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International tactics
Taiwan's international carriers are engaged in a bitter battle for market share. Paul Lewis/TAIPEI COMPETITION IS heating up between Taiwan's two established international players, flag carrier China Airlines (CAL) and four-year-old Eva Airways. Ambitious fleet-expansion plans, the opening up of profitable trunk routes to Hong Kong and ...
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Enough is enough for falling economy- class standards
Sir - I congratulate Mr Bamberg on his letter about British Airways' expenditure on first-class improvements (Flight International, 11-17 October, P49). I frequently fly London-Sydney (in economy and business class). BA and Qantas offer poor long-haul economy class and the seats are no better than a London Hyde Park deck ...
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Embraer plans ambitious growth
Julian Moxon/BAVENO THE NEW PRESIDENT of Embraer, Maurice Botelho, says that the newly privatised Brazilian manufacturer should return to sales of $700 million within five years, helped by an expansion in the European market. "That's what we earned in the past, and there's no reason ...
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Chinese start recruiting for Hong Kong start-up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is pressing ahead with plans to establish a Hong Kong-based international airline, at the same time as negotiating to purchase a 10% stake in Dragonair The new CNAC carrier, provisionally named China Hong Kong, has already begun to recruit ...
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US carriers report robust third quarter
STRONG RESULTS from Continental, USAir and others have led what promises to be a record third-quarter performance from the US airline industry. Wall Street analysts, are projecting that industry operating profits, could climb to $2.3 billion for the quarter, once results are in from the other major carriers. ...
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Air Liberte makes a move for rival AOM
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE PRESIDENT of French airline Air Liberte, Lotfi Belhassine, has formed a consortium with the aim of acquiring rival private carrier AOM, "...if the price is right". Belhassine has for some time made no secret of his desire to purchase AOM, creating what he ...
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747-X plans gather speed
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES MAJOR BOEING 747 operators have been called to Boeing's Seattle headquarters in mid-November for meetings on the proposed -500X and -600X stretched derivatives, as plans for the possible 1996 launch of the next-generation 747 gather pace. Those attending include British Airways, Cathay ...
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MD-95 launched with ValuJet order
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has launched its MD-95 on the back of a single 50-aircraft order from fast-growing low-cost operator ValuJet Airlines. The value of the order from the successful low-fare US carrier based in Atlanta, Georgia exceeds $1 ...
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Air Jamaica
National carrier Air Jamaica has appointed Tony Cowles general manager for the UK and Europe. He was most recently general manager for the UK and Europe with Caribbean carrier BWIA International. Source: Flight International
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Mesaba
Carl Pohlad becomes chairman of Mesaba Holdings, parent of Northwest Airlink carrier Mesaba Airlines; Bryan Bedford is named president and chief executive; John Fredericksen is appointed vice-president for finance and general counsel; and William Dolan becomes secretary. Newly elected to the Mesaba Holdings board are Northwest Airlines managers Richard Hirst, ...
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Clarification on Eva structure
Sir - In response to the item on the management restructure at Eva Air (Flight International, 20-26 September, P75), I would like to point out that, following the departure of chairman Y F Chang, Shen-Chih Cheng, not Frank Hsu as you reported, has succeeded him. Mr Hsu, previously president, becomes ...
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EVA Air
Y F Chang, founder of Eva Air of Taiwan, has resigned as its chairman to concentrate on his role as chairman of the carrier's parent company, the Evergreen Group. He is succeeded by Shen-Chih Cheng, previously Eva vice-chairman. Frank Hsu moves from president to vice-chairman, and Richard Huang is promoted ...
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Air France
A major sales reorganisation has been announced by Air France in the UK. Gill Craig, formerly manager for leisure sales and distribution, will concentrate solely on automated distribution and pricing. Tristan Nielson joins her as distribution systems co-ordinator. Christiane Dryland will head the leisure sales team, with Claire Leroux and ...
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KLM cargo
KLM Cargo, based at Schiphol Airport, in The Netherlands, has promoted Sjaak Hofstra, previously regional director sales for Benelux, the UK and Ireland, to operations and marketing director, Cargo Service Centre Holdings. Monique Gerrits succeeds Hofstra in his former job. She was previously regional director sales covering Sweden, Norway, Finland, ...
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Ogling profits, not design
Sir - Good luck to Ogle Design ("Visions of splendour", Flight International, 13-19 September, P33). Whatever success it may achieve is likely to be pretty evanescent, given the greed of airlines and the penny-pinching attitude of so many passengers. Who can forget the fanfare which accompanied ...
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Qatar Airways plans share offer to raise new capital
QATAR AIRWAYS is the latest of the Gulf flag carriers to announce plans to raise new capital, with a share offering planned by the end of 1995. The offering, which aims to raise more than $100 million, will help to finance the airline's planned fleet expansion and fresh ...
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MAS seeks larger slice of maintenance market
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) is re-organising and expanding its capabilities in a bid to obtain a greater share of the worldwide third-party maintenance market. Central to the scheme is the establishment of a 220,000m2 (2.36 million ft2) engine-overhaul centre, known as Aircraft Engine Repair Operations (AERO). The plant, which ...
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Hexcel and Ciba Geigy finalise composites plan
HEXCEL AND CIBA Geigy have finalised plans to combine their composites operations, to create one of the aerospace industry's largest suppliers of honeycomb, pre-impregnated and fabric composites. The deal, which was first announced in the middle of the year (Flight International, 19-25 July), has now passed anti-trust hurdles ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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Deutsche BA negotiates to acquire more Saab 2000s
DEUTSCHE BA is negotiating to convert two of its five options for Saab 2000 turboprops into firm orders. The company expects to convert the other three options in 1996. The current talks on the exchange of two smaller Saab 340s for the Saab 2000s are expected to be ...