All Strategy articles – Page 504
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AB25: CTAIRA principal Chris Tarry
In the aviation industry the only constant is change and over the last 25 years there have been some dramatic changes with significant effect on the business writes CTAIRA principal Chris Tarry
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AB25: JetBlue chief executive, Dave Barger
Twenty-five years ago, there were no iPods, "e-commerce" was not a word, and the internet was barely relevant to most business people writes JetBlue chief executive Dave Barger
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Safi to wet-lease aircraft as Afghanistan faces EU blacklisting
Afghanistan's Safi Airways is to wet-lease aircraft to maintain its German route as the European Commission prepares to blacklist all operations by Afghan...
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AB25: Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson
When we went into the airline business 26 years ago, the aviation industry was lifeless and dull. The airlines did not seem to have any imagination and air travel had lost the glamour that was associated with it in the 1950s. Food was tasteless, seats uncomfortable and passengers were treated ...
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AB25: African Aviation chief executive Nick Fadugba
The landscape of the African airline industry has changed significantly in the past 25 years. Numerous former stalwart national carriers, such as Air Afrique, Ghana Airways, Nigeria Airways and Zambia Airways, have gone bankrupt; several privately owned airlines, such as Arik Air in Nigeria, Precisionair in Tanzania and Fly540 in ...
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BA names Go-Ahead executive as chief financial officer
British Airways has named transport firm Go-Ahead Group's finance director, Nick Swift, as its new chief financial officer. Swift will replace Keith...
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AB25: Copa chief executive Pedro Heilbron
Twenty-five years ago, few would have imagined that today Latin America would be among the leading regions in the world in terms of economic growth and development. Even fewer would have dreamed of Latin America's airlines being in the top echelon of this competitive aviation industry writes Pedro Heilbron
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AB25: Emirates president Tim Clark
Emirates shares a 25th birthday with Airline Business, having also launched in 1985. Over the past quarter of a century, our industry has taken great strides forward. It is essential that we maintain this momentum in the next 25 years to ensure the continued success of the airline sector and ...
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AB25: TAM chief executive, Marco Antonio Bologna
First of all, I would like to congratulate Airline Business for its 25 years of existence - a remarkable achievement. During this quarter-century, we have seen a huge transformation of the airline industry writes Marco Antonio Bologna, executive president of TAM
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AB25: Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Girma Wake
Despite the fact that a great number of African States succeeded to become independent and to create their own national airlines in the early 1960s, African airlines have faced numerous challenges in formulating and maintaining a safe, efficient air traffic system, mainly due to the inability of African governments to ...
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AB25: Singapore Airlines chief executive, CS Chew
The silver anniversary of Airline Business is an appropriate occasion for some thoughts on how the airline industry has evolved in the past 25 years writes Singapore Airlines chief executive Chew Choon Seng
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AB25: Gulf Air chief executive Samer Majali
Imagine a world in which airlines operate in a free market, able to realise their full potential through economies of scale, not hampered by barriers that increase costs and curb development, not constrained by archaic bilateral agreements, not overcharged by monopoly suppliers. That is the dream of Gulf Air chief ...
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AB25: Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways
Airlines worldwide continue to compete on the three fundamentals of cost, network, and product. However, in all of these areas, both the way airlines compete and the marketplace in which they compete has changed dramatically writes Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker.
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AB25: Geoff Dixon, former Qantas chief executive
Most governments still take aviation for granted writes former Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon
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NewsThai confirms ThaiTiger ownership structure
Thai Airways has tweaked the ownership structure of its low-cost joint venture with Tiger Airways by confirming its stake, and giving employees a share in...
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Interview: Oman Air chief executive, Peter Hill
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/airline-business/2010/10/videos-world-air-forum-2010.html
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ALTA 2010: Brazil responds to infrastructure challenge
Brazil plans to address its growing airport infrastructure challenge as the country's domestic market continues to expand rapidly.
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ALTA 2010: LAN expects to close TAM meger in 2Q 2011
LAN expects to close its acquisition of Colombia's Aires within the next month and close its merger with Brazil's TAM by mid 2011.
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ALTA 2010: Insel Air plans new flights to Colombia and Charlotte
Curacao's Insel Air plans to add a fifth MD-80 during the first quarter of next year followed by the introduction of new service to Medellin and Bogota in...
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R-R powered A380 airlines review their crisis options
Qantas remains resolute in its decision to keep its A380 fleet grounded until Rolls-Royce produces a "fix" for the faulty Trent 900 engine component that...