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Japan poised to renounce?
Deadlocked US-Japan passenger negotiations are testing the resolve of both sides, as the mood in Tokyo swings towards renunciation and the US attempts to avoid passenger talks this year. Early June talks in Tokyo became bogged down when the US insisted on resolving outstanding issues, principally plans by ...
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BA savours American pie
The impending alliance between American Airlines and British Airways confirms that US international aviation policy over the last two years has had a dramatic impact on the global airline industry. BA and American officials were preparing the accord at presstime. Sources say that a two-year discussion finally yielded ...
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Good relations
Why are most airports building up their marketing efforts to airlines? What are the most effective techniques? Why should airlines listen? Mike Haworth explains.As well as being clearly recognised as one of the most important factors in regional economic development, airports are increasingly acting like 'normal' businesses. And like ...
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Marketing a package
Abu Dhabi, host city for Routes '97, has its own unique approach to airport marketing. Mark Blacklock reportsShortly before landing at Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, Britannia Airways screens a video about the city, its airport and the duty free shopping complex. Provided free of charge by ...
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Hungarian dance
While it awaits the next stage of privatisation, Hungary's flag carrier is busy improving its efficiency. Richard Whitaker reports from Budapest. Ask a Malev executive what the carrier's ownership structure will be in a year's time, and the response will be very simple: it's almost anybody's guess. But ask about ...
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An oriental approach
Ministry of Transport officials are still smarting from criticism of the latest deregulation initiative in the Japanese domestic market. On the surface, the complaints seem justified as basic fares are set to increase across the board. But a main architect of the plan insists the benefits will come from the ...
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Immune deficiency syndromes
US transportation officials have long been quietly offering antitrust immunity as a gift for opening up international markets to their airlines. Now immunity is being sought on a grand scale, but the Department of Justice is wary. Mead Jennings reports.The question won't be asked officially for another year, but Elliott ...
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Iata fares badly over price fixing
Over the past 20 years, US officials have never missed an opportunity to utter their contempt for the tariff conferences that the International Air Transport Association holds for member airlines. The meetings, during which fare ceilings for international travel are set, have been exempted from antitrust laws since 1945. But ...
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Mirror images
Japan's two largest carriers are eyeing each other's traditional markets as they struggle to rectify the advantages enjoyed by their US rivals and the disadvantages of Japanese airport congestion. Successful cost-cutting remains the key. Mark Odell reports on their progress from Tokyo and then scrutinises domestic deregulation Japanese-style. Put the ...
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A clearer direction?
A spring-clean of the alliance movement has taken place over the past year, with many of the majors dusting off and discarding some of their older, redundant agreements and focusing instead on developing newer ones. Meanwhile the number of alliances continues to grow as more pertinent agreements are added by ...
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Financial results
Air Canada's operating loss widened from C$7m to C$40m. Domestic passenger revenues grew only 1% despite traffic growth of 11%. Operating profit leapt 59% to $401m. Pre-tax profits were $113m for the airline, $130m for Sabre and $22m for management services. Unit costs fell 13.6% as ...
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Aircraft news
German carrier Eurowings has ordered three A319s for charter operations. CSA Czech Airlines has ordered 10 Boeing 737-500s, seven of which are subject to reconfirmation. Japan Air System has ordered six more MD-90s plus one option, while Swissair has ordered a further two MD-11s with four ...
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Euro-continent is slow to recover
The long period of expansion for the global economy, which began in the United States five years ago, looks set to pickup momentum again this year and next as the Japanese business machine springs back to life. However, the performance of the industrial countries as a group looks distinctly patchy ...
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Props back in Dusseldorf
Düsseldorf's move to ban turboprop aircraft has failed following legal action by three operators and the airport has agreed a 3 June restart date. Germany's second busiest airport has a longstanding slot shortage and faces additional handling problems as a result of a serious fire on 11 April. ...
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Xiamen tests public purse
Xiamen airport has become China's test case for finding new funds. After Cathay Pacific's retreat last December ended the first attempted airport development with a foreign investor, Xiamen has now taken the lead again and become China's first airport to make a public offering. But foreign equity is proving elusive. ...
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UPS closes on Taipei hub
The decisions by United Parcel Service and DHL to launch Asian hubs commit all four of the big express cargo carriers to the Orient. The question now is which of the differing strategies will work and whether they will avoid the bloody shakedown that followed a similar scramble four years ...
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Twin trouble over China
The extraordinary growth in China's air travel market has come as a welcome boost for the world airline industry but it is also sparking serious confrontation between rival carriers of two Asia-Pacific nations over route rights. In South Korea, Korean Air and rival Asiana Airlines are tussling over ...
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More cash as heads roll?
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda is undergoing more management upheaval as it struggles to implement a critical fleet modernisation programme and lift performance after one of its toughest years. In the face of intense competition on key domestic and international routes from local rival Sempati and more efficient foreign ...
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Sabre all set to go it alone
The only computer reservation system still linked to a single airline is about to gain more autonomy as AMR plans to convert its Sabre operating divisions into a separate shareholding subsidiary. But will the parent of American Airlines seek an equity partner for Sabre? AMR has toyed with ...
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Sempati sale signals float
In a move to boost its balance sheet before going public, Indonesia's Sempati Air is to sell 40 per cent of its equity in a private deal to an Indonesian-Malaysian consortium. Coupled with a planned public offering of another 20 per cent later this year, Sempati will make ...