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AirlinesFIRST SIMULATOR TO ANSETT FOR CRJ200
AUSTRALIA, The first CRJ200 Regional Jet simulator of the Southern Emisphere, and one of the total twelve worldwide, is now operative in Ansett Australia's Melbourne Flight Simulation Center. The new simulator,... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS STAFF TO GO ON STRIKE TOMORROW
DUBLIN, Aer Lingus's SIPTU union has called three work stoppages by baggage handlers and airport check-in staff over pay dispute. The first strike is plannes for tomorrow March 30, the other two stoppages... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS ENDS JOINT VENTURE WITH NIGERIA AIRWAYS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British Airways, that since 1998 was operating in code-share with Nigeria Airways a flight between Lagos and London, decided to suspend the agreement with the African carrier. The... more
AirlinesALITALIA GENERAL DIRECTOR RESIGNS
ROME, ITALY, Alitalia's General Director Giovanni Sebastiani resigned after having difference of opinion with the new Manager Director, Francesco Mengozzi. Divergences are regarding, as to be known, Alitalia's... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESIGNS
THAILAND, All 15 members of the Thai Airways Board of Directors will officially resign on April 1. Among them also the carrier's President, Srisook Chandrangsu. The official announcement was given by... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO TAKE OVER ONEX FOOD SERVICES
FRANKFURT, The german airline will buy the american company Onex Food Services. The deal worth $1 million. The carrier's board of directors yesterday gave its approval. more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES AIRCRAFT MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING
WASHINGTON, USA, An Airbus A-320 en route from Los Angeles to Orlando, was forced to return to the Californian airport because of cabin pressurization trouble, as airport authorities said. Six people,... more
AirlinesCOMAIR PILOT STRIKE GOES ON
CINCINNATI, USA, Comair, the second American regional airline, had to cancel all its 815 today's programmed flights because of the persistant strike of its 1350 pilots. Alpa, Air Line Pilots Association,... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA'S REGIONAL AIRLINES INTRODUCE DAILY JET SERVICE BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND TORONTO
HALIFAX, CANADA, Air Canada's regional airlines are pleased to announce the introduction of daily non-stop F-28 jet service between Indianapolis and Toronto commencing Monday May 7, 2001. In celebration... more
AirlinesAIR PHILIPPINES PURCHASES THREE BOEING 737-300
PHILIPPINES, Air Philippines announced a firm order from three new Boeing 737-300 for a fleet expansion program to boost international routes. The aircrafts are to be delivered by the end of April. more
AirlinesGANDALF AND AIR FRANCE NOW OPERATE IN CODE-SHARE
MILAN, ITALY, The new code-share agreement between Gandalf Airlines and Air France, started on March 25, introduces 10 new international routes to France, Germany and Spain with departures from Italian... more
AirlinesFINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FOR AUSTRALIAN QUANTAS
AUSTRALIA, Australian Qantas is experiencing financial difficulties due to the lower australian dollar and the intensification of competition on australian market, as Gary Dixon, chief executive of the... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA CANCELS 100 FLIGHTS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa had to cancel 100 flights this morning due to a pilot strike, between 6,30 and 9, over salaries. About 15.000 passengers were affected. Transcontinental flights were not disrupted,... more
AirlinesTAROM TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST BOEING 737-700
SEATTLE, TAROM Romanian Air Transport took delivery of its first Next-Generation 737-700 yesterday at Boeing Field. The Romanian airline has ordered four 737-700s and four 737-800s to serve its expanding... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA LOOKS FOR GLOBE GROUND PARTNER
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, The German airline Lufthansa is seeking for a partner for its Globe Ground' branch, a airport service company that, with more than 20,000 employees in 111 worldwide airports is considered... more
AirlinesNEW CONNECTION WITH CANADA FOR AMERICAN EAGLE
FORTH WORTH, TEXAS, American Eagle announced that it will operate a new connection between the international Newark airport and Quebec City. The aircraft used will be a 37-seat Embraer 135. The new connection,... more
AirlinesACCORDING TO ''LE SOIR'' SABENA LOOSES 13 BILLION FRANCS,
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, The Belgian Sabena airline, according to the daily newspaper "Le Soir", lost about 13 billion Francs, remittance caused mostly by the increased cost of aviation fuel and partially... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC PLANS TO LAUNCH NEW NONSTOP NY FLIGHT
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific hopes to launch soon a nonstop Hong Kong-New York flights but it's still waiting to get permission from Russia to fly over its air space. Cathay added it is also planning to launch... more
AirlinesVIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS TO OFFER WEB SERVICES ON ITS FLIGHTS
NEW YORK, Virgin Atlantic said it will give all passengers access to Web services and email. The airline will provide the service in collaboration with Seattle-based Tenzig Communications. Under the contract,... more
AirlinesAIRTOURS ORDERS CFM ENGINES
EVENDALE, USA, Airtours Aviation has ordered 21 engines to CFM, a joint venture between General Electric Co and French manufacturer Snecma. The deal worth $90 million. The 21 CFM56-5B engines will power... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA COCKPIT CREW PLANS STRIKE FOR TOMORROW
GERMANY, German Lufthansa's pilots union, Vereinigung Cockpit, has called out a strike for Wednesday March 28 after the negotiations on contract renewal came to a stalemate. Pilots ask for a 30% wage... more
AirlinesBA TO ADD NEW DAILY FLIGHT TO WARSAW
LONDON, British Airways has announced it will operate a third daily flight from London to Warsaw. The airline uses 112-seat Airbus A319 aircraft. more
AirlinesNEW DIRECT NEW YORK - LONDON STANSTED FLIGHT
USA, Starting from May 1 Continental Airlines will operate a new direct flight between New York and the new London Stansted airport which, thanks to an impressive development project in the next few years,... more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AIRLINES BETS JAMAICA
USA, Continental Airlines introduces two new destinations in the Caribbean Islands, Montego Bay and Kingston in Jamaica, operative from Dicember 2001 (excepted for goverment approval). Destinations for... more
AirlinesNEW CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CONNECTION WITH BRAZIL
USA, Continental Airlines is going to make its services to Brazil more comfortable, by adding its new Boeing 767-400 ER on the New York - Sao Paulo daily flight. The route between between Houston (USA)... more
AirlinesAGREEMENT PROTOCOL BETWEEN MERIDIANA AND BOLOGNA'S COMMITTEE FOR SPANISH TOURISM
BOLOGNA, ITALY, An noticeable increase of Spanish tourists (+23,5%), respect to 1999, arrived in the city of Bologna through its airport in 2000: this is the result of an agreement protocol signed between... more
AirlinesANSETT TO LEASE THREE AIRCRAFTS FROM AIR CANADA
AUSTRALIA, Australian Ansett, owned by Air New Zealand, confirmed it is to lease three 211-seat Boeing 767-200s from Star alliance partner Air Canada. The planes will arrive in July. Ansett is carrying... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA LAUNCHES NEW ROUTES TO USA
DENVER, Lufthansa has begun two new routes from Frankurt to Denver and Phoenix. The nonstop daily flights are operated with Airbus A340 aircraft. Lufthansa is the first airline to offer nonstop service... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA EMPLOYEES SIGN DEAL WITH THE AIRLINE
GERMANY, Lufthansa ground staff finally reached a deal with the airline. The 55.000 employees won a 3.5% pay raise and bonuses in a new 14-month. No agreement was still signed with pilots though. more
AirlinesEVERYBODY ON STRIKE AT COMAIR
HEBRON, KENTUCKY, After the breakage of the negotiations for the renewal of the working contracts, the 1,350 pilots belonging to the regional Comair airline, the second in United States, supported the... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS BEGINS NEW NONSTOP B777 SERVICE FROM SAN DIEGO TO LONDON
SAN DIEGO, British Airways and the Port of San Diego today welcomed the inaugural aircraft christened the "The Spirit of San Diego" and toasted the start of nonstop Boeing B777 service from San Diego... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC PLANS TO DOUBLE FLEET
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific would plan to double its fleet in the next 6-7 years, the Sing Tao Daily reported. The newspaper cited Cathay's deputy chairman and CEO David Turnbull, who said the airline will... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA CALCULATES ALMOST 50% LOSS IN OPERATIVE RESULTS 2001
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, According to an internal document of the German Airline Lufthansa, diffused by the daily Financial Times Deutschland, for 2001, the carrier expects to lose almost 50% of the operative... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS STARTS FLYING DAILY TO MALAGA
BRUSSELS, Low-fare carrier Virgin Express, in a statement, said today it starts flying daily from Brussels to Malaga and will also increase the number of daily flights to Madrid and Nice from one... more
AirlinesFINNAIR TO START CODE-SHARE FLIGHTS WITH CROSSAIR
HELSINKI, Finnair and Crossair will start code-share flights from Helsinki to Basel and from Basel to Geneva, Lugano and Bern from March 25. Crossair planes are to be used, the flights to Basel will operate... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN TO QUIT
THAILAND, Thai Airways president and six directors of the airline's board are to resign from the carrier, effective April 1. They made that decision to protest against government's excessive interference... more
AirlinesTWO NEW CONNECTIONS FOR EMIRATES
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, United Arab Emirates' airline, announced that,in the next days, two new connections will be operable: the first, in time, will unite Dubai with Tripoli, three times a week flight... more
AirlinesSTRIKES DISRUPT LUFTHANSA FLIGHTS
GERMANY, A strike called by Lufthansa's employees in Germany, to increase the pressure on the negotiations between the airline and the staff, has seriously disrupted the carrier's scheduled flights early... more
AirlinesICAHN: I OFFER 400 MILLIONS TO BUY OR CREATE AIRLINE
NEW YORK, USA, American tycoon Carl Acahn, announced that he has disposed his on-line air ticket selling company, the Lowestfare.com, the interesting sum of 400 USDm, to buy an airline or create a new... more
AirlinesEMIRATES COUNTS TO DOUBLE FLEET IN FEW YEARS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Gaith Al Gaith, Emirates'Commercial Director, during an international press conference, declared that the carrier counts to expand its fleet, actually composed of 52 aircrafts to... more
AirlinesGARUDA AIRLINES COULD BUY NEW AIRCRAFTS
INDONESIA, Abdulgani, Indonesian's carrier President, declared that the Garuda Airlines is estimating the hypothesis of ordering new aircrafts in order to take back some international connections that... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES CANCELS ORDER PLACED BY TWA FOR A318S
USA, American Airlines announced that it will cancel the order placed by TWA for 25 Airbus A318s and 20 A319s. The airline added that it will take delivery of the 15 Boeing 717s, also odered by TWA, which... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA WILL REPLACE AIRBUS A300-600S WITH A340-300S
FRAKFORT, The German airline announced the replacement of Airbus A300-600s with A340-300s that will increase the number of the available seats and offer passengers a higher quality service. The aircrafts... more
AirlinesQANTAS THREAT TO REFUSE TO PAY NEW SYDNEY AIRPORT TAXES
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, According to a australian airline Qantas, carrier could refuses to pay new Sydney Airport charges, established by airport mangement company, to recover expenses for the recent upgrade... more
AirlinesIBERIA: EMPLOYEES COULD BUY A 27% STAKE IN THE AIRLINE
MADRID, SPAIN, Iberia's pilots, who recently disrupted flights in a work to rule, could own nearly 27% of the airline within three years. The spanish government still owns a 54% stake in the carrier, which... more
AirlinesKHALIFA AIRWAYS TO ORDER AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
FRANCE, Airbus Industrie said it has won an order for 18 long-haul A340-500 jets from Algeria's Khalifa Airways. No further details have been released. more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE: SPINETTA PRAISED NEW INTERNATIONAL INCHEON AIRPORT
SEOUL, The President of Air France, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, during his stay in Seoul, South Korea, to attend the summit conference of SkyTeam executive, praised the new international Incheon airport. In... more
AirlinesCSA JOINS SKYTEAM
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, The Czech Airlines is going to join the global alliance SkyTeam that at the moment includes Aeromexico, Air France, Delta Airlines and Korean Air ( KAL ). The effective entrance will... more
AirlinesCANADA 3000 WILL TAKE OVER ROYAL AVIATION
MONTREAL, The Canadian Goverment yesterday has approved Canada 3000's project to take over Royal Aviation, also Canadian. The value of the transaction will be of about $42 million. Canada 3000 had already... more
AirlinesCHINA AIRLINES REVIEWS EXPANSION PLANS
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, According to a China Airlines spokesman, airline president Christine Tsung ordered a review of the ambitious expansion plan due to a forecasted global economic slowdown, even though... more