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Kiwi quests
Air New Zealand sees its future in a global alliance but has yet to gain access to the Star Alliance. Meanwhile the carrier still needs to overcome major challenges close to home. David Knibb reports from Auckland. Air New ZealandThey say events often happen in threes - all the more ...
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And then there were four . . .
The latest 'virtual merger' means four airlines have 70 per cent of the US market. The airline alliance dance has moved into a new phase with the announcement of the virtual merger between Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines. The entire industry is still trying to digest the implications of this ...
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US-Japan: is this the finish post?
The new US-Japan civil aviation bilateral might go down in history as the agreement that metamorphosed from a full open skies prospect into a reality check. Given the increasingly obvious premise that full open skies was not on the table, it eventually came down to the US Department of ...
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Labour strife hits Europe
Cancellations are set to continue at Olympic Airlines if the question of staff shortages is not resolved, while labour strife is also plaguing Virgin Express. Olympic's unions are demanding that the airline reinstate the 64 seasonal flight attendants it fired in February. At presstime, the airline was forced to ...
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Enter the eurozone
Airlines need to get to grips with the pricing and IT issues that are posed by the planned arrival of Europe's single currency on 1 January, 1999. Report by Gemini's Keith Turner. A year ago it was debatable whether Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) would ever happen. Since then there ...
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BA alliance faces delay
Patience is a virtue that American Airlines and British Airways surely must be learning. Both carriers seem resigned to more months of delay as their proposed alliance faces scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic. But BA now hopes that the European Commission might put all alliances at a ...
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WestPac to pack it all in
Denver-based Western Pacific has joined the long list of US low cost carriers to bite the dust. The airline has been unable to buy the time needed to turn around since limping into Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year. The US industry has been anticipating Western Pacific's demise for some ...
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The smart airlines take credit cards
Three US airlines have formed partnerships with American Express and Bank of Hawaii to expand their use of electronic systems, streamline their operations and broaden distribution. Pioneering in these efforts is travel industry giant American Express, which has partnered both American Airlines and Continental Airlines. Since late 1996, American has ...
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1997 at a glance
January Boeing and McDonnell Douglas announce plans for a $13.3 billion merger. Norwegian travel agents threaten to sue SAS over plans to reduce commissions. Delta Air Lines winds down its Frankfurt hub, ending its intra-European services. Swissair, Austrian, Sabena and Delta establish a revenue pool on the North Atlantic. A ...
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No brakes on Messier-Bugatti in global market
Asian Aerospace exhibitor Messier-Bugatti (Stand A411), which is owned by Snecma, is now the world's leading supplier of carbon brakes, with around 30% of its possible global market. Airbus has certified Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for each of its aircraft types and Dassault also specifies them for the Mirage 2000 ...
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Swearingen's Asia target
Why opt for secondhand when you can have a brand new executive jet for just $3.5 million With 103 firm orders - 60 per cent from the USA and 40 per cent from Europe - in its slipstream so far, Sino Swearingen is hoping its SJ30-2 will capture the ...
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Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE)
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is to consider a Singapore and New York Stock Exchange listing in 2000 as a capital-raising exercise to help boost its portfolio. Managing director John Willingham says SALE has no definitive plans to list at the moment, although owners Singapore Airlines (SIA), Boullioun Aviation Services ...
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Hamburg boost lifts Airbus to a record level of output
The Hamburg final assembly line of the Airbus Industrie A321 and A319 is to raise production from six aircraft a month to 11 by the end of this year. It will mean that together with the A320 line in Toulouse, Airbus will achieve a record 18 single-aisle aircraft a ...
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Embraer scoops an $810million order from Business Express
Embraer earned its place as the show's most successful exhibitor in new contract terms yesterday when it revealed an $810-million order from US regional carrier Business Express. This takes the value of Embraer's show announcements to more than $1.3 billion. Over glasses of champagne, Mauricio Botelho, Embraer president ...
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New simulator for SAS
One year from now, SAS Flight Academy's centre in Stockholm will begin using its second Boeing 737-600/700/800 Full Flight Simulator. SAS has announced the order for the second simulator, to be manufactured by CAE Electronics, at Asian Aerospace '98. SAS Flight Academy currently has a total of 15 Full Flight ...
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Seating matters
Using the extensive experience gained in manufacturing seat components and refurbishing airline seats for more than a quarter of a century, Brice Manufacturing of the US has created its own economy-class airline seat, the Brice B1000 Series, which is designed to meet 16G standards. Brice (Stand C448) takes pride in ...
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Sound idea to solve noise problem
A new solution to making voice-recognition systems compatible with the high levels of noise and vibration in the helicopter cockpit is being developed by the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). The organisation also says that pilot workload will be reduced with the introduction of its new voice ...
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Lido offers integrated flight planning system
Lufthansa's former flight preparation procedures department, now an independent company in the Lufthansa group, is set to expand its international customer base by up to 50%. Kai Kosicki, director marketing and sales of Lufthansa Aeronautical Services - Lido Gmbh - says the requirements of airlines in this region parallel those ...
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Economic crisis puts region's deals at risk
Geoff Thomas Manufacturers were continuing to put on a brave face at the show yesterday, despite ever-strengthening indications that the region's economic turmoil is indeed having an effect on the industry. Beyond the obvious threats to airliner orders, it was being suggested that seemingly unrelated moves like Cathay ...
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Global 'extranet' spreads technological advances
Mark Hannant The space race not only put a man on the moon, it also famously gave the world Teflon and the non-stick frying pan, perhaps the greatest example of everyday benefits from aerospace technology. The industry has always been a leader and possibly no more so than in the ...