Strategy – Page 653
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Tiger breaks Qantas-Virgin Blue duopoly in Australia
Singapore-based low-cost carrier Tiger Airways is seeking to break the "cosy duopoly" of the Qantas Airways Group and Virgin Blue through the launch of a new domestic airline in Australia.
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Pacific could become another Jetstar
Australia's Qantas Airways is in talks to acquire a minority stake in Vietnam's Pacific Airlines as part of its Asian expansion strategy.
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Delta plan ends US Airways interest
Delta Air Lines has secured creditor support for its own reorganisation plan, persuading US Airways to withdraw at the end of January its unsolicited $10 billion takeover bid.
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EC shows hand on airport charges and capacity
The European Commission (EC) has published its so-called "Airport Package" including a draft directive on airport charges, a communication on capacity and a report on ground handling.
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Aer Lingus and JetBlue forge web links
Aer Lingus and JetBlue Airways are developing a unique partnership that could result in the first interline-type tie-up between a US low-fare carrier and a transatlantic operator.
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Kifah Hasan Jabber walks a lonely road with Iraqi Airways
The lifting of UN sanctions against Iraq in 2003 failed to achieve the hoped-for effect of reviving the country's moribund flag carrier
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Arranged marriages: Russia focus
Despite confusing government signals, Russia's airline industry is slowly beginning to consolidate
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Forum: Pilots fight back
The airline industry is recovering from its post-9/11 downturn, but pilot salaries - which have been depressed for years - are not increasing in tandem, says Captain John Prater, new president of the Air Line Pilots Association International, which represents 60,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the USA and Canada