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AirlinesQantas contended also by Malaysian Airlines
Sydney, Australia - Announced by CEO Idris Jala
Malaysia Airlines has been eyeing up several airlines for a potential strategic joint-venture, and already, the carrier has confirmed it has held talks with Qantas in relation to this. The talks include... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): to the horizon the commercial agreement with British Airways
Rome, Italy - Yesterday the meeting with Rocco Sabelli
Alitalia and British Airways could sign a commercial agreement, the British airline's spokesman reported it yesterday during the meeting between the New Alitalia CEO, Rocco Sabelli, and the BA CEO, Willie... more
AirlinesJudgment of the Court of First Instance of UE: Ryanair-Walloon Region-Charleroi Airport
Brussels, Belgium - Annulled the Commission’s decision
"The Commission’s refusal to examine together the advantages granted by the Walloon Region and by Charleroi Airport, and to determine whether, taken together, those two entities acted as rational operators i... more
AirlinesAlitalia and Lufthansa, synergies by 500 million Euros
Rome, Italy - It aims to two hubs
The partnership between Lufthansa and Alitalia could bring "Synergies for over 500 million Euros, two hubs (Malpensa and Fiumicino) and the commitment to join in Star Alliance", Holger Hatty member of... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: Winter storm will affect flights in the North-East US through Wednesday
Houston, Usa - Complete details are available on its website
"Continental Airlines announced travel options for customers whose flight plans may be affected by severe Winter weather conditions forecast for the North-East U.S. through Wednesday. Weather conditions... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines to fly to Kuwait
Rome, Italy - Increase frequency to Abu Dhabi and Cairo
"Singapore Airlines will begin a four-times-weekly service to Kuwait from 15 March 2009. Flying via Abu Dhabi, the service will operate on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, using Boeing 777-200 aircraft. As... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Formigoni considers unacceptable the reduction of the intercontinental flights on Malpensa
Milan, Italy - But CAI has not been confirmed these news yet
Few intercontinental flights for Milan-Malpensa airport. This news would be leaked out and still not confirmed by CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) and would have provoked the warning by Lombardia Region... more
AirlinesAir Europe, the last flight before the activity's suspension
Milan, Italy - The oldest Italian charter company
Mauritius was the last flight for the Air Europe Boeing 767 airplane, the oldest Italian charter company. Purchased by CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana), along with Volare, "Air Europe is not more functional... more
AirlinesAlitalia, today possible start of auction for the minor assets
Rome, Italy - Atitech is the company that tempts somebody
Augusto Fantozzi, Alitalia extraordinary administrator, could start today the auction for the minor assets among which Atitech, the airplane maintenance company, tempts somebody. Several offers for... more
AirlinesAlitalia still in the sights of British Airways
Rome, Italy - Reported today by the Italian press
The British Airways CEO, Willie Walsh, renewals the interest in a commercial alliance with Alitalia. As regards other alliances there are Iberia and Qantas. According to Walsh an agreement with both airlines... more
AirlinesItalian ENAC launches a new information portal for passengers
Rome, Italy - Starting from today
Starting from today December 16th, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) launches a new portal with all information on the air transport and the passenger's rights. Particular attention will be given... more
AirlinesMeridiana flight assistants: Anpav, we will protest under Aga Khan's home
Rome, Italy - Against the decision of the company to lay off 145 among pilots and flights assistants
"Nothing and nobody, except the prince, can resolve the problem" wrote in a note "Anpav" (Italian flight assistants association) which made the blitz in France. "In the forty-five years of Meridiana's... more
AirlinesSAS cuts and improve efficiency
Copenhagen, Denmark - Negotiations with the unions to decide about the proceedings
During an interview the responsible for the relations with the Sas group's investors, Sture Stolen, declared that the leaders of the Scandinavian carrier are thinking about a structural change of the air... more
AirlinesThe passage from Alitalia to CAI will request temporary airplanes stop
Rome, Italy - For 7-8 hours and it will be between 12 and 13 January 2009
In order that CAI (Compagnia aerea italiana) could receive the licence of air operator, as affirmed by the Italian civil aviation center "Enac", it will be necessary to respect a technical time, that is... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines to begin non-stop service between Rome and Detroit
Rome, Italy - It will add new service from June 5
"Delta Air Lines’ customers can now book convenient non-stop flights from Rome’s 'Leonardo da Vinci'-Fiumicino Airport to Detroit Metro Airport in Detroit, Michigan, for service beginning on 5 June, 200... more
AirlinesSingapore Airline increases
Milan, Italy - Also Riyadh in its destinations
"Singapore Airlines will launch its inaugural flight to Riyadh on Sunday, 14 December 2008. SQ454 will depart Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 at 12:50hrs and is expected to arrive at Riyadh King Khalid... more
AirlinesAn agreement between Meridiana and Iberia for the maintenance of the aircraft
Olbia, Italy - A joint-venture to create a new pole in Olbia, Sardinia
From March 2008 Meridiana and Iberia are cooperating so that passengers coming from Italy could travel towards Spain, Portugal, Latin America, USA and Africa and vice-versa. Currently the two carriers... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic aims to an alliance with bmi
London, United Kingdom - Opened contacts with Lufthansa
Virgin Atlantic, which is interested in buying bmi, said it is in talks with the British airline's majority owner, Germany's Lufthansa about the future of the airline. The German airline is opened to... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2), agreement with Unions on social safety valves
Rome, Italy - A seven year guarantee for all redundancies
Last plug in the social safety valves' matter: a seven year guarantee for all redundancies with the 80% of the payment. Unions and company have reached the agreement on the three year-mobility for all... more
AirlinesJet Airways partners with Emirates
Milan, Italy - Effective December 15, 2008
"Jet Airways, India's international airline, and Emirates Airline, the award-winning international carrier with extensive services from India, have announced their partnership plans spanning a reciprocal... more
AirlinesBrussels Airlines to join Star Alliance
Chiacago, Usa - Voted by Board of Directors the carrier's join
"At their annual Board Meeting, the CEOs of the Star Alliance member airlines have voted to accept the application of Brussels Airlines to become a future member of the alliance. It is the Belgian... more
AirlinesCAI (3): tomorrow the first payment of 600 million Euro
Rome, Italy - And the plan will be presented to journalists
Crucial moment for CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana). The 22 shareholders will have to pay about 600 million Euros (on a total of 1,100) within tomorrow, and then the CAI's plan will be presented to the journalists... more
AirlinesCAI (2): Air France-KLM interested in 25%
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow the sign for the Alitalia Fly's sale
The final details of a partnership agreement between the CAI consortium taking control of Italy's Alitalia and Air France-KLM will be agreed on Wednesday. Under the agreement, Air France will buy a stake... more
AirlinesCAI: today the meeting Colaninno-Formigoni on Malpensa
Milan, Italy - With reference to the plan that will be presented tomorrow
Today the meeting among Roberto Colaninno, Rocco Sabelli (CAI - Compagnia Aerea italiana President and CEO respectively) and Lombardia Region President, Roberto Formigoni on the delicate matter of the... more
AirlinesRyanair thanks Rome crew for a great job-well done
Rome, Italy - The aircraft safely landed following a substantial birdstrike a month ago
"Ryanair, Europe’s low fares airline, yesterday (10th Dec) held a presentation ceremony in Frankfurt-Hahn to recognise the exceptional skill of the pilots and cabin crew who safely landed a Boeing 737 a... more
AirlinesFor Livingston airline, 125 redundancies
Varese, Italy - Unemployment procedures started
The private Italian airline "Livingston", after it tried to advertise its own business through different initiatives in order to acquire new customers, affirms to be in a "Structural and irreversible"... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: November 2008 traffic
Paris, France - Traffic down just 0.8% despite Air France strike; load factor maintained at 78.3%
"- Passenger activity Following the Air France strike of 14 to 17 November 2008 which led to the cancellation of around a third of flights, traffic declined by 0.8% in line with capacity (-0.7%). Long-haul... more
AirlinesLufthansa acquires Austrian Airlines
Milan, Italy - Supervisory Board of ÖIAG agrees to sale in meeting last Friday
"The Supervisory Board of ÖIAG last Friday gave a green light to the sale to Lufthansa of ÖIAG’s 41.56 percent share in Austrian Airlines. The signing of the contract took place after a meeting of the... more
AirlinesContinental to be first carrier in the Americas to conduct biofuel flight
Houston, Usa - Next January 7 it will make a flight powered by sustainable biofuels
"Continental Airlines announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009. The demonstration flight, which will... more
AirlinesQantas, no guarantees for merger with British Airways
Sydney, Australia - Announced by Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas
No guarantee on the hypothesis of merger between Qantas and British Airways, the Australian carrier CEO Alan Joyce said. "We are still at the early stages of this", said Joyce. "There is a reasonable chance... more
AirlinesAlitalia, departures and arrivals
Rome, Italy - Within December 12th the concert-party must pay the first 600 million Euros
Departures and arrivals for Alitalia. The 1,000 letters for the redundancy payment have been sent, 45 managers have been laid off and this week the hiring letters by CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) would... more
AirlinesCAI: tomorrow the meeting with Air France-KLM President Spinetta
Milan, Italy - Within the year the choice of the international partner
CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) management, Roberto Colaninno and Rocco Sabelli, will meet tomorrow in Milan Jean Cyril Spinetta and Pierre Henri Gougeon, Air France-KLM heads. According to some indiscretions,... more
AirlinesAeroflot cuts 500 jobs
Moscow, Russia - Announced by the anti-crisis plan
According to the anti-crisis plan, Aeroflot will reduce 500 jobs. The announcement was given by CEO Valery Okulov, whom remembered there will not be any payment's reductions and any cuts that could mine... more
AirlinesAlitalia: cancelled the convocation of Unions
Rome, Italy - Unkonwn the reasons of this decision at the moment
The meeting announced for today by extraordinary administrator Augusto Fantozzi, to discuss on the new collective contracts to apply until the new management by CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana), has been... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): called Unions for a meeting on contracts
Rome, Italy - This morning at the via della Magliana Headquarters
Alitalia called this morning Unions, at the via della Magliana Headquarters, for the notice of agreements and collective contracts that from December 1st has not more value. The focus of the meeting... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the deed of sale will be stipulated between CAI and the extraordinary administrator on December 12, 2008
Rome, Italy - He was required to dismiss 45 managerial personnel
"The extraordinary administrator, Mr Augusto Fantozzi, announced that yesterday CAI SpA considers fulfilled the conditions established by the agreement of November 30, 2008, for the completion of the operations... more
AirlineseasyJet: CAI pro-trust decision bad news for consumers
Milan, Italy - Comment by François Bacchetta, carrier’s General Manager for Southern Europe
"Commenting on the decision of the Italian Competition Authority on CAI, François Bacchetta, easyJet’s General Manager for Southern Europe says: 'This decision isn’t anti-trust, it is pro-trust and... more
AirlinesAlitalia-CAI: positive assessment by Monitoring trustee
Brussels, Belgium - Reported by European Transport Commissioner, Antonio Tajani
Monitoring trustee announces its decision about the sale of Alitalia's flight operations to the private Italian investor Group CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) cleared its last hurdle on Thursday, when the... more
AirlinesAerolineas Argentinas, reached a draft agreement for the nationalization
Buenos Aires, Argentina - The go-ahead in the last November
Reached an agreement on the draft law for the nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral, both subsidiaries of the Spanish Group Marsans. In November the Argentinean Authorities gave the go-ahead... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines resumes tomorrow flights from Bangkok
Milan, Italy - The first connection will depart at 13:05 local hour
"Singapore Airlines plans the resumption of flights to and from Bangkok’s 'Suvarnabhumi' Airport from tomorrow [Friday 5 December 2008]. The first flight from 'Suvarnabhumi' will depart for Singapore a... more
AirlinesMeridiana (2): renewal of the fleet and investment for one billion Euros
Milan, Italy - Requested of equitable distribution for the slot
Renewal of the fleet for Meridiana. Gianni Rossi, the airline's CEO, announced it before the deputies if the Transport Commission in the hearing of the management and the Unions that protest against the... more
AirlinesCAI: Clessidra private equity fund out of the concert-party
Rome, Italy - "Too doubts in the new Alitalia's operations"
Clessidra will not sign its share in the CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) capital increase. This decision has been taken because there are "Too doubts in the new Alitalia's operations". So, the private equity... more
AirlinesSAS resumes air traffic to Bangkok today
Stockholm, Sweden - The airline expects to bring home the last stranded passegers in Thailandia during the week-end
"SAS Scandinavian Airlines will today resumes its operations to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, which has been closed since Tuesday last week. The airline now expects to bring home the last stranded passengers... more
AirlinesTransavia.com announces the new connection Rome- Copenhagen
Rome, Italy - Four flights per week that will become five next April
"The bankruptcy of Sterling occurred last October gave the opportunity to Transavia.com to enter a market, the Danish one, which has great potentials, filling the gap created by Sterling which transported... more
AirlinesAir transport: in Canada if you are oversize you do not pay the double-ticket
Milan, Italy - Canadian air companies will have to complying with the rules: one person, one ticket
Long since the associations of oversizes are fighting against the companies which charge two tickets to the obese who occupies a dual space on airplanes. The Canadian Supreme Court established that... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines resumes flights to Bangkok
Milan, Italy - Tonight last flight from alternate airport Utapao
"Austrian Airlines resume the daily scheduled flights from and to Thailand at Bangkok International airport. Passenger care and flight operations can be guaranteed due to the end of the blockade of the... more
Airlinesbmibaby suspends temporarily routes on Milan, Rome, Bordeaux and Madrid
London, United Kingdom - From March 29th to October 24th, 2009
bmibaby, British low-cost airline, announced the suspension of the routes on Milan, Rome, Bordeaux and Madrid from March 29th to October 24th, 2009. This decision, that will cause the dismissal of about... more
AirlinesBritish Airways and Qantas: a possible merger?
London, United Kingdom - The requirements in detail
As an answer to the recent media speculation, British Airways Plc confirms it is considering a potential merger with Qantas Airways Limited through a double structure. In the meantime it continues the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the last news about the situation
Rome, Italy - Following to Prime Minister's decree dated 1 December 2008 establishes
"The Extraordinary Administrator, Mr Augusto Fantozzi, announces that the Prime Minister's decree dated 1 December 2008 establishes that: - in agreement with C.A.I. S.p.A., the Administrator must take... more
AirlinesAer Lingus rejects Ryanair
Dublin, Ireland - "The offer undervalues its real value"
Aer Lingus Group rejected a 524 million Euros hostile bid from Ryanair to buy the stock in the airline it doesn’t already own, saying the low-cost carrier’s second offer in two years is too low. Ryanair, whi... more