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AirlinesBA REDUCES FLIGHTS TO ZIMBABWE
LONDON, Ba took that decision "because of the decrease in the number of tourists travelling to Zimbabwe, we have found it necessary to discontinue the Sunday flight from the beginning of November" BA general... more
AirlinesLAN CHILE: DAILY ROUTE ROMA/MILANO-SANTIAGO
ITALY, Lan Chile Airlines, inaugurated a daily route between Rome/Milan and Santiago via Madrid. Initially the Italy-Spain's route will be make in code sharing with Iberia with an only one boarding pass,... more
AirlinesEMIRATES BOOSTS FLIGHTS
UNITED ARAB EMITATES, Emirates, the UAE airline, will increase, starting april 2001, flight between Dubai and Italy, with four flights from Rome/Milan and three direct from Rome. Starting 18th of December,... more
AirlinesAMERICAL AIRLINES OFFERS AN 8% PAYMENT INCREASE
USA, In order to avoid to be heavily penalized by a threatened strike in Christma period, U.S. American Airlines assent to pay an immediate 8% rising in its flight attendant payments. This waiting the... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES' TRAFFIC RISES
USA, Traffic rose 1,6% in November vs. the comparable month in 1999 and the passenger load factor increased to 71.0 percent from 70.3 percent a year ago. United Airlines President Rono Dutta added that... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES ORDERS EIGHT JETS FROM BOEING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, American Airlines ordered eight new Boeing aircrafts -- two 757-200s for delivery in the first half of 2002, four 737-800s to come into the fleet during 2002 and two 777-200ERs to be... more
AirlinesBA TO SHAKE UP OPERATIONS AT LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT
LONDON, The airline is to cut long haul routes from 43 to 25. The plane, which is to be phased in two years, will cancel a few loss making routes and transfer some long haul destinations to Heathrow... more
AirlinesDELTA WILL BEGIN CODESHARE WITH AIR FRANCE TO EGYPT
ATLANTA, The codeshare service will operate on flights from the United States via Paris to Cairo, Egypt. The Paris to Cairo service begins Dec. 15, 2000 from Charles de Gaulle airport. Air France and Delta... more
AirlinesMEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION OF ASIA PACIFIC AIRLINES RECORD A NET PROFIT OF $1,88 BILLION
ASIA, The association includes 18 companies. Among them Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Ansett, Air New Zealand e Cathay Pacific. The profits, compared with last year, rose 398%. Traffic grew and also load... more
AirlinesRIMINI-TIRANA ADA AIR FLIGHT STARTS ON NOVEMBER 15TH
RIMINI, ITALY, A new flight operated with a 31-seats Yak 40 aircraft by Ada Air will be started from november 15th on Rimini-Tirana route. Accordingly with Miramare airport availabilities and with... more
AirlinesWESTJET INCREASED TRAFFIC IN NOVEMBER
CALGARY, CANADA, The airline announced that traffic increased 56,6% in November 2000 compared to the same period of last year. Load factor for November 2000 increased to 69.3%, up 1.4 points from 67.9%... more
AirlinesNATIONAL JET TO EXPAND THE FLEET
LONDON, National Jet Italia, the airline operating in franchising with BA, has expanded an expansion of the fleet. A new twice-weekly service from Rome to Athens will begin from January 1 2001. BAe 146... more
AirlinesMALEV WILL REDUCE ITS ROUTES
HUNGARY, To rebalance its budget Malev Airlines will be reduce some routes because of escaleting fuel price: to cut the costs the carrier will be replace its five Tupolev 145s by Boeing 737s, more modern,... more
AirlinesCATHAY PILOTS SEEKING TALKS WITH THE CARRIER
HONG KONG, The pilots of the airline would negotiate with the carrier in order to avoid an industrial action which could lead a disruption of flights over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Pilots... more
AirlinesSRI LANKA TO BEGIN NEW SERVICE TO SRI LANKA
ZURICH, The airline will operate three flights per week between Colombo and Zurich with SriLankan Airlines as its code sharing service partner. The new was announced by Swissair's General Manager for India,... more
AirlinesEMIRATES SIGNS LEASING CONTRACT FOR SIX 777-300
UNITED ARAB EMITATES, United Arab Emirates airline Emirates, signed a leasing contract for six Boeing 777-300 acquisition, which deliveries are expected between 2002 and 2003. B-777-300 is the world's... more
AirlinesFOUR RUSSIAN AIRLINES ESTABLISH ALLIANCE
MOSCOW, Russian airline companies Domodedovskiye airlines, Krasnoyarskiye airlines, the Chelyabinskiye airlines and the Aviaexpresskruiz company established an alliance yesterday to protect their interests... more
AirlinesBA TO SHAKE UP OPERATIONS AT LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT: 1000 EMPLOYEES TO BE FIRED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The airline is to cut long haul routes from 43 to 25. The plane, which is to be phased in two years, will cancel a few loss making routes and transfer some long haul destinations... more
AirlinesDELTA'S TRAFFIC GOES UP IN NOVEMBER
ATLANTA, System traffic increased 2,4% on a 3.5 percent increase in capacity. Load factor reached 69,5%. Domestic traffic rose 1,9%, international traffic 4,2%. The airline is adjusting its flight schedule... more
AirlinesQANTAS ORDER FOR BOEING 747/400 LONG RANGE AND AIRBUS A3XX, AIRLINE'S STRATEGY
MELBOURNE, The order for six new Boeing 747-400s long range and twelve Airbus A3XXs (plus an option for other 12), seven A330/200s and six A330/300s placed by Qantas could be due to the intention of... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TRAFFIC GOES UP
ARLINGTON, The revenue passenger miles for November 2000 were up 15,8% compared to November 1999. Load factor reached 70,8%, with an increase of 1,6%. The three wholly owned subsidiaries of US Airways... more
AirlinesCOMPUTER GLITCH AT DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG YESTERDAY DELAYED HUNDREDS OF LUFTHANSA FLIGHTS
GERMANY, The glitch cut off Lufthansa's computers at airports from the airline accounting centre delaying hundreds of Lufthansa flights across Germany, Austria and the United States for up to 30 minutes.... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RISES PROFITS
PARIS, Airline’s net profits reached USD 353m in the half ending September 30, climbing by 38%. The turnover grew to 6,13 billion euro. Traffic rose 10,3%, load factor 3,6. Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chairman o... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR SPA TO BEGIN NEW TRANSOCEANIC ROUTES
MILAN, The airline, which will receive new aircrafts in 2001, was authorized by Enac, the italian civil aviation authority, to operate new routes to Cuba, Mexico, Falkland islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand,... more
AirlinesKLM LOSES LAWSUIT FOR ALLEGED MINOR MOLESTATION
THE NETHERLANDS, KLM dutch airline losed lawsuit filed by a minor parents, as then 15 years old girl declared to be molested by two man in a long-haul flight from Kuala Lumpur to Great Britain. Her parents... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AIRLINES ANNOUNCES DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE, FLA
HOUSTON, USA, Continental Airlines, one of largest U.S.A. airlines , announced yesterday the new daily service between NY/Newark and Melbourne, Fla, beginning Feb. 15, 2001: the airline will operate... more
AirlinesCHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES TO START NEW SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, China Southern Arlines, one of the major chinese airlines, will begin Boeing 777 service from Guangzhou, China to Sydney and Melbourne starting tomorrow. The new service is due to the increased... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR SPA TO REVIVE IN 2002 WITH AN IMPORTANT PARTNER
VIZZOLA TICINO, VARESE, ITALIA, Lauda Air SpA's managing director Andrea Milinari said "the airline will consolidate its position and it will increase the investments in agreement with an important... more
AirlinesAIRBUS A310-300 DELIVERED TO TRANSAERO
RUSSIA, It is the first-ever Airbus in the airline service. It has 185 seats in a two-class layout and PW4000 power plants. The aircraft will be used on on both scheduled and charter flights, including... more
AirlinesBRITISH MEDITERRANEAN AIRWAYS TO ORDER TWO AIRBUS A321-200
PARIS, The new was announced by Airbus in a press release. The contract worhts about $60 million. The delivery of the two aircrafts is scheduled in February and March 2001. The planes will be used to expand... more
AirlinesDELTA INAUGURATES DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN ATLANTA AND BOGOTA
USA- ATLANTA, Delta Inaugurates yesterday daily service between Atlanta and Bogota, Coulombia: the flights will operate by international Boeing 757 aircraft, configured in two classes, business and... more
AirlinesBA LOSES IN COURT AGAINST RYANAIR
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, In a lawsuit following a Ryanair controversial advertisement, British Airways failed action against low cost carrier, as the judge has not valued the advertisement "offensive... more
AirlinesMALAYSIA GETS TOURIST BOOST FROM RUSSIAN AIRLINE
KUALA LUMPUR, Krasnoyarsk Airlines of Russia will begine a new route from Moscow to the island of Langkawi, Malaysia because of the growth of tourism in that area: in the first 11 months of this year,... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC TO TAKE DELIVERY OF 11 NEW PLANES BY THE END OF 2001
HONG KONG, The new planes will be eight would be from Airbus and three from Boeing said a spokeswoman of the airline. She declined to say what kinds of planes would be ordered. more
AirlinesDOT ALLOWED AMERICAN AND DELTA TO EXPAND THEIR AIR SERVICES TO BRAZIL
USA, American received approval to operate seven weekly flights between New York's JFK Airport and Rio de Janeiro, and Delta was granted approval to operate three weekly flights between Atlanta and Rio... more
AirlinesKLM AND SABENA TO NEGOTIATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
AMSTERDAM, The new of the negotiations was reported by a spokesman of the dutch airline. The talks are being hold to sign a partnership agreement to share the two airlines' flight services between Amsterdam... more
AirlinesALITALIA COULD DROP ALLIANCE WITH CONTINENTAL AND NORTHWEST?
ROME, The italian financial newspaper "Italia Oggi" published an interview with Alitalia's Chief passenger executive Mario Pascucci, who said that the alliance with Continental and Northwest is exclusively... more
AirlinesDELTA PILOTS' REFUSE TO FLY OVERTIME HOURS CAUSES 300 FLIGHT CANCELLATION
USA, Due to airline's pilots refuse to fly overtime hours, Delta Airline forced to cancel more than 300 flights in this weekeng, in respect to the two normally daily canceled for personnel shortage on... more
AirlinesLEGEND AIRLINES TO GO BANKRUPT
USA, U.S. Legend Airlines, which launched its maiden flight last April, has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors. T. Allan McArtor, Legend's president and chief executive officer, said in a statement... more
AirlinesAIR INDIA TO LEASE FOUR AIRBUS
BOMBAY, The new was reported by Jitendra Bhargava, airline's spokesman. Air India leased two Airbus A310s from Singapore Airlines and two from General Electric Capital and Aviation Services. The first... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC CHANGES ROUT AND EARNS 3 HOURS
HONG KONG, The Hong Kong's airline realized an experimental no-stop flight Toronto-Hong Kong passing by North Pole: 13.373 km with an A340-300 in 14 hours and 59 minuts. In total 3 hours earns on the usual... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR SPA BUYS TRADE'S RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL ROUTES
ITALIA - VARESE, Lauda Air S.p.A., the Milan-Malpensa based charter airline owned by Nikki Lauda, today received final approuval from the Italian aeronautic authority (ENAC - Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione... more
AirlinesOPEN SKIES AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, An historical agreement has been signed between Australia and New Zealand concerning liberalization of flights in Australian Ocean zones and beyond. Consequently, international airlines... more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRLINE ORDERS 6 A3XX
UK, Virgin Atlantic Airline is about to close a deal with Airbus to buy 6 A3XX superjumbos with the option for additional 6. The total number of A3XX already in order is grown to 44 today. Indeed,... more
AirlinesHOKKAIDO INTERNATIONAL REVOKES SMOKING BAN
JAPAN, The airline wishes to attract customers and revive profits this way. A quarter of all seats on its flights between Tokyo and Sapporo have been reserved to smokers. more
AirlinesSUBSTANTIAL "REDUCTION" FOR A3XX LAUNCH CUSTOMER
TOULOUSE, The airlines which have ordered earlier the new superjumbo A3XX, still in development, took advantge of a congruous "discount" on the price list, now valued about USD 220 million . For instance... more
AirlinesIRAQ: FIRST FLIGHT OF ROYAL JORDANIAN TO BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, An Airbus A310 of Royal Jordanian landed last night at Saddam Hussein International Airport in Baghdad. It was the first commercial flight to Iraq since 1990. The plane carried journalists and... more
AirlinesTAP AIR PORTUGAL: CABIN CREW ON STRIKE
PORTUGAL, The open-ended strike bgan this morning after the deal with the ailrine over pay failed. The unrest will ground most of the carrier's flights. Only the service with the Azores and Madera Islands... more
AirlinesAIRLINES HAVE NOT YET RESUMED FLIGHTS TO GUINEA-BISSAU
BISSAU, After last week's clashes between the government and rebel forces, international airlines have not yet resumed flights to the african country. Only a plane of the portoguese airline Tap landed... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA RISES FARES
AUSTRALIA, In a statement issued today, the airline said he will rise fares by 9,90 australian dollars per one-way trip to "offset increased operating costs, mainly from higher fuel prices and the current... more