Strategy – Page 1113
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Continental expansion
Continental Airlines is to expand its three US hubs - Cleveland, Houston and Newark - adding new domestic and international destinations and flights. The carrier is to focus growth on profitable routes from its hubs, increasing capacity by eliminating unprofitable flights and adding five new aircraft this year. ...
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USAir
Rakesh Gangwal is named president and chief operating officer of USAir Group and USAir Inc Lawrence Nagin becomes vice-president for corporate affairs and general counsel of the USAir Group and its principal operating subsidiary. Gangwal, who has served with Air France and United Airlines, replaces Frank Salizzoni, who is to ...
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Wolf begins USAir team building
STEPHEN WOLF, USAIR'S newly appointed chairman, has begun to build his top-management team with the appointment of old confidants Rakesh Gangwal and Lawrence Nagin. Gangwal, who joins the USAir board as president and chief operating officer, comes from Air France, where he was executive vice-president for planning and ...
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AirTran
AirWays has appointed Stuart Henning vice-president of operations for its Orlando, Florida-based low-fare subsidiary AirTran Airways. He was most recently with the University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation in the role of advisor and director. Mark Rinder has been appointed vice-president of finance. He is a former vice-president of finance ...
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BWIA recovery stumbles
BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airlines says a poor fourth quarter has "temporarily derailed" the Caribbean carrier's financial recovery following privatisation in February 1995. Despite this, the airline has posted a reduced operating loss for 1995 of $3.6 million, down from $9.4 million in 1994. President Edward Wegel blamed BWIA's poor ...
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FedEx
John Allison has been promoted to vice-president for the South Pacific region of package-delivery carrier FedEx, based in Singapore. He replaces Michael Ducker, who becomes senior vice-president for the Asia Pacific division. David Ross formerly director of FedEx (Australasia) is promoted to managing director, replacing Allison in Hong Kong. ...
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'Freeze JAA rule-making', says IFALPA
THE EUROPEAN JOINT Aviation Authorities (JAA) should be barred from developing or adopting new aviation regulations (JARs) until its status as a European rule-making body has been established, says the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). The objection follows a European Commission (EC) Transport Directorate working paper ...
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Flightline to take surplus BAe146s
THE FIRST OF 18 surplus USAir British Aerospace 146-200s will soon re-enter commercial service with UK-based Flightline. The UK firm formally accepted the aircraft from USAir Leasing on 5 January. The aircraft, leased via Alpine Aviation, will be used on a London-Switzerland route. Before its acceptance, ...
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Mike Ambrose
Mike Ambrose has been director general of the European Regional Airlines Association since 1987, helping to build up its profile and give a stronger voice to Europe's regional carriers. Ambrose began his career in the UK airline industry in 1996, when he joined the flight-operations department at British European Airways. ...
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Hungary plans to sell further Malev stake
HUNGARY'S privatisation agency plans to sell a further stake in flag carrier Malev this year, although the move could be delayed by uncertainties over the financial future of Alitalia, which already holds a one-third stake in the airline. Alitalia acquired a 30% stake in Malev in 1992 in ...
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Welcome
Success Since its launch at the Singapore air show in 1994, the Aerospace Industry Awards programme has gone from the strength to strength. The Awards return to Singapore in 1996, as one of the most prestigious events in the aviation calendar.Much of the credit for that success goes to the ...
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Boeing nears launch order for 747 stretch 747
Guy Norris/SINGAPORE BRITISH AIRWAYS, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines are close to negotiating launch orders with Boeing for the 747-600X, the stretched version of the present 747-400 and the first major derivative of the 747. The airlines will meet Boeing in early April at a crucial meeting ...
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Aer Lingus / Delta share
Delta Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus, under which the US airline will buy blocked space on the Irish flag carrier's services between New York and Shannon/Dublin. Joint services will begin 1 May, subject to US Government approval. Source: Flight International
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...as Air France risks unrest
AIR FRANCE PRESIDENT Christian Blanc has renounced long-standing agreements with pilots of subsidiary domestic carrier Air France Europe (the new name for Air Inter) risking further strike action at the airline. Blanc wants to bring Air Inter Europe into line with the existing union agreements with Air France ...
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CNAC negotiates 737 lease for Hong Kong start-up
CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is understood to be close to finalising an agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to lease a Boeing 737-500 for its planned Hong Kong airline The start-up carrier, to be named China Hongkong Airlines, plans to dry-lease the 737 for five years. ...
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BA set to buy FANS-1 for 747-400s
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS expected to order Future Air Navigation System-1 (FANS-1) avionics for its Boeing 747-400 fleet, following an agreement with Russia over the opening up of new over-flight routes. A board-level decision by BA is due this month. The first two new routes over Russia will enable ...
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America West
America West Airlines, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Stephen Johnson senior vice-president of legal affairs. Johnson, who has been with America West since 1995, was formerly senior vice-president and general counsel for Irish leasing company GPA Group of Shannon. Bernard Han becomes vice-president of financial planning and analysis. He was ...
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In-trail-climb testing inadequate
Sir - In the article "New members join in-trail-climb club" (Flight International, 6-12 December, 1995, P16), Ken Peppard of the US Federal Aviation Administration is quoted as saying that "...pilots, controller and ARINC operators feel comfortable with the procedure". The US Airline Pilots' Association (ALPA) believes this to be an ...
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Lufthansa returns Business Air stake after one year
LUFTHANSA HAS AGREED to sell back its 38% stake in UK regional carrier Business Air, less than a year after it acquired the holding. Long-standing partner Crossair is also divesting its 38% stake. Business Air's founding chairman, Ian Woodley, says that he wanted to buy back the shares ...
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Pan Am plans to rise from the ashes
MARTIN SHUGRUE, the ex-chief operating officer of Pan American World Airways, plans to relaunch the airline. Shugrue and former US Undersecretary of Commerce, for Travel and Tourism Charles Cobb have lined up $30 million in start-up capital from a consortium of investors. The airline, the world's most illustrious ...