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Champion of the cause
Senator John McCain is on a mission to secure a more competitive US airline industry. His legislative proposals include freeing up more slots for startups and smaller airlines, prompt action against predatory behaviour, and increased airport funding. Report by Karen Walker.'He can be a powerful friend or a formidable foe,' ...
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Mesa faces tough times
A new board of directors at Mesa Air Group is flexing its muscles in a bid to respond to challenges facing the carrier. The airline's new board includes Virgin Express chief executive officer Jonathan Ornstein and Virgin Express director, James Swigart. Larry Risley and his wife, both co-founders of ...
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MetroJet set to propel US
US Airways' new airline, MetroJet, will throw down the gauntlet to the US champion of low-costs, Southwest Airlines, when it launches operations out of Baltimore-Washington on 1 June 1998. Details of US Airways' low-cost competitive response hold no surprises, according to analysts. By launching a service out of Baltimore ...
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UPS on the up
United Parcel Service has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots which has been endorsed by unions and was due to be ratified by March. The agreement is said to offer a 27 per cent wage rise over seven years, with equity for the pilots. Source: Airline Business
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New Airbus chief
Noël Forgeard has been appointed managing director of Airbus. Forgeard, formerly president of Lagardère and chief executive of Matra, replaces Jean Pierson. Dietrich Russell is now Airbus' chief operating officer. Source: Airline Business
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US alliance opens the floodgates
The alliance coup pulled off by Northwest and Continental will speed up similar revenue tieups in the US and push global alliance building to new levels of activity. By Karen Walker.Denying a statement that he has worked for '. . . just about every airline in the US', US Airways' ...
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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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Looking peaky
In its third straight year of profit, the airline industry broke all records last year. But some Asians are suffering and tougher times may be ahead. Richard Whitaker reports. It's early days yet and many carriers have not yet reported full-year financial results for 1997, but it is clear that ...
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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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Weakened by taxation
Growing profits at many airlines have led to an increase in the taxes levied by governments and a rash of new charges. Tom Gill assesses the current state of affairs worldwide.'An airline is like a fat cow - everyone is milking it.' Like most airline executives, Franco Mancassola of UK-based ...
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Delta toys with TWA tie
A proposed codeshare by Delta Air Lines and Trans World Airlines on US-Japan routes is sparking speculation of the start of a stronger relationship between the two. Earlier in February, Delta's plans for a merger with Continental Airlines were thwarted when Continental opted instead for an alliance with Northwest ...
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Oriental calm dawns in US
At long last, Tokyo and Washington have settled their aeropolitical differences with a substantive open skies agreement that extends well beyond a 'mini-deal'. But Europeans are fuming at the deal's valuable concessions to the US. The new US-Japan open skies deal penned in February 1998 has helped right the ...
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Southern boom
The US carriers, led by American Airlines, have benefited the most from the growth in demand to Latin America. Report by April Pearson. With growth of 23.9 per cent over the last five years, US-Latin America air traffic is outpacing economic growth. Growth still lags behind the larger European and ...
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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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P&W starts geared turbofan revolution
Karen Walker Pratt & Whitney will unveil details tomorrow of its new PW8000 geared turbofan, the engine which it says will "-change the rules of the game." P&W has made the unusual decision to launch the PW8000 without a customer. But company president Karl Krapek says it is time to ...
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Organisers look to curb number of shows
Tim Ripley Attempts to bring order to the increasingly chaotic aerospace and defence show circuit may flounder through the non-participation of France's GIFAS, the Paris airshow organiser. Yesterday many of the key figures on the airshow scene met in Singapore to lay the foundations of the International Association ...
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Overhaul specialist expands with international contracts
Alitalia Technical Operations division has secured contracts to overhaul two Continental Airlines DC-10s at its Rome maintenance centre and is optimistic that it will win a longer term commitment from the US carrier. One contract is for a C-check, the other a D-check. Winning a more substantial contract would satisfy ...
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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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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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Lockheed Martin wants to make new friends
Strong international partnerships are still the ambition of Lockheed Martin, says Micky Blackwell, president of the company's Aeronautics Sector. During a whistlestop one-day visit to Asian Aerospace, he says: "We are looking for partnerships as stepping stones to other things". Blackwell points to recent link-ups with Australian, Italian ...