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AirlinesAlitalia and Kenya Airways start a commercial partnership
Rome, Italy - The inaugural Rome-Nairobi flight launched today
The opening ceremony of the new Rome-Nairobi flight was held this morning at Rome-Fiumicino airport; the flight operated by Kenya Airways in cooperation with Alitalia is the only direct link between the... more
AirlinesAeroflot signs declaration of intent with Boeing for 16 airplanes
Moscow, Russia - The purchase will happen through the direct acquisition or a leasing supported by the US Export-Import Bank
Aeroflot, according to today's reports by "RIA Novosti", signed today with the American giant "Boeing" a declaration of intent for the purchase of eight B-777/3000ERs (Extended Range) and as many B-777/200ERs.... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announces new service to Hilo, Hawai'i
Chicago, Usa - Non-stop flights from LA and SFO begin June 2011
Continental Airlines yesterday announced new daily non-stop service to Hilo, Hawai'i, from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and once-weekly service to Hilo from San Francisco International Airport... more
AirlineseasyJet to launch new route to Jordan
Milan, Italy - From March 27, 2011
easyJet announced yesterday it will be flying to Jordan from 27 March 2011. The airline will be flying to Amman, the capital of Jordan and one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world,... more
AirlinesJet Airways awarded as “Airline with the best business class in the world”
Los Angeles, Usa - During an event dedicated to airlines
Indian airline Jet Airways has been declared the "Airline with best business class service in the world" at the "Business Traveller Awards 2010" in Los Angeles. The "Best in Business Travel" Awards... more
AirlinesSwiss towards the end of 2010 with positive results
Milan, Italy - After October, also November posts important numbers for its growth
The carrier carried a total of 1 145 942 passengers in November, an increase of 3.1% on the same month last year (2009: 1,111,016). The airline operated 11,864 flights during the month, 3.7% more than... more
AirlinesRyanair reduces operations in Germany from Summer 2011
Milan, Italy - Due to the EUR 8 tax decided by German Country
Ryanair announced today further cuts to its 2011 German operations which will suffer the loss of 3m passengers and 3,000 jobs at airports in Berlin, Bremen, Dusseldorf-Weeze and Frankfurt-Hahn due to the... more
AirlinesORP/Meridiana Fly agreement: pilgrims will travel with carrier's airplanes
Rome, Italy - For next five years
The airline Meridiana Fly has confirmed AVIONEWS that it has signed an agreement with Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, OPR, under which, for five years, would be its Airbus A-330s to carry pilgrims from the... more
AirlinesCA introduces "FareLock"
Chicago, Usa - It allows customers to hold reservations for up to seven days
Continental Airlines introduced FareLock, an option that offers customers the opportunity to hold reservations and lock-in ticket prices for 72 hours or seven days with no commitment to purchase a ticket.... more
AirlinesRyanair: evaded the requests of reimburse in connection to the volcanic ash cloud
Milan, Italy - For more than 90% because a limited number of cases remain unsolved
Yesterday Ryanair announced that it had responded to the claim for expenses, submitted by passengers because of the unnecessary closures of the European airspace which took place in April and May this... more
AirlinesAlitalia extends to Amadeus travel agencies worldwide the possibility to have free access to its contents
Rome, Italy - Until the end of 2013
Alitalia and Amadeus, global society in technology and distribution solutions for travel and tourism industry, unveil the signing of the "Full content" contract, valid until the end of 2013. With this... more
AirlinesCondor Airlines: new connection to Seattle for Summer 2011
Milan, Italy - Two non-stop weekly flights to American Pacific Coast
Starting from June 2011, Condor will operate no-stop flights from Frankfurt to Seattle (Washington, USA) on Mondays and Thursdays. After Calgary, Recife and Spalato, this is the fourth new destination... more
AirlinesAir Berlin flies for the first time from Verona to Berlin and Düsseldorf
Milan, Italy - From April 2011
Starting from April 15th, 2011, it will be possible to fly with Air Berlin from the airport "Valerio Catullo" of Verona to Berlin-Tegel and Düsseldorf. Until April 30th, on the occasion of Easter holidays,... more
AirlinesCode-share for SAS and EGYPTAIR
Stockholm, Sweden - The agreement will be in operation next Wednesday
SAS and EGYPTAIR will be code-share partners on a number of routes between Europe and Africa. EGYPTAIR commenced its Copenhagen-Cairo service on September 1 this year, and with the new partnership... more
AirlinesItAli Airlines: a new style in the skies
Rome, Italy - The carrier is gaining a more and more stable position in the field
Flying has become a much more affordable habit than it was in the past, with "Deflagrating" effects on the potential customers. Also the number of proposals has increased, not always to advantage the best... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: more passengers
Milan, Italy - And increased capacity utilization
In November 2010, 2,508,821 passengers traveled with Air Berlin, i.e. an increase of 8.4 percent (November 2009: 2,314,734 passengers, including those traveling on the acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes).... more
AirlinesAir Vallee: domestic and international routes
Rimini, Italy - The carrier established its base at the "Federico Fellini" airport last Summer
Air Vallee airline, which established its technical-logistic base at the "Federico Fellini" international airport of Rimini-San Marino in Summer 2010, from 27 March 2011 will restart its flight activity... more
AirlinesAir India stopped using Frankfurt as the European hub for its international operations
Delhi, India - The carrier increases its long-haul services from Amristar airport
National carrier Air India has stopped using Frankfurt as the European hub for its international operations, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Wednesday. The establishment of an integrated terminal... more
AirlinesAir India and Jet Airways lease 35 airplanes
Delhi, India - From Airbus' companies
Air India and Jet Airways India Ltd. have agreed to lease 35 planes of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV's Airbus from leasing companies. Flag carrier Air India has decided to lease 10 A-330... more
AirlinesSAS first airline in the world to carry out same-sex wedding in the air
Stockholm, Sweden - A campaign with a great success
Scandinavian Airlines yesterday became the first airline in the world to carry out both a gay and lesbian wedding in the air onboard SK903 between Stockholm and New York. The unique flight followed the... more
AirlinesAll CA B-777 airplanes now have Flat-Bed Business first seats
Chicago, Usa - For the international flights between the US and Asia and Europe
Continental Airlines (CA) yesterday announced that all of its Boeing 777 long-haul, international flights now feature new flat-bed seats in its BusinessFirst cabin. CA currently operates the 777-200 on... more
AirlinesJet Airways: inaugurated the first flight from Milan-Malpensa to New Delhi
Milan, Italy - With the new Airbus A-330/200
Jet Airways, India's international airline, launched last night the new daily no-stop route from Milan-Malpensa airport to New Delhi, with the new Airbus 330/200. A triumph of yellow roses, blue ribbons,... more
AirlinesMeridiana Fly, new air link between Turin and Olbia
Olbia, Italy - Starting from December 10th
On December 10, a new direct link between Turin and Olbia will be inaugurated. It will be operated by the carrier "Fly Meridiana". It was unveiled by the Sardinian airline and "Sagat", the management company... more
AirlinesSIA for the first time in South-America
Milan, Italy - With the entry of Brazil in its own network of destinations
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will add a sixth continent to its route network in March 2011 with the launch of thrice-weekly flights between Singapore and the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, via Barcelona in Spain. Sao... more
AirlinesMauritania Airlines: airplanes operational from the Christmas period
Nouakchott, Mauritania - It is unveiled by the President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
On November 28, 2010, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of Mauritania, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced that he will commit himself so as his Country will return to... more
AirlinesNew CEO for Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria - Thierry Antinori will assume the new position starting from April 1st, 2011
The airline "Austrian Airlines", following a meeting held this afternoon, issued a statement revealing that it has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, with effective charge from 1 April next year. This... more
AirlinesAVIONEWS interviews Rocco Sabelli, Alitalia's CEO, about the collaboration agreement with ORP (video)
Rome, Italy - In this arrangement the city of Rome also brings an important contribution
From the beginning of the year, Alitalia has transported from and to Rome about 15 million passengers. With this new offer, Alitalia and ORP ("Opera Romana Pellegrini") plan to carry to Rome at least 50,000... more
AirlinesQatar Airways reaches 100 destinations
Rome, Italy - With the opening of the new airport in Aleppo (Syria) from next April
Qatar Airways announced its 100th destination, a milestone for one of the world’s fastest growing airlines. In a span of just 13 years, starting with only four aircraft to currently 91, soaring from 1... more
AirlinesCA receives approval to offer Lagos, Nigeria, service for sale
Chicago, Usa - The city is the 31st destination into the carrier's network
Continental Airlines (CA) announced yesterday that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has approved the airline's application to offer for sale its planned service between Houston and Lagos, Nigeria.... more
Airlines"IAG", the giant of the air transport
Madrid, Spain - Green light to the fusion from the shareholders of "British Airways" and "Iberia"
Green light from the shareholders of the Spanish carrier Iberia and of the English British Airways to the merger between the two airlines, which will form a new giant of the skies, namely "International... more
AirlinesHawaiian Airlines orders six more A-330/200 airplanes
Blagnac, France - It became a new operator this year
Hawaiian Airlines, which became a new Airbus operator this year, has placed a firm order for an additional six A-330/200s. These long-haul, twin-engine, widebody aircraft will join Hawaiian’s fleet of t... more
AirlinesLufthansa to test biofuel on one of its commercial airplane
Milan, Italy - In April 2011
At a joint press conference today, Lufthansa Chairman and CEO, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, with Peter Hinze, Parliamentary State Secretary and Government Aerospace Coordinator, and Professor Johann-Dietrich Wörner,... more
AirlinesAereadria: Windjet's flights from the Italian airport of Rimini
Rimini, Italy - Catania, Palermo, Prague, Kiev, Bucharest, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Cologne-Bonn, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sharm el Sheikh
Following the press release sent by the Sicilian airline Windjet containing the announcement of the opening of routes from Palermo and Catania to "Federico Fellini" International Airport of Rimini, as... more
AirlinesYangon Airways to suspend all flights starting from December 3rd
Yangon, Burma - Due to a cancellation of its Aircraft Operator Certificate (AOC)
Yangon Airways, a domestic airline in military-ruled Burma, suspends all flights starting Dec.3 due to the cancellation of its Aircraft Operator Certificate (AOC) by the civil aviation authority, according... more
AirlinesEmirates foresees delay in the delivery of the A-350 airplanes ordered
Paris, France - The airline ordered 70 models, and the President expects to start receiving them within a year
Yesterday Tim Clark, president of Emirates airline, on the occasion of a press-conference held in Paris, said he thinks that A-350 airplanes will face a few delays. Airbus, Clark explains, has been having... more
AirlinesDarwin Airline buys the Flybaboo's activities
Lugano, Switzerland - And aims to strengthen itself as a regional airline
Darwin Airline SA ("Darwin") and Flybaboo SA ("Baboo"), the two Swiss regional airlines, announced they have reached an agreement under which Darwin will resume the routes currently operated by Baboo,... more
AirlineseasyJet launches Liverpool to Gibraltar route
Milan, Italy - And another one from Manchester to Palma
easyJet, the UK airline, has today launched a brand new route to Gibraltar from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport". The low-fares airline is now offering a three-times-weekly service from Liverpool to... more
AirlinesTransavia.com announces the opening of new Milan-Malpensa/Rotterdam route
Milan, Italy - And the hours for the Summer season 2011
The airline announces the opening, for next Summer, of a new route connecting Milan-Malpensa to the airport of Amsterdam-Rotterdam with a frequency of four flights per week (on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday... more
AirlinesRyanair again calls for removal of "Right to strike" for essential Atc services
Milan, Italy - The strike action more disruptive than ash crisis
Ryanair, European airline, once again called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘Right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC after it was forced to cancel another 60 flights due to a 24 hour str... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines announced schedule for service to Lagos, Nigeria
Chicago, Usa - Beginning Dec. 12, 2010
United Airlines announced the schedule for the airline's new service between Washington and Lagos, Nigeria, United's second destination on the African continent, beginning Dec. 12, 2010. At its hub... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines expands alliance with JetBlue
Dallas, USA - It includes a reciprocal frequent flier program
Fort Worth-based American Airlines (AA) said Wednesday that it had expanded its alliance with New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp. The partnership announced in March will now include a reciprocal frequent... more
AirlinesAir Berlin books solid results in 3Q
Milan, Italy - Make up for the first half-year
Air Berlin reached an operating profit (EBIT) of EUR 171.7 million for the third quarter of 2010; however, the accumulated figures for the first nine months of the year could have been better: The harsh... more
AirlinesDelta boosts international flights in 2011
Atlanta, Usa - For next Spring and Summer
Delta Air Lines will expand its international schedule with new and expanded service to cities in Asia and Europe for Spring and Summer 2011, continuing its focus on markets with high demand for business... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines is allowed to fly from Boston and from Miami to London-Heathrow
Washington, USA - The new flights will begin March 27, 2011
The US Department of Transportation and the European Commission granted Delta Air Lines' request to operate new daily, year-round flights between London's Heathrow and Boston and Miami international airports. The... more
AirlineseasyJet: full year results for the year to 30 September 2010
Milan, Italy - Continuing strong commercial performance and cash generation
easyJet unveils full year results for the year to 30 September 2010. Financial highlights: - Continued growth in total revenue per seat, up 5.1% (3.3% at constant currency), following strong growth... more
AirlinesGermanwings: in October the number of passengers increases by 18% respect to October 2009
Milan, Italy - Nearly 120,000 more passengers carried
Germanwings has completed its 8th year of activity with a really positive result: the low-cost airline, born in October 2002, has in fact registered a +18% in the number of passengers last month. It has... more
AirlinesAir route Pescara-Tirane in service again from December
Pescara, Italy - It will be served twice a week by Bell Air airline
Following a meeting attended by Carla Mannetti, President of "Saga", management society of the Abruzzo airport, by Daniele Becci, President of the Chamber of commerce of Pescara, and Arbi Xhelo, CEO of... more
AirlinesAir Malta launches a new product: a pass for the baggage in excess
Milan, Italy - It's necessary to apply for a pre-paid block of 10, 20 or 30 coupons
Air Malta launches new product to its customers: a pass for luggage. It has been created for those passengers wishing to carry a baggage weighing more than the standard normally already offered by the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: until the end of the year 150 miles free for passengers doing the web check-in
Rome, Italy - At Terminal 1 of the airport of Rome-Fiumicino, the carrier promotes the use of self check-in
Alitalia has launched a promotion dedicated to passengers doing the web check-in. Until December 31st, Alitalia's clients Program "MilleMiglia" will have a 150-mile-bonus every time they will do on-line,... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: figures in October
Milan, Italy - more passengers and higher capacity utilization
In October 2010, Air Berlin welcomed 3,490,259 passengers on board, i.e. an increase of 7.6 percent (October 2009: 3,242,818 passengers, including those traveling on the acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes).... more