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AirlinesDarwin Airline introduces the Lugano-Rome route
Geneva, Switzerland - The carrier offers check-in express, standard prices and reservations on-line
On Sunday has been officially introduced the new route that will connect the Lugano-Agno air station to Rome-Fiumicino of the Swiss Darwin Airline, operating from September 6. The service has operated... more
AirlinesVirgin Group is closing the contract for the new Nigerian airline
London, United Kingdom - Branson would have reported it waiting to announce the next week deal
The billionaire Richard Branson yesterday would have said that Virgin is waiting an announce in the next week about the conclusion of a contract for the constitution of a joint-venture in Nigeria. The... more
AirlinesAeromexico: a B-737 distributes medicines and computers in Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico - The carrier coordinated with World Vision in aid to the rural hospitals and the underprivileged children
Since 1992 the Aeromexico airline and other 58 carriers have periodically donated the unusable space aboard their cargo airplanes for the supplies and aid free transport. Aeromexico coordinated with the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): British Airways asks EU Commission for watching over the public support
Rome, Italy - According to the British carrier, the separation of the company into AZ Fly and AZ Service could even hide subsidies
European Commission would appear to realy appreciate the efforts performed by Alitalia and the trade unions' representatives to achieve the so hoped agreements, while it is waiting now for taking delivery... more
AirlinesAlitalia: contents of the business plan 2005-2008
Rome, Italy - A two stages reorganization and relaunch under banner of the Network Carrier model based on productivity, lowering cost and services rise
The Alitalia's business plan 2005-2008 has been approved during the Board of Directors occurred yesterday. After the agreement with the unions, the carrier's board still prove convinced of the need for... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): meeting at Palazzo Chigi for President Cimoli
Rome, Italy - The carrier's CEO is gathering with Italian Ministers Siniscalco and Maroni
Alitalia's President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, has gathered with Italian Minister of Economy, Domenico Siniscalco and Minister of Welfare, Roberto Maroni at Palazzo Chigi (Italian Government's headquarter)... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines selects Airbus: is Turkey closer to EU?
Ankara, Turkey - The improvement of the relations with Paris for the future Turkish EU's joining would have also industrial reasons
Negotiations aimed to favour the Turkish joining in the European Union could start before the end of the current year. In these terms, it does not seem one can consider the present modernization process... more
AirlinesVolare Group removes the redundancies phantom
Milan, Italy - Minister Maroni and the airlines management met today at Milan-Malpensa
The Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, and Volare Group management with the new President, Mauro Gambaro, and the President of the Varese Province, have met this afternoon at Malpensa airport. After... more
AirlinesSkyTeam: there's no place for Swiss International Airlines
Paris, France - It's too much large for its meager domestic market
The SkyTeam Alliance would not have space to contain airline in difficulty like Swiss International Airlines: the Air France Chief Executive, Spinetta, has revealed it on Sunday on a newspaper. The Swiss... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): uncertainty on the future enterprise's corporate structure
Rome, Italy - The carrier's board would have asked the unions for a pause of reflection as they aim to keep the airline whole
Alitalia's board would have decided to resort to a pause of reflection, after the meeting with the nine trade unions' representatives occurred this morning. According to what most of all revealed by the... more
AirlinesNew Zealand: High Court prevents Qantas' participation in Air New Zealand
Auckland, New Zeland - However, the Australian carrier would intend to strengthen its relations with the New Zealand's airline anyway
New Zealand's High Court of Justice would have found irregularities in the participation agreement signed by Air New Zealand and Qantas, and aimed to favour the gaining of a share in the New Zealand's... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): is Lufthansa in the future of the Italian carrier?
Rome, Italy - The German airline would have given the lie to any concrete interest, but some opportunities would not have been completely excluded
Lufthansa would have recently given the lie to any hypothesis for a concrete interest by the carrier for Alitalia. Nevertheless, the German airline would not have a completely denied it has some aims regarding... more
AirlinesHoldup aboard KLM B-747
Johannesburg, South Africa - It's happened at Johannesburg airport during the unload stage
On Thursday KLM has been victim of theft aboard a combi cargo plane at South African Johannesburg airport: it seems that some armed men robbed a cargo B-747/400, that according to the local press contained... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the flight assistants achieved a deal
Rome, Italy - Redundancies lowering and productivity increase
Alitalia's board achieved an agreement with the trade unions' representatives of the flight assistants, forecasting to gain saving for some EUR 80m by 2008. The Lufthansa model is still considered as a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the carrier's Board of Directors to be held today
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Italian Government is ready to set the social safety valves and to schedule meetings with the company and the unions
Alitalia's board is going to meet the trade unions today in order to analyse the situation about what was achieved in terms of agreements with the employees last week. Later, in the afternoon, the Board... more
AirlinesSAS: dependents threaten strike
Stockholm, Sweden - They ask airline a 7.3% increase pay wages in three years
The Scandinavian Airlines dependents are threatening a strike for the next week: the union in fact have demanded to SAS to accept an increase pay wages of 7.3% in three years. The airline, which for a... more
AirlinesIraqi Airways: from tomorrow it returns in service
Baghdad, Iraq - After 14 years of wars and sanctions, the flag airline will fly towards Syria and Jordan
As from tomorrow Iraqi Airways after 14 years of inactivity, returns in service: after the first test flight of August 22 (see news AVIONEWS), the Iraqi airline starts again to made its international services... more
AirlinesThai Airways International expands its fleet in order to increase the revenue
Bangkok, Thailand - 14 new airplanes arrive for over USD 2bn
Thai Airways International expects an average yearly revenue increase by 9% for next 5 years, during which the Thailand airline has programmed to acquire 14 new aircraft, that would have to increase the... more
AirlinesBritish Airways and Iberia towards integration
Madrid, Spain - The two airlines will divide international market shares in sight of a graduate fusion process
British Airways could acquire a significant stake in the Spanish Iberia, or the two air companies could decide to acquire stakes in each other: but it will not happen immediately. The two European carriers... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the passenger load factor in August diminishes
Singapore - Carrier has lost 4,4 percentage points regarding the same period of 2003
Singapore Airlines passenger and cargo load factor in August would be diminished, while instead the capacity on its routes would be increased. The flag airline in fact has communicated on Wednesday that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): Buttiglione positively welcomes the results achieved by the company and the unions
Rome, Italy - Bertinotti would have instead underlined the past carrier's operative mistake with the lowering of the routes intended to face the crisis
Italian Minister for EU's Policies, Rocco Buttiglione, has positively welcomed the results achieved so far by Alitalia's President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, and the various trade unions involved. Buttiglione... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): a productivity increase agreement for the flight assistants
Rome, Italy - The unions aim to achieve a reduction of redundancies previously scheduled by this evening
Talks among the Alitalia's board and the representatives of the flight assistants got started again at 02:30 pm today. The company, after succeeding in convincing the unions about the importance of some... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines: the restructuring plan previews meant cuts of staff
Washington, USA - Airline does not pledge itself on the precise figure and not confirm voices about 6.000 dependents in less
The United Airlines restructuring plan could preview meant staff cuts, but it would not be still clear the amount. The management is trying in fact to recover approximately USD 655m through a decided... more
AirlinesQatar Airways will fly to Seychelles from December
Rome, Italy - Four times a week from Rome and Milan via Doha
"From the next December 1st, Qatar Airways will begin a new four times weekly flight with the Seychelles' archipelago. Carrying on its strategy of a quick increase of its network, the Qatar's carrier has... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): talks with the flight assistants started again
Rome, Italy - The company would still disagree with the hypothesis of a two-times deal, while employees would not intend to accept remuneration lowering
Talks among the Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for the renewal of the contract related to the flight assistants got started again. Unions' sources would have pointed out how the... more
AirlinesRyanair must give back EUR 4m to a Belgian region
Brussels, Belgium - It is subsidies judged illegal from EU
The Wallonia region government in Belgium would have sended a letter to the Irish Ryanair asking the restitution of EUR 4m subsidies, judged illegal from the European Union. The last February in fact,... more
AirlinesRyanair launches new routes in Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden - It will add other aircraft at Skavsta air station, hard-pressing the national airline SAS
Soon Ryanair will inaugurate 3 new routes in departure from Sweden and directed to German, Spain and Latvia, challenging ulteriorly the local operator, the national company SAS (Scandinavian Airlines Sweden).... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines ended 20 additional interline ticketing, baggage-handling agreements
Houston, Usa - It has announced it last Wednesday with effective immediately
Continental Airlines last Wednesday announced, effective immediately, it has terminated multi- carrier "interline" ticketing and baggage-handling agreements with 20 airlines that are unable or unwilling... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Boeing and Embraer are still in the airline's future
Rome, Italy - The new business plan would already schedule purchases of new 767s, 777s and ERJ-170/190s
According to an Alitalia's spokesman, the new business plan of the carrier related to the 2005-2008 period, on which an agreement is being tried to achieve by the company together with the employees, would... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): additional redundancies reduction and the defence of Fiumicino's leading role
Rome, Italy - It is what Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini requested to carrier's President Cimoli
Alitalia's President, Giancarlo Cimoli, met the major representatives of the main Lazio's local governments directly involved by the carrier's crisis yesterday, when considering the remarkable number of... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the difficult talks with the flight assistants
Rome, Italy - A new meeting among the company and the unions starting at 10:00 am in order to achieve an agreement
Alitalia's board would have proven doubtful with reference to the proposal put forward by the trade unions' representatives of the flight assistants yesterday, regarding the hypothesis for a two-times... more
AirlinesBA: on Monday September 27, the Italian staff strikes
Rome, Italy - A nine hours abstention from the job against the lacked contract renew
The British Airways Italy ground staff passenger service assigned and call-center employeers will intercross their arms in all the national air stations for 9 hours the next September 27. Strike from the... more
AirlinesBlue Panorama: breakdown for the Juventus B-737 that remains blocked at "Schiphol"
Amsterdam, Holland - Airplane comes blocked as a precaution before takeoff, left again after 2 hours towards Turin
The Blue Panorama private airline plane that yesterday evening had to bring back in Italy the Juventus Football Club players after the Champions League match, has forced the white-black team to return... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express towards the fusion
Brussels, Belgium - There's already the consent of the SN Airholding Board, society that would have to control the new union
By an official notice diffused today we hear that soon SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express, the Richard Branson airline, could join under the SN Airholding control, society that has the majority package... more
AirlinesBA: the flights from Heathrow diminish in order to improve the service quality
London , United Kingdom - It will be abolished only the "high frequency" European and long distance routes
In the next months British Airways could abolish 966 flights at Heathrow airport, as the continental routes as those long-haul. Currently at London air station, BA operates 41.000 flights, and yesterday... more
AirlinesVolare Group: crisis effect in the Varese's territory
Varese, Italy - After Azzurra Air and Alitalia, Volare's difficulties risks to seriously jeopardize the employment stability in this area
The serious situation recently occurred for Volare Group, which led its President Fossa to resign (see for details AVIONEWS), seems to affect the Varese’s territory in a relevant manner. Volare’s crisis can... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Cimoli to meet Lazio' local governments representatives
Rome, Italy - Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini want to fully understand the redundancies situation in the related territories
The meeting among Alitalia's President Cimoli and the major representatives of Lazio's local governments is going to occur today, interested in verify the carrier's crisis condition concerning employees.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the ground personnel achieved a deal
Rome, Italy - Saving for EUR 150m by 2008 while redundancies fall 3500 to 2500
Finally, an agreement among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for the ground personnel was achieved last night. A new important leap forward towards the general deal on the new business... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): Spinetta proves confident on the balance relation of the Italian carrier with Air France within SkyTeam
Paris, France - According to French airline's President, the future will produce a positive cooperation with Alitalia
"Rome was not built in a day, so the strategic alliances among the airlines cannot change immediately". This was recently stated by Air France’s President, Jean-Cyril Spinetta,with reference to Alitalia’s sit... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the newness in Autumn of the Asian carrier
Rome, Italy - After a Winter and a Summer of success
"Singapore Airlines, after a Winter of success and good premises, has lived a Summer of newness, while other ones it announces for the Autumn-Winter 2004-2005. For a renewal of the fleet and for the general... more
AirlinesEuropean airlines will reduce the capacity of routes leaving from Israel?
Tel Aviv, Israel - The carriers appealed to Supreme Court, that October 28 will decide about it
Israeli Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday would have expressed confidence in the fact that soon will come resolved the small dispute that sees some European airlines against the Israeli demand... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4). Maroni: Italian Government is ready to provide social safety valves
Rome, Italy - But it is necessary a trade union agreement for the first step
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have recently stated, due to a Chamber's interrogation, that Italian Government would be ready to provide social safety valves even for the air transport... more
AirlinesLauda Air SpA: seven hours waiting for a flight directed to Mexico
Rome, Italy - Infuriated tourists complain the lack of information on the delay causes
Yesterday, 150 tourists, among which many couples in wedding travel leaving for Mexico, have attended 7 hours at Fiumicino airport, the Lauda Air SpA flight previewed for hours 2:00pm. It seems in fact... more
AirlinesVolare Group: are 1400 jobs at risk?
Milan, Italy - CEO, Andrea Molinari, set out about the President Giorgio Fossa's resign
AVIONEWS has phoned Volare's CEO Andrea Molinari, with reference to President Giorgio Fossa's resign. The company's situation appears to be particularly serious. 1400 jobs could be cancelled in case the... more
AirlinesRyanair and easyJet make pessimistic forecasts for the next months
London, United Kingdom - The new low-cost airlines entry in the market would worsen the already difficult tariff war among the carriers
According to the Irish airline Ryanair, within the end of this year the air rates could endure a further 20% lessening, because of the non-stop tariff war among the numerous low-cost carriers, also because... more
AirlinesVolare Group: the president Giorgio Fossa discharges
Milan, Italy - On Friday September 17, previewed the successor nomination
Fast discharge by the president Giorgio Fossa who leaves the Italian Volare Group guide after only six months of activity: he had been named in order to make becoming airline the European third low-cost... more
AirlinesLufthansa: soon an extra-luxury service for the first class passengers
Frankfurt, Germany - After a made-champagne waiting, the travellers will be accompany to airplane aboard a luxurious limousine
Lufthansa are launching a new program dedicated to the first class passengers: a narrow super-vip group seems that soon will be able to use at Frankfurt and Munich airports, a special terminal, that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the contents of the agreement with pilots
Rome, Italy - Lower remuneration, increasing flight hours, reduced crew's members, 289 redundancies
Alitalia aims to recover some EUR 52m by 2006 thanks to the agreement achieved with pilots. The number of redundancies early indicated by the company would have been lowered from the original 450 to the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the trade unions go on asking for Government's intervention
Rome, Italy - The deal signed among the company and pilots is being seen as a purely technical one, waiting for signing the final one at Palazzo Chigi
The agreement among Alitalia's board and its pilots was possible thanks to the contribution provided by all the trade unions representing them, which would have anyway underlined that such deal has a merely... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the agreement among the company and pilots has been achieved
Rome, Italy - And the carrier's share rose a 15,11% at Piazza Affari yesterday
The agreement related to the new contract for Alitalia's pilots has been achieved. But the airline's share already gained from expectations at Piazza Affari with a +15,11%, almost a 5% of company's capital.... more