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AirlinesAlitalia (2): confirmed 200 million Euros net loss in 2009
Rome, Italy - The statements by CEO Rocco Sabelli
In the first year of the new Alitalia, the management does not review negatively the forecasting and has valued a 200 million Euro net loss, said CEO Rocco Sabelli, confirming the press-indiscretions circulated... more
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AirlinesAir China: doubts on 2009 profit
Beijing, China - Chinese national air company chairman expresses his uncertainties
The economic crisis is not sparing the Chinese national air company that is now faithfully waiting for government aid. "We can't be certain of profit this year". With these words Air China Chairman, Kong... more
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AirlinesGermania: new flights from Bari to Basel and Dusseldorf
Bari, Italy - The Italian city added by the German carrier to its network
From the upcoming month of May it will be possible to fly from Bari to Germany and Switzerland thanks to the German company Germania. The carrier added the Italian city to its network with flights on Mondays... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines joins EPA climate leaders
Washington, Usa - First major passenger airline to join program
As part of its continued commitment to environmentally responsible business practices, American Airlines has announced its participation in the climate leaders program of the US Environmental Protection... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: AZ Services, AMS and Alicos shares on sale
Rome, Italy - The authorization by the Ministry of Economic Development
Subject to surveillance committee approval, it is official the starting of the sale procedure of the share owned by Alitalia and Alitalia Services in Atitech, Alitalia Maintenance System (AMS) and Alicos,... more
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AirlinesAir France to go on strike on March 19th
Paris, France - A protest against the job insecurity
To defend the job, salaries and to struggle against the insecurity. With this goal the Air France's workers have announced the strike on March 19th, 2009. Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DG... more
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AirlinesMalaysia Airlines, 52 million Euros net profit in 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - "We did the possible"
Malaysia Airlines has managed to navigate through the stormy skies of economic recession with the airline's FY08 net profit remaining in the black at about 52 million Euros. The national carrier recorded... more
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AirlinesLufthansa marches out and announces a takeover bid for Austrian Airlines
Berlin, Germany - The operation under control by European Antitrust
The rumours about an interest for Austrian Airlines by German Lufthansa were far-back, and yesterday the Teutonic airline marched out announcing a takeover bid of those shares not in the hands of Austrian... more
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AirlineseasyJet: "We will be always a low-cost airline"
Milan, Italy - The interview to the CEO Andy Harrison
Andy Harrison, CEO of easyJet, interviews by "TTG", confirmed the interest in the Italian routes, and at the same time has announced the new destinations for the Summer from Milan, Naples, Cagliari and... more
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AirlinesThe Delta's proposals: after the WI-FI onboard, now the mobile check-in
Atlanta, USA - Services will be soon usable
After the improvement of the services on board thanks to which it will be possible to use Internet by WI-FI, Delta Air Lines has entered into a partnership with the US Transportation Security Administration... more
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AirlinesAlitalia (2): 24 hour strike on March 4th, 2009
Rome, Italy - Pilots, flight attendants and ground personnel of the old and new airline
"The 4th March strike will regard all personnel of the old and new Alitalia: pilots, flight attendants and ground personnel. This protest represents the only reply that today it is possible to give to... more
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AirlinesContinental Airlines: Winter storm will affect flights in the US North-east through Tuesday
Houston, Usa - Further details on its website
"Continental Airlines announced travel options for customers whose flight plans may be affected by severe winter weather conditions forecast for the Northeast through Tuesday. Weather conditions are... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: "A realistic, hard and complex plan"
Rome, Italy - The statements of the AZ heads during the first convention in Fiumicino
"A realistic, hard and complex plan", Alitalia CEO, Rocco Sabelli, said during the first convention of the new Alitalia in Fiumicino. Mr Sabelli remarked that the management is "Free from pressures... more
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AirlinesAEA (2), "Airlines are paying the cost of inefficiencies which should have been addressed long ago"
Brussels, Belgium - Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus worried for the forecasts of the aviation industry
Concerning the measures that airlines should take to pass the crisis, Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus made some proposals. "Regulatory action by the EU was in place, he said, to remedy this situation in the... more
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AirlinesAEA unveils its roadmap for navigating the crisis
Brussels, Belgio - Airlines say no to state aid, but seek relief on infrastructure costs
The secretary general of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, announced details of the AEA’s blueprint for navigating the economic and financial turmoil, which is increasingly a... more
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AirlinesLow-cost flights for the Italian members of Parliament. The proposal by Marco Reguzzoni
Rome, Italy - Thanks by easyJet Regional General Manager for South Europe
Marco Reguzzoni, deputy president of Lega Nord party at the Italian Chamber, requested to the President of the Chamber, Gianfranco Fini, to intervene in short time so that it was possible to book easyJet... more
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AirlinesAlitalia traffic -40% after the advent of the high speed train
Rome, Italy - Moretti: "Trains are full and airplanes are empty"
"We have delivered over 40% of traffic from Alitalia with the high speed train on the Milan-Route trains", Ferrovie dello Stato CEO, Mauro Moretti, said. "The trains are full and airplanes are empty". "We... more
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AirlinesIberia, profits in drop pf 90%
Madrid, Spain - Conte: "It is the 13th consecutive year of positive results"
Iberia today reported its 2008 results. Fernando Conte, Iberia President, showed that the Spanish airline earned a profit of 32 million Euros in the year, one of the most difficult in recent memory, making... more
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Airlines"A consortium of Italian airlines", the proposal by Blue Panorama President, Franco Pecci
Rome, Italy - To face the advance by foreign carriers
Franco Pecci, Blue Panorama President, suggests a consortium of national airlines to face the advance by foreign carriers. He proposed a great alliance "For the long-range flights involving also the new... more
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AirlinesKorean Air adds two A-380 to fleet order
Seoul, South Korea - Upping A-380 order to ten
Korean Air announced its decision to purchase two more A-380 aircraft. This ups the airline’s A-380 order to ten aircrafts. The airline will receive the two additional A-380s in May and June of 2014, r... more
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AirlinesV Australia’s first flight tomorrow
Sydney, Australia - The first route will be Sydney-Los Angeles
Sydney Airport has congratulated V Australia as it makes its launch flight tomorrow. V Australia will be flying a daily service from Sydney to Los Angeles in a brand new 360 seat Boeing 777/300ER.... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: due for the tender of the fleet's take-over
Rome, Italy - Maybe an interest by Livingston and Mistral Air
The tender for the take-over of the Alitalia airplanes not bought out by CAI was published in December 2008. The deadline to present Expressions of Interest was January 29th, then other 20 days for the... more
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AirlinesQatar Airways reduces fuel surcharge
Rome, Italy - The reduction follows that implemented by the airline in December
Qatar Airways announced a reduction in the fuel surcharge on flights in its international network offering passengers great savings. Passengers purchasing tickets to and from destinations served by the... more
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AirlinesEmirates announces 2009 expansion plan
Milan, Italy - The airline based in Dubai to increase capacity by 14 per cent
"Emirates Airline unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009. This year, the Dubai based carrier will add 18 new passenger aircraft to its fleet, increasing... more
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AirlinesCzech Airlines in the sight of Air France-KLM
Paris, France - The Group is examining the dossier on the airline's privatization
Air France-KLM confirmed Wednesday it is studying the planned privatization of Czech Airlines, but said it hasn't decided whether to make a bid. They are studying the dossier and have not taken a position... more
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AirlinesTransavia announces new operations between Olbia and Paris-Orly
Olbia, Italy - Starting from April 9, twice a week
Transavia.com, the low-cost carrier owned by Air France, will start operations between Olbia (Sardinia) and Paris-Orly starting from April 9. This new flight, added to Transavia route from the Italian... more
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AirlinesSelf check-in for Darwin Airline
Lugano, Switzerland - From February 23rd in the CUSS platform system
Geneva Airport will allow to Darwin Airline's passengers to use the self check-in starting from early February. The carrier joined the CUSS (Common Use Self-Service Kiosk) platform system of Geneva... more
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AirlinesMyair.com to purchase 19 new Bombardier CRJ-900/900X
Milan, Italy - For low-cost services on the regional routes
Myair.com said to have started an high economic value industrial operation with Bombardier for the purchase of 19 new CRJ-900/900X airplanes in the next years. According to some press-sources, the first... more
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AirlinesMyair.com cancels only two flights on Foggia-Milan route
Milan, Italy - The airline denies the indiscretions of the last days
Only two flights will be cancelled on the route between Foggia and Milan-Malpensa of Myair.com due to the maintenance, and not 16 as reported by some press-indiscretions of the last days. Some troubles... more
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AirlinesAbu Dhabi in-flight catering awarded by IATA
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The association recognises commitment to quality
Abu Dhabi in-flight catering, part of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), has received the IATA In-flight Catering Quality Assurance (ICQA) Gold Standard Award for 2008, in recognition of its sustained... more
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AirlinesAir France, strike on February 26th
Paris, France - The airline does not forecast troubles on the activity
Most Unions representatives of Air France's workers invited all the French carrier's employees to go on strike on February 26th, due to the increase of the prize as regards the low-fare tickets benefits... more
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AirlinesStarting from 5 May, Ryanair will operate the route Rimini-Frankfurt
Rimini, Italy - Twice a week
Ryanair announced the opening of the route from Rimini to Frankfurt-Hahn, which represents the fifth destination operated by the carrier from the Italian airport, after London-Stansted, Bristol, East Midlands... more
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AirlinesCuts also for Serbian JAT's workers
Belgrade, Serbia - There is crisis' wind also in East
Also in the East Countries there is effect of the global crisis, that in these days has hit also the Serbian airline, JAT, that after the failure trying for privatization carried out by Government last... more
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Airlines2008: passengers' increasing for TAP Portugal
Milan, Italy - +13,1%. The aim, this year, is the reinforcement on Brazilian market
TAP, Star Alliance's member airline, transported over 8,7 million passengers in 2008, a million more compared to the previous year, with a rise of 13,1%. The most significant growth has been recorded on... more
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AirlinesRedundancy payment for 120 workers of Air Alps
Bolzano, Italy - Also the South Tyrolean airline hit from Alitalia's matter
It would be due to reduction of passengers on Bolzano-Rome route, until now co-served with Alitalia, the reason of redundancy payment of 120 out 144 workers of airline, based in Innsbruck and ownership... more
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AirlinesRyanair to abolish check-in in airports
Dublin, Ireland - Within the end of 2009
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair decided to close, within 2009, the check-in desks in airports, with the goal to cut other costs. "The check-in will be made on-line", Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary, said... more
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AirlinesAir Dolomiti aims to Southern Italy
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italia - The statements of President Michael Kraus
During an interview to the German daily "Financial Times Deutschland", Air Dolomiti President, Michael Kraus, speaks on the offer's strengthening with destinations to Southern Italy, currently under examination. "We... more
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AirlinesAir Berlin will start operations between Oslo and Berlin-Tegel on April 29
Oslo, Norway - The carrier lands in Norway for the first time
Starting this Spring, Air Berlin will commence direct flights to Norway for the first time. Starting on 24 April 2009, Germany's second largest airline will operate a connection between Oslo and Berlin-Tegel... more
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AirlinesAir Italy: TAR postpones the appeal on the slots of Linate Airport
Milan, Italy - GESAC requests the liberalization of slots
The TAR of Lazio decided to postpone the hearing of the appeal requested by Air Italy for the temporary assignment of three couples of slots to operate daily flights from Milan-Linate to Naples and one... more
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AirlinesWizz Air to double fleet in two years
Katowice, Poland - It closed 2008 with 5.8 million passengers
Polish low-cost air carrier, Wizz Air, plans to double its fleet over the next two years. It intends to double its fleet to 42 planes by 2011 from the 21 Airbus A-320s it has now. The carrier aimed to... more
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AirlinesBlue Panorama to take delivery the fourth Boeing 767
Milan, Italy - The airplane will be based at Milan-Malpensa Airport
The fourth Boeing 767 enters in the Blue Panorama Airlines (BPA) fleet. The airline has now six aircraft for the long-range destinations that will use during the Summer 2009. Blue Panorama President,... more
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AirlinesRyanair and OnAir launch the first service in Europe of wide Inflight Mobile Phone
Dublin, Ireland - The passengers can now call & text onboard 20 of its aircraft
"Ryanair, Europe’s low fares airline, yesterday (19th Feb) launched its in-flight mobile phone service initially onboard 20 of its (mainly) Dublin based aircraft. This is the first step in fitting Ryanair’s ent... more
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AirlinesAir France-KLM introduces a new route between Rome and Detroit
Rome, Italy - Starting from June 5th
Air France-KLM introduces a new route from June 5th from the airport of Rome-Fiumicino to Detroit. A Northwest Airlines aircraft will be used for this service. "The airline has now 32 direct flight... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines adds MD-80 service from Pittsburgh to Dallas-Fort Worth
Pittsburgh, Usa - Service begins on June 12
American Airlines has announced it will add MD-80 service from Pittsburgh International Airport to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport beginning June 12, 2009. “This route has proven to be a strong p... more
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AirlinesAlitalia moves and leaves via della Magliana
Rome, Italy - Starting from next Monday
Starting from next Monday the Top Management led by Rocco Sabelli should leave the headquarters in via della Magliana to move at Fiumicino-Rome Airport. The old headquarters will not remain uninhabited... more
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AirlinesAustralia: Virgin Blue cuts 400 jobs
Sydney, Australia - And Qantas reduces flights to China
The economic global crisis reaches also the Australian airlines. According to some International press-sources, Virgin Blue would intend to discharge about 400 workers, after to have decided to cut 8%... more
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AirlinesAlpi Eagles returns to fly maybe in the Summer
Verona, Italy - The extraordinary administrator appointed on Thursday a GSA
Starting from today Alpi Eagles has a new General Sales Agent (GSA). The extraordinary administrator, Gianluca Vidal, appointed today Trawel as GSA for the Italian market. "The administrator is working... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines signs pact with Brazilian carrier GOL
Dallas, USA - The announcement on Thursday
American Airlines Inc. and Brazilian carrier GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA said Wednesday they've agreed to exchange passengers and sell tickets on each other's flights. Under this agreement American... more
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AirlinesA-380 makes first flight powered by GP-7200, destined to Air France
Hamburg, Germany - The delivery in October
A-380 has made its first flight, four hour duration, destined to Air France, powered by Engine Alliance GP-7200. The airplane has then taken off again towards Hamburg, where will be subjected to painting... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines takes delivery its first Boeing 737 airplane
Atlanta, USA - It renews the medium-range
Starting from March the first Boeing 737/800 Next Generation (order of 75) will be operational in the American Airlines fleet. "The new airplanes will replace the old MD-80, will be used in the domestic... more