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AirlinesSABENA GAVE NOTICE ABOUT ITS DECISIONS FOR BRUXELLES AIRPORT'S STRIKE
BRUXELLES, Sabena, the belgian national airline, said, about the strike of Bruxelles airport, that despite delays are expected, will fly its aircraft unless the airport will not be closed, in case it will... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS AND KLM CALL OFF FOR MERGER
LONDON, The two airlines have broken off talks about a long-planned merger. The Netherlands-based KLM and British Airways disclosed on June 7 that they were in negotiations. Yesterday was released a statement... more
AirlinesOTHER EIGHT A3XX FOR LUFTHANSA?
GERMANY, German national airline Lufthansa that plans to place an order in this year for ten Airbus A3XX super-aircraft, could be interested to order eight further aircraft of the same type. The A3XX,... more
AirlinesWITH EMIRATES PROMOTION TWO TICKETS FOR LIFE
DUBAI, In the 'Tickets For Life' promotion, Emirates airline passengers will have the chance to win two first class air tickets every year for life. Three winners, selected in a draw on December 9 in... more
AirlinesNEW FLIGHT MELBOURNE-HONG KONG
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia International will start new no-stop flights from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Thise new service will represent the first step to expand the network after Ansett was taken over by... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA: CODESHARE WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA, Australia signed a codesharing flight agreement with Air New Zealand which will start from next October 2. The agreement, after Air New Zealand took over Ansett, will include domestic New Zealand... more
AirlinesUS SENATE OPPOSES US AIRWAYS/UNITED DEAL
USA, The Senate Commerce Committee approved a resolution opposing proposed purchase of US Airways by United Airlines. The resolution, which passed by voice vote and now moves to the full Senate, claims... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES RESUMES FLIGHT PORTLAND-NEW YORK
NEW YORK, The U.S. airlines made up to review its decision of suspending no-stop flight from Portland, Oregon, to New York after it was requested by government members. The carrier decided a week ago to... more
AirlinesAIRFRANCE AND SWISS AIR: ALL THE NUMBERS OF ALITALIA'S VERY LIKELY PARTNERS
ROMA, Air France or Swissair: Alitalia will resolve this doubt within the next weeks when will be revealed the name of the airline which will join a partnership with Alitalia replacing Klm. Swissair, from... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR AIMS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES BY PARTNERSHIP WITH ALITALIA
ROME, Swissair is supposed to plan an alliance with American Airlines, pressing Alitalia to sign the agreement soon. The name of the U.S. airline was spoken in last months even from italian union and Cempella,... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONFIRMS TALKS WITH ALITALIA FOR SKYTEAM
PARIS, Jean- Cyrill Spinetta, Air France chairman, confirmed that the french carrier is negotiating with Alitalia to reinforce Skyteam alliance, which includes Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Korean Airlines.... more
AirlinesAMERICAN'S PILOTS REFUSE EXTENSION
FORTH WORTH, American Airlines pilots refused have rejected a one-year contract extension, setting the stage for negotiation next year. The contract extension was rejected by 66% of the pilots who cast... more
AirlinesPOTOMAC AIR WILL BE THE FOURTH SUBSIDIARY OF US AIRWAYS?
USA, US Airways is preparing to launch, by acquiring the license of an old, small and defunct airline, a fourth wholly owned subsidiary airline that is predicted to be operative in November, with the... more
AirlinesNEW INDIAN AIRLINES
NEW DELHI, A new airline is entering the indian market: Royal Airways. Rex Lezard is the chief executive. Royal Airways will sidestep government restrictions on setting up new airlines taking on the... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS NEGOTIATING WITH EUROWINGS
MUNICH, Lufthansa, the german airline, is supposed to officially confirm today the dealing to purchase a minor share of Eurowing, the third german carrier after Lufthansa and Deutsche BA, owned by British... more
AirlinesCHAIRMAN BRUGGISSER: "SWISSAIR AIMS AT EXTEND IN EUROPE"
ZURICH, Swissair intention to extend could be the suitable ground to join forces with Alitalia, which is negotiating with the swiss airline and Air France. "Our strategy is to gain a european dimension... more
AirlinesVARIG: RISE OF PROFITS AND 5 NEW BOEING
ROME, Varig, the brazilian airline, reached very good financial and technological results in the first half of the year. Passengers increased 11% in international routes and 5% in domestic flights. The... more
AirlinesCONCORDE RECONVERSION: AIR FRANCE WILL SWITCH CREWS TO JETLINERS
PARIS, Concorde's transoceanic flights could be close to be stopped after the crash of July. Air France intends to switch most of pilots and co-pilots to jetliners. From december, at least a part of supersonic... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT: DOCUMENTS BROUGHT TO SWITZERLAND
MOSCOW, The collaboration between russian and swiss judges and investigators about Aeroflot case is tight but unclear. The documents delivered by the delegation led by the swiss high-court public prosecutor... more
AirlinesALITALIA CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH SWISSAIR
ROMA, Gossips are widespreading the imminent agreement between Alitalia and Swissair, rather than Air France. The italian airline didn't release an official statement about this forthcoming event, Alitalia's... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR PILOTS THREATEN TO GO ON STRIKE
ROME, Lauda Air pilots threatened to go on strike to demand the same economical treatment of Austrian Airlines pilots. This airline owns 36% of Lauda Air block of shares. Niki Lauda refused the proposal.... more
AirlinesMAIDEN FLIGHT FOR NEW FRIGHTER ROUTE CHICAGO SHANGAI
SHANGAI, China Southern Airlines inaugurated the new flight between the airport of Chicago and Pudong international airport of Shangai, China. The freighters will continue to Shenzhen's business hub. The... more
AirlinesJAL POISED FOR RECOVERY
JAPAN, Moody’s Investors Service today revised its debt-rating outlook on Japan Airlines Co. to stable from negative, but confirmed a speculative-grade Baa3 rating on the airline’s senior debt. This fav... more
AirlinesALITALIA CONFIRMED KLM LODGED EURO 100.000 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
ROME, Alitalia's first half of the year report confirmed that, after the break with Klm, the dutch airline lodged to Nai, the dutch institute for arbitration, a Euro 100.00 claim for damages to be refunded... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT'S BANK ACCOUNTS: SWISS JUDGES IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, Swiss judges went on mission to Moscow to ask russian authorities to help them with their inquiries about the big scandals involving important members of russian government. Talks were based on... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT FLIGHTS TO IRAQ: UPDATING
MOSCOW, It seems, contrary to what announced by iraqui and russian newspapers, that the negotiations to resume flights between Moscow and Baghdad are at a standstill. The spokeswoman of the national russian... more
Airlines52.000 PASSENGERS IN EIGHT MONTHS FOR ANCONA-LONDON FLIGHTS
ANCONA, Aerdorica, the company handling Ancona-Falconara "Raffaello Sanzio" airport, said 52.000 passengers went to London in the first eight months of this year leaving from that airport. The irish... more
AirlinesLARGER FLEET AND MORE SERVICES FOR EMIRATES WITHIN THE YEAR
DUBAI, EMIRATES, Emirates will provide customers new services before the end of 2000. The first new will include new routes, no-stop flights between Dubai and Madras-Chennai (India's important shopping... more
AirlinesALITALIA'S FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR REPORT CONFIRMED $150 MILLION LOSS FOR FUEL PRICE
ROME, Fuel price and dollar exchange rate are confirmed to be the main reasons of Alitalia's crisis. The official Alitalia report, approved by board of directors, confirms the loss of about $180 million... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES LOOK TOWARDS PILOT'S NEEDS
USA, US United Airlines, one of the world's largest airline, has decided to move closer in order to resolve a contract dispute with its pilots that has caused a remarkable damage to airline, forcing... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRLINES CANCELLED FLIGHTS TOP RANKING
USA, U.S. Department of Transport said United Airlines was the carrier having the highest number of cancelled flights in July. They were 5128, 7,7% of total number of flights. Alaska Airlines got second... more
AirlinesINDIA: NEW FLIGHT SECURITY MEASASURES
NEW DELHI, DGCA, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, requested Indian Airlines more careful maintenance controls over aircrafts. Most of them have been manufactured between 15 and 20 years ago. Indian... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND RE-ENTERS U.S. MARKET
GREAT BRITAIN, The english airline British Midwest, the second carrier of Great Britain after British Airways, will announce in the week its intention to return, after 18 years, to fly to U.S. The first... more
AirlinesTRANSOCEANIC PARTNERSHIP FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS
LONDON, British Airways started negotiations with Northwest Airlines, one of the major U.S. airlines, for a transoceanic air transport project in which the american carrier would replace American Airlines,... more
AirlinesSIX U.S. AIRLINES RISE TICKET PRICE
USA, The six major U.S. airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways decided by common consense to increase $20 round-trip tickets... more
AirlinesEASYJET CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIRPORT TAXES INCREASE STANDS STILL
LONDON, The low-cost english airliner founded and owned by Stelios-Haji-Ioannou had a standstill in its campaign against the triple increase of airport taxes decided by the management of Luton airport.... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRLINES BETTER ON TIME IN JULY
USA, The U.S. Transport Department said american airlines have been slightly more punctual in the month of July. The 70.6% of the flights have been on time against the 66,3 of June. The best airline... more
AirlinesANPAC PILOTS MEETING AIR FRANCE COLLEGUES
ROME, The Anpac Pilots, headed by Augusto Angioletti, met the Air France collegues joining Snpl union to plan common strategies and a better integration between the two associations. This was a way to... more
AirlinesFUEL PRICE RISE PUSHES DOWN ALITALIA BALANCE
ROME, The fuel price rise is giving a lot of troubles to Alitalia balance. The italian airline reported a loss of about $115 million in the first half of the year. However revenue rose up 14%, traffic... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA, RISING PROFITS DESPITE FUEL PRICE
BERLIN, The negative effects of fuel price rice are alarming international airlines which are trying to sidestep them with definite strategies. That's what, for example Lufthansa, the german national airline,... more
AirlinesALITALIA-JAL: READY FORT THE CODESHARE
ROMA, Alitalia signed a code-share agreement with JAL, the japanese airline. It will allow the italian airline to make daily flights between Japan and Italy starting from November 1st. They will be flights... more
AirlinesADVERTISING DISPUTE
AUSTRALIA, Quantas, the australian airline, was accused by Ansett Australia of advertising itself as a sponsor of the Sydney Olimpic Games. Geoff Dixon, Quantas' deputy chief executive said the airline... more
AirlinesAIR NEZ ZEALAND RAISES PROFITS
ROME, Air New Zealand released the results of the financial year closed last June. The net profit increased 33,6%, takings rose up 10,9%. Ai New Zealand during the financial year upgraded its fleet with... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA RELEASED FINANCIAL YEAR RESULTS
ROME, Ansett Australia closed last June the financial year with a 7,9% balance decrease. The drop is due to the raise of fuel price and to negative effects of adverse exchange. Domestic air traffic takings... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE AND DELTA TAKE OVER BID ON AIR INDIA
NEW DELHI, The privatization of Air India is tempting Air France, that, together with Delta Air Lines, could make an acquisition offer. About 40 % of the indian airline will be placed on market by the... more
AirlinesIBERIA WISH TO TAKE PART TO BA-KLM PROJECT OF MERGER
MADRID, The spanish airline Iberia wish to enter into BA and Klm, two companies which are planning to merge. Their project of merger still needs the approval of Antitrust European Commission. Iberia... more
AirlinesCANJET STARTS FLIGHTS
HALIFAX, The Halifax based CanJet Airlines began its flight in Eastern Canada connecting Toronto with Halifax, Winnipeg and Ottawa. The airline operates two Boeing 737s and plan to expand its fleet to... more
AirlinesISO9001 CERTIFICATIONS FOR AIR DOLOMITI
RONCHI DEI LEGIONARI, GORIZIA, The airline based at international airport of Ronchi dei Legionari announced to receive Uni En Iso 9001 certification. It was released by Det Norske Veritas and fixes strict... more
AirlinesTHIRD BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR MIDWEST AIRLINES
KANSAS CITY, USA, The U.S. Midwest Express Airlines has selected Kansas City as its third base of operations for its flights. The other two bases are placed in Omaha and Milwaukee. The airline preferred... more
AirlinesBLU PANORAMA INVOICES $70 MILLION
ROME, Blu Panorama, owned by Distal for 66%, offers flights to ukrainian city of Kiev and charters to the most popular tourist places distant less than five hours of flight from Italy as Egypt and Red... more