Strategy – Page 1075
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Japanese firms are cool on Airbus A3XX co-operation plans
Japanese aerospace manufacturers are unenthusiastic about the idea of co-operating with Airbus Industrie to develop the consortium's proposed A3XX high-capacity airliner, despite Boeing's recent decision to shelve its rival 747-500/500X . Airbus has been signalling renewed interest in enlisting Japanese support for the A3XX, this time during a ...
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European enquiry
The European Commission (EC) has opened an inquiry into the acquisition of bankrupt French independent Air Liberté by British Airways. It has given potential objectors to the deal ten days to present arguments against it to the competition directorate and is expected to rule within four weeks. The take-over, giving ...
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Breaking through
Breaking the monopolistic stranglehold of national carriers in Asia has never been easy and, for Asiana Airlines, playing second fiddle to Korean Air (KAL) for the past eight years has proved to be particularly hard going. This situation may be about to change though, as Asiana embarks on an ambitious ...
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Start-up AirAsia muscles into Malaysia market
Start-up carrier AirAsia has taken advantage of a growing barrage of criticism against Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to announce that it intends to expand its embryonic aircraft fleet and route network. Three months after first taking to the air as Malaysia's second scheduled international carrier, AirAsia is looking to ...
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Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s
Alitalia is attempting to return its five leased Fokker 70s to the bankrupt Fokker operation, after failing in a bid to re-lease them to low-cost Italian regional carrier Alpi Eagles. The two airlines concluded a codeshare deal late in 1996 which included the transfer of the Fokker 70s. ...
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Germany clears Cityline HUGS for manual Category IIIa landings
The German federal aviation agency LBA has granted Lufthansa CityLine operational approval to make manual Category IIIa instrument landings with the head-up guidance system (HUGS)fitted in the carrier's Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). CityLine is the first carrier in Germany to receive this clearance for its Flight Dynamics-built HUGS, ...
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Northwest
Simon Parr has become marketing manager for the UK and Ireland and Nina Gopal is the new manager for leisure markets at Northwest Airlines' Crawley, Sussex, UK, office. Parr was formerly pricing manager for the airline's Germany/France transatlantic routes, and Gopal was previously UK sales co-ordinator. Chris Edwards becomes co-ordinator, ...
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P&WC acquisition
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is to acquire part of Portsmouth, UK-based H+S Aviation's small-engine overhaul activities, as part of its "ongoing strategy to create a strong and efficient global service centre network". The sale involves P&WC PW100, PW901A and PT6T overhaul lines. Meanwhile, H+S has formed H+S Proptech, which ...
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Masters of aviation
Pilots' careers finish relatively early, leaving them with no credit for accumulated knowledge and experience beyond that learned during the period of their licences. A postgraduate level of education in the aviation industry would be attractive to some motivated licence-holders who want future employment, early positions as management pilots, or ...
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Beijing insider takes control at Air Macau
China National Aviation (CNAC) has moved to consolidate its control of Air Macau by appointing a key Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) official to the position of chief executive at the airline. The appointment of Li Keli, formerly CAAC deputy director of international affairs, was initially made ...
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BA re-organisation
British Airways has confirmed that talks are under way to establish a single holding company for the two French airlines in which it has a stake, Air Liberté and TAT. In early January, the UK carrier was given the go-ahead for its take-over of bankrupt Air Liberté, in partnership with ...
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VASP eyes up Argentinas
Acquisitive Brazilian airline VASP is understood to have made an approach to take a controlling stake in Aerolineas Argentinas. Iberia, which still has an interest in the Argentinian carrier, and which would still need to give its approval for any deal, says that no concrete offer for the airline has ...
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British Midland lobbies EC for European slots at Heathrow
British Midland (BM) has entered the fray over the British Airways/American Airlines alliance, arguing that slots should be made available for its European feeder services rather than exclusively for new transatlantic operations. Chairman Sir Michael Bishop says that the move follows the recent intervention of European competition commissioner ...
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British Airways revives regional-jet evaluation
British Airways is to re-open discussions with manufacturers over its proposed acquisition of a fleet of regional jets, after most unions representing staff at its regional operation backed plans aimed at cutting annual costs by £27 million ($44 million). Aircraft to be evaluated are thought to include the ...
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Aviacor prepares Tu-154 for Iran
Aviacor is preparing to deliver the first of 12 new-build Tupolev Tu-154s to Iran, which were ordered by the Iranian Government for its airlines in September 1996. The Samara, Russia, based manufacturer is scheduled to hand over the first aircraft during early February. It is designated Tu-154M-100 and ...
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Sundstrand begins transfer of APIC production line
Sundstrand has begun transferring production of APS 2000 auxiliary power units (APU) to its San Diego site in California, following the completion of its purchase of the remaining 50% of Auxiliary Power International (APIC) from Labinal of France. The company will move all APS 2000 work in-house in ...
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Indian policy move defers SIA/TATA venture
The Indian Government has again deferred a final decision on plans by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the TATA Group for a joint domestic start-up airline, in the face of continued strong opposition from civil-aviation minister CM Ibrahim. Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's cabinet has instead approved a ...
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Three BA directors leave USAir board
USAir says that the resignation of three British Airways directors from the USAir board "-clears another obstacle in USAir's path toward becoming an effective competitor in the US/UK market". The BA officials left the board in preparation for USAir ending its codeshare arrangement with the UK carrier in March. ...
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Appointments
Mike Street, British Airways' director of operations, has assumed the responsibilities of chief operating officer Alistair Cumming, who retires in June. Charles Gurassa, current director of passenger business, becomes director of passenger and cargo business. Colin Matthews has been appointed managing director of British Airways Engineering. Henry Fan, ...
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Taiwan's trade
Taiwan hopes to trade its agreement to a new trans-shipment centre for FedEx in Taipei for additional access to the US market for Eva Air and China Airlines. The latter wants to add Chicago, Miami and Houston while Eva has applied for Washington DC. FedEx plans to open the centre ...