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Jet propelled into action
India's second biggest domestic airline, Jet Airways, is shedding long-time equity partners and forging links with new allies, as well as gearing up to take on rivals Air India and Indian Airlines on international services. It's all change as far as Jet's partners are concerned. Middle East operators Gulf ...
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Born again airlines
Karen Walker. Those low-fare, low-cost US airlines still standing as the year draws to a close may well wish to take a bow. In sharp contrast to the US majors, for them 1997 will have been a year of survival rather than profitability. For the low-cost airlines that are ...
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Nine cry foul over Milan
The complaint by nine major operators at Milan/Linate airport to the European Commission about next year's transfer to the new Malpensa airport reflects their concern over the threat that Malpensa poses to their own hubs. While Alitalia could not develop Malpensa into a hub alone, the Italian flag carrier ...
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Airbus accord
The four Airbus partners have agreed to make the consortium a limited company by early 1999 with management control over all manufacturing functions. A decision has been postponed over whether legal ownership of the factories should also be transferred. Source: Airline Business
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US to open more skies?
The US open skies machine continues its march around the globe, with the hope that Chile may become the 26th country to seal an agreement. Although the text of the US-Chile open skies treaty has been agreed, the Chilean government is holding out until the American/LanChile alliance is approved ...
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Conquering TAP's markets
Portugalia has cemented its position as the first and, so far, the only home-grown challenger to TAP since its launch in 1990. The carrier is one of the best examples of the gradual impact of deregulation in Europe. It has followed an opportunistic path from the domestic market through limited ...
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SAA heads set to roll?
South African Airways' parent company Transnet has appointed a New York-based recruitment agency to headhunt senior managerial staff as part of the airline's restructuring process. Zukile Nomvete, the Transnet executive director responsible for SAA, says emphatically that his own job is not in doubt. He makes no mention of ...
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Saab out but Fokker in?
As Saab prepares to make its formal exit from the manufacture of regional aircraft, attempts to resurrect the production of Fokker jets are continuing. Saab's official statement merely says that the company is examining the possible closure of its Saab 340 and Saab 2000 aircraft production lines, but a ...
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S Africa to sell airports
At least 29 airport operators from Europe, North America and Asia have expressed an interest in the privatisation of South Africa's nine state-owned airports. According to the Department of Transport's advisers, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, the government initially plans to sell 49 percent of the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), ...
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Spain adds to civil war?
Spanish rivals Air Europa and Spanair are set to extend their domestic battle to the international arena as both carriers launch services to the US and link up with US majors. Palma-based Spanair was due to launch its first scheduled operation to the US on 20 November, flying from ...
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A pan-European hubbing pioneer
As its chairman and chief executive officer, Franco Mancassola makes no apology for his personification of Debonair's brand image. And with a penchant for designer clothes, expensive cars and the more upmarket passenger, nor does he make any attempt to disguise his disdain for some more downmarket, no-frills rivals. ...
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Easy does it
Easy come, easy go. Hopefully EasyJet's use of this slogan to depict its ticketless booking and rapid check-in and boarding procedures will never apply to its presence in the European airline industry. Few think it will. The airline's charismatic chairman, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has made sure his startup uses technology ...
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A tale of two startups
Jackie Gallacher Two startup carriers, two philosophies. Ironically, while EasyJet and Debonair have a lot in common, their differences are at the root of the strong rivalry between their chairmen, respectively Stelios Haji-Ioannou - the young and wealthy owner of a Greek shipping company - and Franco Mancassola, an ...
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Turn off the TAP
Doug Cameron. For years TAP has had a public face only a mother could love. 'SAir didn't sign an alliance agreement with us because of our beautiful eyes,' admits Manuel Ferreira Lima, the airline's chairman. The challenge he faces is to convince the market that the changes he has pushed ...
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Cargo chaos hits Thailand
The scene is set for an air cargo war in Thailand's skies next year, as two more air cargo operators battle for freight business. The two new cargo carriers are set to jostle with the 76 carriers already offering cargo space at Bangkok's Don Muang airport, in what is ...
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Mexican spat over codes
Mexico and Washington are coming to blows over codesharing, prompting calls for changes in their bilateral. Discussions were set to resume in December but, according to one Washington source, 'they're talking, but they don't seem to be getting anywhere'. The current US-Mexico bilateral makes no provision for codesharing ...
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Korean links
North and South Korea have concluded their first air services agreement. The ICAO-brokered deal opens the two countries' airspace to all operators from 28 February next year. Source: Airline Business
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Suppliers
Boeing's 777-300 made its maiden flight on 16 October. Solair is to be Delta Air Lines' sole supplier of airframe spare parts in a deal worth $150 million over three years. Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services has acquired Interturbine's Flight Repair Group. Finavitec and Airbus have signed ...
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Governments
Singapore and Brazil have signed new a bilateral air services agreement that will allow both Vaspand Singapore Airlines to operate three weekly services apiece between Singapore and Brazil. The French government has confirmed that two new runways are to be built at Paris/Charles de Gaulle. Source: Airline ...
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Appointments
Andrew Sentance has joined British Airways from the London Business School as chief economist. BritishAirways Engineering has appointed Ferdinando Bruno as general manager business development and Mike Hodgson as general manager fleet 2. Lawrence Urquhart is to succeed Brian Smith as UKairport operator BAA's chairman in July 1998. ...