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Keeping up appearances
British Airways is using the power of its brand to spread its name and services around the world via franchise agreements. As other European carriers tentatively follow suit, Lois Jones explores the benefits and pitfalls involved. As equity investments begin to lose their shine, franchising is gaining appeal as ...
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Desert bloomer
Reno's economy may depend on gambling, but the relatively new hometown airline needs to rely on more than luck as it matures. David Knibb reviews the challenges which face Reno Air. Four years after its launch, Reno Air's future looks considerably brighter after surviving a shaky start. As the carrier ...
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They are United, but for how long?
Two years have gone by since United Airlines launched its employee stock ownership plan, which gave the carrier's pilots, machinists and non-contract workers a 55 per cent ownership stake in exchange for $4.9 billion in concessions. Since then the airline has seen unit costs drop by close to 7 per ...
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Afcac calls for ATC unity
A series of near misses over central African airspace has prompted the African Civil Aviation Commission (Afcac) to renew its drive for a single agency to coordinate air traffic control operations in all 53 African states. The move follows a warning from the South African pilots' organisation that ...
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Control is key to future success
Running an airline is becoming yet more complicated. Can managers manage? What will be the biggest managerial challenge faced by airline chiefs in years to come? There are many candidates: marketing in a deregulated environment; cost cutting; attracting new business; finding new markets; alliances; managing union relationships. But the biggest ...
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Navigator approval
The Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 GNSS navigation management system has received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The unit has also received supplemental type certification on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200. The global-positioning-system-based navigation device has been ordered by American Airlines and American Trans Air. ...
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Flying Colours
Following the appointment of Terry Soult as managing director and Carolyn Quintaba as commercial-services director, newly launched Flying Colours Airline, of Manchester, UK, has announced four more appointments. Terry Michaels becomes flight-operations director. He joins from Air 2000, where he was fleet captain for the Airbus Industrie A320 fleet, as ...
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Earning its upkeep
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BOEING 777 WAS launched into revenue operations on 7 June, 1995, with United Airlines, when the US airline began to operate its first Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered aircraft between London Heathrow and Washington DC. For several months United was the sole 777 ...
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GEC-Marconi leaves IFE market
GEC-MARCONI InFlight Systems (GMIS) is to leave the in-flight entertainment (IFE) market when its existing contractual commitments have been fulfilled. The company has also experienced problems attempting to get equipment into service. Potential purchasers for the proprietary technology are being sought, but despite industry rumours, GMIS says ...
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Crandall forecasts UK-US fares battle
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AMERICAN AIRLINES chairman Bob Crandall expects all five major rival US carriers to compete with the British Airways/ American alliance at Heathrow if the deal goes ahead. The American boss is forecasting a fares war across the Atlantic as capacity outstrips demand in the wake ...
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Lord tackles DC-9 cabin noise
LORD HAS flight-tested active noise- and vibration-control on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and expects US supplemental type-certification of the system in November. The company says that its NVX Active System for the DC-9 and MD-80 series eliminates engine tones and reduces cabin noise by "as much as 70%". ...
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MMS eyes $2 billion contract
Tim Furniss/LONDON FRANCE AND the UK have invited proposals from potential suppliers for a $2 billion military-communications satellite system for Europe. The proposed four-satellite system, called the Trimilsat - which could also involve Germany - may be launched early in the next century to complement and ...
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Europe takes fare action
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) is considering mounting an enquiry into excessive pricing on fully flexible business-class tickets in Europe. Transport commissioner Neil Kinnock says that an EC analysis has shown that such fares are often "significantly higher than costs", and may contravene EC rules ...
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FedEx commits to MD-10 effort
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US FREIGHT giant FedEx and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have launched the MD-10 programme with an agreement covering conversion of a minimum of 60 (MDC) DC-10s to two-crew cockpit configuration (Flight International, 3-9 July). The two-phase MD-10 project was launched after a complex deal ...
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BA aims to slash costs by £1 billion over three years
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is to concentrate on reducing costs at the airline's main hubs at Heathrow and Gatwick, doubling its franchising business and restructuring operating divisions such as its European partners as part of a company-wide £1 billion ($1.5 billion), three-year efficiency drive. The move, ...
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Where safety responsibility lies
Sir -Your Comment "Under oversight" (Flight International, 31 July-6 August) could give the impression that regulatory authorities rely on their own direct inspections to achieve high safety standards in aviation. This has never been the case. The aviation-safety process has always relied on regulatory-authority approval and licensing of ...
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Communication challenge
Passenger demand for on-board telephones is fuelling intense industrial competition. Kieran Daly/LONDON FEW battles being fought in the world of airliner equipment are fiercer than those to supply on-board telephony. As passengers come to expect telephones on aircraft, the degree of use is growing and so are the ...
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British Midland invests £15 million to upgrade its image
BRITISH MIDLAND has invested some £15 million ($25 million) on a re-launch of its image as a European business airline, with a new corporate livery and a package of service upgrades which includes the introduction of business class for the first time on its UK routes. The measures ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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Alaska is second EGPWS customer
ALASKA AIRLINES has joined American Airlines in purchasing AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) (Flight International, 4-10 September). Parent group Alaska Air has undertaken a $10 million commitment to equip Alaska Airlines' 25 Boeing 737-400s, and to train flightcrews in using an integrated global-positioning system (GPS) ...