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AirlinesMozart gives the "Welcome" to Austrian Airlines' passengers
Milan, Italy - And the Reber's bakery offers the Mozartian dessert for a sweet flight
"Austrian celebrates the Mozartian year offering to its own passengers the famous chocolate of the Reber’s patisserie in Vienna. The Mozart’s commemorative year is the occasion for the Austrian national car... more
AirlinesSkyTeam Alliance carriers Continental Airlines and Alitalia commenced code-sharing
Houston, Usa - To provide better service to passengers who travel between Italy and the U.S.
SkyTeam alliance members Continental Airlines and Alitalia yesterday announced they are beginning codesharing to provide better service to passengers who travel between Italy and the U.S. and transfer... more
AirlinesAlitalia-Volare: agreement found
Rome, Italy - Satisfaction expressed by the Trade unions
Yesterday there was a meeting between Alitalia’s officials and the union representatives of Volare’s workers, the carrier which was bought recently by Italian national carrier (see for details AVIONEWS). Dur... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines will decrease the personnel attendant to aircraft's maintenance
Washington, USA - 600 jobs at sea
American Airlines made known that it might cut 600 jobs among its maintenance workers. The carrier sent warning letters to employees in 23 cities to communicate the possibility of layoffs. The airline... more
AirlineseasyJet's petition to Tar
London, United Kingdom - The impugnment of PSO imposed by Italian authorities upon Milan-Olbia route
As for the petition to Tar presented by easyJet against the decision of Italian Transport Ministry and ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) to block Milan-Olbia route planned for April 21 (see AVIONEWS... more
AirlinesEmergency landing at Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - Airport's activities stopped for few minutes
Yesterday morning an Alitalia’s aircraft was obliged to an emergency landing at Milan’s airport of Malpensa. During the approach the pilot of the flight AZ-557 coming from Warsaw signaled a technical pro... more
AirlinesEasyJet presents a petition against ENAC
London, United Kingdom - After the decision to deny Milan-Olbia route
Transport Ministry and ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) denied the permission to operate Olbia-Milan service to easyJet, which had planned to start April 21. The English low-cost airline... more
AirlinesRoyal Brunei Airlines will start connections with Vietnam by May
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - Three flights for week scheduled
Air carrier Royal Brunei Airlines announced today in a statement that by next May it will start to operate connections to Vietnam. The flights will start flying on May 11, three times for week, connecting... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines increased tickets' price
Atlanta, USA - Also the other carriers are raising their fares
Delta Airlines announced its decision to increase of USD 50 the fares, on some routes, of the first and economy classes. According to the carrier this raise will have also some benefits for the passengers,... more
AirlinesNew Ancona-Liverpool route for Ryanair
Ancona, Italy - Since October 3 starting from EUR 3.99
Ryanair’s bold commercial policy, which is adding new routes everyday, goes on in dizzy rhythm. After the announcement of Alghero-Pisa and Alghero-Liverpool flights, here is another news launched yesterday: a... more
AirlinesEasyJet addresses to TAR for the route Milan-Olbia
Milan, Italy - State aids covered up in favour of the Italian airlines
"EasyJet, has made public today to have presented petition against Italian Transport Ministry, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and Sardinia Region about the right to operate on the Milan-Olbia... more
AirlinesBritish Airways' passengers increased in March 2006
London, UK - Negotiations between the carrier and unions about the cuts on workers' pensions
British Airways (BA) announced yesterday, during a press conference at London Stock Exchange, that in the month of March of this year the number of its passengers rose of the 1.8% respect the same period... more
AirlinesIt is probable a rapid solution to pay the wages to Volare's workers
Rome, Italy - Today meeting at Alitalia
It seems to kick over a positive solution the problem about Volare’s workers who by some months don’t receive the wages. Today a meeting should take place in the headquarter of Alitalia, which recently pur... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines still in crisis
Atlanta, USA - Pilots threaten the strike again
Union’s representatives of Delta Airlines’ pilots made known to have authorized a strike whether the carrier, which from last September is in bankruptcy, will proceed with its decision to cut wages and... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines: trade unions want to avoid the discharge of 6,500 jobs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The carrier is in serious difficulties
Union representatives of Malaysia Airlines’ workers announced yesterday to have begun talks with airline’s officials to avoid that thousands of workers payed the heavy industrial reorganization plan tha... more
AirlinesLivingston's purchase makes Eurofly share raise
Rome, Italy - EUR 50m is the operation value
After Viaggi del Ventaglio board approved acquisition project of Livingston airline, Eurofly registers a 1.4% raising in the exchange. Eurofly obtained sole right to treat the purchase by Viaggi del Ventaglio,... more
AirlinesGood March for Continental
Washington, USA - Carrier's load factor at 81.2%
US air carrier Continental made known that in March 2006 its load factor arrived to the 81.2% respect the same month of the previous year. The good result is due to the growth of the air traffic. 11.2%,... more
AirlinesSkyEurope flies to Prague
Prague, Czech Republic - 7 European destinations will serve the hub
SkyEurope opens its fifth base in Central Europe in Prague, with two Boeing 737/700s Next Generation stationed at Ruzyne Airport and with 7 new routes: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Naples,... more
AirlinesSince October 3 Alghero-Liverpool Ryanair flight
Alghero, Italy - EUR 3.99 to fly to the Beatles city
The sixth destination served by Ryanair from Alghero-Fertilia airport is the direct flight to Liverpool, presented this morning in a press conference from Alessia Viviani, promotion manager for Italy of... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines' Summer flights between Rome,New York and Chicago
Rome, Italy - The carrier will operate the route with B-767
American Airlines announced that since yesterday, as last year, the Summer transAtlantic no-stop flights between Rome, New York and Chicago re-started. The daily flights to the big apple start from Rome... more
AirlinesAn Olympic Airlines plane avoids collision by a whisker
Athens, Greece - It happened yesterday morning in Greek air space
Yesterday morning a Boeing 737/300 of Greek flag airline, Olympic Airlines, avoided a collision in the air with an unidentified aircraft. When the pilots, coming from Athens and heading to Dusseldorf (Germany),... more
AirlinesNew strike for Alitalia call center's workers
Palermo, Italy - Protest to the renovation of Assaereo job contract
The protest of the workers of the Alicos call center, the company owned for the 40% by Alitalia, which sees about passengers assistence back office activity and on-line booking, continues. By the 7:00... more
AirlinesCyprus Airways in overhaul
Nicosia, Cyprus - The plan scheduled by the Cypriot Government must be approved by the European Commission
Cyprus Airways, the flag carrier of the Mediterranean island, is undergoing an overhaul plan to recoup financial losses from the past two years. The plan scheduled by the Cypriot Government involves about... more
AirlinesCyprus Airways in overhaul
Nicosia, Cyprus - The plan scheduled by the Cypriot Government must be approved by the European Commission
Cyprus Airways, the flag carrier of the Mediterranean island, is undergoing an overhaul plan to recoup financial losses from the past two years. The plan scheduled by the Cypriot Government involves about... more
AirlinesSouthwest Airlines' passengers increased
Dallas, USA - Excellent trend in the first quarter of 2006
Southwest Airlines made known today that during March 2006 it carried 5.8 million passengers with a raise of the 11.4% respect the same period of the previous year when they were 5.2 million. Low-cost... more
AirlinesMobiles on Air France flights
Paris, France - Six-months testing on an A-318
Starting from 2007, mobile phone calls and messages during air flights will be possible, as long as the plane is an Air France Airbus. The French national carrier will test a new technology, debugged by... more
AirlinesVirgin invests in renewable bio-fuel
Washington, USA - It will be used on the Group's airplanes and trains
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, will invest USD 400m in bio-fuel production for air and train fleet. In particular, it is grain alcohol (ethyl alcohol) obtained through a fermentation... more
AirlinesTest direct flight Madrid-Managua operated by Air Madrid
Madrid, Spain - Flight to test the runway of the destination airport
Spanish carrier, Air Madrid, which is in negotiations with Nicaragua’s Government for the opening of a non-stop route Madrid-Managua, made a test flight above all to test the runway of the international a... more
AirlinesPartnership between Scandinavian Airlines and Swiss International goes on
Stockholm, Sweden - Code-share on all the routes between Scandinavia and Switzerland
After the application of code-share on Bangkok-Singapore-Bangkok route (see AVIONEWS for details), the cooperation between Scandinavian Airlines and Swiss International is been going on for April, when... more
AirlinesSwissair's management under charge
Zurich, Switzerland - The carrier went in bankruptcy on October 2001
Zurich prosecutor failed charges against the management of the Swissair, Swiss flagship carrier, which went on bankruptcy on October 2001. The entire board of management of the old airline is under charge... more
AirlinesA dog dies after an airplane travel: the owner denounces American Airlines
New York, USA - The airline would not have offered appropriate assistance
Terrence Ing, owner of a two-years-old English Bulldog, denounced American Airlines not to have offered appropriate assistance to his dog, died after a flight between New York and San Francisco last August... more
AirlinesHooters Air closes down
Myrtle Beach, USA - The small airline became famous for its sexy hostesses
Hooters Air, American airline born three years ago from an idea of the homonym restaurant chain, is closing down. The winning formula of customer care "Lifted" by hostesses not much dressed but much sexy... more
AirlinesSN Brussels-Virgin Express: by 2007 the new carrier, born by the merger of the two airlines will start to fly
Brussels, Belgium - The announcement was made during a press conference
During the press conference, Etienne Devignon, SN AIR Holding President, and Neil Burrows, SN Brussels e Virgin Express CEO, announced that in 2007 the two carriers will present their-selves to the public... more
AirlinesBMED: by April the route London-Ankara will be operative
Ankara, Turkey - It was made known by company's sources
BMED, British Mediterranean Airways Limited, Turkish carrier which operates in franchising with British Airways, should have to start to operate within the end of April a new route. It is the direct connection... more
AirlinesBMED: by April the route London-Ankara will be operative
Ankara, Turkey - It was made known by company's sources
BMED, British Mediterranean Airways Limited, Turkish carrier which operates in franchising with British Airways, should have to start to operate within the end of April a new route. It is the direct connection... more
AirlinesLOT has a new chief executive
Warsaw, Poland - His name is Krzysztof Kapis, Marek Grabarek's successor
Polish flag airline, LOT SA, announced the name of of the new chief executive, Krzysztof Kapis, already head of national Civil Aviation Office. The previous chief executive, Marek Grabarek, was dismissed... more
AirlinesVueling announces new route Barcelona-Venice
Milan, Italy - After that inaugural in Italy from Madrid to Milan just three months ago
Vueling, new-generation Spanish carrier, after three months of the inauguration of its first route in Italy, Madrid-Milan, announces new link Barcelona-Venice and on the occasion it presents itself on... more
AirlinesLloyd Aero Boliviano. Morales: I don't want to pay an hush-money businessman's debts
La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia's President Evo Morales said it
"In this moment I cannot pay the debts of a hush-money businessman. It is a mistake that I cannot make. The Government could intervene but only to achieve an agreement between the carrier and the workers".... more
AirlinesAlitalia flight attendants' strike revoked
Rome, Italy - Trade unions' requests have been satisfied
Alitalia flight attendants’ 24 hours strike, that tomorrow April 4 should have had to hit all the flights starting from Italy, was revoked (see for details AVIONEWS). CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL (Italian T... more
AirlinesToday the announcement of the merger between SN Brussels and Virgin Express
Brussels, Belgium - A press conference expected for today
Two airlines, both based in Belgium belong already to the same holding, the SN Air, but until today have preferred to maintain names and to offer different services. Low-cost carrier the Virgin Express,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): shareholders' assembly approved 2005 budget
Rome, Italy - Alitalia's loss for EUR 160 million
Present the 50.13% of the corporate stock, according with Alitalia President and CEO Giancarlo Cimoli, the associates’ assembly approved in the majority the 2005 budget. the results show a negative performance a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2). Cimoli: Italy didn't make an enlightened air transport policy
Rome, Italy - Alitalia's CEO mentioned the cases of Ryanair at Bergamo and easyJet at Malpensa
Alitalia’s President and CEO Giancarlo Cimoli, during his speech at the shareholders assembly this morning, said that "In Italy the air transport policy, whit the low-cost carriers’ arrival, was not car... more
AirlinesAlitalia's flights attendants could strike
Rome, Italia - Negotiations to solve the carriers' problems
The Union’s representatives of Alitalia’s flights attendants, confirmed that if within Monday there will be not an agreement with the carrier on April 4 there will be a strike (see for details AVIONEWS). CGI... more
AirlinesLloyd Aero Boliviano's workers in strike
a Paz, Bolivia - Country's air stations paralized
Since yesterday Lloyd Aero Boliviano’s workers are in strike, to protest against the scarce interest that La Paz Government shows for the problems of their carrier. The workers paralized the activities o... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: since today Ankara-Venice flight will start officially
Rome, Italy - It was made known "Cihan" press agency
Turkish press agency "Cihan News Agency-Business" made known that today March 31 will be inaugurated the Turkish Airlines Ankara-Venice flight. The flight will be operated with a B-737 version 800 or with... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: thousand directors on the point of to be fired
New York, Usa - The carrier expects to save so USD 200 million
Delta Airlines, US carrier’s internal sources, unveiled that the air company would have the intention, already starting from next week, to begin a procedure for the overall discharge of about thousand d... more
AirlinesAeroflot: from 2008 A-320 will enter in the fleet
Moscow, Russia - It was made known by Lev Koshlyakov, General vice-Director of the carrier
The Vice-Director of Russian airline Aeroflot announced yesterday that Russian carrier will buy about 35 A-320 which will enter in the fleet between the 2008 and the 2015. Airbus’ models will replace t... more
AirlinesFinnair signed with Airbus for new long range's fleet
Milan, Italy - And it opts for the A-350/800, A-350/900 and A-340/300E's versions
Finnair confirmed its decision to acquire the Airbus A-350 signing the contract for purchase nine aircraft of this type, in the A-350/900 variant, with an option for other four. The carrier had announced... more
AirlinesTransavia.com expects new routes for next Summer
Milan, Italy - The Dutch low-cost to operate four new links from Amsterdam and Rotterdam's airports
"Transavia.com, the Dutch low-cost carrier, for the Summer 2006, launches new destinations in Great Britain, France and Spain from Amsterdam and Rotterdam’s airports. With new Summer times, valid from t... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines in crisis
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The State will not help more the carrier
Malaysia Airlines (MAS), because of the difficult economic situation in which it is, will be obliged to lay off 6,500 workers and surrender 96 of its domestic routes to Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia,... more