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Go confirms routes and May launch
Go, the UK low fare spin-off of British Airways, has revealed its initial route network and confirmed plans to launch in late May with a simple fare pricing structure. Sales and marketing director David Magliano says that services will be launched on 22 May from London Stansted with three ...
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Middle East Airlines prepares fleet strategy
Julian Moxon/BEIRUT Middle East Airlines (MEA) is to drop all long haul routes and consolidate its fleet around short and medium range Airbus types, as part of its plan to move into profit within three years. The airline is under new management appointed by its 99.9% owner, the ...
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US questionmark hangs over Swissair alliance
Kevin O'Toole/ZUrich Swissair's launch of the Qualifyer Group, an alliance with five other European carriers including Turkish Airlines (THY) and TAP Air Portugal, has run into questions over the lack of a transatlantic link. The grouping, unveiled with a fanfare in Zürich on 30 March, brings Swissair's European ...
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New publisher
Reed Business Information has announced the promotion of Allan Winn to the position of publisher of Flight International and Airline Business as from 1 April. He was previously editor in chief of the two titles. Winn, who joined Flight International as editor in 1989, says: "I am delighted to have ...
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Domestic upheavals
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI A series of fatal accidents has halted 11 years of rapid expansion by Taiwan's second-tier airlines, and an era of mergers and consolidation is at hand. The nine commercial airlines than once flew Taiwan's domestic skies will soon be cut to five, with further reductions likely. EVA Airways ...
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Appointments
Keijo Suila has been appointed president and ceo of Finnair from 1 November. Delta Air Lines has promoted Fred Buttrell to vice president of operational planning, control and reliability. US Airways has made Terry Hall senior vice president finance and chief financial officer and Bruce Ashby senior vice ...
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New colour
Norwegian ferry operator Color Line is starting a low-cost, no-frills airline in August. Color Air will start flying from Oslo to key domestic destinations, and plans international routes later. Initial fleet will be two B737-300s operated by Air Foyle. Source: Airline Business
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Cityjet and Business Air line up ex-Regional Saab 2000s
Saab is gaining two more European customers for its Saab 2000s, with the lease of second hand examples to Cityjet and Business Air. The source for the aircraft is Regional Airlines of France, which had a fleet of 11 2000s, all of which are leased from Saab Aircraft Credit, ...
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Armenian begins fleet renewal with Airbus A310
Armenian Airlines has begun the first phase of its fleet modernisation with a deal to lease a secondhand A310-200, which it expects to be the start of move to a large Airbus fleet. The deal, which represents Armenia's acquisition of its first Western-built aircraft, will see a Pratt & ...
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Italy's Eurofly seeks 767s as it aims for long haul expansion
Marco Bonelli/ROME Italian charter airline Eurofly, controlled 45% by Alitalia, has revealed plans to introduce long haul services, beginning by the end of this year. The carrier is seeking at least two Boeing 767-300ERs, which could be purchased by Alitalia, in addition to the three leased 767s taken on ...
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PAL overrun adds to Pacific Rim troubles
David Learmount/LONDON A Philippine Airlines (PAL) Airbus Industrie A320 ploughed off the end of the runway at Bacolod, Philippines, on 22 March, killing three people on the ground. Large numbers of passengers and people living just outside the airport, where the aircraft came to a halt, were seriously injured, ...
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Germans see Lite ahead
Lufthansa looks set to follow the example of British Airways with Go, and launch a low cost subsidiary this year. The German carrier's executive board is currently discussing a feasibility study for a new airline to operate primarily on domestic routes. The carrier would use between six and 14 ...
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El Al discusses no frills spin-off
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is studying the creation of a low fare joint venture airline which could help it reduce its operating restrictions on the Jewish Sabbath. The Israeli national carrier sees a niche for a low cost airline for operations on "no frills" flights to destinations ...
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Is life left in Pan Am?
An eleventh hour bid to rescue Pan American Airways was being shaped at presstime, but the chances of success seemed remote. The airline looked set to become just another US startup destined for the history books. In a flurry of last minute activity in a Miami bankruptcy court, two ...
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Fight in the wild AmWest
America West's flight attendants have rejected an initial pay offer and are back at the negotiating table in a fighting mood. An overwhelming 90 per cent of the America West chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants have rejected a tentative agreement. The main sticking point is pay, says ...
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Second Asia tier tumbles
Doomsday gloom as heavy as last summer's smoke hangs over southeast Asia's second tier airlines. Rising currency costs and plunging traffic are hammering carriers in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. 'We will not be able to make it until April,' warns Benny Rungkat, secretary general of the ...
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Asians have private ideas
Despite the tough times hitting Asia, Thai Airways and China Airlines are both talking privatisation. Recognising the attraction of currency spreads for foreign investors, Thailand and South Korea are also pondering whether to relax foreign investment limits for airlines. The pressure to privatise Thai Airways comes from the International ...
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Asia's fireless dragons
Traditionally cosy and secure, nestling in the world's highest growth region, can Asian airlines find the panic button now that the bad times are here? For some the bottle is always half empty, to others it's half full. But to proclaim the virtues of a bottle with just the ...
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Virgin Express brings back French flights
Virgin Express has re-introduced services between Nice and Brussels by reviving its French subsidiary. Air Provence Charter, which was a joint venture involving EBA Eurobelgian Airlines when Richard Branson took EBA over in 1996, will initiate the service using a French registered Boeing 737-300 under the name of Virgin ...
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Continental drift in Brazil
Delta Air Lines is boosting its Latin American presence with a deal to buy 35 per cent of AeroPeru, frustrating rival Continental, which seemed ahead in the race for a stake. Delta's current ties with Aeromexico, and its plans to expand those ties into a broader alliance, probably tipped ...