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AirlinesBA: EUR 59m expenses for anti-terrorism measures
London, United Kingdom - 1280 flights cancelled between August 10 and 17
British Airways communicated that special security measures following presumed thwarted attempts in August costed GBP 40m (EUR 59m) to the airline. The British flag carrier specified that it was forced... more
AirlinesNew Airbus airplanes for Swiss International
Milan, Italy - Within next Spring the Swiss carrier will have on its disposition three new airplanes
The Swiss International Airlines will add by next Spring two Airbus A-321 and one A-320 to its fleet. It’s been announced by the airline’s President Christoph Franz, that has also stated that the "Integration of... more
AirlinesGermany: the first airline for smokers is born
Dusseldorf, Germany – 138-seat Boeing 747s without "No smoking"
Alexander Shoppman, a Dusseldorf’s businessman, has created an airline for smokers only. In an era of prohibitions and demonization of tobacco addiction, someone has thought to go upriver and provide s... more
AirlinesOasis Airlines: new flight between Hong Kong-London
Hong Kong, China - It will offer free hot meal and entertainment
The Chinese air company, Oasis Airlines, will launch a beginning public offer scheduled for next year. The intent of the Hong Kong’s carrier is to persuade the investors of its growth potential in the A... more
AirlinesTam can fly to Italy
Brasilia, Brazil - Anac has given the authorization to the Brazilian carrier
The Brazilian air company Tam has received from Anac (Brazilian agency for civil aviation) the authorization to operate flights to Italy. The Brazilian carrier will be able to fly every day toward the... more
AirlinesWelcome on Board becomes Gsa of Aerosvit
Kiev, Ukraine - The Ukraine airline connects Naples and Kiev four times a week
Since August 2006, Welcome On Board is become Gsa of Aerosvit, Ukraine airline with beyond ten years of activities, that connects Naples and Kiev four times a week. Its fleet is composed by 12 aircraft:... more
AirlinesKenya Airways: five new Boeing within the end of the year
Nairobi, Kenya - The African carrier hopes so to conquer important shares of air transport market
The air company Kenya Airways, that in the first 2006 quarter has reported a growth of gains equal to 24%, has announced, trough its President Titus Naikuni, that within a year five new airplanes will... more
AirlinesNew direct flight Stockholm-Beijing by SAS
Stockholm, Sweden - It will start on April 2007 the added link between Sweden and China
The SAS Swedish air company, has annouced that since next April 2007 its- already well extended- flight network with East will be enlarged by adding a direct flight between Stockholm and Beijing. "Since... more
Airlines"Redticket" offer by Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria - Discounted flights departing from Italian airports
Austrian Airlines launches a new promotion on flights operated from Italian airport toward Austria, China, Japan, India, Middle East and all the East-European cities. The offer "Redticket" proposes discounted... more
AirlinesMeridiana: new flight Milan-Paris
Milan, Italy - Increasing of the data transmission sale of the carrier
Hence next October first, a new daily service between Milan-Linate and Paris-Charles de Gaulle will come inaugurated by Meridiana. The flight will take off from Linate at 12:15 pm with arrive in the French... more
AirlinesSpanair: new domestic and international flights
Madrid, Spain - The Iberian carrier aims to the conquest of a largest share of market
After its ambitious plans of growth in domestic market the Spanish air company Spanair wants also to increase its international connection network. Since next October 29 the Spanish carrier will launch... more
AirlinesOfficial the fusion between the Hapagfly and the Hapag-Lloyd Express
Berlin, Germany - It is born the third carrier of the German skies
Last week, the German Industrial Group TUI (Touristik Union International) announced the fusion of its two airlines, the charter Hapagfly and the low-cost Hapag-Lloyd Express, that in conjunction have... more
AirlinesRyanair: +23% passenger traffic in August
Dublin, Ireland - Two new routes from Orio al Serio, Italy
Irish low-cost airline has made known today its passenger traffic data in August, reporting a 23% growth: 4 million people were carried compared to 3.2 million in August 2005. In the same period load factor... more
AirlinesLufthansa in negotiation with Airbus and Boeing for an order of 100 aircraft
Berlin, Germany - Possible creation of an Italian low-cost company
Last Saturday, a Lufthansa spokesman has announced that the air company within the end of the year will make known its decision about the purchase of new aircraft. The carrier currently is in negotiation... more
AirlinesNew Air One flights from Turin to Paris and Barcelona
Milan, Italy - Since next October 29 the daily connections between Caselle and the Spanish and French terminals will be active
Air One has announced the launching of a new daily link between the Turin-Caselle airport and the one of Barcelona, and of two daily flights between the Turin terminal and "Charles de Gaulle" airport in... more
AirlinesThird quarter of growth of SkyEurope: plus 46% of passengers
Bratislava, Slovakia - The gain of the Central-European carrier has increased of 17% in this period
The low-cost airline SkyEurope has communicated the data about the third financial quarter of 2006. The carrier has registered an increase of 46% in the number of transported passengers aboard of its airplanes,... more
AirlinesLufthansa will not sell its share in Thomas Cook soon
Berlin, Germany - The carrier talks about long times
Still long times for Lufthansa’s decision on the future of its participation in Thomas Cook, which is now equal to 50%. In the last days there were rumors about its stake’s cession to KarstadtQuelle, whi... more
AirlinesQatar Airways today flies to Beirut and challenges the Israel's block
Doha, Qatar - The Middle-Oriental carrier has announced for today a flight that won't stop in Amman as imposed by Israel
While Israel has announced that it isn’t going to remove the air-naval block on Lebanon until the troops of Unifil will be displaced in the boundary between the two States, the Arabian carrier Qatar A... more
AirlinesNew contract for UPS pilots
Atlanta, USA – Pay increase up to 26%
The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) announced the ratification of a new five-year contract for pilots of cargo airline UPS. The contract was approved by 1482 pilots and rejected by 1141. Their average... more
AirlinesKorean Air launches new flights three times a week to Japan
Seoul, South Korea - The Asian carrier will link Incheon city with Hakodate city
The Korean air company, Korean Air, has recently launched new flights that will be operated three times a week and will link Incheon (South Korea) with Hakodate (Japan), the port of the Southern zone of... more
AirlineseasyJet expands in Milan-Malpensa
Milan, Italy – Two added aircraft and eight new frequencies
"With the Winter times’ launch, easyJet announces the arrival of two new airplanes A-319 for the Malpensa’s base and eight new frequencies. The further expansion of the activity from the main Milan’s air s... more
AirlinesEmirates launches the new flight Dubai-Beijing
Milan, Italy - It starts today the daily link between Arab Emirates and China
Emirates has launched a new daily flight Dubai-Beijing, that is the 18th destination served by the carrier in Pacific Asia. Since today it will be possible to fly from the city of Emirates toward the Chinese... more
AirlinesNo Eurofly-Livingston agreement
Milan, Italy – The Italian leisure carrier won’t buy the charter airline
Negotiations between Eurofly and Livingston on the purchase of the charter carrier belonging to Viaggi del Ventaglio Group ended with no agreement. Negotiations failed because the Italian tourism Group... more
Airlines6 new Ryanair routes to Pisa
Pisa, Italy - From September 14
An agreement has been signed between Florence Tourism Agency and Ryanair to launch 6 new destinations of the Irish carrier to Pisa airport, which will be activated on September 14. The new scheduled routes... more
AirlinesSince today with SkyEurope the seats can be booked
Bratislava, Slovakia - The new service of seats pre-allocation introduced by the low-cost carrier allows to choose the chair
The new proposal of SkyEurope is aimed to guarantee the maximum comfort to its passengers, that often don’t have the possibility to choose their seats in the low-cost flights, and so at the boarding i... more
AirlinesAir France: concentration of the flights to USA at the Terminal E from today
Rome, Italy - All the other ones will be re-distributed towards different terminals of Roissy-CDG2
"Air France communicates that as of today, August 31, all the flights to USA, with exception of Detroit and Cincinnati, will be concentrated at the Terminal E of the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle 2’s air s... more
AirlinesRyanair: new flights to celebrate 600,000 passengers from Trieste
Trieste, Italy - On the occasion of this goal the low-cost carrier makes available tickets from 0,60 cents
The air company Ryanair has reached the goal of 600,000 passengers transported from and to Trieste, and has decided to celebrate it by launching new flights that will link Trieste with Frankfurt. Starting... more
AirlinesQatar Airways promotes the meteorology on CNN
Rome, Italy - Already from some weeks
"Qatar Airways from some weeks is the sponsor of the Tv programmes dedicated to the meteorology on the CNN’s international channels. The choice of this kind of TV visibility to great diffusion, answers t... more
AirlinesMyAir.com flies to Marrakech
Milan, Italy - After the opening of the route to Istanbul
"MyAir.com is the airline chose by ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) to operate scheduled flights in Morocco: next December 7 the carrier will inaugurate the connection Milan-Marrakech. The links... more
AirlinesJet2.com: the flights from Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester on sale from today
Milan, Italy - For next Summer
"The flights from Rome-Fiumicino to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for Summer 2007 can be bookable as of today on the English low-cost carrier’s website (www.jet2.com). The base tariff is EUR 21 per leg, t... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM redoubles its profit in the first quarter
Paris, France - And review its estimates for the rest of the year
Air France-KLM has communicated the data about the operative profit of the first quarter of 2006, that has passed the estimates of the analysts (EUR 220m), redoubling the profit in comparison with the... more
AirlinesRyanair: Oristano airport? No thanks
Oristano, Italy - Net deny by the carrier on the hypothesis of an interest on the Sardinian terminal
The announce had been given by the President of Sogeaer (Oristano airport administrator) Pasquale Onida at the beginning of July: "Ryanair has already shown its interest to operate with its airplanes in... more
AirlinesIsrael: Parliament members in foreign missions must fly with national airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel - It is the invitation of Knesset President
Last week the Israeli Finances Ministry firmed an agreement with Alitalia scheduling discounts and special terms for Tel Aviv public officers who are in foreign missions (see AVIONEWS for details). After... more
AirlinesFifteen A-321s for US Airways
Washington, USA - Seven new orders and eight conversions
US Airways has signed an order to purchase seven A-321/200 aircraft and it has contemporaneously converted a previous order of seven A-319s and A-320s into eight A-321, totally 15 new A-321 which will... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines sign an interline deal
Sydney, Australia - The agreement between the two carriers spurs the opening to international air traffic of Australia
Virgin Blue and Malaysia Airlines has signed an interline deal, that will allow to the passengers of the Asian airline that get to the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports in Australia, to fly toward... more
AirlinesSky Jet launches a new offer on occasion of the Venice international cinema fair
Rome, Italy - Daily flights to the "Lido" with executive jets
Sky Jet Italia in occasion of the "International Cinema Fair" of Venice, that takes place in the city from August 30 until September 9, has launched a new proposal: to organize air round-trips to Venice... more
AirlinesAir Berlin sells its tickets at supermarket
Berlin, Germany - The initiative will be valid since next September 5 and will include all the flights departing from United Kingdom
Since next Monday on the markets of the hard discount chain "Lidl" present on the United Kingdom it will be possible to buy the air tickets to fly with Air Berlin toward one of the 25 destinations of the... more
AirlinesDeal Iberia-Aviapartner for the airport services
Milan, Italy - The agreement will concern the airports of Milan, Rome and Venice
The air company Iberia has signed a three-year-lenght deal with Aviapartner Handling for the supply of services of check-in, assistance at boarding, baggages handling and flight assistance in the airports... more
AirlinesRyanair: new flights Europe-Morocco
Dublin, Ireland - The links with the African Country should start in October
Press sources have retailed that the low-cost carrier Ryanair will begin to operate connections between Morocco and Europe starting from the end of October. Bridget Dowling, Marketing Director for South... more
AirlinesRyanair (2): mobiles on board B-737s from next year
Dublin, Ireland – And new flights from Turin to Brussels and Dublin from December
Ryanair has reached an agreement today with OnAir, the communication joint-venture by Airbus and SITA, that will allow passengers to use their mobile phones on board. According to what the Irish low-cost... more
AirlinesFinally Aer Lingus on the Stock Exchange
Dublin, Ireland - September 29 the debut date, after several postponements
Aer Lingus, Irish flag airline, seems he finally got it. After several attempts, that had been postponed by authorities or for union problems, the company will be privatized and will start its enlisting... more
AirlinesNew flight MaxJet London-Las Vegas
Washington, Usa - It will be active since next November 2
MaxJet launches the new connection between London-Stanstead and Las Vegas. The all-business Us carrier has announced that since next November 2 it will be operative a flight connecting twice a week the... more
AirlinesFirst semester of growth for Air Dolomiti
Milan, Italy - The prevision talk of 1,5 million of transported passengers within the year
The financial data about the first semester 2006 of Air Dolomiti have been communicated. The carrier, born in 1989 and controlled for 10% by Lufthansa since 2003, has obtained in these first six months... more
AirlinesMexicana will purchase 16 new Airbus aircraft
Mexico City, Mexico - Plus four long-haul planes to be chosen between Boeing and Airbus
Mexicana de Aviaciòn, the second Mexican airline for fleet dimension, is planning to buy 16 new Airbus aircraft and four long-haul planes to be chosen between European and US production. Adolfo Crespo,... more
Airlines"Autumn Festival" is the new promotion of Air France and KLM
Rome, Italy - Since yesterday the tickets with special rates can be booked
Air France and KLM launch a new rates offer called "Autumn Festival". The promotion is related to the purchase of tickets for reduced prices, for destinations like Mexico, Thailandia, the Carribean, Egypt,... more
AirlinesAer Lingus is evaluating the purchase of 14 new planes
Dublin, Ireland - Next Autumn the Irish carrier should begin the negotiation both with Boeing and with Airbus
The Irish air company, Aer Lingus, has announced that in the next Autumn will start the renew operation of its aircraft fleet trough the negotiation of deals with the American Boeing and with the European... more
AirlinesAlitalia: has the Lufthansa alliance hypothesis vanished?
Berlin, Germany - German press did not seem to give importance to the matter
No-one in Germany seem to have taken for real the idea of an alliance between Lufthansa and Alitalia (see AVIONEWS for details). Only "FinanzTreff.de" and "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" quote the matter,... more
AirlinesLive TV broadcasts for Virgin Blue passengers
Canberra, Australia - Thanks to "Live2air" system
Starting from next week, passengers flying on board Virgin Blue B-737s will be able to watch live TV broadcasts, thanks to "Live2air" system developed by the Australian low-cost carrier along with Foxtel,... more
AirlinesGOL receives the authorization to fly to Lima
Sao Paulo, Brazil - The Brazilian carrier has announced that it will operate 14 weekly flights toward Peru's capital
Anac (National Agency of Civil Aviation), that controls the civil aviation in Brazil, has granted to GOL air company the authorization to fly to Lima (Peru). It’s been communicated by the top management o... more
AirlinesShanghai Airlines will use GEnx engines on its B-787 Dreamliners
Shanghai, China - The first airplane will be delivered in June 2008
Shanghai Airlines will power its nine B-787 Dreamliners that have already been ordered with GEnx engines thanks to a contract of over USD 220m. The first aircraft will be delivered in June 2008 and will... more