Strategy – Page 705
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Surcharges bring revenue joy
Despite the rise in fuel prices, European carriers have seen strong revenue growth on the back of fuel surcharges and strong hedging strategies
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Aloha waves goodbye to Chapter 11
Aloha Airlines is poised to bid farewell to a relatively rapid trip through bankruptcy reorganisation, winning court clearance to exit Chapter 11 protection.
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BA swings its management axe
British Airways plans to reduce its management headcount by more than a third by 2008 – including half of all senior managers.
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Backers emerge for Virgin America plans
Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson’s long-held ambition to create a domestic US carrier appears to have taken a major step forward as he secures investors for his Virgin America project.
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Star raises prospect of airport boycotts
The airline-airport dispute has become an alliance-wide issue through an initiative begun by Air Canada’s Robert Milton, a vocal critic of spending at Toronto airport.
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Let’s talk
Internet access and live television have been realities on aircraft for some time, and the era of mobile telephony and SMS messaging during flight is arriving
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Chinese challenge
Anticipated regular non-stop flights between China and Taiwan and a brace of new Chinese hub airports threaten to knock Hong Kong’s aviation sector from centre stage, but it is fighting back
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Optional extras
A steadily increasing number of carriers from all corners of the globe are offering travellers the chance to upgrade their basic economy-class experience.
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Opportunity knocks
Washington’s offer to provide European investors with effective control of US carriers while keeping foreign ownership levels capped at 25% offers the best chance in years to unlock the door to a long-awaited transatlantic “Open Skies” deal