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AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE TO TRIPLE ITS FLEET WITHIN TWO YEARS
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, Brett Godfrey, Virgin Blue's ceo, said the airline aims at tripling its fleet by the next two years. "There's a lot of orders being cancelled and there's a lot of airplanes that... more
AirlinesIRAN AIR CLOSE TO BUY SEVEN PLANES FROM AIRBUS
IRAN, Iran Air's managing director today said that the airline hopes to make a deal with Airbus to buy seven planes by march 2002. The aircraft would be used to commence a new route to Canada. more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL REDUCES FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NEW YORK
HONG KONG, Continental said today it will cut the seven weekly flights from Hong Kong to New York operating the route only every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, starting from October 2. more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AND DELTA DENIES THEY WILL SUSPEND FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines denied they will suspend permanently the flights to Israel, as the Globes financial daily's web site reported. Avi Friedman, Continental's senior... more
AirlinesVARIG ELIMINATES POSITIONS
BRAZIL, Brazilian Varig said it will cut approximately 1700 jobs, representing 10% of the airline's workforce. In addition, the airline will immediately ground several of its planes, 13 narrowbodies and... more
AirlinesEGYPTAIR SUSPENDS ROUTES TO PAKISTAN AND YEMEN
EGYPT, EgyptAir yesterday announced it has suspended flights to Karachi, Pakistan, and Des and San'a, Yemen, due to the high international tensions. The services will be resumed as soon as the international... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES OFFERS SALE TICKETS TO VICTIMS FAMILIES
USA, In a press conference, U.S. carrier American Airlines said it will offer special discounted fares to families of victims of the New York terroristic attacks as well as to employees of the American... more
AirlinesALASKA AIR GROUP'S CARRIERS REDUCE OPERATIONS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, the two airlines owned by Alaska Air Group, said they are to reduce operations. Alaska Airlines will cut 85% of scheduled flights, Horizon Air will reduce 75%... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA: TRAFFIC UP IN AUGUST
MONTREAL, Air Canada reported a 2,1% rise in passenger traffic in August, compared with the previous year. Capacity grew 3,1% and load factor dipped 0,8% to 80,4%. International and charter traffic rose... more
AirlinesPILOT UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR HAVE SAID PASSENGERS TO ATTACK HI-JACKERS
USA, Sources of U.S. United Airlines revealed that carrier is reported to be investigating a pilot who allegedly called on his passengers to attack anyone who hijacked their flight. According to these... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC: TRAFFIC DOWN IN AUGUST
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific reported a 5,6% decrease in passenger traffic in August year to year. Traffic went down 9,6% to Europe and fell 4,9% to Southeast Asia. Capacity dipped 0,5% and load factor dropped... more
AirlinesA MILLION SEATS WILL BE SOLD BY RYANAIR UNDER 16 USD
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Irish airline Ryanair announced that it will sell a million of seats on its aircrafts at a price of 9,99 GPB (about 16 USD) to fight the effects of the terrorist attacks in the US. The... more
AirlinesEMIRATES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO SRI LANKA
DUBAI, Emirates yesterday announced it wil resume flights to Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, from September 27 after the lowering of insurance premiums at Colombo's Bandaranaike International... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST ANNOUNCES STAFF REDUCTIONS AS RESULT OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FLIGHT CUTS; AIRLINE OPERATIONS RETURN TO NORMAL
MINNEAPOLIS, "Northwest Airlines said today that as a result of its September 15 announcement, reducing its scheduled service by approximately 20%, it will immediately reduce staffing levels by approximately... more
AirlinesDELTA ANNOUNCES JOB CUTS
ATLANTA, Frederick W. Reid, Delta's president and chief operating officer, said in a recorded telephone message to employees that the carrier is faced with "asolutely no alternative" to cutting workers.... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TO FURLOUGH 1100 PILOTS
USA, La US Airways is planning to lay off about 1100 pilots. The airline also said it will eliminate a quarter of its fleet, 11 planes. The layoff of pilots is not expected to occur until December and... more
AirlinesMIDWEST AIRLINES CUTS CAPACITY
USA, Midwest Express said it would reduce capacity by "at least 15%" from Oct. 1 and furlough at least 450 of its 3750 workers "until business conditions improve". more
AirlinesUS AIRLINES GET BAILOUT
WASHINGTON, US Congress and administration today agreed to provide $15 billion to help the US airlines to survive, preventing a few of them from collapsing. The aid package exceeds the White House offer... more
AirlinesHAWAIIAN AIRLINES TO CUT FLIGHTS
HONOLULU, Hawaiian Airlines said yesterday it is to cut its flight schedule by at least 20% from October 1. Flights to the Usa will be reduced to 98 from 120. The airline added it would lay off an undetermined... more
AirlinesATA TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW BOEING AIRCRAFT
INDIANAPOLIS, Since May, ATA (American Trans Air, Inc.)(Nasdaq:AMTR - news) has taken delivery of ten new aircraft from Boeing. Later today (thursday), the carrier anticipates the delivery of yet another... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES COULD ANNOUNCE LAYOFFS TODAY
CHICAGO, Northwest Airlines would announce the number of job lay-offs today, an unofficial source reported. In addition, the carrier is expected to reduce flight operations by 20% from October 1. The Detroit... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA FORECASTS INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa said a significant increase in ticket prices and cargo rates would be inevitable due to the increase of costs caused by tighter security requirements and the drastic rise in insurance... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS MIGHT BEGIN LAY-OFFS NEXT WEEK
DUBLIN, Irish Aer Lingus said the first lay-offs might start next week in order to stem the financial straits the company is in. The 45 trainee pilots will face immediate redundancy. In addition, "over... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AND UNITED CUTS OVER 40.000 JOBS
USA, Could be over 40.000 the jobs that the two U.S. airlines, American and United have announced to have intention to cut. According to unions the airlines "are taking advantage of the disaster caused... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC
MONTREAL, "Air Canada flew 2.1 per cent more revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2001 than in August 2000, according to preliminary traffic figures. Capacity increased by 3.1 per cent, resulting in... more
AirlinesAIR NOSTRUM TAKES OVER BINTER MEDITERRANEO
SPAIN, Air Nostrum has taken over Iberia's subsidiary Binter Mediterraneo for $4.1 million. Air Nostrum, that is an Iberia franchise partner, will fly Binter routes and take over its fleet of four... more
AirlinesMESA AIR CUTS EMPLOYEE PAY
PHOENIX, Mesa Air said it has imposed a 10 percent pay cut on its workers for the next 90 days. The airline added it will lay off more than 700 employees. Mesa Air has a fleet of 126 aircrafts. more
AirlinesKLM MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE FURTHER CUTS IN CAPACITY
AMSTERDAM, Dutch KLM said today it is not excluding a further reduction in capacity in order to limit the financial losses it is currently facing after the terrorist attacks in Usa. The airline already... more
AirlinesBA TO CUT 7000 JOBS
LONDON, British Airways announced today it will axe 7000 jobs and reduce operations by 10%. The airline's chief executive Rod Eddington said "we face exceptional conditions which have forced us to take... more
AirlinesPHILIPPINE ARILINES POSTPONES PURCHASE OF BOEING PLANES
MANILA, Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it has put on hold plans to buy two Boeing 747 aircraft due to the slowdown for the industry after the attacks in the United States. PAL president and chief executive... more
AirlinesHAINAN AIRLINES PLACES FIRM ORDERS FOR REGIONAL JETS FROM FAIRCHILD DORNIER
BEIJING, Chinese Hainan Arlines has ordered 21 regional jets 32-seat 328JET from Fairchild Dornier in a deal up to $266 million. "Hainan ordered 19 firm 328JET airplanes in August of 1999. We have just... more
AirlinesKLM TO CUT CAPACITY IN OCTOBER
AMSTERDAM, Dutch Klm today said it is to reduce capacity by 5%. The reduction, effective on October 1 at latest, will be most severe on the routes with North America and Middle East. The cut on North American... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONCORDE TAKES TEST FLIGHT WITH PASSENGERS
PARIS, An Air France Concorde yesterday flew with some 60 employees of the airline voluntarily sitting in the aircraft. The flight lasted 3-3/4 hour, as long as the trip between Paris and New York. An... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA POSTPONES ORDER FOR A380 AIRCRAFTS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa will probably postpone its order for 10 Airbus A380 aircrafts following the terrorist attacks in the US. The supervisory board meeting, called for today, will discuss the difficult... more
AirlinesCANADIAN AIRLINES BEGIN TO LOCK COCKPIT DOORS
TORONTO, Canadian airlines are to begin keeping locked the cockpit doors on their planes in order to increase safety on flights. Doors will be closed on domestic and international flights, as soon as the... more
AirlinesFRONTIER AIRLINES REDUCES SCHEDULE BY 20 PERCENT; APPROXIMATELY 440 EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED
DENVER, Frontier Airlines announced "it would cut its flight schedule, effective Oct. 1. 2001, by approximately 20 percent. The airline will also cut salaries for company officers by 20 to 40 percent,... more
AirlinesUNITED TO RESUME FULL FLIGHT SCHEDULE TODAY
CHICAGO, United Airlines said yesterday it should return to its full schedule of 1900 flights today. United operated 1045 systemwide departures on Monday and 1270 departures yesterday. more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA CANCELS BERLIN-WASHINGTON ROUTE
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa said it has cancelled the service between Berlin and Washington, which was inaugurated only seven months ago. The cancellation is due to the fall of passenger bookings after the terrorist... more
AirlinesKENYA AIRWAYS LAUNCHES NEW ROUTE TO GHANA
KENYA, Kenya Airways yesterday started to operate a new flight to Accra, Ghana. The airline uses a Boeing 737 on the twice weekly route, which is operated on Mondays and Saturdays. more
AirlinesAIR CANADA CHOPS FLIGHTS TO AND FROM USA
TORONTO, Air Canada said it is to reduce its flight schedule to and from the United States by 20%. The carrier also warned that it will post a loss in the third quarter as a result of last week's terrorist... more
AirlinesTAM SELECTS PRATT & WHITNEY FOR ENGINE SERVICE
EAST HARTFORD, USA, "TAM airlines of Brazil has chosen Pratt & Whitney Engine Services for more than $125 million worth of work to support the airline's fleet of Airbus A330 and A320 aircraft. Under a... more
AirlinesTHE FIRST U.S. AIRLINE FAIL DUE TO ATTACKS
USA, The small low cost carrier Midway Airlines has gone bankrupt due to enormous number of flights cancellation, followed the terrorists attack on New York and Washington. Midway, which had 1700 workers,... more
AirlinesBUZZ TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTES
UK, Buzz, low-cost carrier owned by dutch KLM, will offer two new routes from its hub in London Stansted as the wintertable will start in October. The two new destinations are Geneva and Chambery. more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC GROUNDS FIVE PLANES
USA, Virgin Atlantic yesterday said that it will ground five 747-200s from Oct. 1. In addition, the carrier will reduce flight operations by 20% as a result of "long-term effects of last week's tragic... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS CUTS 11.000 JOBS
USA, US Airways yesterday announced it will have to cut its workforce by approximately 11.000 and reduce system capacity (ASMs) by 23% as it struggles to stay alive after the events of the past week. Chairman... more
AirlinesKLM WARNS OF OPERATING LOSS DUE TO US ATTACKS
AMSTERDAM, Dutch Klm said it expects to report operating loss this year due to the tremendous impact the terrorist acts in Usa had on the flight demand all over the world. "In addition to earlier statements... more
AirlinesTAIWAN CARRIERS RESUME FLIGHTS AS THE TYPHOON LEAVES THE ISLAND
TAIWAN, Taiwan airlines said they have resumed flights this morning after a two day suspension due to the thyphoon Nari that pounded the island. China Airlines and EVA Airways said they resumed both passenger... more
AirlinesSKYWEST AIRLINES REPORTS TRAFFIC CARRIED IN AUGUST 2001
ST. GEORGE, USA, "SkyWest Airlines, Inc. reported a 53.7 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for August, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 32.2 percent compared to the same period... more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS OPERATING FULL SCHEDULE
USA, Virgin Atlantic Airways today said it is operating all its service except for the routes to Boston airport that remains closed. Passengers with tickets for flights between the UK and the USA/Canada... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS FACES LOSSES OF £60 MILLION
DUBLIN, Irish Aer Lingus is facing total losses of £60 m due to the terrorist acts hitting Usa. The airline's board is considering cutting the number of long-haul flights to stem the losses and job cuts... more