All Strategy articles – Page 999
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SAir Group secures French beachhead
The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of French carrier AOM by SAirGroup and French holding company Marine-Wendel (which will have a 51% stake). The EC says the activities of AOM and other SAir carriers are "largely complementary", with most of the former's business limited to France, where ...
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NJS and BWA link for BA's Italian franchise
Chris Jasper/LONDONBritish Airways is poised to launch an Italian franchise operation with the aid of Australian regional carrier National Jet Systems (NJS). The airline is expected to operate as National Jets Italia and will use the air operator's certificate (AOC) of UK charter carrier British World Airlines (BWA). BA had ...
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Eurocontrol starts feasibility scheme on conflict avoidance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol has launched the feasibility phase of an eight-country Free Route Airspace Project (FRAP), to increase capacity and reduce potential conflicts in European airspace. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are co-operating in the programme, which comprises mainly simulation activities. The target for ...
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Air France keen on Korean Air links
Air France has revealed that Korean Air (KAL) could be a founder member of the global alliance it plans to launch with Delta Air Lines this year - despite the two Western carriers' recent safety-related suspensions of codeshares with the Asian airline. The French flag carrier's chief executive Jean ...
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Routes
US freight forwarder BAX Global has launched twice-weekly all-cargo charter services between its Toledo, Ohio, hub and Sao Paulo, Brazil, using an Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 operated in partnership with Aerofloral, a Florida-based company specialising in transporting flowers between the USA and South America. BAX also offers northbound services from ...
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Poor performance
As Europe tackles another summer of air traffic delays, an independent report of last year's performance points to future relief Emma Kelly/BRUSSELS With air traffic and flight delays in Europe this summer topping those of the crisis proportions reached last year, 1999 looks set to break more records. ...
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Marketplace
International Aircraft Investors is acquiring an Airbus A320 leased to Caledonian Airways until April 2002, a Boeing 737-400 leased to GB Airways until April 2001 and a Boeing 757 leased to Canada 3000 until May 2002. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has purchased three Rolls-Royce Trent 890-powered Boeing 777-200ERs ...
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Materiel gains
Airbus Industrie Materiel Support has overhauled its image and is embracing the Internet to boost customer service Andrew Doyle/HAMBURG Airbus Industrie Materiel Support plays a key role in European consortium Airbus' growing sales success. As vice-president Peter Kloepfer puts it, the division is "never a deal maker, but we ...
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JAL faces fight with major shareholder
Eitaro Itoyama, the biggest and most controversial shareholder in Japan Airlines (JAL), is threatening to mount a hostile takeover bid to oust the airline's management. Itoyama says he is putting together a group of investors to buy a 30% controlling stake in the carrier by the end of this ...
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Second-tier wheeling and dealing speeds up in USA
Chris Jasper/LONDON When the shareholders of AlliedSignal and Honeywell are balloted on the planned merger of the companies on 1 September, the expected "yes"' vote will represent a new highwater mark in the consolidation that has swept the US aerospace supply sector over the past 18 months. Although the ...
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KLM-Alitalia seal 'unprecedented' deal
Chris Jasper/LONDON KLM and Alitalia have agreed details of their alliance, to be launched on 1 November, claiming it "represents a new industrial model for air transport in Europe". In an Alliance Settlement Agreement signed last week, the pair defined an earnings-sharing formula according to which they will divide ...
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Pilots 'need real-time weather data' in cockpit
Real-time weather information is needed in the cockpit to deal with conditions such as those that played a role in the 2 June crash of an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Little Rock, Arkansas, says the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). ALPA's Paul McCarthy told a Congressional ...
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Chautauqua tackles cost and pilot problems
US Airways Express operator Chautauqua Airlines is moving to overcome spiralling costs and pilot defections, while trying to mould operations around partner US Airways' requirements. The operator's new chief executive Bryan Bedford says "the last year has not been very good for Chautauqua-escalating costs and high pilot attrition are ...
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BA-American revise alliance plans
British Airways and American Airlines are resigned to the rejection of their transatlantic alliance plans by US regulators, but say they will press ahead with ties not requiring anti-trust immunity. The two are "looking at codesharing" in Europe and North America, the UK flag carrier says. The US Department ...
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UK takes private air traffic control route
David Learmount/LONDON The UK Government is seeking an established company to take a 46% stake in National Air Traffic Services (NATS) after confirming plans to sell 51% of stock for around £500 million ($800 million) within the next two years. UK electricity distributor National Grid and France's Thomson-CSF are known ...
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Southern aims for September restart
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Start-up cargo carrier Southern Air hopes to begin Boeing 747 freighter operations in September, using routes and assets acquired from bankrupt Southern Air Transport (SAT). The Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to offer aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) wet-lease services initially, using an 18-year-old General ...
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Alliance groups aim for share in LOT
The world's three established airline alliance groupings have each bid for a stake of up to 38% in Polish carrier LOT, with British Airways representing oneworld, Lufthansa the Star Alliance and Swissair the Qualiflyer group. Poland's state treasury, which owns LOT, initially received expressions of interest from six carriers, ...
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Serving Africa
For East African airlines it is cheaper to send for spares from Europe than keep them in stock Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA What Links Europe to a small scheduled operator in East Africa? A lot, according to Dick Turinawe, Uganda Airlines' general manager. Fleet size and configuration, capital constraints, frequencies and ...
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Austrian's shifting alliances
Austrian Airlines says it and other Qualiflyer members must reassess their alliance strategy following the Delta-Air France tie-up announced in June. It has been invited to join the new Franco-US tie up. Source: Airline Business
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Gearing up for the millennium
At the eye of the hurricane it is very calm - at the edges there is a lot of wind. So says KLM, predicting that New Year's day 2000 is likely to be calmer than the frenetic build-up may suggest. There is optimism elsewhere that aviation will indeed be ready ...