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AirlinesContinental Airlines announced partnership with national Association of Hispanic Journalists
Houston, Usa - From next July 15 the carrier will begin nonstop flights between Houston and Cali, Colombia
Continental Airlines and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) have announced a partnership that will give Continental "Official Airline" status for the association’s four major events f... more
AirlinesAttempt in London (6): false bomb-alert on TAP's flight
Lisbon, Portugal - Three Albanians arrested after board inspection
Passengers on flight 340 operated by Portoguese airline TAP from Lisbon to London, have been evacuated before take-off due to a false bomb-alert at 8:00pm local time last Saturday. An artificer squad boarded... more
AirlinesAlitalia: fuel surcharge more expensive to face the oil cost rise
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, the multi-bases operational system ready to start on August 1st
Alitalia decided to face the increasing fuel cost determined by the never-ending oil price rise by changing tariffs for its tickets both for domestic and international routes. The so called fuel surcharge... more
AirlinesIberia signed the purchase for 30 single-aisle Airbuses
Milan, Italy - With an option for other 49
Iberia has signed a contract with Airbus for purchasing 30 airplanes of the A-320 Family with a purchase option for further 49, confirming so the promise signed last January. The agreement expects the... more
AirlinesLufthansa is testing biometric tickets
Berlin, Germany - Speeding check-ins without decreasing security
The German airline started to test biometric air tickets last Monday: they are tickets including a code with traveler’s fingerprint. The test will last 14 days and if results will show efficacy and s... more
AirlinesAir Senegal International added third Next-Generation B-737/700
Seattle, Usa - The airline currently has two 737-700s on lease, as well as a 737-500
Boeing and Air Senegal International yesterday expanded the airline’s capabilities with the delivery of the carrier’s third Boeing Next-Generation 737-700. The new airplane is equipped with winglets, mak... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: traffic in June 2005
Paris, France - Also strong improvement in load factor
"Passenger operations Air France-KLM continued to record a buoyant activity and a good level of unit revenue. In June, traffic grew 7.8% on 4.6% higher capacity. The load factor gained 2.4 points to reach... more
AirlineseasyJet: Pisa-Bristol route inaugurated yesterday
Milan, Italy - The flight to Paris doubles the frequency
The low-cost carrier, easyJet, inaugurated yesterday, July 7, the new route departing from Pisa towards Bristol. After the recent inaugurations of Pisa/Paris-Orly and for Berlin-Schönefeld, easyJet opens... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: Athens is the 65th network's destination
Rome, Italy - New flights to Nairobi, in Kenya, from November
"Athens, Greece’s capital, is the 65th destination of Qatar Airways’ network, which continues its expansion opening new connections among the touristic and commercial world of Middle East and the main Eur... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): unions appreciated carrier's efforts but there are still doubts
Rome, Italy - Still uncertain about employment and relaunch future and prospects
Italian unions’ attitude regarding the Alitalia’s situation analysis reported by President and CEO Cimoli appears particularly various and articulate. The good performance of the carrier during the fir... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): recapitalization and denationalization by November
Rome, Italy - No newness instead concerning alliances
Alitalia President and CEO Giancarlo Cimoli analysed a series of issues concerning the airline’s reorganization during the meeting with the trade unions occurred yesterday. Recapitalization and denationalization a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: first half 2005 carrier's performance improved
Rome, Italy - Increasing revenues and lower loss compared to 2004 despite the aviation fuels price rise
A meeting between Alitalia Board and Italian union’s representatives for all the employment trades in the Italian national airline was held yesterday. Carrier President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, explained d... more
AirlinesSwiss International Airlines: Swiss core, German ownership
Berne, Switzerland - The Swiss carrier to go on operating autonomously but ownership will be a fully Lufthansa one
After Brussels’ green light on the acquisition of Swiss International Airlines by Lufthansa, the main aspects of such an economic effort of European and worldwide relevance for air transport are getting c... more
AirlinesAlitalia: company-unions meeting to face domestic air transport problems
Rome, Italy - Flight assistants to constantly demonstrate starting on next July 11 concerning contract
Alitalia Board is meeting the Italian union’s representatives for all the Italian airlines employment trades today to analyse the situation related to the implementation of the business plan, the recapitalization p... more
AirlinesMaxjet flies from States to London
Washington, USA - The airline promises discount 15 to 70 percent
US airline Maxjet Airways intends to start the first low-cost air link between NY "John F. Kennedy"/Baltimore-Washington airports and London-Stansted from next Autumn. No clear details on tariffs exist,... more
AirlinesEU: green light for Lufthansa to acquire Swiss International Airlines
Brussels, Belgium - Provided that both carriers renounce to several slots at various European airports
European Union provided its go-ahead for the acquisition of Swiss International Airlines by Lufthansa. European Commission ensured its authorisation thought under protest, as a clear condition has been... more
AirlinesYes Air Airlines: new route Cagliari-Palermo to start tomorrow
Trento, Italy - The link will be operated five times a week
Yes Air Airlines, Italian low-cost carrier from Trentino Region started last Autumn (see for details AVIONEWS), will operate a new connection from Cagliari to Palermo starting from tomorrow July 6 up to... more
AirlinesAir-conditioned failure grounded Livingston's passengers
Boulogne, Italy - 300 persons have spent the night in a hotel
300 passengers expected to board a charter flight operated by Livingston airline departing at 7:15pm yesterday from Boulogne "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport, bound for Crete island, have been forced to back... more
AirlinesAir France and Lufthansa to increase tariffs
Paris, France - European travelers will pay more expensive tickets
The German airline will raise surcharge from EUR 27 up to EUR 37 per leg on long-haul routes from July 8. European connections will suffer for an EUR 2 increase, from EUR 7 to 9. Lufthansa is not the only... more
AirlinesAlitalia: multi-base operational system starting in August
Milan, Italy - Some 1300 employees being transferred to Malpensa and Linate airports to favour carrier's de-localization
Alitalia is going to formally open the so called multi-base operational system starting on next August 1st, that is to say the increase of the Italian national airlines personnel’s presence at Malpensa a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU thinks to an investigation on competition in air transport
Brussels, Belgium - No decision has been considered regarding it yet but an analysis could deal with code-sharing agreements
European Commission commented again on the matter related to code-sharing agreements among the European airlines, a problem recently taken into consideration but presently seen as irrelevant concerning... more
AirlinesAir France: the Paris-Detroit flight inaugurated
Rome, Italy - Opened last June 13, served by an A-330/200
Patrick Alexandre, Air France’s Commercial International General Director, has officially inaugurated last Thursday, the new route Paris-Detroit on board of an AF-374 flight towards Michigan’s ecomic cap... more
AirlinesAn exhausting wait for 170 Ryanair's passengers
Alghero, Italy - Bird-strike blocked plane and they have to wait the failure repair for leaving
170 passengers of a Ryanair flight took off well into the night instead of leaving bound for Rome yesterday from Alghero "Riviera del Corallo" Airport. A bird would have hit a turbine of one of Irish plane’s e... more
AirlinesQatar Airways flies also to Delhi
Rome, Italy - From July 15 seven weekly connections via Doha
"Qatar Airways opens a new link to India and flies to Delhi five times per week, starting from July 15. With this new link the destinations served by the carrier in India will be five (Mumbai-Bombay, Cochin,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced weekly nonstop service between Houston and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Houston, Usa - From December 16
Continental Airlines announced it will begin new weekly nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and the Caribbean island of Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, on Dec. 1... more
AirlinesClub Air flies to Pristina departing from Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Two flights a week to reach Kosovo
The new Italian Club Air airline has been operating direct flights between Rome-Fiumicino and Pristina since June 18. After Verona, the only link between Italy and Kosovo to date, Club Air lands and takes... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU considers the codesharing with SN Brussels as legal
Brussels, Belgium - No protest by competitors against the agreement between the Italian carrier and the Belgian one
European Commission commented recently about the possibility that some carriers can moan on the presence of illegal practices concerning the codesharing agreements signed by Alitalia together with other... more
AirlinesAzzurra Air's failure: arrests, notices of preliminary investigation and searches
Varese, Italy - For charge of false accounting and bankruptcy
Financial Police of Varese remanded two persons in custody early today and gave in 23 notices of preliminary investigation against names known inside the management of Airfin Srl as well Azzurra Air, and... more
AirlineseasyJet: the first direct flight between Italy and Northern Ireland inaugurated today
Rome, Italy - From Ciampino's Airport the low-cost carrier from June 2004 has recorded a capacity increase on this Airport of about 493%
"The low-cost carrier easyJet inaugurated today the new route Rome-Ciampino/Belfast, becoming the first airline to link Italy and Northern Ireland. The flights can be acquired on the website www.easyjet.com,... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic flies to Cuba
Havana, Cuba - The inauguration of London-Havana line
The first plane to Cuba by British Virgin Atlantic, landed at Havana’s "Josè Martì" Airport on Monday afternoon: aboard the B-747/400 there were the carrier’s owner Richard Branson, 150 special guests, touri... more
AirlinesAir France: significant improvement in on-time performance flights for fiscal 2004-2005
Rome, Italy - In overall performance 83.1% for departing flights and 82.2% for arriving flights
"Despite the adverse impact of a number of incidents, particularly the disruption to long-haul flights caused by the collapse of part of the roof of Terminal 2E, the on-time performance of Air France flights... more
AirlinesSas Group: market adaptation of operations in SAS Technical Services
Stockholm, Sweden - Yesterday the board meeting
At the Board meeting of SAS Technical Services AB on June 29, 2005, the Board announced that it had assigned the management of SAS Technical Services AB to continue the market-adaptation of the company.... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines inaugurated daily nonstop service between New York and Berlin, Germany
New York, Usa - Now serves more cities across the Atlantic than any other U.S. airline
Continental Airlines yesterday inaugurated nonstop flights from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Berlin/Tegel, Germany. This latest route makes Continental the leading U.S. carrier... more
AirlinesAir France: in 2004-2005 the "Baggage performance" shows a marked improvement
Rome, Italy - Over the past three years and despite a considerable increase in traffic
"Over the past three years, and despite a considerable increase in traffic, Air France has significantly improved its ’baggage performance’ throughout its network, placing the airline top of all major Eur... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic Airways to call down for 1500 new workers
London, United Kingdom - They are expected to lead Branson's carrier expansion
Richard Branson will recruit 1500 new persons to constitute Virgin Atlantic Airways staff in the ambit of airline’s expansion plan: 1100 units will cover cabin crew positions, 150 will be expected for w... more
Airlines10 Boeing to Eva Air
Taipei, Taiwan - It is thinking on replacing cargo fleet
Taiwan’s carrier would be seeking to acquire 10 cargo planes Boeing B-777/200LR destined to replace some of the MD-11 and B-747/400 constituting its current fleet. The new aircraft should enter service s... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines continues to offer full service product on domestic flights at no cost
New York, Usa - Free inflight audio and visual entertainment is included
As passenger traffic increases during an already-busy summer travel season, Continental Airlines continues to be the only major U.S. carrier to offer a full array of complimentary amenities to customers... more
AirlinesAir Dolomiti conquers Skytrax: new prizes for the carrier
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy - The survey conducted is complex and articulated and anticipates severe valuation standards
"Air Dolomiti, at the annual survey conducted by Skytrax among million of passengers, has resulted third in the category of the best Cabin Staff in Europe, in front of the important flag carriers and third... more
AirlinesAEA calls for a higher cooperation between carriers and airports
London, United Kingdom - "It needs that we will be ready to face needs of the sector"
Chairman for the Association of the European Airlines (AEA) Mr Fernando Pinto, who is also the Chief Executive for TAP airline, asked ACI-Europe, the body representing European airports, for beginning... more
AirlinesAir Maxi: the first low-cost airline from Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia - Tickets were offered for sale
The first no-frills carrier from Serbia, created by Aviogenx charter company, will be named Air Maxi. It will start air connections as from July; carrier will be based in Belgrade but it intends to establish... more
AirlineseasyJet and AdR: maiden flight to Belfast from Rome-Ciampino's Airport
Milan, Italy - It will take place on Friday July 1st 2005 in the morning
easyJet and Aeroporti di Roma communicate that the maiden flight presentation Rome-Belfast served by the low-cost at the Ciampino Airport, will hold on Friday July 1st 2005, at 10:15am near the "Giovan... more
AirlinesAlitalia: company and unions ready to resume talks on July 6
Rome, Italy - Cimoli more and more convinced about the need to carry on its effort to lead the carrier
Alitalia Board and the Italian trade unions’ representatives for the single trades are going to meet on next July 6 to analyse the situation regarding the relations between the company and workers during t... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Cimoli moaned about discriminations against the carrier
Rome, Italy - Comments on competitors and airports while asked institutions for verifying the air transport situation
Alitalia President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, thought about the situation of the carrier compared to competitors, airports’ conditions and the general operational cost. Cimoli would have reminded that s... more
AirlinesSkyTeam to include additional members
Madrid, Spain - Everything is ready for the entrance of Air Europa
SkyTeam is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year and has announced early this month, that also the Iberian carrier Air Europa will be member of the alliance together with Panama’s Copa Airlines, R... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): synergies with Telecom under banner of the e-commerce
Rome, Italy - A deal with the Italian telephony operator able to ensure a 15% discount for its customers regarding the carrier's electronic ticket
Alitalia President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, put recently into evidence the fact that no political pressures have been exerted on the airline’s management, a statement made just two days before the c... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): July and September affected by strikes
Rome, Italy - Air traffic controllers, pilots, employees of airport operators and flight assistants
July and September will be involved by several strikes in the air transport sector and also Alitalia will be directly affected. A stop called by air traffic controllers and personnel from the airport operators... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a carrier-unions meeting in July for an analysis of air transport
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Government sets the management of the Italian airline's redundancies
Alitalia Assembly meeting for accounts 2004 approval is going to be held today and loss is expected to be partially covered by the resort to reserves of the company’s property, and the airline is not q... more
AirlinesEmirates: entertainment onboard awarded like the best in the world
Milan, Italy - According to a Skytrax's survey, a British society
"Emirates Airline, in the survey of the British society, Skytrax, has resulted the carrier with the ’Best entertainment onboard system 2005’. The prize has been awarded on the occasion of the ’World Airli... more
AirlinesThe 50th anniversary of Lufthansa
Frankfurt, Germany - The German carrier organized a party-event
The German airline operated its first flight in 1955 and it is expected to celebrate its 50th year of activity tomorrow during a party which has been already described as the greatest company event in... more
AirlinesRepublic Airways to purchase planes by US Airways
Washington, USA - The deal provide for the sell-off of 137 slots between NY and Washington too
An agreement worth USD 100m between US Airways and regional airline Republic Airways will transfer 28 Embraer 170 aircraft from the first fleet into the second one. Deal provides also for selling off other... more