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Cuts start to pay at TWA
Restructuring at TWA is finally beginning to bear fruit as Delta Air Lines slows its broad '7.5' cost-reduction programme. But both carriers have been hard hit by one-time costs associated with layoffs, outsourcing, fleet retirements and, especially for TWA, new technology investment. At St Louis-based TWA, there are ...
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DAC to take Tarom slack
Tarom Romanian Airlines is preparing to hive off its unprofitable domestic routes and part of its regional operation to a new private enterprise, DAC Air. At presstime, the Romanian government was negotiating the conditions of the transferral of route rights with George Paunescu, entrepreneur and chairman of the ...
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Japan set to tie down
Tokyo is hoping the new pragmatism demonstrated by Washington on fifth freedom issues with Thailand will carry over into passenger talks it hopes to start in April. Thai-US negotiators reached agreement on a new bilateral surprisingly fast, thus ending a six year impasse over US fifth freedoms. The ...
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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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Financial results
A restructuring charge of $533 million relates to early retirement programmes, writing down DC-10s and retiring turboprops. Traffic increases accounted for the 44% increase in profit. BA's yield was up 2.3%, with 1.3% due to exchange rate gains. Passenger revenue per ASM was up 1.6 cents ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Portugalia to decide between 737 and A320
Andrew Doyle/LONDON PORTUGUESE CARRIER Portugalia is considering placing orders for up to seven new-generation Boeing 737s or Airbus A320s, to replace its fleet of six Fokker 100s on lease from GPA. The privately owned airline, which made its first-ever profit in 1995, is expected to ...
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US airlines back in profit - for now
US airlines are back in profit, but the lessons of recession linger on. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE NOTORIOUS business cycles of the airline industry have at last come full circle for the US carriers. Just two years ago, three of the majors were fighting their way out of ...
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Indian Airlines spawns domestic subsidiary
STATE-OWNED Indian Airlines is setting up a low-cost regional subsidiary to feed traffic into its major hubs and compete against India's clutch of privately owned start-up carriers. Airline Allied Services is expected to begin operations in March, initially flying four 119-seat Boeing 737-200s, linking regional points with Delhi ...
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AOM battles to stay at orly West
FRENCH INDEPENDENT airline AOM, is stepping up its campaign to stop the Paris airports authority Aeroports de Paris (ADP), forcing it to move from Orly West to Orly South at the end of March. The eviction move is viewed by many as part of a rearguard action ...
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DGPS approaches
Airport interest in satellite-based precision approaches is growing, as the potential benefits become evident. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA IN 1995, THE INTERNATIONAL aviation community, granted a stay of execution, to the venerable instrument-landing-system (ILS), while paving the way for its eventual replacement, by the global-positioning system (GPS). ...
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Lauda and Austrian make peace
AUSTRIA'S TWO largest airlines, Lauda Air and Austrian, have decided to end years of in-fighting with a plan, to co-operate in some areas. The two airlines have been talking for several months, according to Lauda president and chief executive Peter Thoele, and have now agreed to co-operate, ...
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LOT looks to purchase jets for speedy regional boost
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT POLISH AIRLINES is planning to acquire a fleet of 50- to 70-seat regional jets, and spin off its regional operations into a separate company, according to vice-president Andrzej Slodownik. The regional-jet purchase is part of a company fleet-strategy plan being drawn up to ...
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Canada's WestJet ready for take-off
LOW-COST CARRIER WestJet Airlines plans to begin operations in western Canada on 29 February. The Calgary-based airline intends to operate 96 flights a week initially, increasing to 152, between Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. The carrier owns three Boeing 737-200s and has a "substantial pool" of working capital. ...
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Ozone production is of greater concern
Sir - The two recent, and excellent, articles, "A340 findings indicate ozone is 'not being destroyed'" and "Emission control" (Flight International, 17-23 January, P20, and 31 January-6 February, P69), contain some misinterpretations on the MOZAIC (Measurement of Ozone by Airbus In-service Aircraft) programme. Both mention ozone depletion, but, ...