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Delta Air Lines' new chief executive Leo Mullin is getting to grips with the idiosyncrasies of the airline industry and rapidly addressing issues like service and low staff morale. But [...]

A grand plan for Air Jamaica to be the focus of closer cooperation in the Caribbean region has failed to materialise, and instead would-be partners like BWIA continue to pursue [...]

US-Canada open skies, tentatively begun just over two and a half years ago, has been a resounding success for all concerned. Report by Karen Walker. The doom and gloom experts [...]

The new climate at employee-owned United, instilled by chairman Gerald Green- wald, has not filtered through to the airline's grass roots nor brought any obvious great advantages over US rivals. [...]

American Airlines is pushing alliance logic to the limit, leaving its rivals howling in protest and regulators perplexed at the issues of hub and market dominance that have been brought [...]

Edward Faberman, executive director of the newly formed Air Carrier Association of America, makes an unusual Red Riding Hood, but he is certain he is looking into the eyes of [...]

Airframe manufacturing has become a family matter. Industry chiefs may have differing views on which products will excite most demand, but all agree on a the importance of being able [...]

From the bottom of the pile, life offers a different perspective. While most US airlines have returned to profitability in the 1990s, the financial haemorrhage at Trans World Airlines has [...]

Senator John McCain is on a mission to secure a more competitive US airline industry. His legislative proposals include freeing up more slots for startups and smaller airlines, prompt action [...]

With a major merger to contend with, crucial decisions on its product line and its steepest ever production rises, Boeing is probably facing the most challenging period in its development [...]

Cathay Pacific has been hit hard by Hong Kong's post-handover blues and Asia's sudden economic woes. Managing director David Turnbull tells Karen Walker how Cathay plans to bounce back. 'Swire [...]

Competition The US low-cost airlines have suffered from the ruthless behaviour of major rivals and the slow growth imposed under the harsher regulatory environment. Many are now changing tactics and [...]

UPS As demand for express products continues to grow in overseas markets, United Parcel Service has carefully tailored its international operations to suit each region and is willing to take [...]

With a burgeoning economy, and a new US partner, Aerolineas Argentinas is riding high as it reaps the benefits of its restructuring plan. Karen Walker reports. Business is back to [...]

Could it be that Stephen Wolf has made a professional misjudgment? Remote as that possibility may seem, the question is at least being pondered now that US Airways' future hangs [...]

The battle for control of the fast-growing market from the US to Latin America is being fought in Miami, but American Airlines' dominance means some US majors are shifting their [...]

If a single US airline were to be picked out for its sheer likeability, then that airline would have to be Southwest Airlines. This darling of the industry consistently puts [...]

Financially, most US airlines had cause to celebrate by the end of last year, but 1996 had its darker side. A total of 380 people were killed in US large [...]

Martin Shugrue believes he has discovered a sustainable niche for the resurrection of Pan Am. Martin Shugrue is being self-effacing these days. `Hey, if it was just me calling up [...]

New faces in Washington mean action in the most controversial area of FAA reform - funding - is on hold. But the sparks should still fly in 1997. Karen Walker [...]

Effective, efficient hubs are vital to most US majors' profitability. But do they operate in everybody's best interests and is stronger regulation needed? Karen Walker reports. You either love hubs [...]

The e-customer is a fearsome animal. Thanks to the Internet, he can shop from the comfort of his own home, instantly compare services and prices, and switch brands according to [...]

In a bid that may be three-parts political and one-part desire, Continental Airlines has put in a bid to purchase DC Air, the startup carrier that US Airways and United [...]

American Airlines will begin a new push into the US West Coast from mid-June as it focuses on building up major connection centres at Los Angeles and San Jose. Overall, [...]

The ECtransport commissioner Loyola de Palacio pledged to make the issue a top priority soon after taking up the reins late last year. And in December she went further in [...]

The battle has been fought out for the best part of three decades, but as the airliner manufacturers rolled out their year-end order figures, it became clear that Airbus, arguably [...]

Aer Lingus will introduce two new routes out of Dublin, serving Munich and Stockholm from April. These latest additions are part of a relaunch of the airline's business strategy in [...]

SAirGroup's $33.7 million purchase of a 10% stake in in the Polish flag carrier LOT was officially signed in November. The purchase will be combined with a share issue, increasing [...]

The joint resolution comes after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) put forward its own plan for improving European ATC last October. Beleaguered Eurocontrol is being blamed for most of [...]

Spinetta, speaking in November at the International Aviation Club in Washington DC, said a single US-European market was the most effective way to allow carriers on both sides of the [...]

Ottawa set this process in motion when it granted Air Canada and Canadian Airlines three months of anti-trust immunity so the companies could discuss ways to restructure aviation and avoid [...]

Dave Sissons cannot help but wonder sometimes whether the airline industry's cautious attitude towards spare parts has not gone a little too far. When he was appointed president and chief [...]

Some regional carriers warn that their business is seasonal and second half results may not be as bright. But most airlines seem to be maintaining a firm grip on costs [...]

The head of Sabre, the travel distribution and information group controlled by American Airlines' parent AMR, unexpectedly left his job in early September, raising questions about the company's future. Michael [...]

In the boldest move of its 53-year history, Aloha Airlines has decided to launch scheduled flights beyond the Hawaiian islands. In September, the carrier started weekly flights to the Republic [...]

In addition to 'meaningful' salary increases, the airline's 9,200 pilots are seeking an end to the carrier's two-tier wage scale, improvements in holiday and medical benefits, better rest period rules, [...]

After replacing Ernesto Martens, who retired at the end of August, one of his first moves was to announce that Mexico's federal government has an even stronger grip on Cintra's [...]

The long and bitter dispute between Brazil and Canada over government subsidies for regional jet sales has been settled by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which has upheld earlier rulings [...]

Six major US carriers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the DoD on 6 August agreeing that their codeshare partners will undergo an initial safety and operations assessment followed [...]

The decision by creditors to reject any last-minute bids for AeroPeru did not surprise observers, who believed that an earlier failed attempt by Continental Airlines to invest in the Peruvian [...]

Ayling once joked that the only reason he could think why this proposed alliance was being treated differently from others - which have all won immunity as part of open [...]

Woerth began his tenure as president of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) in January. The union, which represents more than 50,000 pilots at 50 carriers in the USA and [...]

nDuane Woerth was elected president of the Air Line Pilots Association in October 1998 and assumed office in January. A Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 captain, he is also chief spokesman [...]

'From now on we can start to grow. And, perhaps, grow up a little [...]

It would be easy to overlook this piece of apparent good news. The first quarter of this year, when Varig lost 49 million real ($27 million) on revenues of 1 [...]

If the market for 100-seat jets was a grey area before the Paris air show, then as Le Bourget closed its doors on 20 June, it might at best be [...]

The US Department of Justice's (DoJ) decision to file a predatory behaviour lawsuit against American Airlines has sent shock waves through the US industry and is being seen as the [...]

While the chiefs of most US majors are busy trying to convince Wall Street they can keep their airlines profitable during the next economic downturn, only one has already done [...]

Passenger rights bills are currently winding their way through US Congress. Are passengers set for a better deal? Twenty one years after the US Government gave the airlines free rein [...]

US concerns over year 2000 (Y2K) compliance are shifting to the international arena after a live test of the country's air traffic control system revealed no date-related problems. The test, [...]