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The Air France Group is taking a pragmatic approach to end mounting losses, in recent years. Doug Cameron maps out the problems and possible solutions and talks with group president [...]

|Good housekeeping' was the economic battle cry of the 1980s. The theory may have been discredited, but it remains an apt one for European airlines in 1993. There is much [...]

Job losses, route cutbacks and two-tier wage scales are not yet part of the common language of corporate strategy amongst Asia-Pacific airlines. Whilst carriers in Europe and the US focus [...]

Garuda can draw on a domestic market of 180 million and enormous tourism potential as it aims to become a high-quality carrier. But state-ownership and regional competition remain troublesome barriers. [...]

Are we witnessing the end of the national carrier? Doug Cameron charts the path' to the multinational airline. The restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines is the main stumbling block [...]

Launching a new generation of engines has intensified competition between the main manufacturers. The battle reflects a long-term change in the mix of their business as defence orders dwindle and [...]

Following the stock-market flotations of profitable carriers like British Airways and Japan Airlines, a second wave of privatisations is well under way. In this survey Jacqueline Gallacher examines privatisation and [...]

GPA Group has fended off the worst effects of the recession through diversification and marketing strength. But is it all too good to be true? Douglas Cameron reports from Shannon. [...]

The unprecedented 4 per cent fall in passenger traffic during 1991 ripped open the delicate equation of international airline economics. The lost traffic left a capacity surplus, and real Yields [...]

The European Commission's plans to abolish duty free allowances for passengers within the Community have serious cost implications for airlines. Douglas Cameron reports on the end of a 'benign anomaly.' [...]

Transaero has opted to curb its wider ambitions in order to focus on stimulat- ing a rebound in the moribund Russian domestic market. Douglas Cameron reports from Moscow on the [...]

The Irish government's approval of a rescue plan for troubled Aer Lingus provides further evidence that European governments are not about to let the smaller flag carriers go under. Doug [...]

Airline Business: You have indicated that in applying the competition rules you would like to bring in wider issues of social and industrial policy. What does this mean in practice? [...]

All you need is a great big melting pot. Just add the commitment to improve communications between the Gulf s major trading centres, and a policy of'never bettered' service, and [...]

The international ambitions of new entrants in the Asia-Pacific market have demonstrated how costly it can be to break monopolies in a highly regulated environment. All Nippon Airways, Eva Airways [...]

Political debate in Europe over air transport's is now focusing on emissions and congestion. Doug Cameron assesses the industry's response. The air transport industry is predicated on growth. The memory [...]

BAA plc has targeted retail sales as a major profits centre at airports. Doug Cameron examines the strategy and assesses the case for airport privatisation. Advocates of airport privatisation have [...]

The case for privatising African airlines is simple. Most state treasuries in southern Africa are empty and if government sources cannot be tapped then private funds must be found. The [...]

Air Botswana is caught between twin competitiave threats from Europe and South Africa. But the airline is leading efforts to widen cooperation between southern African carriers. Douglas Cameron examines the [...]

Attempts by the countries of eastern Europe to adopt the European Community's air transport agreements face opposition from EC member states and western carriers, reports Douglas Cameron. The task of [...]

The privatisation of Malev Hungarian Airlines appears straightforward but carries inherent risks. Douglas Cameron examines the airline's new strategic agenda. There is more than one way to privatise an airline, [...]

The European Quality Alliance has generated real benefits for its partners, but can it develop into something more? Douglas Cameron asks if this is a perfect marriage. There is a [...]

The European Commission's fare proposals place little faith in the pace of further liberalisation and may be difficult to regulate. Douglas Cameron reports. The EC Commission has taken a very [...]

Turboprop manufacturers face a crowded and evolving marketplace feeding a consolidating regional market. No-one wants to leave the party. Douglas Cameron reports. An estate agent can use just three words [...]

Airlines are faced with rising security costs to meet an increasing terrorist threat, but the main problem is restoring passenger confidence. Douglas Cameron reports. The increased terrorist threat in the [...]

The operating lease industry is facing its first recession with a three-pronged attack from overcapacity, falling residual values and new noise regulations. Douglas Cameron reports on the prospect of hard [...]

The liberalisation of cargo services could still prove to be the easiest route to multilateralism, but not everyone supports the revival in interest. Doug Cameron reports. Passion does not often [...]

The ground handling sector at European airports is tailor-made for intervention by the EC Commission. The combination of state-owned airport and airline-run monopolies, limited competition and complaints from carriers is [...]

KLM's talks with the three EQA partners have progressed smoothly so far, but the repercussions of a deal are only now starting to emerge. Doug Cameron, Mead Jennings and Mark [...]

British Airways' latest attempt to appease Virgin Atlantic following the recent out-of-court settlement has failed to hit the mark. BA now faces the prospect of US court action on alleged [...]

Don't hold your breath waiting for the EC Commission to take over the negotiation of external air services agreements (ASAs) with third countries on behalf of member states. The Commission [...]

The Meridiana Group's ambitions could prove to be a thorn in the flesh of both Alitalia and Iberia. Douglas Cameron asks how the niche carrier plans to live with the [...]

As the 11-strong Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) continues to organise its governmental structures in the former Soviet Union, the process of devolving responsibility for civil aviation from the Russian [...]

The pace of change in Africa can best be described as gradual. The future of most carriers in the region has hung in the balance for over a decade, but [...]

The focus of the increasingly heated debate over airport slot allocation in recent years has been the anti-competitive implications of grandfather rights at congested airports on which the current IATA [...]

Germany has been forced to sit up and take notice of Berlin in 1991 following a tax increase to pay for the heavy costs of reunification and the decision to [...]

The outlook for the costly European operations of the major global freight integrators - DHL, TNT, Federal Express and United Parcel Service - may deteriorate further as the market matures [...]

The Japanese Leveraged Lease is making a comeback after a fallow year, but the market has transformed itself. Douglas Cameron reports. The collapse of the Japanese Leveraged Lease (JLL) market [...]

The new terminal at Birmingham Airport is the first purpose-built hub in Europe and the first to involve an airline and its cash from inception. British Airways hopes to convert [...]

Portugal has come through domestic deregulation and its airlines hope to make the most of the country's position on the edge of Europe. Douglas Cameron in Lisbon reports on TAP's [...]

At presstime airlines were cautious about the increases in traffic which followed the Gulf ceasefire on February 21. The signs were of limited recovery only as airlines pledged to restore [...]

While traffic growth in Africa and the Middle East is forecast to hit 5 per cent in 1998, a good deal of potential remains untapped. Internal conflicts, and the twin [...]

Lot Polish Airlines aims to secure two commercial airline partners by the end of the year despite a stalled privatisation effort and the Polish government's failure to ratify the appointment [...]

The EC Commission's decision to include dehosting as a central plank of its revised code of conduct for computer reservations systems operating in Europe has sparked off an acrimonious dispute [...]

TITLE: AVENSA FIRES MIAMI BATTLE Avensa, the private Venezuelan carrier, has taken the first step to limit the expansion of major US carriers in the Latin American market by transferring [...]

TITLE: GODFROID LAYS IT ON THE LINE Does Sabena chairman Pierre Godfroid read the papers? With corporate executives falling to shareholder revolts at companies from IBM to Eastman-Kodak, Godfroid's threat [...]

TITLE: ALLIANCE FEVER CATCHES FIRE The recent spate of marketing alliances between US, European and Latin American carriers is being driven by a shrinking group of potential partners and the [...]

The prospect of regulators taking a closer look at European airports has been fuelled by allegations that London/Stansted is pursuing a predatory pricing policy to attract traffic and being cross-subsidised [...]

A delegation from the EC airline review panel is to meet with its US counterparts on 23 July. With two commissions now examining the fate of the industry on either [...]

The EC Council of Ministers has blocked the Commission's revised code of conduct for computer reservations systems after expressing concerns over the controversial issue of dehosting. Though the rest of [...]