Strategy – Page 1148
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Pakistani private sector survivors
Sir - I would like to comment on the article "Bhoja Air leases Yak-42s" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P11). Airlines in the private sector started operations in Pakistan in April 1993. Initially, there were four entrants: Aero Asia, Hajveri, Raji and Bhoja. Six months later, semi-private Shaheen emerged. ...
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AAR
Aircraft-equipment supplier AAR, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named James Bacon vice-president for airline programmes. Bacon, most recently an airline consultant, has also served with Continental Airlines and Air California. Michael Hughes is appointed general manager for AAR Pacific, the company's sales and maintenance base in Singapore. He was ...
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Air Inter battles for French leadership
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIR INTER HAS SWUNG back into profit for the first time in four years, but the carrier warns that it is preparing to defend itself against savage competition expected in the French domestic market. Air Inter posted a net profit of Fr21 million ($4 ...
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Glimmers show through the gloom
Russia's aviation industry remains in crisis, but could be getting over the worst. Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Given the fragile state of its economy, it comes as little surprise that Russia's aviation industry had another tough year in 1994. Traffic continued a steady downward drift, which has already ...
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Germany plans airborne A3XX simulation
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) is developing an in-flight simulation of an A3XX-type large commercial transport under contract from Airbus Industrie. Airbus wants the establishment to develop a reference model of an aircraft, based on the expected dimensions, weight and inertia of the ...
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El Al emerges from receivership as privatisation nears
ISRAELI FLAG CARRIER El Al was to leave receivership on 14 February in preparation for its forthcoming privatisation. The move comes as the transport ministry considers an offer from the country's largest industrial conglomerate, Koor, to purchase 26% of the airline. The Government would have accepted ...
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MD-95 clash forces Halla out of Korean consortium
HALLA AEROSPACE HAS been dropped from South Korea's regional-aircraft consortium, following a Government stipulation that a manufacturer cannot participate in the programme and be a risk-sharing partner in competing foreign developments. The condition was included in the consortium's charter, recently signed by 11 local aerospace companies, including Samsung, ...
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Valujet thrives as other US start-ups hit trouble
TWO FLEDGLING US carriers - USAfrica Airways and Leisure Air - have suspended operations and a third airline - Kiwi International Air Lines - has drastically revamped its top management. Atlanta-based Valujet, however, reports strong profits for 1994 and is expanding services aggressively, at the expense of USAir. ...
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Air Seychelles
Freddy Karkaria has been appointed executive chairman at Air Seychelles. Karkaria, formerly Seychelles director-general of civil aviation, replaces Conrad Benoiton, who becomes managing director of the newly created Seychelles International Business Authority. Gilbert Faure, director of airport management, replaces Karkaria as director-general of civil aviation. Source: Flight International
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Continental cuts
Continental Airlines cut its average daily departures, from 2,283 to 2,115, on 10 January, in line with previously announced capacity cuts aimed at saving $150 million a year. The cuts included commuter division Continental Express and low-cost operation Continental Lite. Source: Flight International
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Qantas
Peter Roennfeldt has been appointed regional general manager UK and Ireland for Australian national airline Qantas. Roennfeldt, who replaces Wayne Pearce, was previously country manager in South Africa. Pearce has returned to Qantas head office in Sydney as general manager for revenue development. Source: Flight International
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Gill Air
The team which has just taken over UK regional airline Gill Air (Flight International, 1-7 February, P16) have a wealth of experience in the UK air-transport business. Managing director Trefor Jones (left), like finance director Mike Robinson (right), came from Jersey European Airways. Before that, however, Jones had been director ...
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FlightSafety sets up pilot school in China
FLIGHTSAFETY International is to establish an airline training centre in Kunming, south-west China, in a joint venture with Xingyun's Yunnan Tobacco Group. Kunming FlightSafety Aviation Training is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 1996, equipped with Boeing 737 and 757/767 flight simulators. FlightSafety, which will ...
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Finnair share oversubscription restores optimism
THE LEVEL OF interest in the Finnair share issue has fuelled optimism that investors are regaining confidence in Europe's airline market. The state-controlled Finnish carrier reveals that the issue was more than twice oversubscribed and says that it has raised the volume of shares on offer to the ...
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Cambodian ex-minister attacks creation of RAC
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CAMBODIA'S RECENTLY concluded joint-venture agreement with Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) to relaunch Royal Air Cambodge (RAC), has been attacked as unconstitutional by the country's former finance minister Sam Rainsy. He claims that the deal, giving MHS a 40% stake and virtual operational control of ...
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Pilot worries force FAA action over runway aid
Kieran Daly/LONDON A KEY ELEMENT of the USA's airport-capacity enhancement programme is being held up following unexpected difficulties in using it operationally. The precision runway monitor (PRM) has an electronically scanned (E-scan) radar, with a high update-rate, to permit independent approaches to closely spaced parallel runways. ...
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Swissair runs into turbulence over Sabena alliance
FURTHER controversy has blown up around Swissair's alliance talks with Sabena, following the disclosure that the Swiss carrier is planning to make a revised offer which will include a call for "substantial" Belgian Government help in recapitalising its national carrier. "Swissair will formulate a new offer later this ...
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US airlines remain in the red
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE US AIRLINE industry again failed to produce the long-awaited return to profitability in 1994 as carriers paid for their latest round of restructuring. Two airlines, USAir and Continental Airlines, have warned of further job losses and aircraft deferrals to come. With most of ...
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Delta/Virgin code-share approved
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) has approved Delta Air Lines' space/code-sharing deal with Virgin Atlantic Airways, for which Delta first applied in April 1994. The agreement will give Atlanta, Georgia-based Delta its first access to London Heathrow through seat blocks purchased on Virgin ...