News from FlightGlobal – Page 2498
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TAP Air Portugal has ordered 18 Airbus A319s and taken an option on eight more, for delivery between December 1997 and June 2000, as part of its decision to become an all- Airbus operator. Cathay Pacific is ordering three more A340-300s. Dragonair will purchase two A320s, with options on five ...
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A330 boost
Emirates has given the A330 programme a massive boost with an order for 16 200 series and options on seven more. The aircraft will replace the carrier's core fleet of A300s and A310s with first delivery set for January 1999. Source: Airline Business
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Volga scheduled
Russian cargo operator, Volga-Dnepr Airlines, has moved into scheduled passenger services with four weekly flights from Ulyanovsk to Moscow in November, using a Yakovlev Yak-40. Source: Airline Business
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Rip it up
British Airways plans to extend its E-Ticket electronic ticketing system throughout its domestic network during 1997 as part of a $15 million upgrade of the service. United Airlines, which developed the system, has signed up IBM and BA's consulting arm, Speedwing, to cooperate in its global marketing and distribution. ...
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Less tickets
Lufthansa has extended its ticketless travel system to European flights between Düsseldorf and London/Heathrow and Paris/CDG. This follows full coverage of its domestic network after successful trials on the Frankfurt-Berlin route. Source: Airline Business
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E-block sale
Aer Lingus has launched Europe's first Internet seat auction with thrice-weekly sales of tickets between Dublin and five UK airports. The six-week trial runs to 12 December and follows the carrier's earlier auction on its transatlantic routes. Source: Airline Business
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One battle
The Italian transport ministry has stripped Alitalia of its role as slot coordinator for Italian airports. The move follows a complaint by Air One, which was forced to abandon plans to launch Milan-Naples in late October when it received none of the 391 new weekly slots at Linate. At press ...
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Taesa tamed
The peso's crash halted Taesa's assault on the two incumbents. But with fortunes reviving, will Mexico's third airline bare its teeth again. Before 'La Crisis', Taesa Airlines terrorised Mexico's two major carriers. With lower-than-bus fare prices, it captured a quarter of Mexico's domestic traffic in its first two years of ...
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Airbus lines up Douglas
McDonnell Douglas' decision to shelve plans to develop its MD-XX long-haul jet leaves the way open for the company's Douglas Aircraft division to forge a partnership with Airbus or Boeing. Since talks about a merger with Boeing stalled earlier this year, Airbus appears to be front-runner. Airbus Industrie's ...
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Iaca calls for even charter
European charter carriers are flexing their muscle in a bid to lower airport charges at Amsterdam/Schiphol, while the resolution of a spat between two of the largest operators could open the way for any European Union charter operator to serve third countries from anywhere in the single market. ...
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Geneva set to fight back
Stung by Swissair's withdrawal of most longhaul flights, Geneva airport is fighting to attract replacement traffic by cutting landing fees and offering fifth freedom traffic rights, and says several Geneva-based startup carriers are in the planning stage. The airport will cut all landing fees by 10 per cent ...
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Gulf Air split on horizon
Gulf Air may be on the verge of break-up amid suggestions that the emirate of Abu Dhabi is preparing to take control of the airline, perhaps within the first half of 1997. Abu Dhabi has a 25 per cent stake in the carrier and, as the richest of ...
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Japan replies to US efforts
US efforts to establish open skies agreements with Asia have received a lukewarm response from key targets South Korea and Taiwan at the same time as Japan is forging ahead with its own brand of Asian open skies. A US Department of Transportation task force toured Asia during ...
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KLM bows to cost targets
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has reacted to British Airways' high-profile attempt to slash its operating costs by calling for a wholesale structural change in the airline or face downsizing. KLM president Pieter Bouw has reversed his policy of avoiding headline targets by announcing plans to improve its operating ...
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Hubbing power
Delegates at the Airline Business/ ASM Routes '97 meeting in Abu Dhabi were given the chance to review the latest developments in the Amsterdam-based network operated by KLM and its partners. Richard Whitaker reports. Codesharing has enabled KLM to increase the city-pairs it offers ninefold in six years, according to ...
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Why such a Roman drama?
I should like to raise a few points concerning the article 'Renaissance or Rigor Mortis' (Airline Business, November). I am surprised that such an important article is based upon information from sources which I would define as inappropriate - namely a former chairman of Alitalia ousted by the ...
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Amwest slow to fix things
America West Airlines has again illustrated the cost of fast growth. While other US airlines enjoyed an average increase of 22 per cent in third quarter net profits, the Phoenix-based carrier returned a $53 million operating loss at the same time as it happens to be the only US carrier ...
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Canadian has one last go
Canadian Airlines International has unveiled a three-pronged business plan designed to return the struggling carrier to profit by the first quarter of 1997 in a last ditch survival bid. The plan includes a 10 per cent pay cut across the company, a review of overheads - including fees ...
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It's all change at foreign exchange
Of all the international financial markets the most difficult for economic forecasters to come to come to grips with are the foreign exchanges. This is Largely because they are often driven by political factors rather than changes in the real economy, and they have proved more responsive to ...
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Press cuts historic time
If aviation history was made during the final week in October in Washington, newspaper readers could be forgiven for scarcely noticing it. The few column inches devoted to the first official US-EU block discussion regarding commercial aviation rights were generally dour on the whole affair, portraying EU director for air ...