All Networks articles – Page 1208
-
News
SIA moves to link with CAL
Singapore Airlines' latest linkup - with China Airlines - offers few clues as to whether it will join the Star Alliance. The agreement by Singapore Airlines and China Airlines to form a strategic partnership caught many by surprise because it does not follow the pattern of pacts between members ...
-
News
Strong on caution
Qantas needs to respond quickly to market conditions yet its managing director, James Strong, refuses to be rushed into any major decisions. If he has said it once, he has said it in a dozen ways: 'There's no use charging around the place; you don't just snatch at things ...
-
News
A time for celebration
While 1997 certainly broke all industry records for profitability, there were already dark clouds on the horizon as the effects of the Asian currency crisis began to make themselves felt. There will be worse to come this year as economies in the region continue to slow. So while the ...
-
News
Scandinavia takes color
The launch of a low-cost no-frills start-up in Norway has forced the incumbents to cut prices, but the new entrant will be facing tough competition. Color Air began flying out of Oslo to Aaselsund on 7 August and will expand its network to Trondheim and Bergen later in August, ...
-
News
Deregulation dogfight
The US majors are responding to the Department of Transportation's proposed policy against predatory behaviour by arguing that it will deter them from offering cheaper fares. The irony is obvious. This year is the 20th anniversary of deregulation in the US and the industry should be celebrating two decades ...
-
News
The devil's in the detail
The European Commission's rulings on two transatlantic alliances will be poured over by interested parties before official comments are filed. Now that the European Commission finally has produced its conditions for approving the American Airlines/British Airways alliance, lawyers will be scrambling to examine the detail. The Commission's competition directorate, ...
-
News
Winds rise in the east
Following the entry of MetroJet, US Airways' long awaited low cost spinoff, the rapidly growing US east coast market is becoming crowded with competitors. From Florida to Maine the story is the same - the US east coast is booming. Airports are growing capacity; airlines are adding frequencies; new ...
-
News
PAL fights for survival
Philippine Airlines' future hangs in the balance as it prepares a plan to avoid bankruptcy. PAL's interim receivership committee is being supervised by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission as it works towards the SEC's 21 September deadline. PAL is struggling to survive an ill-fated fleet expansion and Asia's ...
-
News
Startup fills Vegas niche
A planned new Las Vegas-based airline differs from previous contenders in that its backers, two of the largest casino companies in the US, have a strong vested interest in its success. National Airlines expects to begin operations in early 1999 and has already raised more than US$50 million in ...
-
News
Keeping score
Airlines need an accurate means of comparing the potential benefits of their various alliance options and, once the choice is made, to assess the costs and benefits to each partner. The argument about whether alliances are effective and therefore inevitable is over; they are both. The potential benefits to ...
-
News
Two set for Tokyo launch
Japan has taken several more steps towards deregulating its skies by liberalising overseas fares and licensing two new domestic airlines. The Ministry of Transport is promoting fares competition by allowing higher discounts on international tickets. From October, fares for overseas tours may be 35 per cent below International Air ...
-
News
Peru vies for US markets
Peru's airlines are scrambling to claim more than their current one-quarter share of the Peru-US market in the face of a growing invasion by US and fifth freedom airlines. Three Peruvian carriers are vying to enter the US market, which has doubled over the last eight years, sparking a ...
-
News
Recipe for reform
Romania's national airline still hopes to attract a western partner, if only the economy would improve. Take one battered old airport, add a few old Russian aircraft, and then throw in years of political instability. Stir with economic collapse, simmer for nine years, and serve with a garnish of ...
-
News
Gill Air closes on Fokker 100 leases for franchise flights
Gill Air is finalising a deal to acquire three Fokker 100s to enable it to launch jet operations on its Air France franchise routes early next year. The UK regional airline, based in Newcastle, has selected the 100-seat Fokker for its jet requirement over the similarly sized British Aerospace ...
-
News
One Eleven Stage 3 hushkit begins flight testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON European Aviation and Quiet Technologies have completed initial flight tests of a proof of concept BAC One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit prototype, and are satisfied that the aircraft will meet Stage 3 noise limits. The companies are to continue with development, having also shown that the fuel ...
-
News
Ethiopian seeks more 767s as A340 deal collapses
Ethiopian Airlines has scrapped plans to lease an Airbus A340 for its recently introduced transatlantic operations and is seeking alternative equipment. Ethiopian concluded an agreement in May with Airbus Industrie Financial Services (AIFS) for the three-year lease of an ex-Gulf Air A340-300 to operate its new service to Washington ...
-
News
Skynet 5 goes national
European military space integration has been ditched by the UKTim Furniss/LONDON The UK is to develop a new generation of military communications satellites rather than enter the Trimilsatcom collaborative programme with France and Germany (Flight International, 19-25 August). When he announced the Ministry of Defence decision on 12 August, Lord ...
-
News
Delta speeds up 727 retirement
Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 727-200s. The last of the tri-jets are set to leave the fleet in 2005, some three years earlier than previously planned, . The 117 727-200Advs in the mainline fleet and the 14 similar aircraft allocated to Delta Shuttle operations ...
-
News
Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
-
News
Skymark Airlines takes first aircraft and prepares to launch
Japanese start-up Skymark Airlines has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 767-300ER, one of two examples being leased from International Lease Finance. Skymark will launch operations with the 309-seater on 19 September, operating three daily round-trip flights between Tokyo and Fukuoka. Source: Flight International