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AirlinesLUFTHANSA'S TRAFFIC UP IN APRIL
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa said passenger traffic rose by 4,6% in April from a year ago. The growth was high especially on european routes and services to Asia. Load factor dipped by 2,6% and available seating... more
AirlinesEMIRATES SELECTS ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Emirates said it plans to purchase 19 Rolls-Royce engines for aircrafts ordered from Boeing and Airbus. The airline also added that it could buy other seven superjumbo A380s. more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO CINCINNATI
CANADA, Air Canada Regional Airlines will offer nonstop flight between Cincinnati and Toronto form June 4. The carrier will operate a 63-seat F28 on the route. more
AirlinesSKYTEAM MEMBERS OFFER SKYTEAMNET
USA, SkyTeam member airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air France, Korean Air, AeroMexico and CSA, have launched a new communications network that would "improve the customer experience through better coordination... more
AirlinesAOM E AIR LIBERTE' EMPLOYEES TO STRIKE TODAY
PARIS, Workers at french airlines AOM and Air Liberté will go on a strike today to portest against the restructuring plan that would cut 1300 employees, more than 20% of the work force of the two carriers.... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR AIMING AT LOOSENING TIES WITH SABENA
ZURICH, "Swissair Group will not increase its stake to 85% and will loosen its ties with Sabena", said Christophe Muller, ceo for the belgian airlines. Swissair currently holds a 49,5% stake of Sabena.... more
AirlinesGSCA APPROVES MERGER BETWEEN SIBIR AND VNUKOVO AIRLINES
MOSCOW, Alexander Neradko, Director of GSGA, gave the approval to the merger between siberian Sibir and russian Vnukovo Airlines, considering that the shareholders of both airlines had already approved... more
AirlinesTALKS BETWEEN LUFTHANSA AN PILOT UNION FAIL
BERLIN, A Lufthansa spokeswoman announced this morning that pay talks with pilots have broken down. "We are now calling on an arbitrator", to settle the dispute, added the spokeswoman. The pilots union... more
AirlinesKENYA AIRWAYS INVESTS IN NAIROBI AIRPORT
NAIROBI, KENYA, Kenya Airways has invested million dollars in a plan to improve and expand facilities at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. "This investment is an indication of our commitment... more
AirlinesCHINA SOUTHERN WILL BUY TWO B747-400F
SHANGHAI, CHINA, The Chinese government given its approval for China Southern Airlines to get two Boeing 747-400F Freighter, the first two freighters owned by airline, which will be delivered in mi... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES IN TALKS WITH BOMBARDIER TO BUY CANADAIR REGIONAL JETS
MONTREAL, CANADA, Northwest Airlines has begun talks with Bombardier on a $1,5 billion order for 75 Canadair Regional Jets, the Journal de Montreal reported today. The newspaper added that the airline... more
AirlinesOMAN AIR HALVES LOSSES IN 1Q
OMAN, Oman Air reported losses for $1,58 million in the first quarter of 2001, down almost 50% from $3,14 in the same period last year. Revenue increased 8% to $32.84 million. Oman Air operates a fleet... more
AirlinesALL NIPPON AIRWAYS TO RESUME FLIGHTS TO KLIA
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, All Nippon Airways will fly a new route from Narita to Kuala Lumpur, via Bangkok, from July 23, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik. The airline ceased a service... more
AirlinesBA TO SELL GO IN THE WEEK
LONDON, British Airways is expected to announce soon the sale of low cost subsidiary Go to 3ì, a british venture, for about £100 million, Financial Times reported. Barbara Cassani, ceo for Go, should r... more
AirlinesPMF: ALBATROS AGREEMENT READY TO BE SIGNED BETWEEN ALITALIA AND AIR FRANCE FOR JUNE
ROME, ITALY, According to press agency Pmf, agreement details of Albatros agreement between Alitalia Italian carrier and Air France French carrier are yet established. The MoU is ready to be signed for... more
AirlinesIMPULSE WILL PASS FLIGHT TO QANTAS FROM TONIGHT
AUSTRALIA, Impulse Airlines spokesman said its interstate flights would cease from tonight, handing the passengers over to Qantas Airways. after its acquisition of Impulse and relative acquisition of a... more
AirlinesNEW PASSENGERS ELECTRONIC SERVICES FOR LUFTHANSA
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Thanks to an agreement between Siemens and Aeritas Team, German carrier Lufhtansa passengers could use their WAP technology cellular phones to speed their embarkation procedures. In... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS FINANCIAL DATAS FOR 2000/2001
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British flag airline British Airways released information about financial year 2000/2001: has been registered a 242 EURm profit against 5 EURm of the 1999 financial year. Also turnover... more
AirlinesJET AIRWAYS TO LEASE THREE PLANES FROM SAFAIR
USA, Jet Airways has signed a $50 million lease for three ATR 72-500s from Safair as part of its plan of modernization of the fleet. Two additional Boeing 737s will be added to its fleet by the end of... more
AirlinesKLM SELLS 30% BRAATHENS STAKE TO SAS
AMSTERDAM, Klm Royal Dutch Airlines has reported its intention of selling a 30% stake in Braathens ASA to SAS. Klm made its final decision after the disappointing results in the last few years. The sale... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA RESTART CONTACTS WITH PILOT'S UNION
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, German airline Lufthansaannounced to have restarted talks with Vereinigung Cockpit, its pilot's union, after that the strike of Thursday provoked cancellation of 75% of scheduled flight... more
AirlinesSAS ACQUIRES 68,8% STAKE IN BRAATHENS
OSLO, SAS, Scandinavian Airlines Systems, has bought a 68,8% stake in Braathens ASA, acquiring 30% from Klm and 38,8 from Braathens family. SAS will try to buy also the remaining 32,2% submitting an offer... more
AirlinesAOM AND AIR LIBERTE' TO CUT ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF WORKERS
PARIS, FRANCE, In a press release, a Aom-Air Liberté regional airlines union spokesman announced that airlines, controlled by Swissair Group, are planning to cut about 1500 jobs, thus reducing of... more
AirlinesIRAN AIR RESTART TEHERAN-MADRID VIA ATENE ROUTE
TEHERAN, IRAN, Iranian airline Iran Air will operate a route between Teheran and Madrid, via Atene, which has no longer operated since November 1997, staring June, 15. Flights will be operated using a... more
AirlinesSABENA'S FINANCIAL STRAITS COULD CAUSE THE CANCELLATION OF ORDERS TO AIRBUS
BRUSSELS, Sabena was reported asking Airbus to hold back the delivery of two A320s, scheduled by the end of the month, due to its financial problems. The airline is even considering cancelling the residual... more
AirlinesGOL AIRLINES TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST NEW BOEING 737-700
SEATTLE, Boeing last Friday delivered the first of four brand new Boeing 737-700 airplanes to GOL Airlines (GOL Transportes Aereos) of Brazil. The airline operates an all-Boeing fleet consisting of... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA NEGOTIATES WITH AIR CHINA ON STAR ALLIANCE
SHANGAI, A German government official said that Lufthansa has begun talks with Air China about its joining Star Alliance, the group of airlines including UAL, United Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa,... more
AirlinesVIETNAM AIRLINES DIVERSIFIES ITS SERVICES
VIETNAM, The national Vietnamese airline, Vietnam Airlines, decide to offer a major choice to its customers, diversifying its tariffs according to different times and weekly days. The carrier has also... more
AirlinesMESA AIR GROUP ANNOUNCED TO HAVE COMPLETED 100% OF SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
USA, Mesa Air Group composed by its three operating subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Air Midwest, and CCAIR, announced that on May 5, 2001, it completed 100% of the 604 scheduled flights. According Mesa's... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA PILOTS STRIKE CAUSES 800 FLIGHT CANCELLATION
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, German flag airline Lufthansa pilots strike, held yesterday for 24 hours, caused almost 800 flight cancellation on 1100 scheduled causing disruption for tens of thousands of passengers.... more
AirlinesJAL DOUBLED PROFIT LAST YEAR BUT EXPECTS FALL THIS YEAR
TOKYO, JAPAN, Japan Airlines, JAL, doubled its profit last year but the company expects profit to fall about 40% this year, due to a reduced passengers seat demand and reduced air cargo transport... more
Airlines16% PASSENGERS RAISE IN RYANAIR TRAFFIC
TURIN, Irish carrier Ryanair operated Turin-London route, registered in the month of March an increment of passenger traffic of 16%, with increase from 16.000 to 18.000 people traveling on this route flights.... more
AirlinesQANTAS RECEIVES THE GO-AHEAD FOR TAKING OVER IMPULSE
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Australia's anti-monopoly watchdog has given Qantas Airways the go-ahead for its takeover of its rival Impulse. The watchdog declared that blocking the takeover would result in Impulse... more
AirlinesPOLAR AIR CARGO FEELS THE MARKET ''COOLING'' AND CUTS BY 10% ITS PERSONNELL
USA, Polar Air Cargo announced that it will take defensive measures answering the market slowdown. The carrier has scheduled infact a 10% personnel reduction. Besides the company provides a critical link... more
AirlinesALITALIA STRENGHTEN TRAINING ACTIVITIES WITH THREE NEW FLIGHT SIMULATORS
ROME, ITALY, Alitalia Team Managing Director, Giulio De Metrio, introduced yesterday in Fiumicino the agreement signed with Canadian Aviation Electronic, which will supply three new flight simulators for... more
AirlinesOLYMPIC AIRWAYS REDUCES FLIGHTS DUE TO THE GENERAL STRIKE IN THE COUNTRY
ATHENS, GREECE, The state-owned Olympic Airways curtailed services to just one flight per destination due to the second general strike day today in the country. The civil aviation and other officials at... more
AirlinesGREAT LAKES AVIATION ANNOUNCED 8,6 USDM LOSS IN 1Q2001
USA, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. announced today that it had generated revenues of 27.9 USDm in the first quarter of 2001, incurring in a net loss of 8.6 USDm. In the same period of the last year there... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINESRECEIVES THE FIRST BOEING 737-900
SEATTLE, USA, Carrier Alaska Airlines today received its first Boeing 737-900, the first of eleven 737-900s which airline will receive between now and April 2003 and the first of three the airline... more
AirlinesCOMAIR (2): PILOTS ACCUSED AIRLINE TO TRY TO PROLONG THE STRIKE
USA, Chairman of the Comair pilots' Master Executive Council for the Alpa, Air Line Pilots Association, Capt. J.C. Lawson, responding to Comair announcement to cut some hundreds of jobs, accused the management... more
AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE LAUNCHES NEW CONNECTION BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA, The Australian low-cost airline Virgin Blue launched today the new connection between Melbourne and Adelaide, service which will have three daily flights. Brett Godfrey, the carrier's chief,... more
AirlinesNEW COURT DECISION TURN OVER THE PREVIOUS ONE ABOUT GIRL ASSAULTED ON KLM FLIGHT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The parents of a 15-years-old girl, Kelly Morris, who was indecently assaulted when was unaccompanied aboard on a Klm flight from Kuala Lumpur to London, requested compensation to... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES TO SIGN NEW CODESHARE AGREEMENTS
USA, Delta Air Lines has recently signed a new codeshare agreement with Lapa, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas, on flights between Atlanta and Argentina, operated with MD-11 aircrafts, and on routes from... more
AirlinesNEW STRIKE FOR LUFTHANSA PILOTS, CHAOS AT GERMAN AIRPORTS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa's pilots are on strike again. The 24-hour unrest has begun at midnight. Over 400 flights were already cancelled this morning at nine, 200 of which at Frankfurt airport. It's the third... more
AirlinesEL AL PLANS TO CUT 500 JOBS
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, }??regarding the Israeli airline El Al cutting 500 jobs caught the carrier's workers by surprise. The cuts is necessary due to the fact that the growing of violence in the region... more
AirlinesCOMAIR DECIDED TO LAYOFF HUNDREDS OF WORKERS AND PILOTS
USA, Regional airline Comair spokesman, today announced that due to the continuing strike by its pilots, it has decided to lay off an additional 400 employees and 200 pilots first and afterwards others... more
AirlinesPOLAR AIR TO LAY OFF STAFF
LONG BEACH, Polar Air Cargo will lay off 50-60 staff members, including 24 pilots, as part of cost reduction measures, like it was announced yesterday. The personnel reductions represent a 10 percent reduction... more
AirlinesSIBERIA AIRLINES INTRODUCES ''ECONOMY PREMIUM'' SERVICE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Russia's third carrier, Siberia Airlines, introduced a special fare for economy-class passengers travelling on the Novosibirsk-Moscow route, called Economy Premium, it costs 20% more than... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES FLIGHTS ATTENDANTS ARE NOT INTITLED TO PAY RAISE
USA, United Airlines' flight attendants, who have been threatening to strike if the airline proceeds with its acquisition of US Airways without their approval, are not entitled to a raise, an arbitration... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES RECEIVES FIRST BOEING 737-900
SEATTLE, "During a festive celebration in Seattle today, The Boeing Company delivered the first 737-900 to launch customer Alaska Airlines. The new airplane is the first of 11 737-900s Alaska will receive... more
AirlinesAEBAL LEASES BOEING 717 FROM PEMBROKE GROUP
SEATTLE, The Spanish airline Aerolineas de Baleares, S. A. (AeBal) yesterday took delivery of its fourth Boeing 717-200. The airplane is the first 717-200 AeBal has leased from Pembroke Group Limited,... more