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AirlinesVolare: Milan's Court rejected the Air One's claim against Alitalia
Busto Arsizio, Italy - Union's sources declared it
According to some union’s sources declared this morning, Milan’s Court would have rejected the claim presented by Air One against the order by Busto Arsizio’s Court with which was refused the exclusion’s request... more
AirlinesAliTrento Srl: the new aerotaxi carrier inaugurated
Trento, Italy - Officially presented at the "Caproni" Trento's Airport last Thursday
AliTrento Srl, the new aerotaxi carrier, has been presented officially at Caproni Trento’s airport last Thursday. Born from the initiative by a group of undertakers "All coming from Trento" like its P... more
AirlinesEmirates: new direct connections Milan-Dubai
Milan, Italy - The new three direct flights add to four weekly ones already operative
"Emirates, international carrier based in Dubai, present in Italy since 1992 before in Rome and then in Milan, has inaugurated last Friday, March 3 three new direct connections from Milan-Malpensa to Dubai,... more
AirlinesFinnair amplifies its links to East Europe
Milan, Italy - New connection with Kiev and more frequencies with Poland
"Finnair, Finnish flag carrier, starts, as of March 30, 2006 a new service with the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. New link is operative on Thursday and integrates the in force agreement for connections in... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: Director General resigned
Paris, France - The event's background on "Le Figaro"
Last Thursday French newspaper "Le Figaro" told the background of Japan Airlines Director General Toshiyuki Shinmachi’s decision to resign and undertake honorary president’s charge. The first to ask for... more
AirlinesCentralwings: starting from April 29 it will link Palermo and Warsaw
Palermo, Italy - A press conference last Saturday presented the flight in Sicily capital
Last Saturday morning at 12 am, Palermo Province (Sicily) President, Francesco Musotto, Provincial Council President, Maurizio Gambino, and Giacomo Terranova, CEO of Gesap, Palermo airport management company,... more
AirlinesConsorcio Aeromexico tries privatization again
Mexico City, Mexico - The state-owned holding wants to sell out at all costs
Consorcio Aeromexico, the national consortium operating Aeromexico and Aeroliteral and that has a 35% market share of the Mexican airline industry, tries a privatization plan for the second time after... more
AirlinesAirAsia triplicates its fuel demand in 2006
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia - New airplanes and new destinations increase requirements
AirAsia, the Southeast Asia low-cost airline, plans to expand considerably in 2006: its fleet will be increased passing from 38 to nearly 50 planes and Asian destinations will become 68. Demand growth... more
AirlinesAir Dolomiti receives the "Business Diamond Award"
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy - The appreciation for the quality of the onboard service
"Air Dolomiti has received yesterday in Munich the ’Business Diamond Award’ by Busche Verlags: a few days after of the ‘Business Traveller Award’ the airline has been decorated of an other appreciation for the... more
AirlinesAir Italy: also a third B-757/200ER among the newness of Spring
Milan, Italy - Great success for the website and call center
"From Milan-Malpensa on the occasion of the ’Naming’ of a B-757/200ER, dedicated to the city of Somma Lombardo, the carrier ’Made in Italy’, led by Com. Giuseppe Gentile, announced new destinations and new... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: the group's reorganization starts
Tokyo, Japan - The medium-term plan until 2009 presented
Japan Airlines (JAL), the first Japanese carrier, that is now in troubles, decided to change its leader and announced the reorganization plan until 2009, year that will have to see a twisting of the air... more
AirlineseasyJet: on next June 29 London-Istanbul flight will be-operative
Rome, Italy - "Turkish Daily News" wrote it
Turkish daily newspaper "Turkish Daily News" wrote an article in which it is announced that English low-cost carrier easyJet would put in service the new route from London-Luton to Istanbul. The flight... more
AirlinesSN Brussels resumes its service to Rwanda
Brussels, Belgium - Twice weekly flights suspended because of a dispute between Governments
Last week Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority’s officers stopped a Belgian SN Brussels Airbus A-330/300 from taking off at Kigali airport, because of some safety problems found in the aircraft after an i... more
AirlinesLatest news from some East-European airlines
Rome, Italy - They are about Belavia, Amber Air, Blue Air, Bulgaria Air, B&H Airlines and Belle Air
Minsk-based Belavia is planning to lease a B-737/700 and three CRJ-200s and probably also several Tu-204/300s; in addition to its three weekly flights from Minsk to Frankfurt International Airport, the... more
AirlinesAgreement between Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants
Minneapolis, USA - Avoided the strike of these workers
Northwest Airlines reached yesterday a tentative agreement with its flights attendants that will allow to the carrier to save USD 195 million annually. Neither the airline nor the Trade union wanted to... more
AirlinesNew Virgin Atlantic Airways's route to Middle East
Brussels, Belgium - From March flights from London to Dubai
Virgin Atlantic Airways decided to start flights from London to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from next March 28. The carrier made known it yesterday explaining that it aims to conquer a 10-12% of the route’s m... more
AirlinesQatar Airways increases frequencies to Shanghai
Rome, Italy - After the fourth flight to Beijing
"Qatar Airways, from last November, has increased from three to four the weekly flights between Doha and Beijing, after the strong traffic raise recorded from Europe and Italy towards China. In the wave... more
AirlinesKorean flight attendants for China Southern Airlines
Beijing, China - 30 interns to remove language and cultural barriers
Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines recruited 30 Korean interns as flight attendants. For about one month and a half, the young recruits, who are aged between 20 and 27, will work on routes to Seoul,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: flight attendants' strike referred
Rome, Italy - Negotiations re-start after months of stalemate
It is truce between Italian flagship carrier Alitalia and its flight attendants. In fact the strike that these lasts had decided on March 4 has been referred. The decision arrived after the end of the... more
AirlinesWizz Air takes delivery of the eighth A-320
Budapest, Hungary - The carrier makes it known through a release
Through a press release, mid-European low-cost Wizz Air announced it took delivery of its eighth A-320. The aircraft, 180 seats configured, is equipped with two Aero V-2500 engines and it will be bound... more
AirlinesLast news by some Eastern Europe air carrier
Rome, Italy - Concerning Adria Airways, Aegean Airways, Air Cruise and Air Baltic
Adria Airlines will launch since next June 5 a route Lubiana-Tiran operated by Bombardier CRJ-200 planes that will fly 6 times for week; Slovenian carrier had just put in service two weekly flights with... more
AirlinesAeroporti Sistema del Garda: new low-cost link to Albanian capital
Verona, Italy - Starting from today served by Belle Air
"The first low-cost link from Tiran to Verona is operative from today. The connection will be made by the new low-cost Belle Air with a MD-82 from 164 seats. The carrier offers tariffs from EUR 19 (taxes... more
AirlinesATA Airlines out from Chapter 11
Indianapolis, USA - Company's financial and business' position improved
US low-cost air carrier ATA Airlines made known today that it had officially emerged from Chapter 11, the law that in USA protects the companies in bankruptcy. The airline fell under Chapter 11 protection... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines' pilots voted for the strike
Minneapolis, USA - Also flight attendants on a war footing
Northwest Airlines’ pilots decided to strike if the carrier will confirm its decision to impose pay-cut and work-rule changes. "More than the 92% of the pilots declared to be favorable to strike" Wade B... more
AirlineseasyJet opens towards other markets
Milan, Italy - The English low-cost launches links outside the EU
The no-frills carrier launches new routes to European Union’s borders pointing from London to Marrakech, Istanbul and Rijeka (third greatest city in Croatia) and from Basel to Istanbul as of next Summer. I... more
AirlinesSkyEurope presents new direct links from Naples to East Europe
Naples, Italy - During a press conference fixed for next Friday
Next Friday, March 3 will take place a press conference fixed by low-cost carrier SkyEurope - that serves flights in Middle and East Europe - to present new direct connections Naples-East Europe. The conference... more
AirlinesAlitalia: relaxed climate between Government and Trade unions
Rome, Italy - Decisions postponed to the meeting on March 14
More relaxed climate between Government and trade unions about Alitalia. Yesterday Italian Productive Activities Minister Claudio Scajola talked about a "Cooperation climate" postponing the problem to... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Piu: we appreciate and share Productive Activities Ministry's initiative
Rome, Italy - Italian United Pilots' statement issued at the end of the meeting with Minister Scajola
"Italian United Pilots express appreciation and share the initiative hoping that Productive Activities Ministry’s mediation allows supersession of no-go and suffers that have undermined industrial relationships f... more
AirlinesAir France's performance in January 2006
Paris, France - More on-time flights but more luggages didn't reach its destination
In January 2006 80,6% of Air France flights left at prearranged time or within 15 minutes, while 80,8% of flights reached their destination on time (i.e. with 15 minutes maximum delay). Punctuality performance... more
AirlinesWestJet launches holiday packages
Calgary, Canada - Flight ticket and complete package to be booked on-line
Canadian Calgary-based WestJet Airlines Ltd. is offering, starting from next month, the chance to book on-line complete holidays packages, included car rentals, hotel rooms and entreat at tourist attractions... more
AirlinesScajola: about Volare I wait the decision of the Court of Rome
Rome, Italy - He declared so at the end of the meeting about Alitalia
Italian Productive Activities Minister, Claudio Scajola, made known, at the end of the meeting about Alitalia, that, concerning air carrier Volare, he will wait the sentence of the Court of Rome, that... more
AirlinesSAS Cargo reaches profitability record
Stockholm, Sweden - 2005 was the Scandinavian cargo airline's best year
Scandinavian SAS Cargo airline got its best profitability result in 2005, with revenue of EUR 356m and a profit (EBT) of EUR 7,3m. Though the fierce market, characterized by huge overcapacity and imbalance... more
AirlinesSAVE: Deutsche Bank owns the 2,054% of the capital stock
Milan, Italy - The periodical updating by Consob said it
The Deutsche Bank, according what the periodical updating by Consob reported, has gone over the 2% in the capital stock of SAVE, the Venice and Treviso’s airports management society. Its participation, i... more
AirlinesFlight cuts for Japan Airlines
Tokyo, Japan - Leaving down some Airbus and YS-11s, JAL looks at Boeing and replaces them with less consuming models
Japanese carrier JAL (Japan Airlines) decided to downsize its fleet grounding in 2006 fiscal year four Nihon YS-11s and three Airbus A-300s, used for internal routes, and six Boeing B-747s which served... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines: a rescue plan presented
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The airline expects to make its profits in 2007
After Malaysia Airlines said its management results for the fourth quarter of 2005 with ringitt 616.14m (EUR 138.4m), carrier’s director general, Idris Jala, announced a rescue industrial plan which s... more
AirlinesIberia: in 2005 losses of about 7%
Madrid, Spain - The airline under pression by low-cost carrier and by Air France-KLM
Iberia registered a loss of the 7% in the earnings of 2005 from EUR 749 million to EUR 699.7 million. Spanish flagship carrier is fighting with the no-frills carrier in Europe, that is the market from... more
AirlinesAgreement between Ryanair and IAMSA to create a Mexican low-cost carrier
Dublin, Ireland - It is scheduled a first investment of USD 50 million
Ryan family, founders of among the biggest European low-cost carriers Ryanair, announced to have achieved an agreement with one of the most important Mexican bus companies, IAMSA, to create of a no-frills... more
AirlinesDelta: the new flight Venice-Atlanta operative from June 7
Venice, Italy - The link will be served four times per week
Delta Airlines has announced that as of next June 7 will link four times per week (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) Venice to Atlanta with a B-767 from 209 seats: 35 in business class and 174 in... more
AirlinesEmirates reinforces Milan-Dubai route
Milan, Italy - With more two flights per week
The UAE’s official carrier, Emirates, strengthens its service on the Milan-Dubai route increasing the number of weekly connections from current four to seven. The service will be made by a new Airbus A... more
AirlinesLaunched the first 100% business low-cost airline
Paris, France - Elysair will activate transatlantic flights for businessmen
Elysair Services, a French airline that proposes itself as "Specialistic and not generalistic", has thought to start a unique project in Europe: the creation of the first high-range long-distance low-cost... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Pezzotta: "I wish that Government confirms the society singularity"
Milan, Italy - CISL General Secretary, Savino Pezzotta, said it
The CISL (Italian union) General Secretary, Savino Pezzotta, intervening yesterday at a conference in Milan has made some declarations about the meeting of today at the Productive Activities’ Ministry a... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines helps New Orleans with air service restoration after "Katrina" hurricane
Houston, USA - By next May, sooner than any other carrier
Continental Airlines will return to its pre-Katrina departure frequency of 111 flights per week at "Louis Armstrong" New Orleans International Airport by May 2006 -- sooner than any other carrier. Although... more
AirlinesJetBlue will fly to Portland
Portland, USA - Eight daily flights will link the city to New York's JFK
Starting from May 23 JetBlue Airways, the American low-cost with 34 national destinations, will land to Portland, Oregon, too. Eight daily flights will link the city to JFK Airport in New York, where the... more
AirlinesVarig Airlines green-gold painted jet
Brasilia, Brazil - The Brazilian company is the official airline of national football team at 2006 World Championship
At all costs Brazilian Varig Airlines wants to link its name to Carioca national football team, beloved symbol and current world champion, title conquered in 2002 at Japan and Korea Fifa World Cup. In... more
AirlineseasyJet sees next months in the hole
London, UK - At the end of the first half of the year the carrier forecasts raising costs and lower earnings
easyJet has just prepared the investors for the pre-tax losses of GBP 45 million in the six months until March 31, respect the the deficit of about GBP 22 million of the same period of the previous year.... more
AirlineseasyJet announces online check-in
London, Great Britain - After Ryanair, the British low-cost airline reduces boarding time
EasyJet PLC, coming from bad half-year accounts forecast last week, launched online check-in for its passengers, like rival Ryanair did last month. Starting from mid-March, Ryanair clients with hand baggage... more
AirlinesDelta and Continwntal Airlines' flights frequency reduced on Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - The measure in progress since nest March first
Venezuela decided to reduce since next March first the frequency of Delta and Continental Airlines’ flights. The decision was took because US Federal Aviation administration had established a similar b... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines will increase its capacity
Chicago, USA - The American airline's President wants to return to good profitability
Increase route capacity in both the domestic and international markets. This is what Continental Airline’s president, Jeff Smisek, expects. Yesterday he declared his will to reach 8% of overall increase a... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines will not open routes to Iraq
Vienna, Austria - Opening of the route to the Arab country delayed
Austrian Airlines has postponed indefinitely the opening of the route Vienna-Arbil that would made it the first European airline with a regular service to Iraq. The carrier made known that the delay was... more
AirlinesSwiss International: new flight from Zurich to New York starting from May 1st
Zurich, Switzerland - In addition a code-share agreement with United Airlines signed
Swiss International Air Lines, Swiss carrier controlled by German Lufthansa, communicated that from next May 1st will double the daily frequency of the link Zurich-New York bringing it from one to two... more