All articles by Mark Pilling – Page 10
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Ryanair sees Aer Lingus takeover boosted by Europe consolidation moves
Consolidation spurs Ryanair ambitions The recent rush of airline merger and acquisition activity in the region is prompting Ryanair to step up its...
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First half traffic: Relative calm before the storm
Traffic in the first half of the year continued to show solid growth in many regions, but the picture for the remainder of the year is gloomy as many carriers...
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IATA forecasts massive industry losses in 2008
With oil prices hitting $130 a barrel, IATA carriers see losses, failures and mergers on...
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Arab carriers sign joint distribution deal
A dozen Middle East and North African carriers will slash their distribution...
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Airline bosses call for strict capacity discipline
Chief executives at the IATA AGM said they are cutting back networks and parking aircraft Over the past few weeks carriers all over the globe have...
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IATA calls for states to liberalise air transport
IATA's call to rip up the bilateral system is not the first and it won't be the last. But is anyone listening? Delegates at the IATA annual meeting...
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Distribution 2008: Flying off the shelf
Mark Pilling kuala lumpur flying off the shelf The Asia-Pacific market has its own specific challenges when it comes to selling and marketing...
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Airports ranking: Climbing up the table
As this year's Airline Business Top 150 airports traffic ranking shows, the world's main gateways had a good year in 2007. The star performers were in Russia,...
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Executive appointments
In brief United Airlines has shaken up the roles of top executives Pete McDonald (below left) and John Tague. McDonald hands over the chief operating...
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The story behind how GB Airways was sold to easyJet
A detailed strategic review of the future of UK-based carrier GB Airways eventually led to the carrier being sold to easyJet. What lay behind the deal? The...
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Andrew Harrison: Keeping it simple at easyJet
EasyJet boss Andrew Harrison is adamant that the European carrier will stick to its principles of delivering a low-cost and convenient product through thick...
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VIDEO: Easyjet CEO Andy Harrison talks fuel, ancillaries and future prospects
Continuing our CEO interviews, Airline Business Editor Mark Pilling interviews the CEO of Easyjet, Andy Harrision.
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VIDEO: Opening the Atlantic Skies - Delta and Air France's joint venture
A new era in transatlantic airline competition started this week as the US-European Union Open Skies agreement came into force. In this video report, Delta and Air France discuss their Transatlantic joint venture
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Network report: Talk of the town
Mark Pilling San Diego Mergers, tough economic conditions and Europe-US Open Skies were the top themes at this year's Network USA route planning event...
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Comment: View from the top
The industry has clearly passed its peak. Now the question is how precipitous will the decline be and will the downturn finally spur consolidation in North...
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Year-end results: majors come up with the goods
Network carriers broadly posted good results in the latter part of 2007 both in Europe and the Asia-Pacific With the exception of AirAsia representing...
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Appointments
Kingfisher Airlines has appointed Siva Ramachandran to the role of vice-president global sales, based in the Indian carrier's Mumbai hub. Ramachandran, who...