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AirlinesWind Jet: code-sharing agreement with XL Airways takes off
Catania, Italy - New destinations in Italy and abroad
"Wind Jet and XL Airways together for flights' development Italy-France with an agreement which foresees links from Paris to Catania and Palermo served in code-sharing between two airlines. The connections... more
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AirlinesLufthansa raises its fuel surcharges starting March 13rd
Frankfurt, Germany - Due to the higher oil prices
Lufthansa is raising its fuel surcharge on domestic and European flights, reflecting higher oil prices. The company spokesman said that passengers on flights within Germany and to European destinations... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: first indiscretions on the Air France's proposal
Rome, Italy - "Alitalia will return to be the national leader"
Still no details by Air France-KLM about the binding offer for Alitalia. The first indiscretions report a three billion Euro investments, a capital share increase equal to one billion, 1,700 redundancies... more
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AirlinesQatar Airways unveils Houston and increases all links
Berlin, Germany - The carrier's strategy in 2008 and new B-777/200LR airplanes
"Qatar Airways announced plans to strengthen its presence in North America by adding the southern US city of Houston to its growing international network later this year. Beginning November 10, the... more
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AirlinesAir France-Klm: update on the process of merger with Alitalia
Paris, France - The Board of Directors authorized to submit an offer on March 14th
"The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM, which met on 10th March 2008, authorized the company to submit on March 14th, 2008 an offer for Alitalia subject to suspensive conditions including notably the... more
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AirlinesA new German carrier in conception's phase
Berlin, Germany - By an idea of a lively undertaker
Air Cosmos will be its name and to begin links towards South America (among its destinations Guatemala, Cancun, Guadalajara, Mexico City and Panama) from Berlin-Schönefeld's airport with a fleet composed... more
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AirlinesLufthansa selects Cessna Citation business jets
Wichita, USA - Lufthansa has acquired four additional Citation for its new pilot training program
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc.company, announced that Lufthansa has acquired four additional Cessna Citation business jets with a total value of approximately USD 40 million (list price). This... more
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AirlinesAir France-Klm: February 2008 traffic
Paris, France - For passenger and cargo
"Passenger business In February 2008, traffic progressed by 3.7% with capacity up by 8.4%. Compared with February 2007, these figures reflect the air traffic control strike at Paris Orly Airport as... more
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AirlinesSAS receives compensation and order new aircraft for fleet replacement
Stockholm, Sweden - Its Board has approved an order for 27 airplanes, with an option for a further 24 ones
"SAS has agreed a settlement with Bombardier and Goodrich regarding the occurrences involving the Dash aircraft in the Autumn of 2007. The details of the agreement are confidential but SAS Group confirms... more
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AirlinesScandinavian Airlines to launch San Francisco route
Stockholm, Sweden - During Spring next year
"SAS Scandinavian Airlines is planning to commence its Copenhagen - San Francisco route during spring next year. It will be SAS' fifth new intercontinental route within a two-year period, including the... more
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AirlinesSterling, great success for flights from Florence
Florence, Italy - Tomorrow will start again the links to Scandinavia
"The low-cost Sterling's flights from Florence's airport to Scandinavia will start again: the first connection will take off tomorrow, on March 11, to Copenaghen, Denmark. Then the connections to Malmo,... more
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AirlinesVueling flies to Ibiza from June 1st
Milan, Italy - The route will be operated with an A-320 airplane
"Vueling, the next generation airline, gets ready to conquer Ibiza also this year. Tickets are already available for sale on the website vueling.com, over 430,000 seats from all its network. As regards... more
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AirlinesAlitalia (3): here come the redundancies of catering companies at Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - This crisis also hits the cleaning companies on the airplanes
After the cuts of Alitalia's flights from the international airport of Malpensa, here come the redundancies of the catering companies of the airport, which announced already in last December these cuts... more
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AirlinesKLM: strengthening of links to North America
Milan, Italy - And new B-777/300 airplanes
"Starting from March 30, 2008 KLM will strengthen its presence in the North American market by introducing two new daily flights: Dallas and Portland, both operated with Airbus 330 airplanes. The flight... more
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AirlinesRecords for Malaysia Airlines
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - From the bankruptcy to 177 million of profits
Records for Malaysia Airlines. Two years ago the Asian carrier closed with a loss of 270 million Euro and the ghost of the bankruptcy, today recorded 177 million Euro of profits. Approval for a business... more
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AirlinesEstonian Air improved its performance for 2007
Milan, Italy - The carrier transported over 740,000 passengers last year
"Estonian Air improved its performance significantly on the second half-year in 2007, especially in sales volumes and passenger figure growth, being clearly the driving force behind the passenger growth... more
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AirlinesKuwait Airways to sell the 40% stake
Madinat al-Kuwait, Kuwait - In search for a strategic investor
Kuwait Airways, the Persian Gulf country's unprofitable national carrier, will sell a 40% stake to the public to fund an expansion. The airline will offer an additional 35% of its shares to a strategic... more
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AirlinesAlitalia (2): Fintecna could take control of AZ Servizi
Rome, Italy - The presentation of the binding offer by AIr France-KLM will be between 13 and 14 March
Unconfirmed press sources report that could be the transition of Alitalia Service under control of Fintecna, which owns the other 51% of AZ Servizi. Air France-KLM should present the binding offer between... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: positive results after the yesterday meeting between the Unions and Maurizio Prato
Rome, Italy - "The solutions of Air France-KLM will not be traumatic"
Positive reactions by ANPAV, ANPAC and AVIA after the yesterday meeting with the Alitalia President, Maurizio Prato. According to the Unions, Prato "Has confirmed that the solutions of Air France-KLM... more
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AirlinesVueling expands its domestic network
Madrid, Spain - Seville, Alicante and Bilbao the new destinations
Starting from next May Vueling, Spanish airline, expands its network with three new routes: Seville, Alicante and Bilbao, thus bringing to eight the connections which join those already operated to Barcelona,... more
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AirlinesMyair.com opens eight new routes from the airport of Venice
Venice, Italy - The goal is to become reference carrier for the low-cost sector
Myair.com opens eight new routes from the "Marco Polo" airport of Venice for the Summer 2008. This operation joins a strengthening strategy on the Venice airport and the carrier stands as becoming the... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: the offer of Air France-Klm could be arrive a day early
Rome, Italy - The AZ share in rally in Piazza Affari
Alitalia up 1% at 0.590 Euro today in Piazza Affari. Air France has already announced that within March 14th it would present its binding offer for the Alitalia's takeover. However, some national press... more
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AirlinesEmirates: A-380 airplanes ready to fly across the world
Milan, Italy - The Dubai based company has disclosed some of the cities to be served starting from next Autumn
"Emirates' Airbus A-380, to be delivered in the next months, will be employed on long-range routes of the airline's network, like New York, London-Heathrow, Sydney and Auckland, strengthening the links... more
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AirlinesChina Southern announces expanded Beijing-Tehran service
Beijing, China - With four flights per week, from March 31
"China Southern Airlines announces all-new, non-stop direct flights from Beijing to Tehran and double the frequency to four flights per week, starting March 31. The carrier has been operating Beijing-Tehran... more
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AirlinesKlm starts double daily direct flights to Sweden
Rome, Italy - From Amsterdam to Linkoping
"Royal Dutch Airlines announced it will start direct flights between Amsterdam and Linköping. Starting on March 30th 2008, KLM will fly the Amsterdam - Linköping route twice daily, using Fokker 70 airplane s... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: the Board of Air France-KLM announced for March 10th
Rome, Italy - The deadline for the binding offer's presentation is on March 14th
The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM has been announced for March 10th and during this meeting will be presented the binding offer for the Alitalia takeover. The deadline for the binding offer's presentation... more
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AirlinesAlitalia (3). Berlusconi: "It must remain Italian"
Rome, Italy - "It is intolerable to penalize Malpensa"
"Our Country must not be deprived of a national airline", Silvio Berlusconi said during an interview criticizing bitterly the choices made to solve the Alitalia matter. "It must remain Italian", explained... more
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AirlinesKLM flies non-stop from Amsterdam to Panama
Rome, Italy - Starting from March 30th, 2008
"KLM will start operating direct flights from Amsterdam-Schiphol to Panama City, airport of Tocumen, starting from March 30th, 2008. Panama City is going to be the 62nd intercontinental destination of... more
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AirlinesAlitalia (2): the meeting between Prato and the Unions forecast for March 6th
Rome, Italy - In France they minimize the repetition of the tender for Volare
The meeting between the President of Alitalia Maurizio Prato and the Italian Unions is forecast on Thursday March 6th and they will take stock of the situation as regards the negotiations with Air France-KLM. Following... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: accepted the appeal of AirOne against the tender for Volare
Rome, Italy - Now the tender will recur with the old competitors
The Italian Council of State has accepted the appeal of AirOne against the takeover of the low-cost carrier Volare by Alitalia two years ago. The Carlo Toto's airline has challenged the no-execution... more
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AirlinesEmirates to fly to Calicut starting from 1st July
Milan, Italy - And expands India network to ten cities
"Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, announced it will launch six-weekly non-stop services to the south Indian city of Kozhikode (Calicut), starting 1st July 2008. The airline to start... more
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AirlinesSAS to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 20 percent
Stockholm, Sweden - By 2020
"The SAS Group is launching a new environmental strategy that includes an ambitious strategic environmental target. The new environmental target is to reduce total carbon-dioxide emissions by 20... more
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AirlinesAustrian Airlines: new destination to Baia Mare from April 2008
Milan, Italy - The carrier opens a sixth destination towards Romania
"Austrian Airlines, member carrier of Star Alliance, keeps developing and expanding its network towards Romania. Starting from April 21st 2008 it will introduce in its network the new service to Baia Mare,... more
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AirlinesBoeing deliveries the first 777/200LR airplane to Delta Air Lines
Seattle, USA - It will be called "The Delta Spirit"
Boeing delivered the first widebody 777/200LR (Longe Range) airplane for a U.S. carrier to Delta Air Lines. The airplane is the first of eight Boeing 777/200LRs ordered by Delta Air Lines, enhancing... more
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AirlinesQatar Airways flies to Washington
Rome, Italy - With the new B-777/300ER airplanes
"With the arrival of the first two B-777/300ER airplanes, Qatar Airways has strengthened its daily link between Doha and Washington. These airplanes, which have a flight endurance up to 16 hours, now offer... more
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AirlinesSAS announces year-end report 2007
Milan, Italy - The transported passengers are over 40 million
"Key ratios for the period · Operating revenue: MSEK 54,112 (51,670) (+4.7%) · Number of passengers: 31.2 million (+2.9%) · Spanair is reported as an operation under discontinuation and goodwill im... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: net debt as of 31 January 2008
Rome, Italy - Amounted to 1,280 million euros
"- The Group’s net debt as of 31 January 2008 amounted to 1,280 million euros, with an increase in net indebtedness of 81 million euros (+6.8%) compared to the situation on 31 December 2007 which was 1... more
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AirlinesContinental Airlines begins new non-stop service from Cleveland to Greensboro, Omaha and Savannah
Cleveland, Usa - New flights are part of expansion plan for Cleveland hub
"Continental Airlines on Monday will begin new daily nonstop service from its Cleveland hub at Hopkins International Airport to three new cities -- Greensboro, N.C.; Omaha, Neb.; and Savannah, Ga. The... more
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AirlinesLuxair opens direct flight Florence-Luxembourg
Florence, Italy - From July 13th, all Sundays
"Luxair, after some year of absence, comes back to Florence connecting it from next July 13th with a direct flight to Luxembourg. The flight will be operated all Sundays with a Dash 8-400 airplane. The... more
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AirlinesRyanair opens the 27th European base in Edinburgh
Dublin, Ireland - It will base two new aircraft starting from September
Ryanair, one of the Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced yesterday its 27th European and second Scottish base in Edinburgh. From September, Ryanair will base two new Boeing B-737-800 aircraft (... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: talks in deadlock for the AZ Service matter
Rome, Italy - The meeting in Paris two days ago
The future of AZ Service is among the points of conflicts between Air France-KLM and Alitalia in the takeover talks. The negotiations have got bogged down following the Italian Union's opposition, and... more
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AirlinesAirOne cancels and reduces from Pisa
Pisa, Italy - From March 30th cancelled the flight to Catania and reduced those to Rome
"Heavy reductions also for AirOne and the airport of Pisa from next Summer season: from March 30th, in fact, the airline will cancel the flight Pisa-Catania and reduce to only one daily flight the connection... more
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AirlinesGermanwings reconfirms flight from Lamezia Terme to Stuttgart
Milan, Italy - For Summer schedule 2008
"From May 12th Germanwings will resume the weekly link from Lamezia Terme to Stuttgart. The new flight to the Swabian city will be operated once a week on Mondays. During the Winter schedule (October... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: TAR states lawfulness of the exclusive Air France-KLM negotiations
Rome, Italy - The negotiations can go on
The exclusive negotiation between Alitalia and Air France-KLM has been retained lawful. Now the negotiations can go on. TAR Lazio rejects the appeal of AirOne, whose target was to block the exclusive... more
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AirlinesSAS strengthens offering to Milan
Stockholm, Sweden - As of April 16
"It will now be simpler to fly with SAS to Italy. As of April 16, SAS is to increase the number of departures between Stockholm and Milan. This increase will involve an additional afternoon departure... more
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AirlinesSingapore Airlines to purchase other 15 Airbus A-380 airplanes
Toulouse, France - "It would need at least 10 more A-380s to keep with the rapidly expanding aviation sector in Asia"
According to a report by the International "Herald Tribune", Airbus is expecting Singapore Airlines to purchase 10 to 15 additional A-380 superjumbos. This is in addition to the 19 A-380s the airline already... more
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AirlinesAir France inaugurates new link Trieste-Paris
Rome, Italy - Starting from Sunday, March 30th
"Starting from Sunday March 30th, Air France will connect Trieste to Paris-'Charles de Gaulle' with direct flight operated by Britair, regional company of the Group. The flights, operated on 50-seat... more
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AirlinesEstonian Air and embassy: presentation of the northern Country
Rome, Italy - To be announced the opportunities for leisure and business
Estonian Air and the Estonian embassy in Italy inform that tomorrow, Thursday February 28th at 12:00 (at Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi, Via G. Frescobaldi 5, Rome) a press conference will be held to introduce... more
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AirlinesVolareweb: further destinations for the Summer
Gallarate, Italy - 25 destinations now reached from Milan
"Volareweb proposes further new and interesting destinations for the Summer season, that are now 25. From May 6th will start the link Milan-Malpensa/Ljubljana twice a week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays).... more
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AirlinesAer Lingus opens the first connection between Rome and Belfast
Belfast, Ireland - The new hub of the Irish airline out of Eire
Green-light for the first Aer Lingus connection from Rome to Belfast, the new hub of the national Irish airline out of Eire. Ten destinations are scheduled: Barcelona and Amsterdam have been operating... more