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AirlinesThe Xiamen Airlines has placed an order for six B-737 aircraft
Xiamen, China - Delivery will be made ??between 2014 and 2015
The Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines that had previously reported that would have added at least four planes to its fleet, has taken a new order to the American manufacturer Boeing. It required six B-787... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: increased capacity utilization in April
Milan, Italy - Fleet capacity by + 16.3 percent
In April 2011, Air Berlin transported a total of 2,778,784 passengers, i.e. an increase of 22.5 percent. Fleet capacity for April 2011 increased by 16.3 percent. The significantly higher capacity and number... more
AirlinesRyanair appeals to EU for the strike of Italian airport employees
Milan, Italy - Passengers have to face another year due to strikes and absenteeism and EU doesn't react
Ryanair appealed today to the European commission in order it takes urgent measure to prevent repeated strikes causing cancellations and delays to European passengers this summer, since the Italian airport... more
AirlinesAirlines' strategies against the rising cost of fuel
Frankfurt, Germany - The forecast for the coming months are not encouraging
The international situation now leads to a steady growth in crude oil prices, and is leading airlines to develop methods to counter the higher costs they face. The political turmoil in North Africa... more
AirlinesOman Air continues expansion
Milan, Italy - Salalah-Dubai already in service from two days, while Muscat-Zanzibar will be soon
The National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman has resumed services between Salalah and Dubai from May 4th and between Muscat and Zanzibar from May 16th. Salalah flights will operate twice weekly on... more
AirlinesRyanair announces 80 new weekly flights for Summer 2011 from and to Italy
Milan, Italy - To replace the ones cancelled in Trapani due to the military operations in Libya
Ryanair today announced 80 new weekly flights from and to Italy in June, July, August and September 2011 that will replace 80 connections per week in Trapani, cancelled due to the limitations of timetable... more
AirlinesLufthansa Group improves first-quarter operating result to minus 227 million euros
Milan, Italy - Development of result curbed by catastrophes in Japan and political unrest
The Lufthansa Group was able to improve its operating result by 103 million euros during the first three months of the current year. However, the economic result for the traditionally weaker first quarter... more
AirlinesSenegal Airlines is going to receive the third A-320 that will join two other ones already in operation
Dakar, Senegal - Remained among the most active African carriers
The Senegal Airlines, which is expanding its fleet of Airbus aircraft, remains one of the most active African carriers. In fact, the air company, which has resumed operations after the crisis of the national... more
AirlinesAir Malta: warning for tomorrow's strike
Milan, Italy - Called by CGIL for four hours
Due to the strike called for tomorrow by Italian CGIL for tomorrow, Friday May 6th, from 10:00 to 14:00 also the air transport could be subjected to changes. In case of effective implementation of the... more
AirlinesAirOne: new Summer flight Malpensa-Corfu
Rome, Italy - From next June 29, two times a week
From 29 June to 11 September will be operating a new route to Milan-Malpensa/Corfu of AirOne, the Smart Carrier of the Alitalia Group. The flight will be made 2 days a week (Wednesday and Sunday) with... more
AirlinesNew Yekaterinburg-Beijing route opened by S7 Airlines
Siberia, Russia - Two weekly flight from October
From October 1, 2011, it will be possible to travel between Yekaterinburg and Beijing on board of aircraft Airbus A-320 of the Russian S7 Airlines. The carrier has scheduled two flights a week departing... more
AirlinesFriday's general strike in Italy: Alitalia to reduce inconveniences
Rome, Italy - At Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate airports prepared information desks to assist customers
In view of the national general strike called by Italian CGIL on Friday, May 6, from 10:00 am to 02:00 pm, Alitalia is setting precautionary measures to reduce inconveniences for passengers. Flights... more
AirlinesWind Jet returns to link Samara, in Russia, from Rimini
Rimini, Italy - Every Wednesday starting from June 1st until September
Every Wednesday, starting from June 1st until the end of September 2011, Wind Jet will fly from Rimini, Italy, to Samara, Russia. It was announced by the airline after the authorization by ENAC (Italian... more
AirlinesJet Airways direct flight from Milan to New Delhi
Milan, Italy - A possible destination in just four days, for the extra-week-end on June 2
The extra-week-end on the occasion of June 2 (Italian Republic's anniversary) could be the occasion to go to India thanks to a new daily direct flight from Milan-Malpensa airport to New Delhi operated... more
AirlinesPossible partnership between Qatar Airways and Cargolux
Doha , Qatar - A possible deal could be signed in the coming weeks
The CEO of Qatar Airways, the Arabic airline, Akbar Al Baker, said it would acquire 33% of the company Cargolux, based in Luxembourg, the European operator in the air freight. The Qatar Airways is implementing... more
AirlinesAir Tran merges with Southwest Airlines
Texas, USA - Expanding of the Texan air company
Southwest Airlines purchased yesterday Air Tran Airways, low-cost carrier serving domestic traffic of west- central and eastern United States. The antitrust approved the one billion dollars transaction,... more
AirlinesAlitalia, Air France, Klm: fillip agreement for small and medium enterprises
Rome, Italy - It's BlueBiz
Alitalia, Air France and Klm have launched on the Italian market a new joint agreement for small and the medium enterprises (SMEs) which provides savings and flexibility for business travel. BlueBiz... more
AirlinesUA begins today non-stop service between LA and Guadalajara, Mexico
Chicago, Usa - The connection will be operated by CA
United, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc., today begins daily non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Guadalajara, Mexico (GDL). This service will... more
AirlinesAVIONEWS interview the captain Dario Catalisano and Dr. Maria Teresa Triscari
Catania , Italy - Authors of the project "Fear of flying no problem"
AVIONEWS interviewed the captain and flight safety manager Dario Catalisano and the doctor head of the laboratory for psychosomatic disorders Triscari Maria Teresa, who answered some questions about the... more
AirlinesFrom Russia to Rimini with jumbo airplanes of Transaero
Rimini, Italy - Two B-747s per week from June to September for a total of 40,000 passengers per year
It is an important agreement that signed in these days in Moscow by the managers of Aeradria (management company of the Italian Rimini's airport), with the collaboration of the Region's councillor for... more
AirlinesBeatification of Giovanni Paolo II: Alitalia increases flights from Poland, Spain and France
Rome, Italy - Countries from which the air company has recorded the highest number of reservations
For Pope Giovanni Paolo II beatification ceremony, Alitalia has increased flight frequency and seats number on flights linking Rome to Poland, Spain and France, countries from which the air company has... more
AirlinesAVIONEWS interviews Massimo Polimeni, marketing director of Wind Jet
Catania, Italy - First low-cost Italian airline
AVIONEWS interviewed the director of the airline Wind Jet, Massimo Polimeni, who answered questions about the latest news proposed by the carrier. Polimeni has first of all affirmed that the trend in... more
AirlinesAir China opens new route to Beijing-Milan
Beijing, China - It will be operated by an Airbus A-330 aircraft
It will be inaugurated next June 15 the route Beijing-Milan, operated by an Airbus A-330 airliner twin-engine used on medium-long range destinations and characterized by a wide body. The connection will... more
AirlinesTransavia.com: Milan Malpensa-Rotterdam/The Hague
Milan, Italy - Inaugurated today with a ceremony
Transavia.com, Air France-KLM Group, represented in Italy from CIM Air, inaugurates today its new flights from Milan-Malpensa airport, Italy, to "The Hague Airport" of Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a ceremony... more
AirlinesNew airline for Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania - Mauritania Airlines will also serve to France and Spain
Yesterday, the President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has inaugurated, with a short flight over the capital, the activation of the new national airline, Mauritania Airlines. The creation... more
AirlinesTAM Airlines receives its first A-330 plane of 2011
Milan, Italy - It will allow to expand the international flights
TAM Airlines, the Brazilian airline, has introduced a new A-330 airplane into its fleet, coming from directly from the Airbus' base in Toulouse (France). The new aircraft has been assembled to accommodate... more
AirlinesLufthansa enters into the market of carbon credits
Berlin, Germany - For the control of emissions of CO2
The German airline Lufthansa has announced its entry into the trading of carbon credits inside the European Energy Exchange AG, one of the most important energy markets in Europe, with headquarters in... more
AirlinesSAS: code-share agreement with ANA
Amsterdam, Holland - Signed in Tokyo yesterday
Scandinavian Airlines has signed a code-share agreement with Star Alliance partner ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan. The agreement was signed between Shinichiro Ito, President and CEO of ANA, and Rickard... more
AirlinesNew Dakar-Abidjan route is going to be opened
Dakar, Senegal - New flight also between Abidjan and Conakry
Today, during a visit in Ivory Coast, Senegal Foreign Affairs Minister, Madicke Niang, announced that the Senegal Airlines, the national carrier rose from the ashes of the twin failed in recent years,... more
AirlinesPluna has ordered three Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft
Montréal, Canada - The use of these planes has allowed the company to expand its market
The national airline of Uruguay, Pluna, has ordered three Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen airplanes. The manufacturer of aircraft, which is the third largest in the world, so avoid to make cuts to staff in... more
AirlinesRyanair deletes 72 flights in the Italian airport of Trapani
Milan, Italy - Due the continuation of the limitations imposed by the military aviation on the civil one
Ryanair, announced yesterday it has cancelled 72 flights to/from Trapani's airport, Italy, (from 6 to 11 May included) due to the prolonging of the limitations imposed by the military aviation on the civil... more
AirlinesBusiness alliance between Royal Caribbean International and Kingfisher Airlines
Mumbai, India - New possibilities for those who travel in Asia and the Middle East
The Royal Caribbean International, an American cruise company, and Kingfisher Airlines, Indian airline, have signed an agreement to integrate their skills and offer specialized travel packages for customers. For... more
AirlinesAnnounced the opening of a new route to Mongolia-Hong Kong
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Development of MIAT Airline
The Mongolian flag carrier Miat announced the activation of a new air route between the capital Ulaanbaatar and Hong Kong from June 2, 2011. Hong Kong has been chosen as the second destination in China... more
AirlinesCanadair 900 Alitalia airplane serves the first Trieste-Catania direct flight
Trieste, Italy - The route is to be considered as seasonal
Today, a Canadair 900 airplane served the first direct air connection between Trieste and Catania, Italy. The flight, operated by the airline Alitalia, brought 70 passengers from a city to another in less... more
AirlinesTap Portugal flight to Accra, Ghana's capital
Rome, Italy - It continues the expansion plan of the Portuguese carrier for Summer 2011
Tap Portugal, Star Alliance's carrier, with a view to strengthening of the network of connections to Africa will inaugurate next July 2 the new flight to Accra, Ghana's capital. The new destination is... more
AirlinesAlitalia: new A-330 airplane of long-range fleet enters service
Rome, Italy - North-America and new intercontinental destinations of Rio de Janeiro and Beijing
Tomorrow it will enter service a new Airbus A-330 airplane of Alitalia, to be employed in the intercontinental routes of the airline. The aircraft, named "Canaletto", will serve the destinations of... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a 30% increase bookings on flights
Rome, Italy - For the Easter holiday and May 1st
For the holiday of Easter and May 1st-during the period from April 21 to May 1st- Alitalia expects to carry more than 800,000 passengers, with an increase in bookings of 30% respect the same period of... more
AirlinesOman Air unveils EMBRAER 175 aircraft
Milan, Italy - In a preview at the Muscat International Airport
Oman Air unveiled the new member to its fleet, the EMBRAER 175 at a ceremony organised at the Muscat International Airport where invited journalists, trade partners and special guests got a chance to see... more
AirlinesAfter twenty-one years Austrian Airlines returns to Baghdad
Vienna, Austria - Three flights a week have been scheduled
The Austrian Airlines announced today that the Vienna-Baghdad-Vienna route will be reactivated from June 8, 2011. Three flights a week will be operated, on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; for the service... more
AirlinesVueling announces today new Rome-Menorca direct flight for Summer 2011
Rome, Italy - From December 2004, year of the first flight to Barcelona, the airline has carried 4.5 million passengers
Vueling, the new-generation airline, strengthens its leadership for connections to Spain from Rome-Fiumicino airport, at only 6 years from the beginning of its operations: from 2004, the carrier has in... more
AirlinesTAM Airlines, more connections to New York, London and Frankfurt scheduled
New York, USA - Thanks to two new A-330 airplanes
Two major changes have been recently announced by TAM Airlines. The first is related to the fleet of the carrier, which has spent 300 million dollars for the purchase of two Airbus A-330 planes, the first... more
AirlinesUSA: prepare for new rules for baggage transported by plane
Washington, USA - Will be a reimbursement for personal effects delivered too late, damaged or lost
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is preparing the basis to allow in case of lost or delayed luggage being compensated the passenger of the plane. There are few companies that adopt a policy of... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines inaugurates Genoa/Istanbul route
Istanbul, Turkey - On June 8th
On June 8th it will be inaugurated the new Genoa/Istanbul route by Turkish Airlines. The connection, whose opening was originally scheduled for May 4th and later postponed for needs linked to the reorganization... more
Airlines"Kamikaze" attack of unions to the air carrier Qantas
Sydney, Australia - The company is facing unacceptable requests
The director of the air carrier QANTAS, Alan Joyce, stated "It is nothing short of a kamikaze campain", This in response to the union movement, which involved the Australian International Pilots Association,... more
AirlinesRoberto Colaninno: Alitalia needs infrastructure, not funding
Rome, Italy - "We need to modernize the airport of Fiumicino"
The President of Alitalia Roberto Colaninno in an interview published on the statement insert of "La Repubblica" stated that "There are no commitments, letters, or shareholders agreements that require... more
AirlinesAir Berlin has inaugurated Verona-Berlin air route
Berlin, Germany - From May 1st, the connection will be served six times a week
This morning, an aircraft with 125 passengers on board served for ?the first time the flight from "Valerio Catullo" airport of Verona to Berlin-Tegel, operated by Air Berlin. Until April 30, the two... more
AirlinesCivil airplanes. easyJet update "AVOID" system
Milan, Italy - About volcanic ash
A year on from the volcanic ash cloud that closed European airspace for five days, easyJet announces the progress of the "AVOID" ("Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector") system and calls upon... more
AirlinesStarFlyer orders two A-320 planes
Tokyo, Japan - With which increase the frequencies and fly new routes in Japan and to South Korea
StarFlyer has just signed with Airbus a contract for the supply of two A-320 aircraft, equipped with CFM56-5B4/P engines and with 144 or 150 seat configuration in one class, whose delivery will happen... more
AirlinesNew planes Boeing 787/8 for Kenya Airways
Nairobi , Kenya - Their delivery is expected in 2013
The airline Kenya Airways had planned to receive, in 2010, 9 planes B-787/8 ordered in 2006. However, there were delays in the delivery of the aircraft which was instead scheduled for 2013. All this last... more
AirlinesProbable purchase of A-320neo by Air France
Toulouse, France - Negotiations between Airbus and the French company
The airline Air France-KLM has confirmed to be in talks with the European manufacturer Airbus for the latest model of A-320neo. Air France is the only company in the world to operate with all models... more