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Gleaming Gardermoen
Can Norway's attractive new hub at Gardermoen carve out an international role in the Scandinavian market? Oslo's futuristic new airport at Gardermoen can probably lay claim to being Europe's last major new opening this side of the millennium. It is undoubtedly a gleaming example of Norwegian architecture, coming complete with ...
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private investigations
A new European directive on data protection is threatening to change the rules for airline alliance partners seeking to share customer details. Imagine the global alliance makers as players on a Monopoly board, all lined up at the start and keen to roll the dice. The world's major airlines ...
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Pockets of growth
It should come as no surprise that in the USA, much of what can or cannot be done about capacity growth will boil down to politics. In keeping with all of American life, politics weaves its way through all of the major issues: not least the struggle to raise ...
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Reining back on growth
Not so long ago, the issue exercising minds in much of Asia Pacific was whether airport capacity would be able to keep pace with the region's roaring traffic growth. Since last year's economic turmoil took hold, the concerns have changed. After decades of topping the growth tables, the region ...
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Not there yet
Canadian Airlines is falling behind on its recovery plan and still faces a host of serious challenges. Canadian Airlines finally made a profit last year. A tiny net result of only C$5.4 million ($3.5 million)may have looked like a molehill amid the Rocky Mountains that crowd Alberta's western sky. Yet ...
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Flourishing in Florida
As Miami's major airport struggles to keep pace with the fastest growth in the USA, its smaller rivals are making a bid for more international service. Growth in Florida is a bit like the sunshine - there's always plenty to go around. No matter which way you slice the ...
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BA/American put alliance brakes on
Faced with declining yields across the North Atlantic, British Airways and American Airlines have confirmed plans to postpone a full alliance for up to five years. But their revised plans for limited codesharing have failed to dispel US opposition. BA now plans to codeshare with American in the US ...
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Continental seeks justice
The US Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to mount a legal challenge to the proposed purchase of a 14% stake in Continental Airlines by Northwest Airlines throws a question mark over the future shape of the alliance. Continental Airlines insists it will pursue the pact and that the two airlines ...
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Mixed fortunes in US results
Every US chief executive expects to find the next economic downturn around the corner - a fact acknowledged by United Airlines chairman Gerald Greenwald when he said: "Yes, Virginia, there's a bear market out there. How big, how bad and how long it stays remains to be seen." But when ...
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Near to the limit
Despite a recent spate of new airport openings, the capacity crunch in western Europe looks as if it is here to stay, at least for the region's major hubs. The fact is underlined by the number of smaller, secondary airports now eagerly marketing themselves as alternatives to the overcrowded majors. ...
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FedEx poised for Xmas strike
As Airline Business was going to press, the 3,500 members of the FedEx Pilots Association (FPA) were poised to implement a policy of no voluntary overtime. The union insists that its only option may be to strike. A ballot authorising the FPA's board of directors to strike will be ...
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West African optimist
Plagued by debts, short of aircraft and without a strategic partner, the outlook remains tough for Air Afrique. But chairman Sir Harry Tirvengadum is banking on a new privatisation plan. It is difficult not to be impressed by how calm and collected Sir Harry Tirvengadum has remained since his arrival ...
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Precise mapping
Tim Furniss/LONDONOne of the few Space Shuttle flights guaranteed a launch date next year is the 11-day mission of the STS99/Endeavour.Because the flight is not related to the International Space Station (ISS) project, it is not subject to the schedule uncertainties that have plagued the ISS.The STS99 will be dedicated ...
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Dasa/Hyundai team to bid on sensor
DaimlerChrysler Aero- space (Dasa) is to offer its AN/AAR-60 missile warning sensor in partnership with Hyundai to meet an emerging South Korean air requirement to equip combat aircraft. The sensor is already to be integrated into the NH Industries NH90 multirole medium helicopter and will probably also be fitted in ...
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Training trends
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCChanges in the military flight simulation industry in recent years have been as much about the way it does business as the technology it uses. Customers are increasingly viewing training as something that is paid for when needed, rather than requiring up-front investment.Whether it is called fee-for-service, "private ...
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Turkey's $3bn helicopter buy held up by flight test delays
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Delays in completing flight demonstrations have held up a decision on Turkey's $3 billion project to procure 145 attack helicopters. A shortlist of two or three finalists is not expected until early next year. The final contract award is now expected to be concluded in June or ...
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Airfield support goes out to tender for UK services
The UK ministry of defence has selected seven companies to submit proposals to provide airfield support services for all the UK armed services airfields, in a long-term deal that could be worth at least £1 billion ($1.64 billion)over 10 years, according to one industry estimate. The tender, which will be ...
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A boxcar designed to be a tough operator
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON Houston's Ellington Field Airport can hardly be described as a bush environment, so it was not the perfect location in which to test the abilities claimed for the Gavilan 358 utility aircraft. After a couple of hours flying the 358, just a few kilometres before my turn ...
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Executive decisions
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESAlan Mulally, the newly appointed president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, walks eagerly to the corner of his office and turns on the computer. Like an instant "state of the nation" monitor, the screen summarises the status of every single Boeing Commercial aircraft coming off the production ...
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Thomson reveals expansion plans for Orbit subsidiary
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) has outlined plans to expand its Orbit Flight Training simulator operating subsidiary. TTS-built Airbus A320 and A340 full-flight simulators have entered service with Orbit at a centre near London Gatwick Airport. The company will also offer A310 training from December at its ...