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1986
1986 - 0887.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT JALto kill off the cranes TOKYO The red crane, the symbol of the world's largest inter national carrier Japan Air Lines (JAL), could soon be extinct. JAL has set up a working party to revamp its corporate image, and the first victim is likely to be the crane or tsuru which has adorned JAL aircraft for the last 20 years. The JAL move is part of a major drive to win back traffic following last year's 747SR accident in which 520 people died. The airline also hopes a revitalised image will stem the growing threat from new Japanese carriers on the international airways. JAL is understood to have called in Time Management International, the consul tancy which fashioned British Airways "Putting People First" campaign, to help with the project. Morale among JAL workers has been low since the accident and the Government has criticised the irline for inefficiency. •A shake-up in JAL's i rporate structure has ready been announced, in hich the airline will be 'ivided into three divisions, ;ach with their own manage ment hierarchy (Flight, April 5, page 7) although details have yet to be finalised. JAL is keen to bounce back from a poor 12 months in which its business has been under pressure both domes tically and internationally. Last August's disaster is still being felt in Japan, where JAL's domestic traffic was 18 per cent lower in February than the corresponding month last year. Inter nationally JAL faces new challenges from the giant United Air Lines network and All Nippon Airways. Liverpool expands capacity Liverpool Airport, UK, is planning a major drive to attract charter traffic following the opening of a new £4 million passenger terminal. The building, which becomes operational on April 28, will allow the airport to handle up to 400,000 passengers a year by 1990. In contrast to Heathrow's new £200 million facility, the Liverpool terminal was built in just 12 months, with more than half the money for the project coming from the European Economic Community's regional development fund. Prospects improve for Indonesian sales JAKARTA Indonesia's state owned air craft manufacturer, Nusan- tara (Iptn), appears to be on the verge of several overseas sales. Malaysia is negotiating to buy four 35-seat CN-235s, made in collaboration with Casa of Spain, and an unspecified number of heli copters, Iptn's president- director B. J. Habibie said on April 5. Visiting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Kaya Erdem expressed interest in the purchase of 52 CN-235s during a visit to the Iptn plant in Bandung a day earlier. The Indonesians are to dispatch a team of technical experts to Jordan shortly for talks about sales, following a visit by King Hussein. Habibie said that the King "was very impressed by the CN-235 and CN-212, and asked for complete data". The monarch, who piloted his own Royal Jordanian Airlines DC-10 to Jakarta, spent about two hours at the plant taking a close look at its Super Puma. Iptn (formerly Nurtanio) has recently received orders for the CN-235 from Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea, a spokesman says. Habibie, who is also Indonesia's minister of research and technology, says he expected certification from Boeing by August for the manufacture of parts for the 747. Iptn has also signed an agreement with the American manufacturer for design work on a new 100-seater, he said. The main factor aiding local manufacture of aircraft is Indonesia's cheap labour. Air Wisconsin hubs at Dulles WASHINGTON Air Wisconsin is establishing a mini-hub at Dulles Inter national Airport with direct flights to the Midwest and the addition of commuter services later this year. First flights on the Midwest service began on April 1, reports Bob Burknardt. Two daily round trips are being operated on a circular route of Fort Wayne, Toledo and Dulles. When United Airlines extends its Dulles hub in June, Air Wisconsin, a UAL marketing partner, will add services to several cities located within a 150-mile radius of the Washington market. NEWS SCAN Trans Australian Airlines (TAA) will change its name in July to Australian Airlines. The carrier will also adopt a new livery, which will be revealed when it takes deliv ery of the first of 12 Boeing 737-300s the same month. Colombia's aviation authori ties have drawn up a $7-2 million plan to remodel the Alfonso Bonilla Inter national Airport in Cali, the nation's third largest city. The plan includes the construction of new cargo facilities, the widening of runways, a new fire station, and boarding bridges. Crossair claims a 97-6 per cent dispatch reliability for its Saab SF.340 turboprops in 1985. The Swiss regional airline recently took delivery of the last of ten of the type which it ordered. Manx Airlines has rejoined the European Regional Airline Organisation (ERA). The UK regional, which with drew because of high subscription levels, says that these have now been re adjusted. General manager Terry Liddiard adds: "There is an increasing British involvement within ERA which we felt should be supported". Reconstructed Kabul Airport is now operational 24hr a day to Icao Category 1 standards. The newly installed lighting is the Soviet-built "Svecha-3". More than 20 million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport in 1985 and its total revenues exceeded DM1000 million. It expects to be handling 33 million passengers a year by the end of the century. Swire Pacific, parent of Cathay Pacific Airways, reports a 28 per cent increase in profits for 1985 to HK$1,226 million ($157 million). The airline, which usually accounts for about half the group's profits, improved its operating profit and load factor over the year, but its total profit fell because of adverse currency move ments. Cathay will float 25 per cent of its equity on the Hay hoy stock exchange later this year. PLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 19 April 1986
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