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Thai Airways plans fleet shake-up over five years
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THAI AIRWAYS International is to purchase 21 new jet-powered airliners and dispose of 31 older aircraft, under a five-year fleet-rationalisation plan approved by its directors. The carrier's 1996-2000 long-term plan calls for a reduction from 14 to six baseline aircraft types and a ...
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How open skies?
GERMANY HAS become the latest and largest catch in the US drive to sign up Europe to open skies. With this new bilateral safely initialed, the USA has now signed up 11 European nations to open skies, representing 40% of the region's air market. The deal marks ...
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Making waves
Not only has Mexican carrier Aeromar survived the recession, but it has done so by expanding. Gilbert Sedbon/MEXICO CITY AFTER SURVIVING the Mexican economic crash of 1995, Transportes Aeromar, the country's newest domestic carrier, is back in a growth pattern aimed at breaking through the 1 million ...
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Appointments
Changes at Air France Europe include chief operating officer Patrick Alexandre also assuming the title of executive vice president. Marc Lemidey becomes EVP planning and development, Michael Enneser is appointed EVP station operations and cargo and Pierre-Alain Jeanneney is EVP finance and administration. Swissair has appointed Armin Daume ...
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One problem, three Chinas
Beijing's sovereignty claims over the 'territories' of Hong Kong and Taiwan are having repercussions throughout Asia and could yet spread to other parts of the world. China's attempts to disrupt Taiwan's presidential election in March have left the status of air services between several Asian points in limbo. ...
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More than a name change
Chairman Christian Blanc is using the UK market to trial his plans to merge Air France's European operations with Air Inter - already legally known as Air France Europe. Air France's sister carrier is taking over all operations on routes from Paris/Orly and the French regional destinations to ...
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ANZ rejigs Ansett deal
Air New Zealand's tortuous attempts to forge an equity alliance with Australian operator Ansett are fast taking on more shades than a chameleon. After prolonged discussions to reach an agreement to make a phased purchase of TNT's 50 per cent holding, new talks are underway to change the shape of ...
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Gang of four menace MAS
Malaysia Airlines' traditional monopoly on domestic and international air services is coming under increasing threat from four other carriers. The national flag's much-vaunted potential competitor, Air Asia, is set to join forces with Malaysian regional startup Saeaga Airlines in a joint venture with services to major regional destinations. ...
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EBA: the new Euro Virgin?
Virgin Atlantic is concerned that its carefully crafted brand image could suffer from the planned foray into low-frills, low-cost operations in Europe by chairman Richard Branson. Virgin Europe, headed by ex-Continental Express boss Jonathan Ornstein, declared an interest in mid-February in buying 80 per cent of Brussels-based EuroBelgian ...
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Strike threat looms in US
A surprise deal between United Airlines and its flight attendants contrasts sharply with pilot-management talks at Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. As of mid-February, those two carriers were locked in federally mediated negotiations as pilots turned up the heat with strike preparations. The most notable points that ...
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Agents for change
All the major computer reservations systems recently signed distribution agreements in China. Elaine White outlines the Chinese travel agent scene and looks at the potential for automating what will become the world's largest travel market.China's travel and tourism industry may be relatively new, but it is already one of the ...
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No haste, just speed
Having sealed its partnership with KLM, Kenya Airways is wasting no time in completing its privatisation and entering the next phase of its development. Jackie Gallacher reports.Kenya Airways is in a hurry. It aims to complete its privatisation by the end of March, and to outline the main priorities for ...
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On the upswing
Richard Whitaker and Sara Guild review the financial and traffic performances of the 40 airlines which have so far released data covering all or part of 1995. If 1994 was the year of recovery for the airline industry, for most carriers 1995 saw profits return with a vengeance. Ten out ...
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Good times, bad times
Northwest Airlines is no longer the highly leveraged, unprofitable carrier of a few years ago, but the carrier faces some tough hurdles in 1996. Jane Levere reports.The scourge of the investment community less than three years ago, Northwest Airlines is now the darling of Wall Street, having streamlined its operations ...
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A few home truths
Full liberalisation of the domestic markets of all the third package signatory states is just over a year away but Europe's leading economy is already in its third year of fully-fledged domestic competition. Mark Odell reports. The prospects for new competitors in the German internal market appear bleak after liberalisation ...
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Airline news
Virgin Atlantic will start thrice weekly services from London/ Heathrow to Johannesburg from October. British Airways is to ban smoking on all flights to US and Caribbean destinations, except where more than one daily flight is available. South African Airways has resumed service to Buenos Aires ...
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Consulting with success
Kenya Airways' successful privatisation is raising hopes for a renaissance in African aviation Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRIAN DAVIES admits that it was an opportunity that no self-respecting aviation consultant could have resisted. After being called in to lead a six-week study on how Kenya Airways should ...
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Fairchild delivers Metro 23s to Orca
FAIRCHILD HAS delivered the first of two Metro 23s equipped with an electronic flight-information system. The 23E as the version is known, is also fitted with a digital autopilot and was delivered recently, to Egyptian carrier Orca Air. The airline, which has options on a further four 23Es, will operate ...
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Asian ATR centre set for year-end
AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) says that its Asian ATR training centre, a joint venture with Thai Airways International, will be operational by November. The centre will be located in Thai's simulator base in Bangkok (Flight International, 20-26 December1995). The centre will be equipped with a Thomson Training & Simulation ...
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Hughes deals change shape of commercial simulator fleet
HUGHES FLIGHT Training in the UK has announced a series of deals, which will result in a reshaping of its commercial flight-simulator fleet. The London Gatwick-based independent training centre, formerly British Caledonian Flight Training has repositioned a Boeing 737-300/400 simulator, from Gatwick to Alaska Airlines' training centre in ...