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AirlinesCzech Airlines carried over 4m passengers from January to September 2005
Prague, Czech Republic - 546,000 passengers were taken in September alone
Good news from Czech Republic. Czech Airlines carried 4.05 million passengers from January to September 2005, 22 more than in the same period last year, carrier’s spokeswoman Jitka Novotna unveiled. A... more
AirlinesAn Iraqi plane flew Lebanese skies after 24 years
Beirut, Lebanon - It carried an official delegation led by Iraq's Minister of Transport
An Iraqi Airways airplane after 24 years landed at Beirut. The Boeing B-737/200 jet arrived at "Rafik Hariri" International Airport carrying an official delegation led by Iraqi Minister of Transport, Salam... more
AirlinesCameroon Airlines towards privatization
Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon - In order to develop the country's economic reform programme
Cameroon Government is planning to privatize its flag airline, Cameroon Airlines, as well as telecommunications and water companies, as part of the economic reform programme aimed at obtaining debt relief... more
AirlinesAir France inaugurates a new daily frequency from Verona to Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Rome, Italy - Starting from the end of October
"Air France will increase the daily frequencies between Verona and Paris, starting from next October 31, with the beginning of Winter times. The carrier so to bring to four the flights per day from Monday... more
AirlinesJet Airways to buy 10 Airbus A-330/200
Paris, France - The agreement provides option for additional ten planes
Indian carrier Jet Airways has signed a contract to buy 10 Airbus A-330/200 jets estimated around USD 1.6bn. Deliveries are expected to start in the first half of 2007, but financial details were not reported... more
AirlinesBomb-alert on Turkish Airline A-321 was fake
Budapest, Hungary - No bomb was found on board
The airplane of Turkish Airline continued its flight to Istanbul yesterday after a bomb-alert forced it to land in Budapest (see for details AVIONEWS). The Hungarian airport spokeperson has confirmed that... more
AirlinesSwiss International: the Winter schedule to go into effect from October 30
Basel, Switzerland - 69 destinations served directly and 15 ones by code-share agreements
The new Winter schedule of Swiss International Airlines, society of Lufthansa Group, to go into operation next October 30. The Swiss airline will link directly 69 world cities, 42 European and 27 intercontinental... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): October 27 meeting has been put off until a later date
Rome, Italy - A meeting between company and flight attendants has been held today
The meeting between the Italian company and unions expected to be held on October 27, has been put off until a later date according to union sources. A reunion between company and flight attendants has... more
AirlinesFleet reduction and staff cuts for Helvetic Airways
Zurich, Switzerland - The Swiss low-cost not considers profitable some routes
The airline has explained the reduction citing the fact that some links, in particular those with Prague, Rome and Madrid aren’t profitable, deciding for the suppression of the routes in coincidence w... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines to join OneWorld Alliance
Tokyo, Japan - The newness will carry 68 additional destinations for the Japanese carrier
It seems now all ready in order that Japan Airlines joins OneWorld, the airlines alliance that includes British Airways and American Airlines. It will allow JAL, the biggest carrier in Asia, to expand... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: great interest of the market for carrier's suggestions
Rome, Italy - During the TTG Incontri in Rimini
"The meetings with the operators during TTG Incontri in Rimini have confirmed the great interest of the Italian touristic market for the Qatar Airways’ suggestions. The carrier, with the opening of new r... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): Palestinian Airlines is arriving
Milan, Italy - "Milano Finanza" financial newspaper wrote it
"Milano Finanza" financial newspaper stated that Palestinian National Authority’s carrier Palestinian Airlines would like to purchase a 10% stake in Alitalia. This carrier aims to Alitalia together with a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): we did not talk about redundancies and externalization with financial analysts
Rome, Italy - Alitalia's press release
"Alitalia confirms that, during the meeting with financial analysts last week, issues concerning additional redundancies, changes in the group structure and externalization processes have not been considered".... more
AirlinesVolare: the professions of interest within November 20
Milan, Italy - Meanwhile the candidates reduce to three
Subjects interested in Volare’s selling, can put forward the professions of interest within November 20, and it is not excluded that the term of presentation of the offers may be postponed at the half o... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): an urgent meeting on the business plan must be summoned at Palazzo Chigi
Rome, Italy - National Boards of CGIL, CISL and UIL unions stated
Italian CGIL, CISL and UIL unions Boards met yesterday with national representatives from air transport in order to set the paths and initiatives to perform concerning the financial Act and, in particular,... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines: 3rdQ 2005 income decreased compared to same period in 2004
Vienna, Austria - CEO Vagn Sorensen to retire due to personal reasons in September next year
Income reported during the 3rdQ 2005 by Austrian Airlines consisted of EUR 7.8m. In the same period last year, Austrian reported some 47.7m income, with a decrease so of a 84%. Among the main reasons one... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): reasons to be interested in Volare
Gallarate, Italy - Northern Italy's market growth, fleet expansion, experience in the low-cost sector as underlined by analysts
Alitalia could have several reasons to be interested in Volare and purchase it. Analysts, together with those who could hope for such a step in Northern Italy (such as for example representatives from... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a company-unions meeting on the business plan on October 27
Rome, Italy - Board of Directors will then analyse the possible role of Deutsche Bank for recapitalization on November 7
Alitalia Board of Directors will analyse the first agreement with Deutsche Bank with reference to recapitalization up to EUR 1.2bn on next November 7. A committment by an Italian bank as Banca Intesa could... more
AirlinesCanada: clash of opinion about restoration of non-stop flight Montreal-Rome
Montreal, Canada - But there is the shadow of electoral interest on the dispute
Giovanni Rapanà of the Committee of Italians Living Abroad and the Comites of Montreal led by Giovanna Giordano, asked both Alitalia and Air Canada for restoring the non-stop connections between Montreal... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: more flights will depart from Bergamo
Berlin, Germany - Now no-stop also for Hamburg and Norimberga
"Air Berlin enlarges its network from Bergamo starting from November 2005; with the beginning of the new winter times, in fact, further no-stop links will be offered for Germany (besides Düsseldorf and... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): antitrust rules destroyed our airline
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni stated
"Antitrust and competition rules contributed to destroy Alitalia’s wealth, enabling an across-the-board arrival of low-cost carriers. So, a result was generated: while Air France and Lufthansa in France a... more
AirlinesEmirates reinforces the network in Far East
Milan, Italy - Towards Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Jakarta
"Emirates Airline, the carrier based in Dubai, fortifies the flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Jakarta answering to an increasing tourism and cargo traffic’s request towards F... more
AirlinesSwiss International: Loyalty Gate Ltd stake has been sold
Basle, Switzerland - This share has been purchased by British company ICLP
Loyalty Gate Ltd. attends to make airlines customers’ trust increase. Swiss-owned stake, a 57.2%, has been sold to English ICLP, International Customer Loyalty Programmes, the main worldwide group in t... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: scheduled flight for New York/Newark-Houston-Buenos Aires
Houston, Usa - The carrier will utilize a 174-seat Boeing 767-200ER aircraft
Continental Airlines last Friday announced the planned flight schedule for daily nonstop flights between the airline’s hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Buenos Aires, Argentina. F... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "Situation is worsening, Left-Centre movements must set a proposal"
Rome, Italy - Ugo Boghetta, Rifondazione Comunista transport expert, said
Rifondazione Comunista job and transport expert Ugo Boghetta’s press release text: "We agree with the invitation addressed by SULT union to Romano Prodi in order to convince Unione movement to face the s... more
AirlinesTransavia.com: press conference for new link Fiumicino-Amsterdam-Rotterdam
Rome, Italy - The presentation tomorrow at 7:30pm at the Hotel De Russie
The Dutch low-cost Transavia.com communicates that tomorrow, Tuesday October 25 at 7:30pm at the Hotel De Russie (Via del Babuino, 9) will take place the press conference to present new link Rome-Fiumicino/Amsterdam-Rotterdam,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: SULT union appealed to Prodi about the airline condition
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier and Air Alps signed an agreement for the Milan-Perugia route with flights starting on November 6
Italian SULT union appealed to Unione political movement’s leader Romano Prodi about the delicate situation of Alitalia. Anyone achieves Italian Government next year will not be allowed to avoid to take i... more
AirlinesThe sign between British Airways and Gate Gourmet at length
London, United Kingdom - So, a long dispute came to an end
Gate Gourmet catering company signed the deal with British Airways yesterday after a dispute lasted too long (see for details AVIONEWS). BA increased the value ot its annual contract with Gate Gourmet... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines received final approval for New York-Houston-Buenos Aires service
Houston, Usa - Daily nonstop flights to begin Dec. 14
Continental Airlines yesterday announced it has received final approval from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin daily nonstop flights between the airline’s hub at George Bush Intercontinental A... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: new multimillionaire contracts
Rome, Italy - The new Doha's Airport construction goes on
"The construction of the New Doha’s International Airport (NDIA) is proceeding apace, destined to receive new aircraft of the increasing growth of Qatar Airways’ fleet and in particular to admit new Sup... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): "Neither redundancies nor externalizations"
Rome, Italy - Alitalia' statement
"During yesterday’s meeting with financial analysts we have not talked about additional redundancies. The company clarifies that during the meeting held yesterday with analysts, the sides have not talked o... more
AirlinesAfter 15 years an Iraqi plane landed at Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - Flights were suspended in 1990
After 15 years, the first regular flight operated by Iraqi Airways between Baghdad and Cairo has been carried out yesterday. The airplane carrying 75 passengers, took off from Iraqi capital with 9 hours... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "A general conflict, come hell or high water"
Rome, Italy - Flight assistants trade unions press release
Trade unions representing flight attendants will set demonstrations against the recent Alitalia’s view about the future of employees. Such unions will suspend the Project Service 2005 and stop talks. U... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Agreements are not scrap paper"
Rome, Italy - Joint press release by CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL unions
CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL unions think that agreements signed with Alitalia prove scrap paper. The carrier would have analysed with banks hypothesis of redundancies and new actions on jobs. This cannot be... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): from more than 20,000 employees down to only 9600 workers when the new business plane is completed
Rome, Italy - The new business plane has been presented to financial analysts
Alitalia will reduce its staff from 200,000 down to 9100 at the end of the business plan in December 2008. Meanwhile at 2100 cuts already operated, further 1200 are expected to add according to what has... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Minister Maroni agreed on the hypothesis of fleet mortgage
Rome, Italy - And ensured an analysis of treatment addressed to the carrier by some Italian airports compared to its competitors
Italian trade unions appear worried about the hypothesis of additional redundancies in Alitalia in 2006, but the airline denied it has indicated such a possibility during the meeting with banks to shown... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Rome Mayor Veltroni asked for talks on the carrier and ADR workforce mobility
Rome, Italy - Capital Mayor reminded the relevance of the city for air transport thanks to local economy and tourism growth
Rome Mayor Veltroni asked for setting talks together with Italian Government, Lazio Region and Province, Alitalia and ADR (Rome’s airports operator) to face the problem concerning workforce mobility f... more
AirlinesKingfisher Airlines interested in acquiring Air Sahara's stakes
Mumbai, India - It requires an USD 100m investment
The private Kingfisher Airlines is taking into consideration the option of acquiring stakes in Air Sahara carrier for over USD 100m. Air Sahara is India’s second-largest airline: it has a fleet of 26 a... more
AirlinesJet Airways: "See you soon America, now there are no planes"
Mumbai, India - It was designated by Government to serve links with USA, but it has to thicken its fleet
Indian carrier Jet Airways, at least for the moment, will have to renounce its intention to land in America: its fleet complains in fact a lack of aircraft that will not allow the carrier to start flying... more
AirlinesRyanair: Irish low-cost carrier denounced with Virgin by Belgian Government
Brussels, Belgium - Minister Freya Van De Bossche put forward attorney’s office the file regarding both carriers
"In the case of an offer for a plane ticket, the price indicated must be the total price, including all charges and taxes. The consumer must know in advance what it will have to pay. A correct indication... more
Airlines787 Dreamliner: Korean Air to produce plane wing tips
Seoul, South Korea - The South Korean carrier will operate ten airplanes of this type and even provide its important technical contribution for production
Also South Korean airline Korean Air will participate to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme. The carrier purchased ten new medium-long range airliners of the US maker, and it will even provide its technical... more
AirlinesJat Airways restarts flights on route Trieste-Belgrade, but...
Trieste, Italy - Less than two months before, the Serbian carrier was among air operators in violation of ICAO's rules
The flag Serbian carrier, Jat Airways, suspended the connection last March for inner problems, but starting from October 30, with the Winter timetable, its planes will resume flights between Belgrade and... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: new clouds to spoil its horizon
Washington, USA - Loss of over USD 2bn is expected, without considering fuel high price costs
Delta Airlines, which is operating under bankruptcy regime, previewed a loss of more than USD 2bn, excluding 2005 fuel high price costs. American carrier’s projection has been released during a private p... more
AirlinesLufthansa extends its routes to the Gulf region
Berlin, Germany - The airline is aiming at world’s oil markets
From January 10, 2006, the German airline will offer three weekly flights from Frankfurt to Doha, the capital of Qatar. The flights operated with Airbus A-330, will leave each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday... more
AirlinesHelios Airways plane came back Larnaca shortly after takeoff
Larnaca, Cyprus - The airline has been affected by three similar cases in one month
A Helios Airways plane en route from Cyprus to Birmingham (United Kingdom) carrying 189 passengers, was due to come back Larnaca Airport yesterday because of a failure warning. After landing the Boeing... more
AirlinesRyanair: new Boeing's solutions for 737-800s maintenance
Dublin, Ireland - The Irish carrier is the launch customer of the IT system named "Maintenance Performance Toolbox"
Ryanair is the launch customer of a new solution designed by Boeing to simplify maintenance activities of the fleet. It deals with the "Maintenance Performance Toolbox", an IT system which can be accessed... more
AirlinesAlitalia: new cost cuts in the business plan
Rome, Italy - Job and rising fuel cost measures have been scheduled but the break-even is always the major goal
New Alitalia’s business plan shown to banks yesterday includes a series of clear indications about measures and goals related to the 2006-2008 period, obviously considering also the remaining months o... more
AirlinesWizz Air: "We will be able to be listed in the Stock Exchange in a couple of years"
Budapest, Hungary - Carrier President and CEO, Jozsef Varadi, said
Wizz Air President and CEO Jozsef Varadi said that the Hungarian carrier will be able to be listed in the Stock Exchange in a couple of years, though nothing certain has been decided yet. All traffic is... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "We will decide after analysing the plan"
Rome, Italy - Banca Intesa's CEO, Corrado Passera, stated
"We are completing the appraisement of the plan and then we will decide if becoming global coordinator or partecipating to the consortium of guarantee", said about the role of his bank, Banca Intesa’s C... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: third quarter net income reached USD 61m
New York, USA - Profit at USD 3bn
Continental Airlines, despite record high jet fuel prices, is one of the few global carriers to have reached profit that went beyond all expectations of Wall Street. Net income were at USD 61m equal to... more