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AirlinesAir China purchases 15 B-737
Beijing, China - The order is part of a package involving 8 Chinese carriers
Last week the Chinese civil aviation agency made an agreement with Boeing for a total purchase of 80 B-737, distributed in 8 airlines: the order’s price is USD 5.2bn. Air China, flag carrier half state-owned a... more
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AirlinesGood results for American Airlines in 2006 first quarter
Washington, USA - Turnover increased of the 12.5%
American Airlines ended the 2006 first quarter with losses which have been inferior of the forecasts. The good result decreases the tension for fuel cost’s raise, plus USD 349 million respect the same p... more
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AirlinesInvestigation on AirOne plane's engine anomaly
Rome, Italy - Various debris found in auxiliary propellor
AirOne Boeing 737/400 grounded Monday because of some debris found inside auxiliary engine has been put into service again. The commander of AP-6350 flight, during ignition check of the airplane still... more
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AirlinesNew route between China and Europe
Beijing, China - It will be operated by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines
Chinese air carrier Hainan Airlines announced that on next April 25 the inaugural flight of the new route, which will connect Brussels to Beijing via Shanghai, will start. In the operation also SN Brussels... more
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AirlinesIs AirOne creating a regional airline with Austrian crew?
Rome, Italy - The case raised by AVIONEWS last year
After the case of foreign pilots employed by AirOne last year, which had raised doubts for security problems connected to language comprehension in an emergency situation, following which the airline granted... more
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AirlinesNew Venezuelan airline
Caracas, Venezuela - It will be a no-profit carrier
Venezuelan Government decided to create a new national airline which will move away from the other international carriers. Bolivar Airlines, according to the Venezuelan Ambassador in Italy Rodrigo Chavez... more
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AirlinesAustrian Airlines expands to East
Vienna, Austria - 5 new East European routes
Austrian Airlines launches for summertime 5 new routes to Central and Eastern Europe: Donetsk (Ukraine), Iasi (Romania), Ostrava (Czech Republic), Pécs (Hungary) and Sibiu (Romania). So the destinations... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines has to cut job cost
Washington, USA - The decisions will be taken togheter with the trade unions
American Airlines needs to cut a lot of costs, above all concerning job costs. It was retailed by the new Chief Financial Officer of the carrier Thomas Horton. The airline, among the most important of... more
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AirlinesTrade unions threaten to strike against Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The contracts' renew and the transfer of carrier's ground activities are at the center of the controversy
The tension between Alitalia and trade unions could come back high. On the eve of the examination about the conditions of the airline workers’ representatives threatened new protests, with activities’ loc... more
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AirlinesNew cooling system for SAS Cargo
Stockholm, Sweden - It will be put in service from September
SAS Cargo, the freight carrier owned by SAS, the Scandinavian Airlines, realized, in cooperation with the Swedish company AB AirContainer and the Royal Institute of Technology, a new container which will... more
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AirlinesAgreement between Flying Carpet and Arkia Airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel - Cooperation on European destinations between the travel agency and the carrier
Flying Carpet, one of the biggest Israeli travel agencies, risked to close down last January because of the arrest of its Director General, charged with insider trading after he blew up the value of the... more
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AirlinesLow-cost test for Alitalia?
Rome, Italy - The on-line version of Italian weekly magazine "Panorama" reports that
Italian weekly magazine "Panorama" on-line version published the news that Alitalia, which has just bought Volareweb, would have done a 18-day low-cost experiment from February 23 to March 12: 4000 flights... more
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AirlinesSingapore Airlines cuts the prices of the flights to India
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The decision underlined the importance for the carrier of the Indian market
Singapore Airlines announced to have reduced its fares for the tickets of the route Singapore-Bangalore, in India. Now the price of the route between the two cities operated by the carrier is very lower... more
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AirlinesBritish Airways increased long-haul tickets' price
London, UK - The decision because of fuel cost's raise
British Airways announced that, because of the raise of fuel cost, it will be obliged to increase long-haul tickets’ price. The mark up, in average, will be of GBP 5. According to the carrier this year f... more
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AirlinesSpecial fares for the loyal customers of Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis, USA - No additional costs for the most comfortable seats
Northwest Airlines made known to have modified the fares for its loyal customers. The travellers who will cover more than 25,000 miles every year with the carrier’s flights will have the right to have s... more
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AirlinesCode-sharing agreement between American Airlines and Vietnam Airlines
Hanoi, Vietnam - The deal concern the routes to Europe and Japan
American Airlines (AA) announced to have signed a code-sharing agreement with Vietnam Airlines. The Asian carrier will place is "VN" code on AA flights between USA and Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Osaka,... more
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AirlinesEight weekly flights by Qatar Airways Italy-Bangkok
Milan, Italy - Direct coincidence from Rome and Milan to Thailandia's capital city
Qatar Airways links Italy to Thailandia with eight weekly flights from Rome and Milan, with intermediate airport in Doha. All the flights in departing from Italy on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday... more
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AirlinesEmirates will be official sponsor of FIFA
Dubai, UAE - The agreement has a value of USD 195 million
Emirates airlines signed an agreement with FIFA to become top-sponsor of the Association in the period 2007-2014. The value of the deal is of USD 195 million. In this way Dubai’s carrier will join Coca C... more
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AirlinesChina Airlines aims on Italy
Taipei, Taiwan - The goal is to arrive to 15,000 passengers every month
China Airlines aims to increase the number of passengers to and from Italy. The Asian carrier wants to arrive to 15,000 people carried every month operating expecially on the route Rome-Taipei via Bangkok.... more
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AirlinesBlack day at the Exchange for the air carrier's shares
New York, Usa - The cause is always the raise of the oil's price
The unstoppable war in Iraq, the difficult situation in Palestina, and the white-hot tension climate between USA and the Islamic Republic of Iran, are pushing more and more in high the oil’s price. Yesterday t... more
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AirlinesVolare purchase notified to Antitrust
Rome, Italy - A US bank entered in Alitalia
The Antitrust, the warrantor authority for competition, made known that Alitalia notified the purchase of "The corporate complex owned by the companies of Volare Group operating in the sector of air transport".... more
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AirlinesAir Madrid satisfied of its new Italian routes
Madrid, Spain - After a month, good results for its flight to and from Milan and Rome
Air Madrid has launched for more than a month routes to the Spanish capital from Milan and Rome, respectively with a twice weekly and a daily connection. The carrier owned by Optursa Management, a group... more
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AirlinesAlitalia decreased fuel surcharge
rome, Italy - Countertrend decision of Italian national carrier
While all around the world air carriers are obliged, to face the unstoppable fuel’s cost raise, to increase tickets’ price (see for details AVIONEWS), Alitalia decided to decrease, on 22 routes, quite the... more
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AirlinesElectronically traced Air France luggage
Paris, France - The system is being tested since May
In order to avoid the loss, even if temporally, of luggage and the resulting discomforts for passengers, flag carrier Air France has decided to test, starting from next May, a new technology: tiny electronic... more
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AirlinesIt is possible an agreement between Northwest Airlines and its pilots
Minneapolis, Usa - The definitive decision will be voted next May 3
The negotiations to find a solution to the differences between Northwest Airlines and its pilots are going on. In the preliminary agreement the workers should have to receive, in exchange of wages’ cuts, N... more
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AirlinesCultural promotion on Livingston flights
Rome, Italy - Agreement between the airline and Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage
Livingston, the Italian airline owned by "Viaggi del Ventaglio" and soon acquired by Eurofly (see AVIONEWS for details), has stipulated an agreement with Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and... more
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AirlinesMalaysia Airlines aims on e-ticket services
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Distribution costs will be reduced of the 15%
Malaysia Airlines will increase its e-ticket services. In this way the carrier aims to eliminate all conventional ticketing at its office for domestic flights. According to the airline’s officials this d... more
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AirlinesRyanair: booking record for Easter 2006
Dublin, Ireland - One million passengers expected
Ryanair communicated, through its spokesman Lorna Farren, that the airline is going to carry the record number of one million passengers on its 22 European routes in Easter time. This result, the best... more
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AirlinesCritical hours for Delta Airlines
Atlanta, USA - The carrier runs the risk to close down
The negotiations between Delta Airlines and its pilots are becoming more and more difficult, with the workers that threaten to strike if the carrier will persist in its decision to cut their wages for... more
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AirlinesAlitalia: yesterday the acquisition of the Volare Group's society complex
Rome, Italy - The Italian flag carrier said it in a note
"Alitalia informs that its own subsidiary Volare SpA, yesterday, April 13, 2006, has underwritten the purchase’s contract of the Volare Group’s society complex". more
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AirlinesNews in real-time on Japan Airlines
Tokyo, Japan - Agreement between the carrier and Jiji Press
Japan Airlines announced to have achieved an agreement with Jiji Press and its partners, among which Agence France Presse, to allow to its passengers of three of its international routes to have an access... more
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AirlinesUnited Airlines chose Galileo
Los Angeles, USA - Italian company will work to the distribution of the carrier's fares
United Airlines chose Galileo’s database for the distribution of its fares. All the offers and the packages of the airlines will be available for the customer through the big number of tourist agencies l... more
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AirlinesJetBlue aims to salesmen
New York, USA - Special fares for the people who works in this sector
JetBlue decided to focalizes itself toward a special share of the market: salesmen. The carrier in fact made known that it will mantain its fares at the lowest cost that is possible, to make easier the... more
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AirlineseasyJet: over 60,000 people booked in advance the Easter's holidays and fly low-cost
Milan, Italy - London, Berlin and Paris the destinations more requested
"More and more Italians take advantage of the low-cost tariffs to fly during the Spring long weekends. easyJet’s flights are obtaining a wide success: the carrier hopes to transport during the Easter p... more
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AirlinesEmirates prefers A-380 to the A-340
Dubai, UAE - Carrier's chairman declared so
The President and CEO of Emirates Airlines, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, made known during an interview that the carrier he manages could decide to change the order for the Airbus 340 in an other... more
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AirlinesItalian Antitrust is waiting for the notification of the purchase of Volare by Alitalia
Rome, Italy - President Catricalà declared it
The President of the Antitrust Authority, Antonio Catricalà, said that he is waiting for to receive the notification of the purchase operation of Volare by Alitalia (see for details AVIONEWS). Catricalà e... more
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AirlinesSkyeurope launches new connection between Bratislava and Naples
Naples, Italy - There will be two flights per week
Eastern Europe low-cost carrier Skyeurope announced that since next June 18 the flights between Naples and Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, and Naples. The carrier will operate with two-weekly flights, o... more
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Airlines"Commercial Air Transport Laureate" to Air France-KLM
Washington, USA - Assigned by "Aviation Week"
Air France-KLM Group won "Commercial Air Transport Laureate" assigned by the prestigious magazine "Aviation Week & Space technology" during a gala at National Air and Space Museum at Washington-Dulles... more
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AirlinesAir Berlin wants to expand its activities
Berlin, Germany - The carrier will launch on the share market an Initial Public Offering
Air Berlin will launch, before of the start of the Football World Championships of Germany 2006, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to increase its liquid asset to expand its activities. The low-cost carrier... more
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AirlinesVarig is nearer bankruptcy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - USD 2,7 bn of debts
Things are getting worser and worser for Varig, all-time Brazilian flag airline risking bankruptcy. Its debts amount to USD 2,7 bn and BR, aircraft fuel producer, supplies the carrier’s planes only by s... more
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AirlinesAmerican Airlines increased air tickets' cost
New York, USA - The cause is the increase of the fuel cost
American Airlines increased from today the price of its tickets on the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific routes, except to and from Japan. The decision has been taken because of the raise of the fuel’s c... more
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AirlinesOn-line booking for Athens-Sophia flight by Aegean Airlines
Athens, Greece - Greek carrier's passengers increased
Aegean Airlines, one of the most important Greek private air carriers, made known to have activated an on-line booking service for the travellers of the route Athens-Sophia. The airline will provide a... more
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AirlinesA communication mistake at the base of Japan Airlines trouble
Tokyo, Japan - Next carrier's President declares that
Haruka Nishimatsu, Japan Airlines finance director and next President in June, declared that the series of mistakes leading to safety blunders in the last year were caused by communication problems between... more
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AirlinesRyanair asks Poland for reforms
Warsaw, Poland - Centralised airport tariffs abolition requested
Ryanair has called on the Polish government to change the management of its national airports by abolishing strict centralised tariffs. The Irish low-cost states that such tariffs, to regional air stations... more
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AirlinesGulf Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines expanded their code-share agreement
Manama, Bahrain - Improved the connection to the holy cities of Islam
Gulf Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines announced to have expanded their code-share agreement by introducing, for the first time, services between Bahrain and Al Madinah Al Monwara, and Muscat and Damman in... more
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AirlinesAustralian Airlines will end its operations
Sidney, Australia - Qantas aims on Jetstar
Qantas announced its intention to stop the activities of its subsidiary low-cost carrier Australian Airlines. The flights, which currently are operated by the no-frills airlines, will be replaced with... more
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AirlinesVueling announces new route Barcelona-Venice
Milan, Italy - From next April 28 with a daily frequency
"Carlos Muňoz, Vueling’s CEO, the Spanish air company of ’New Generation’, announces new route Barcelona-Venice operative from April 28. The new flight will add to five routes by Vueling that already link e... more
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AirlinesSkyeurope launches Bergamo-Prague service
Bergamo, Italy - Used a B-737/700 Next Generation
Yesterday afternoon there was the launch of the new daily connection operated by Skyeurope Airlines between Bergamo-Orio al Serio and Prague (see AVIONEWS for details). The inaugural flight was made with... more
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AirlinesSilverjet seeks for investors
London, United Kingdom - GBP 25m necessary to launch a low-fare business class airline
Silverjet is seeking to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in order to raise GBP 25m, necessary to help the airline to launch its project: a low-fare business class airline. The carrier p... more
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Airlines+0.4% for Finnair in March 2006
Helsinki, Finland - Official data published today
Finnair, Finland’s flag airline, has made known today the data about its march 2006 traffic, registering 0.4% growth against 0.8% capacity increase; also load factor gains 0.9 points standing at 74.9%. T... more