready to travel Lite
While SAS and Lufthansa test the concept of ticketless travel, upstart Euro Belgian Airlines Express is doing it for real and Swissair is working on a paperless 'Lite' carrier. Offering one-class service, low fares, and a simplified booking/check-in, EBA Express began scheduled services in November from Brussels to ...
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US drives in Euro wedge
The US offer of open skies dialogue to nine European states has not only highlighted the European Commission's inability to obtain a mandate from EU member states to negotiate external aviation agreements, but is also attracting interest from other countries. The European countries that expressed initial interest in ...
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US experiences crunch over data
As much as Republicans like to talk about the inherent evil of 'big government' under the Democrats, they are missing an important point: during the Clinton administration, the federal government has indulged in an historic bout of downsizing. In aviation matters, the public focus of the budget cuts has been ...
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Coded warnings
Aeropolitics The industry should be sending clear signals to the US government to leave codesharing alone. Michael F Goldman argues the case for its deregulation. Codesharing policy is taking centre stage again. In early December both the US Department of Transport ation's outside consultants and the General Accounting Office ...