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AirlinesCONTINENTAL ORDERS BOEING 757-300S
SEATTLE, Continental Airlines ordered 15 Boeing 757-300 single-aisle airplanes. They will be mainly used for domestic routes and will be powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B engines. Deliveries are planned... more
AirlinesEMIRATES TO UPGRADE ITS WEB SITE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Emirates upgraded its internet site, www-emirates.com, providing new services and offers. It will be possible to take a virtual tour of the airlines network, from new VIP lounges... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA AND AIR ONE SIGN CODE-SHARING AGREEMENT
ROME, Lufthansa and Air One signed this morning a commercial code-sharing agreement which will be operative from October 29. The new was reported by Carlo Toto, Air One's president, and Karl-Friedrich... more
AirlinesEASYJET PLANS TO SELL ALL SEATS ON THE NET
LONDON, Easyjet is set to become the first carrier to take seat bookings exclusively on the internet. The airline estimates to make savings of 30 per cent compared with airlines which sell tickets through... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRWAYS TRAFFIC UP 24,5% FOR SEPTEMBER
ARLINGTON, USA, U.S. Airways passenger traffic went up 24,5 percent for September 2000. Load factor for the month was 66.9 percent, an increase of 2.4 percentage points compared to September 1999. In the... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONFIRMS LONG RANGE 777-300 ORDER
PARIS, Air France has confirmed the order for 10 Boeing longer-range 777-300 with options for ten more. The first airplane will be delivered in October 2003. Also included is an agreement with General... more
AirlinesSPANAIR BECOMES A NEW AIRBUS OPERATOR
MADRID, Spanair, joint venture between Teinver and SAS (Scandinavian Airline System) celebrated in Madrid the arrival of its first Airbus A321. It will replace MD-80 aircraft and it will enter service... more
AirlinesJAPAN AIRLINES TO SELL PART OF ITS DHL SHARES
TOKYO, Japan Airlines announced its intention to sell 6% of its DHL Worldwide Express shares to Deutsche Post. The german public service announced about 15 days ago that it was going to increase its DHL's... more
AirlinesPHILIPPINE AIRLINES TO RESUME FLIGHT BE TWEEN MANILA AND TAIPEI
MANILA, Philippine Airlines will resume the flight between Manila and Taipei next October 9, after a suspension of seven months. The flight will be taken using a 150 seat Airbus 320-200 plane and it will... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES: NEW DIRECT FLIGHT SAN JOSE-TAIPEI
USA, U.S. American Airlines will launch soon a new direct flight from San Jose to Taipei. It will be put into service next April. Seven weekly flights will be offered, using 335 seat Boeing 777, mainly... more
AirlinesEL AL TO SIGN CODE SHARING AGREEMENT WITH DELTA
USA, El Al Israel Airlines signed a code sharing agreement with Delta Air Lines for flights between New York and Tel Aviv. Two daily routes are scheduled, three in the summer. The agreement will go into... more
AirlinesTHAI INTERNATIONAL RISES FARES
THAILAND, Thai Airways International plans to rise fares for international routes in order to offset rising fuel costs. The increase will affect mainly flights to Europe and U.S. and is the second rise... more
AirlinesUNITED TO OFFER WIRELESS WEB ACCESS AT AIRPORTS
CHICAGO, United Airlines passengers, one of the world's largest carriers, will soon be able to use wireless service to have access to internet from virtually anywhere in an airport terminal. The new wireless... more
AirlinesLANCHILE TAKES DELIVERY OF THE FIRST AIRBUS A340-300
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Lanchile took delivery of the first of seven Airbus A340-300. The arrival of this jetliner is part of the carrier's US$1.5 billion fleet renewal program, which also includes the full replacement... more
AirlinesEVEN TUNISAIR WILL FLY TO BAGHDAD
TUNIS, A Tunisair plane will fly to Baghdad against embargo. The new was reported by Tap agency. The flight will carry a delegation of surgeons, ophtalmologists, medical equipments and medicines. more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA TO EXPAND ITS FLEET WITH ABOUT 50 NEW AIRCRAFT
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia has devised a new growth plan in order to significantly expand its international operations. The plan includes a further cooperation with Singapore Airlines, United Airlines... more
AirlinesAMERICAN ORDERS SIX NEW JUMBO JETS
FORTH WORTH, TEXAS, American Airlines has ordered six new jets worth almost $400 million from Boeing Co. The six planes, two huge 777-200IGWs for international service plus four 737-800s "fit nicely with... more
AirlinesMERIDIANA RISES PASSENGER TRAFFIC16% IN FIRST THREE QUARTERS
OLBIA, Aga Khan's airline released the numbers for the first three quarters of the year 2000. Almost 3 million passengers have been trasported, with a 16% rise compared to last year. Over 1 million passengers... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE GETS THE FIRST TWO A330-200
AFRICA, Air Afrique has received the first two Airbus A330-200 aircraft, on lease from ILFC, International Leasing Fianace Corporation, equipped with Pratt&Whitney PW4000 turbofan and with availability... more
AirlinesRUSSIA TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO BAGHDAD
MOSCOW, Russian press agency Interfax reported Aeroflot will soon resume flights to Baghdad. The airline signed an agreement with Iraqi Airways for the reopening of an Aeroflot's operations centre in Baghdad... more
AirlinesFINAL DECISION OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES FOR A3XX
SINGAPORE, One of the most important asian airline, Singapore Airlines, has finalized its decision to became the launch customer for Airbus A3XX mega-aircraft. It will buy ten aircrafts and has taken oprtions... more
AirlinesUNITED EXPECTS LOSS FOR LAST QUARTER
USA, United is expecting an economic loss in the fourth quarter of the year because of the troubled summer. The increase of fuel price, the decrease of passenger traffic and the rise of costs for negotiating... more
AirlinesUNITED SEEKS TO EXPAND AT O'HARE AIRPORT
CHICAGO, USA, The new headquarters that U.S. United Airlines is interested to build at Chicago's O'Hare International airport could be three times larger than first proposed and to employ as many as 2,500... more
AirlinesNEW CHAIRMAN FOR ANSETT/ AIR NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA, Gary Toomey, Quantas Chief Executive, will be appointed Ansett/Air New Zealand's chairman next December, as consequence of Ansett's entire acquisition by Air New Zealand. Gary Tooney is actually... more
AirlinesSKY TEAM EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN FREIGHT
USA, The SkyTeam alliance is extending its activities to air cargo services with the launch of one of the world's largest cargo airline alliance, SkyTeam Cargo, in which Aeromexico Cargo, Air France Cargo,... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR TO CREATE A NEW AIRLINE REFERRING POINT
PARIS, Swissair will invest in the making of a second airline referring point in France, involving the three french airlines Air Libertè, AOM and Air Littoral, controlled together with Taitbout holding.... more
AirlinesEL AL PUT ON SALE
TEL AVIV, The israeli government ia willing to put el Al on sale. The reported new was confirmed. El Al will be sold with no "golden share" for a price of at least USD 350 million. So it was false that... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES TO ORDER UP TO 25 A3XXS
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus A3XXs. The first will be delivered in 2006, the other deliveries of the firm order aircraft will continue through 2007. The airline will deploy A3XX... more
AirlinesHUGO BAAS: "NO NEW TALKS BETWEEN ALITALIA AND KLM"
ROMA, Hugo Baas, Klm's spokesman, said there are no new dealings between Alitalia and the dutch airline. He added that, however "Klm would not be intended to reply and it is just a matter of gossips reported... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES HOLDS THE SUPREMACY OF MILES RUN
WASHINGTON, United Airlines holds the supremacy of miles run in the sky. United Airlines from April 1 will schedule a new non-stop daily flight from New York to Hong-Kong. Continental Airlines will offer... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT AGAINST U.S. AIR TRAFFIC SMOKE BAN
MOSCOW, Aeroflot refuses to apply the smoke ban imposed by U.S. to all international flights arriving to United States or landing from there. The ban is in force since June 4. Aeroflot officials said... more
AirlinesANA AND VIRGIN TO SIGN A CODE SHARING AGREEMENT FOR TOKYO-LONDON LONG HAUL
TOKYO, The japanese airline All Nippon Airways and Virgin Atlantic will sign a codesharing agreement for routes between Japan and Uk. The agreement will be operative in March 2001. A spokesman of japanese... more
AirlinesWILL AIR FRANCE SUE CONTINENTAL FOR CONCORDE DISASTER?
PARIS, The french airline Air France could sue the american ontinental Airlines in connection with the Concorde crash in july in which 113 people died. From expert's analisys, the cause of the disaster... more
AirlinesTWA OPENS NEW FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D.C., Trans World Airlines, is putting its new non-stop flight between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport(DCA) in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on sale... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS PLANNING AN AGREEMENT WITH AIR CHINA
BERLIN, Lufthansa, the german national carrier, is planning an agreement with Air China. According to the Financial Times Deutschland (Ftd) Lufthansa is aiming at a code-share agreement. It would allow... more
AirlinesRIO SUL IS RISING
BRAZIL, Rio Sul, Varig's subsidiary airline, registered a high rise of passenger traffic: over 3 million people last year. The airline expects to rise profits 10% and passenger traffic 12% within the end... more
AirlinesVARIG: NEW FLIGHTS AND PLANES
BRAZIL, Varig, the brazilian airline, began to use MD-11 planes to fly from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. This route is scheduled for 3 non-stop flights per week, included flights leaving from S.Paulo and Porto... more
AirlinesVARIG LAUNCHES "E-VARIG" AND "PLATA"
BRAZIL, Varig allocated a 3-year investment valued 67 million R$ to set up E-Varig, the elctronic commerce project which is hoped to rise 6% airline's profit within the end of the year. "Plata" (Portal... more
AirlinesLOWER PRICES FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS
LONDON, From October 29, on the route London-New York, passengers will be able to choose among four different classes: First, Club World, World Travel Plus and the economic World Travel. The british airline... more
AirlinesUAL FILES FOR US AIRWAYS TAKE OVER IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS, UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, has filed for European Commission approval for its USD$4,3bn takeover of US Airways. The merger, still to be cleared by US regulators, must be reviewed... more
AirlinesRYANAIR TO ORDER MORE BOEING NEXT-GENERATION 737-800S
SEATTLE, Ryanair, Europe's largest low-fare airline, ordered three new Boeing Next Generation 737-800s. The additional airplanes will be used to expand european newtwork and will be delivered in 2002. more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND IMPROVES PASSENGER NAME RECORD
AUSTRALIA, Air New Zealand adopted a new PNR (Passenger Name Record) for flights around New Zealand and to Australia and United States. Tourist operators will have to insert in passengers PNR the following... more
AirlinesFALL SALES FOR HORIZON AND ALASKA AIRLINES
USA, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airlines decided to reduce their low-cost tariffs on U.S. east coast for all tickets purchased within October 3rd. The offer will be valid until December 14 2000 and includes... more
AirlinesIS GO TO BE WINDED UP?
LONDON, The low-cost britsh airline Go could be wind up probably through the sale of the block of shares. It seems BA is aiming at reducing some european routes to cut costs and employees. Costs after... more
AirlinesBRITISH EYES SWISSAIR
LONDON, According to what reported yesterday by the english newspaper The indipendent BA, after the collapse of talks with Klm, is turning its attention to Swissair, another important carrier in the transport... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS: NEW DAILY FLIGHT LINATE-BRUXELLES
MILAN, Virgin Express (Ireland) Ltd, thanks to the decontrol of european air market, will schedule a daily flight Linate-Bruxelles and return starting from October 28. Virgin Express s.a. (Belgium) has... more
AirlinesCHIEF EXECUTIVE VAN WIJK: BRIGHT PERSPECTIVES FOR KLM
AMSTERDAM, Klm chief executive Leo van Wijk said the dutch airline's perpectives to be "bright", even after calling off to merger with British Airways. Van Wijk underlined the economical growth after... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA WILL BUY 24,9% OF EUROWINGS, THE THIRD GERMAN AIRLINE
BERLIN, Lufthansa is aiming at improving services and flight in North-Rhine and Westfalia, the most crowded land. That's why it will purchase 24,9% of Eurowings, which has a fleet of 42 aircrafts and a... more
AirlinesWESTJET ADDING 47 WEEKLY FLIGHTS
CANADA, Canadian Westjet Airlines announced that, after having purchased the nineteenth Boeing 737-300, will be able to increase its network with 47 new weekly flights to Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay,... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES OFFERS ANY COMPENSATORY AWARD TO VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 261
SAN FRANCISCO, Alaska airline offered to pay any compensatory award to victims of the flight 261. The award will be set by San Francisco's Court which is judging the case of the air crash which killed... more