All Strategy news – Page 1117
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Swissair strategy advances
A year ago, when Swissair first presented Philippe Bruggisser as the incoming chief executive, he promised to take a firm hand with the group's costs and inject a touch more pragmatism to its alliance strategy. Twelve months later, Bruggisser appears to be making headway on both fronts. His ...
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Airports in growth again
A burst of growth towards the end of 1996 kept traffic increasing for the year at the world's airports, and the signs are that the good news could continue. Preliminary returns from the Airport Council International (ACI)which represents close to 500 airports around the world, suggest that growth ...
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Moroccan Beech
Casablanca-based Regional Air Lines, the first Moroccan commuter operator, is scheduled to take delivery of the last of four Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900Ds by the end of this month. The first aircraft was delivered in March, with the balance expected to be handed over from Raytheon's Kansas production line soon. ...
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Continental will choose DC-10 replacement soon
CONTINENTAL Airlines says that it could enter a long-term sole-supplier pact with Boeing in the process of picking an aircraft to replace the airline's ageing fleet of 27 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger aircraft. Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman and chief executive, says that he is initially seeking 40 aircraft ...
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Crossair considers launching airline in France
Swissair regional airline Crossair is studying launching a new airline to be located in France. It would be majority-owned by French investors to get round Switzerland's non-membership of the European Union (EU). Crossair says that it will "...decide on our plan of action in late June." It says ...
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Training together
OPINION DIFFERS on how good, or bad, a year 1996 was for the commercial ßight-simulator industry, but manufacturers agree that sales will increase over the next two years before the boom cycle ends in 1999 and business returns to what passes for normal in this dynamic industry sector. ...
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AirAsia calls in assistance on strategy plans
Malaysian start-up carrier AirAsia has called in a US consultancy to help draw up a strategic plan to develop it further as the country's second scheduled international airline. The five-month-old carrier has hired Gellman Research Associates (GRA) to prepare the report, due to be submitted by the end ...
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American Eagle returns to AI(R) with order for 12 ATR 72-210s
European regional airline consortium Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has signed with AMR subsidiary American Eagle for the purchase of 12 ATR 72-210A turboprops. The deal is seen as being of significance since it represents the return to favour of the type in North America following a slump in ...
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American loses Boeing delivery positions
AMERICANAIRLINES expects to have to retain and fit hushkits to additional Boeing 727s because of the delay in delivery of new Boeing aircraft resulting from the airline's failure to agree a new contract with its pilots. The 20-year, 630-aircraft purchase agreement with Boeing, announced in November 1996, was ...
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US Airways deal under threat
THE DEAL between US Airways and Airbus Industrie for up to 400 new aircraft will expire on 30 September, unless the US carrier is able to win major contract concessions with its workers. The deadline was disclosed for the first time by senior US Airways management during a ...
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Iberia closes in on major order to replace ageing Boeing 727s
Iberia is evaluating Boeing and Airbus narrowbody types as it moves towards placing an order later this year for at least 28 aircraft, to replace its fleet of ageing 155-seat Boeing 727-200s. The Spanish flag carrier says that the order will be divided between aircraft in the 200-seat ...
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BA boss backs TAT director despite strikes
The chairman of British Airways, Robert Ayling, has entered the fray over the strike action of BA's French subsidiaries TAT European Airlines and Air Liberté, now entering its second week without resolution. Speaking during a visit to Paris on 17 April, Ayling said that the two debt-plagued airlines, ...
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Austrian Airlines looks at Tyrolean take-over
Austrian Airlines may double its stake in Innsbruck-based regional carrier Tyrolean Airways to 85.7%. The flag carrier says, however, that it has had no confirmation of local press reports suggesting that businessman Gernot Langes-Swarovski, who holds 42.85%of Tyrolean, plans to sell his shares. Austrian holds a ...
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Chek Lap Kok fees create conflict
CONTROVERSY IS mounting over the level of user charges proposed for Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) Airport, with airlines and the tourism lobby arguing that the rise in fees would damage competitiveness. The concerns surfaced in the Hong Kong Legislature's 1997/8 budget debate, with concerns voiced ...
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Government fall stirs Indian civil-aviation confusion
India's civil-aviation policy has again been thrown into doubt following the fall of the country's United Front Government, which came only weeks after a ruling that foreign airlines would have to sell any shares held in Indian domestic carriers. India's acting aviation minister, C M Ibrahim, passed the ...
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Undue influence?
MOST MANUFACTURERS must dream of having exclusive supply deals with prestige customers. Most prestige customers probably do not dream of such deals - and they certainly should not. In the long term, these agreements (while undoubtedly attractive for both sides in the short term) could be seriously damaging to the ...
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Aeroflot plans to create a regional-hub network
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines is considering setting up a series of regional hubs in an attempt to break the dominance of Sheremetyevo Airport at Moscow in its network. The widening of its domestic-flights network in Russia and the CIS are two major factors in Aeroflot's strategy to improve efficiency. ...
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BA is first to pick Roll-Rolls 'hybrid'
British Airways has become the first airline to select the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524HT "hybrid" engine, having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the UK manufacturer specifying the powerplant for 14 Boeing 747-400s, ordered in September 1996. The engine deal will be worth more than $500 million to R-R, ...
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Explosive progress
On 5 May, 1987, a British Aerospace 146-200QT "Quiet Trader" freighter operating between Prestwick in the UK and a hub at Nuremburg, Germany, launched the European freight operations of Australia's TNT Transport group, which now trades as TNT Express Worldwide. In the ten years since then the company has established ...
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Down to earth
Full deregulation (in theory, at least) of European air services is admittedly only a few weeks old, but even its most ardent enthusiasts must be disappointed at the apparent lack of effect so far. Those who predicted a more obvious impact from deregulation may, however, not have long to wait. ...