Strategy – Page 1016
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Indians lower airline stake
The Indian government is to reduce its stake in Indian Airlines from 100 per cent to 49 per cent over the next three years as part of its strategy to turn the flag carrier around. The government has decided to restructure the airline's capital base and reduce its equity ...
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Isles single out air deal
Island nations scattered across the tropical Pacific have agreed to study whether they should form a single aviation market and negotiate air service agreements as a bloc. The 14 island nations, which range in size from Papua New Guinea to tiny Tuvalu and span an ocean area larger than ...
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A leadership role
Swissair's new president and CEO, Jeffrey Katz, thinks leadership is vital - both within the airline and among its alliance partners. Since his arrival in the president's office at Swissair this January, Jeffrey G Katz has been trying not to make too many waves. But a change in corporate ...
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Race for the bronze
Aircraft lessors are jockeying for position as Asian airlines start to think more seriously about operating leases. No-one is challenging the two giants. International Lease Finance Corp and General Electric Capital Aviation Services remain the top aircraft operating lessors. But a three-way race is on to see who will ...
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Aer Lingus is to lose Team
With the disposal of an unprofitable non-core subsidiary finally on the horizon, Aer Lingus now has to confront the bigger questions of ownership and alliances. At presstime the management of the Irish flag carrier had still not convinced the 1,550 strong workforce of its unprofitable aircraft maintenance arm, Team, ...
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Love lost in Dallas brawl
US regional airline Continental Express has begun flying from Dallas/Love Field, becoming the latest carrier to join a surge of interest in the city's downtown airport despite legal attempts to stop the growth. The airport has become a hotbed of controversy, with lawsuits and countersuits flying across Texas. In ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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Pilot protest at Northwest
Although the proposed alliance with Continental Airlines is said not to be high on the list of union concerns, management at Northwest Airlines is nevertheless struggling to reach agreement in contract negotiations with its pilots. The stalemate is bound to slow progress on the planned alliance, which depends on ...
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US alliances face scrutiny
The US General Accounting Office has planted serious seeds for concern in politicians' minds by claiming that proposed US domestic alliances could mean a reduction in competitive service to almost 101 million American passengers. The GAO highlights the Delta Air Lines/United Airlines partnership as especially worrying because of its ...
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US airports face review
If major US airports thought they were immune from the Department of Transportation's surge of interest in anti-competitive behaviour, they can think again. DOT secretary Rodney Slater is establishing a taskforce with airports in mind. Details of what the taskforce will be looking at are not yet clear, although ...
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Regionals prepare to play politics
The folks in Ohio and Kentucky have been provided with an infinitely easier path to paradise. On 6 June, a nonstop flight was launched that will transport sunseekers the 1,053 miles from Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport to Nassau in the Bahamas each Saturday and Sunday. It is not a major ...
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American and BA compromise to break alliance deadlock
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has guaranteed not to fully implement its proposed alliance with British Airways until 14 slots have been made available to enable other airlines to begin new daily services between the US and London Heathrow. The US airline believes the compromise could help break ...
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American ponders DC-10s' fate
Guy Norris/DALLAS FORT WORTH American Airlines will decide on the fate of its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-10s by the end of the month as part of a major restructuring process that will see its total jet fleet increase to more than 700 aircraft from 2000 onwards. "By the ...
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Air Canada sells Air Alliance
Air Canada is selling its Quebec regional airline, Air Alliance, just two weeks after Canadian Airlines International sold its Quebec feeder, Inter-Canadian, to private investors. Air Alliance has been a drain on Air Canada's finances for several years. It lost several million dollars last year because of a prolonged ...
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Fiji Airways details structure as new status is approved
Fiji Airways has revealed more details about its structure and planned flight operations, following the Fijian Government's agreement, in principle, to designate the start-up as the island's second international airline. Local accountant Neil Underhill has been named chairman. To comply with majority local shareholding rules, Underhill has a 2% ...
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Mesaba to double RJ85 fleet
Mesaba Airlines, a US regional feeder for Northwest Airlines, is to double its fleet of Avro RJ85 regional jets in a move that is bound to anger Northwest pilots who are already in bitter contract negotiations. The Northwest Airlink affiliate agreed to amend its regional jet agreement to increase ...
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Emirates turns down Star for its own global network plans
Doug Cameron/Dubai Emirates has turned down an offer to join the Star Alliance, the Dubai-based flag carrier opting instead to develop its own global network following an order for up to 12 ultra long haul aircraft. A decision between the Airbus Industrie A340-500 and Boeing 777-200X - for six firm ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...
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Open for business
The success of Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok, due to open on 6 July, will depend on keeping costs down Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Hong Kong's new international airport makes its operational debut on 6 July - the culmination of a remarkable eight-year undertaking. The $20 billion infrastructure investment was initiated ...
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Built for the future
Recession has not curbed enthusiasm for Kuala Lumpur's new airport Nicholas Ionides/Kuala Lumpur The backers of Malaysia's new gateway airport at Sepang, south of Kuala Lumpur, boast that the massive facility has been built for the future. Boarding bridges have been designed to handle large new-generation aircraft such ...