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AirlinesSEA and easyJet: presentation of the new commercial agreements
Milan, Italy - The press conference will be held tomorrow morning
SEA and easyJet communicate that the press conference for presentation of new commercial agreements between the Milan’s Airports management society and airline and about the important newness for Italian a... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines received approval to begin daily Houston-Buenos Aires service
Houston, USA - It will be the ninth destination in South America and 78th in Latin America
Continental Airlines announced it has received tentative approval from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin daily nonstop flights between the airline’s hub at George Bush Intercontinental A... more
AirlinesAlitalia: aiming to employees' remuneration cuts
Rome, Italy - The company is going to ask unions for accepting this kind of measures as considered temporary anyway
A meeting between Alitalia Board and trade union’s representatives is likely to happen today as forecasting to show a new business plan, as it must be seen as a good one by banks which will have to ensure t... more
AirlinesHelios Airways suffered for technical problems again
Larnaca, Cyprus - Two airplanes in difficulty in few days
A Boeing B-737/800 for Helios Airways, the same carrier involved in the accident occurred last August 14 in Greece (see for details AVIONEWS), yesterday was due to come back Larnaca Airport (Cyprus) because... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue discriminated over-35 flight attendants
Sydney, Australia - The airline should compensate for their hurt and humiliations
Queensland (Australia) tribunal ruled it after the appeal lodged by 8 women who applied for working for the Richard Branson-owned airline: they were shown the door at the first stage of the 12-months recruitment... more
AirlinesA flock of birds interrupted a flight operated by Northwest Airlines
Washington, USA - Emergency landing at Windsor Locks air station in Connecticut
A Northwest Airlines plane carrying 42 people and crew, in flight from Connecticut to Indianapolis, has been forced to change back its course after striking a flock of birds. The American carrier’s aircraft h... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "System requirements decree damaged Lombardia region airport system"
Milan, Italy - Fear shown by Lombardia Regional Administration
Some 138 Alitalia’s flights were cancelled on last October 8 due to the strike of flight assistants occurred from 12:00 to 04:00 pm (74 domestic and 64 international flights). Meanwhile, Alitalia goes o... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: September traffic increases 7.8%
London, United Kingdom - Fuel high price to barr it from achieving 2005 return target
Despite of ups and downs connected with case of Gate Gourmet (see for details AVIONEWS), British Airways has recovered its traffic in September by growing 7.8%. Also its load factor rose gaining +1.7%,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Board of Directors could meet on October 14
Rome, Italy - Carrier ready to attend the matter regarding the new business plan
Alitalia Board of Directors could gather on next Friday, October 14, though this data is still a hypothesis so far. The carrier will surely attend to the matter concerning the new business plan, as requested... more
AirlinesAir France: September traffic increased 9.6%
Paris, France - The French-Dutch Group recorded 83.1% load factor
Air France-Klm Group revealed today September traffic and load factor figures. Traffic increased 9.6% and load factor 83.1%, up 3.6% respect to previous month. It carried 6,2 million passengers, up 7.3%.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2). Flight assistants' strike fixed for tomorrow: carrier cancels 138 flights
Rome, Italy - They are 64 domestic and 74 international
"Alitalia communicates that tomorrow, Saturday October 8, 138 flights will be cancelled (64 domestic and 74 international) because of the 4 hour strike - from 12am to 4pm - declared by flight assistants... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Board of Directors to gather on October 14 on the new business plan
Rome, Italy - Text to be shown to banks expected to warrant recapitalization
Alitalia Board of Directors is going to meet on next October 14. The text of the new business plan will be shown and approved and it will be delivered to banks involved in the recapitalization of the Italian... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): "A commercial agreement between Alitalia and Air France would absorb the Italian airline"
Rome, Italy - Ugo Boghetta, Rifondazione Comunista Party transport expert, stated it
"Alitalia needs a whole business plan. Cimoli’s plan proved a failure because during the first half 2005 some 3000 routes have been closed and 1000 cancelled. Resources from the system requirements decree a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): October 9-10 strikes have been postponed
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Lunardi ordered to postpone them till unclear date by a release
"The measure proved necessary and urgent in order to avoid that customers can be seriously irreparably damaged concerning free movement right as constitutionally warranted". Italian Minister of Infrastructures... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "The airline wants to ground the airplanes"
Rome, Italy - Also UGL withdrew negotiations
"The new Alitalia’s business plan, a necessary step to face the new macroeconomic scenario affected by a rising oil cost, aims to a drastic downsizing of activities: airline’s Board would appear willing to... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "It is a comedy of misunderstandings"
Rome, Italy - CGIL union withdrew from negotiations
FILT-CGIL withdrew from the meeting summoned to set the new business plan of Alitalia: "It is just a comedy of misunderstandings to which we do not intend to participate, a useless meeting. Alitalia is... more
AirlinesWizz Air: 2 million passengers have been carried
Budapest, Hungary - Passenger n. 2m was on the Katowice-Milan flight
Meanwhile, it ordered 24 A-320s. Estimates appears really positive for the growth of the low-cost carrier and passenger on the Katowice-Milan an open ticket awarded to be used by one year for any Wizz... more
AirlinesLow-cost airlines to land at Sofia Airport
Sofia, Bulgaria - Also My Air Italian carrier among the "Invaders"
SkyEurope, MyAir, EasyJet, Hainan Airlines, Air Berlin and Wizz Air are about to "Invade" Bulgaria and Sofia Airport. SkyEurope will be the first to start next December. My Air will connect Venice and... more
AirlinesKurdistan Airlines links Germany with Erbil
Frankfurt, Germany - The first flight took off carrying 36 passengers
Kurdish-Iraqi carrier has inaugurated weekly direct connections from Frankfurt International Airport to the air station of Erbil, Capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Number of air services could be increased in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): unions-company meeting on going
Rome, Italy - The new business plan is the discussed issued
A meeting between Alitalia Board and trade unions about the new business plan started again at 10:00 in the morning. Cimoli invited unions to appraise together with them cuts and coordinate the plan. According... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: incomes lower than expectations in 3Q this year
New York, USA - The airline itself unveiled it
It is the only airline which releases monthly traffic data and despite an increase in passenger traffic, reported last September, incomes in 3Q are "Modest", as the carrier itself revealed. Houston-based... more
AirlinesRoyal Jordanian to operate direct flights to Milan as of October 30
Milan, Italy - To facilitate movements and trade between Amman and Milan
Royal Jordanian will start to operate direct biweekly flights to Milan-Malpensa Airport as of October 30. The initiative comes 40 years after the Jordan flag carrier launched its flights to Rome in 1965,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): new business plan expected to be shown next week
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, Investigation Committee on Strikes warned the unions about the risk of a call-up due to protests scheduled on October 8-9
The new Alitalia’s business plan should be shown next week. So, banks should be enabled to decide about their prospective willingness to favour the Italian national airline’s recapitalization up to EUR... more
AirlinesAlitalia: system requirements decree has been approved with EUR 40m in favour of Alitalia
Rome, Italy - And Cimoli thinks about a mortgage on the entire fleet to return the EUR 400m bridge-loan
Italian Government approved the decree on system requirements which scheduled rebates aimed to face the rising oil cost (see for details AVIONEWS). The indicated value would be worth around EUR 120m and... more
AirlinesRyanair grins with the new routes
Dublin, Ireland - It ordered 9 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s
Ryanair had a 27% growth of its passengers in September thanks to the increase of routes. The Irish low-cost airline has carried more than 3 million passengers respect to the 2.37 million of the previous... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): airline's Board met Deutsch Bank's officers yesterday
Rome, Italy - Sources related to the bank confirmed it
Yesterday meeting was useful to make clear some technical and procedure aspects about the scheduled recapitalization operation. Banca Intesa was not there but, however, it is going to attend the Italian... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "Replacing Cimoli at the carrier's lead now is dangerous"
Rome, Italy - It would have been stated by Italian Welfare Minister Maroni, while Assaeroporti protested against the system requirements decree
No comment by Italian Minister of Economy, Tremonti, about the possibility that Alitalia President, Cimoli, can be replaced, while a meeting at Ministry’s headquarter together with Deutsche Bank and B... more
Airlines"System requirements decree has been delayed for two years"
Rome, Italy - Statement by Italian Hon. Giorgio Pasetto, Margherita Party national transport officer
"Italian Government has been announcing for several weeks to date the presentation of the decree on system requirements for Alitalia and Minister of Transport announced that such a decree is not ready... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Banca Intesa dissolved consortium with Deutsche Bank
Rome, Italy - Alitalia's future is darker and darker
This news had already been spread in advance, on last Thursday, by Roman newspaper "Il Messaggero", and Italian Economy Minister Tremonti summoned the two banks yesterday for a meeting to be held on last... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): decree has not been analysed thought it is being already supposed about Cimoli's future
Rome, Italy - Text described also to ENAC and ENAV today
Trade unions were involved yesterday and now it is ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) and ENAV’s (Italian National Air Traffic Control Agency) time. Three aspects were discussed: European U... more
AirlinesNew British Airways CEO took over today
London, UK - 43 years old Willie Walsh to replace Rod Eddington as already announced
Transfer of Heathrow operations at Terminal 5 by 2008 and a 10% operational margin are the purpose of Willie Walsh, new CEO of BA, following goals indicated by his predecessor, Rod Eddington, to whom CEO... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Tassone summoned Assaeroporti, Assaereo, Enav, Enac and Ibar today
Rome, Italy - To talk about system requirements decree
It is planned at 05:00pm at the Ministry of Transport in Rome, the meeting between Italian Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, and Assaeroporti, Assaereo, Enav, Enac and Ibar,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: system requirements decree maybe to be analysed by Italian Government tomorrow
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, rumors would indicate the names of Gianni Sebastiani and Gaetano Galia as possible successors of President Cimoli
A draft on the air transport system requirements decree could be shown tomorrow during an Italian Government meeting. It would have been unveiled by Italian Vice-minister of Infrastructures and Transport... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines plane aborted takeoff at Minneapolis Airport: flames from an engine
Washington, Usa - The runway was closed for 15 minutes
A DC-9 from Northwest Airlines bound for Minot (North Dakota) has been forced yesterday to renounce to takeoff at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport when suddenly right engine caught fire. Fire... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: Domenico De Sole new member of the board of the carrier
New York, Usa - From fashion to air transport
A press release from Delta Airlines, which has recently requested to be commissioned by US administration, (see for details AVIONEWS), unveiled that Domenico De Sole, already President of Gucci’s fashion c... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Italian Ministry of Economy ensured to European Union that recapitalization will occur by 2005 and without state aids
Rome, Italy - Dossier has been classified; it will be unveiled betweeen November and December
It will happen by next December 31 and it will be in line with European Union’s decision. This is the message delivered to European Commission by our delegation, see for details AVIONEWS, in the meeting h... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): agreement with American Express has been updated
Rome, Italy - Joint Ameex-Alitalia press conference
An almost 10 years collaboration between Alitalia and American Express credit card goes on and strengthens itself. The new deal was announced today, during a joint press conference between American Express... more
AirlinesBritish Airways could send away 15% of work force
London, United Kingdom - In sight of moving operations to Heathrow new terminal 5
It seems that the British carrier is really considering the cut of 15% of its personnel as part of the project aimed to establish a single terminal at Heathrow Airport. Indeed Brtish Airways has not provided... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): it carried 16m passengers during the first eight months in 2005
Rome, Italy - Giancarlo Zeni, marketing and business strategies officer of the Italian carrier, stated it
It was said on the occasion of the presentation of the new Alitalia’s multiyear agreement with American Express. During the meeting, marketing and business strategies officer Giancarlo Zeni stated that t... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines cancelled flights due to oil high price
Washington, USA - Similar measures from other carriers are expected
Damage to refineries caused by the two great hurricanes, "Katrina" and "Rita", sent jet-fuel prices soaring: crude oil has in fact established around USD 66 per barrel. American Airlines, one of the world’s l... more
AirlinesBomb scare on Sri Lankan Airlines flight
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Search for device was on
An airplane from Sri Lankan Airlines bound for London returned to Colombo International Airport after a call threatened the presence of a bomb on board. The aircraft landed safely and the search for device... more
AirlinesSwissair's failure: there is no liability on federal authorities
Zurich, Switzerland - But it is necessary to reinforce care on aviation industry
Federal Council transmitted to the committee of supervision of States Council the second relation about Swissair’s crisis. This document informs about measures wished by Swiss Parliament after the Helvetic f... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines "Flies" with Asterix and Obelix
Brussels, Belgium - From last week the two famous toons decorate the fuselage of two SN's aircraft and fly in the European skies next months
"Asterix has the reputation of great traveller having in fact tested numerous means of transport, but not the aircraft, until last week. Asterix will decorate the fuselage of an AVRO-100; its best friend,... more
AirlinesLufthansa's plane made a forced landing at Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - A chafing-dish's failure caused smoke that forced to use oxygen masks
An Airbus A-320 by Lufthansa German airline en route from Tripoli to Frankfurt, has been forced last Saturday to carry out an emergency landing at Rome-Fiumicino Airport due to smoke generated by a chafing-dish.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: is Cimoli about to be replaced?
Rome, Italy - Enrico Bondi or two managers selected by banks could lead the carrier, according to rumors in the air transport sector
The air transport system requirements decree could be analysed by Italian Government this week, forecasting in the first draft funds worth EUR 102m (though still considered unfinished anyway). It was unveiled... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific Airways banished paper tickets to the loft
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Towards an exclusively use of the e-ticket
Cathay Pacific Airways, starting from today, adopts the e-ticket for individual reservation and on all routes allowing it. Electronical ticket is already available on the 80% of connections operated by... more
AirlinesAeroflot to join SkyTeam from next January 1st
Moscow, Russia - Deputy General Manager Lev Kolishlikov announced it in a press conference
Till 1991 it was the most important airline in the world. After more than 10 years passed to settle accounts and its position on world market followed to the Western and Sovietic blocs, it is the moment... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): any meeting has been held yesterday
Rome, Italy - A Palazzo Chigi statement unveiled it
Any meeting has been held about Alitalia at Palazzo Chigi yesterday, contrarily to what asserted by the "Corriere della Sera" newspaper. Therefore any discussion or critical came from the Vice-President... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: destinations in Africa to Johannesburg, Capetown and Nairobi
Rome, Italy - With departures from Malpensa and Fiumicino
South Africa is the Qatar Airways’ destination with the cities of Johannesburg and Capetown, departing from Milan-Malpensa and Rome-Fiumicino, via Doha. The tariffs from September 20 to November 30, 2... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a technical meeting between Italian Economy Ministry's experts and European Commission Transport General Direction to be held today
Brussels, Belgium - Recapitalization-related issues to be analysed
"A meeting between Italian Economy Ministry’s experts and European Commission’s officers concerning Alitalia and by which to analyse various issues related to recapitalization of the Italian airlines": it... more