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French Swiss role
Swissair Cargo is to market Sabena's entire cargo capacity from January. The move effectively will increase Swissair's cargo capacity by 25 per cent to 2 billion tonne km. Source: Airline Business
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A new bird
Having sold EBA to Virgin, City Hotels is linking with tour operator group NUR to create a new low-fare longhaul airline, City Bird. The carrier plans to operate two MD-11s. It will start dedicated charters for NUR in December, and from March it plans scheduled flights from Brussels to Newark, ...
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Routes to Oslo
Routes 98, the annual route development forum organised by Airline Business and ASM, is to be held in Oslo on 15-16 September 1997. The event will be hosted by the New Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, and SAS will be the official carrier. For further details, ...
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Al on board
El Al has finally filled its six month managerial vacuum with the appointment of Yoel Feldshu as general manager following the resignation in April of Rafi Harlev. Feldshu, a former air force general who left the service to work in the car industry, is close to Israeli prime minister Bejamin ...
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Turkish world
Turkish cargo operator Star Airways has bought struggling UK startup World Airlines from music entrepreneur Nick Stolberg. The carrier had suspended its sole scheduled service between London/City and Amsterdam at presstime and had had its BAe146 aircraft impounded in the UK capital for non-payment of landing fees. The carrier says ...
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Baltic bind
Finnair and Maersk have concluded a block seat codeshare agreement on Maersk's Billund-Stockholm service. The deal cements closer ties between the carriers which are already linked by Maersk's investment in Estonian Airlines and Finnair's codeshare with the latter. Source: Airline Business
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Thai unbound
Abacus has ended Amadeus' CRS monopoly in Thailand. The Asian CRS says Thailand's Communications Authority will be taking 29 per cent equity in Abacus Thailand. Galileo International will also move into the market under a joint venture with the Phataraprasit group. Source: Airline Business
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Shanghai shock
Shanghai has received approval to start building a second international airport at the fast-growing Pudong economic zone west of the city. The plan calls for a single runway airport designed for 20 million annual passengers. Source: Airline Business
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CLK protest
Airlines and user groups are firmly opposing proposals to double landing fees at Chek Lap Kok over those at Kai Tak. Critics of the plan argue the proposed 20-year pay-off period to recover construction costs is too short. As CLK's opening date nears, a Hong Kong business group is lobbying ...
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ILFC orders
In the October issue of Airline Business the feature on operating lessors (Land of the giants) incorrectly stated ILFC's order book. The current 263 firm orders are: 24 Boeing 777-2/300s, three B747-400s, 17 B767-300ERs, 22 B757-200s, 55 B737-6/7/800s, 19 B737-3/4/500s, 19 A340-300s, four A330-300s, 13 A330-200s, 18 A319s, 33 A320s ...
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Canada's SAS
Air Canada and SAS will develop a 'comprehensive' partnership as part of their participation in the wider United Airlines-Lufthansa alliance family. With neither carrier serving the other's home markets, the two plan to seek government approval to codeshare on flights between Canada and Norway, Sweden, and Denmark over Frankfurt, London ...
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Brazilian volley
The Canadian government is expected to lodge an official complaint with the World Trade Organisation alleging Brazilian support for Embraer's EMB-145 contravenes WTO guidelines. The move follows intense lobbying from Bombardier which had itself been the subject of complaints from rival manufacturers over support for the Canadair RJ and de ...
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Federico is on his way
Say goodbye to Federico Peña. The US transportation secretary is scheduled not to be invited back onto the president's cabinet, assuming the Clinton Administration wins another four years in office. Despite his much applauded efforts in the liberalisation of international aviation, Peña's continued gaffes - such as supporting ValuJet the ...
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Aircraft news
Alaska Airlines has ordered 12 Boeing 737-400s, with an option on 12 more. Tyrolean Airways has placed orders for two Canadair Regional Jets, scheduled for delivery in January and March 1997. Air Inter Gabon took delivery of its second ATR42-300 in September. Business Air ...
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Suppliers
McDonnell Douglas is to convert 60 DC-10s into MD-10 freighters for Federal Express by 1999. The first 36 aircraft are coming from United Airlines. MDC expects to launch its long-range jetliner, the MD-XX, in early 1997. Pemco World Air Services is to convert five B727-100 freighters to quick ...
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Appointments
Tony Tyler is to become Cathay Pacific's director corporate development and Robert Cutler will replace him as director service delivery. Northwest Airlines has elected James Lawrence to the position of executive vice-president finance/chief financial officer. David Brooks has been named as president of American Airlines' cargo ...
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Airports
Ten UK aviation unions formed the National Council for Civil Aviation in September to coordinate the views of UK airport and airline workers and promote passenger safety. In November, two interim halls were to replace provisional marquees set up at Düsseldorf/Rhine Ruhr after the fire at the airport ...
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Back to your routes
How does an airline perform better than its rivals when all carriers do basically the same thing? The key to success - resource-based management - can be found at home base, argues Paul Couvret. Every airline strategist will say they have the answers to market success, but are they ...
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Asia's cargo crunch
Airlines bidding to capitalise on the projected rich pickings from the Asia-Pacific cargo boom are pouring capacity into the region. But nobody is benefiting as rates, yields and profits slump, says Tom Ballantyne. When United Airlines said earlier this year that it planned to enter the full-freighter air cargo market ...
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Ramping up the price
Europe's airlines are fighting to cut costs but the second Cranfield University study of user charges at the region's airports suggests carriers can expect little help from their infrastructure and ground handling providers. By Ian Stockman. Since the last assessment of aircraft turnround fees at European airports by Cranfield ...