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Continental and Air Canada agree to extend code-share deal
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES and shareholder Air Canada have announced new code-share services, beginning on 8 July. Rival Canadian Airlines International and American Airlines launched their code-sharing agreement on 1 June. The US-Canada "open-skies" aviation pact, signed in February, allows unlimited code-sharing between the countries' airlines, with temporary limits on ...
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Collins and Dassault team up on GCAS
ROCKWELL-COLLINS has linked with Dassault Electronique of France to develop a ground-collision avoidance system (GCAS). Airbus Industrie will flight-test a "red-label" prototype of the Dassault unit in late 1995, in an A319, and the system is to enter service with Air Inter in early 1997. Rockwell's Collins Commercial ...
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Suppliers
LSG Lufthansa Service, the Lufthansa catering division, has acquired US-based Caterair Holdings through Sky Chefs, the company's US partner. Pratt & Whitney, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company formed a joint venture to repair parts for the PW4000 engine. The repair facility will be located near Chiang ...
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Aircraft news
Continental Express has ordered 25 Beech 1900Ds. The contract is worth $105 million with deliveries due to start in July and continue through to mid-1996. Qantas has ordered three B737-400s and two 767-300ERs, worth $325 million. Maersk Air has ordered six Boeing 737-500s with options on ...
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Appointments
Graham Atkinson has been named vice president Atlantic division for United Airlines. This gives him responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Board of Airline Representatives in the UK has appointed Peter North as its first chief executive. Ed Bavaria has been named deputy ...
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Dutch interest
Vienna airport is to be further privatised with the sale of 19.1 per cent by the Austrian government - split 60:40 foreign to Austrian investors. One per cent of the shares will be purchased by Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport, which has just signed a commercial and technical cooperative deal with Vienna airport. ...
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Brazilian posts
Varig has named Carlos Willy Engels as president and Edgar Nascimento de Araujo as president of the administrative council. They replace Rubel Thomas who held both positions on retirement. Source: Airline Business
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Virgin territory
Virgin Atlantic has applied for slots at London/Heathrow to fly to Bombay, Washington and Johannesburg. It is negotiating for additional aircraft, with two B747-400s and three A340s needed for the new routes. Source: Airline Business
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India's giant
NEPC Airlines has bought rival Damania Airways to become the largest privately owned carrier in India. Damania operates mainly in western India, using four Boeing 737-200s. NEPC operates five Fokker F27s on feeder routes in southern India. Source: Airline Business
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Canadian spread
Air Canada and United Airlines have tightened their marketing alliance, and now plan codesharing to six US and four Canadian destinations. Air Canada also has been granted route rights to Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Haiti, Israel, Russia, Singapore and Spain. Flights to Israel start end of June. ...
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B777 gets ETOPs
Boeing's Pratt & Whitney powered 777 received Etops approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration prior to its maiden revenue flight with United Airlines on 7 June. Source: Airline Business
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Aidez-moi!
Aérospatiale has asked the new French government for a FFr10 billion (US$2 billion) cash injection. The Juppé government has also received a request from Snecma for FFr6 billion. The Balladur government committed FFr5 billion to Air France. Source: Airline Business
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Mesa says no
Mesa Air Group has rejected a proposal by Continental Airlines that Mesa buy the Continental Express subsidiary in exchange for $90 million worth of Mesa common stock. Mesa was not willing to accept the cost or Continental's proposed management changes. Source: Airline Business
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German growth
Lufthansa says its alliance with United Airlines has generated 1,000 extra passengers a day for the two carriers in its first year, increasing Lufthansa's Germany-US load factor by 10 points to 78 per cent. Chairman Jürgen Weber says it is the first time in 10 years the carrier has seen ...
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Mexican plea
Aeromexico will seek bankruptcy protection if holders of bonds due to mature on 10 June do not agree to a rescheduling. Holders of the $100 million of eurobonds and $37.5 million of euro-commercial paper are being asked to accept new five-year notes, with a 9.75 per cent interest rate. ...
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World class
Icao says the world's scheduled airlines produced an operating profit of 3.2 per cent on revenues of $247.5 billion in 1994. The net result is expected to be 'marginally negative'. Source: Airline Business
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New entry to Oz
Cathay Pacific has filed with the Australian Federal Court asking for the Australian government's ban on flights from 30 June to be quashed. Talks on the Australia-Hong Kong bilateral have broken down and Cathay's licence to operate to Australia finishes at the end of June. The HK carrier says the ...
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Managing Asia's growth
Aeropolitics, rising costs and physical impediments to growth are the biggest challenges posed by the tidal wave of growth forecast for the Asia-Pacific region. David Knibb reports from the Airline Business/ Reed Exhibitions conference on 'Managing Airline Growth in Asia', held in Singapore.Asia's growth defies superlatives. ...
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The yen factor
The strength of the Japanese yen is having major repercussions throughout the airline business. David Knibb looks at the impact.The Japanese even have a word for it. Endaka describes the inexorable rise in the value of the yen. It's not a new phenomenon; the yen has been appreciating for at ...
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Clearing the cost block
Continental Airlines' president, Gordon Bethune, says the airline must focus on revenue gains rather than cost cuts, and must improve its poor reputation. Mark Odell reports from Houston.Gordon Bethune, the president and chief executive of Continental Airlines, doesn't mince his words. His energetic and hands-on management style has ripped ...