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AirlinesALITALIA: CERETI, ''AIR FRANCE WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNER''
ROME, Fausto Cereti, Alitalia's president, said during a meeting held in London that Air France would be a good and valid partner for the italian carrier, adding that a partnership would join two important... more
AirlinesSTERLING TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTES ROME-COPENHAGEN AND ROME-STOCKHOLM
ROME, The danish carrier Sterling is to launch four new weekly flights connecting Ciampino Rome airport, handled by Adr, with Copenhagen and Stockholm, starting from March 15. The services will be operated... more
AirlinesALITALIA SUEING EU FOR DAMAGES PROBABLY DECIDED IN NEXT BOARD MEETING
ROME, ITALY, The decision to sue European Union for the freezing of Alitalia ricapitalization of 1997, has not been taken in the member of board meeting hel on last Friday. Is possible, however, that this... more
AirlinesFINAL STAGES FOR ALITALIA - AIR FRANCE AGREEMENT
ROME, ITALY, Agreement between Italian airline Alitalia and French airline Air France seems to be arrived to a final stage: in the next week will be held a meeting between Alitalia's managing director... more
AirlinesALITALIA TO BE INCLINED TO AGIOTAGE
ROME, According to the first leaks, Alitalia's board of directors, under the presidency of the new managing director Francesco Mengozzi, this morning approved the decision of opening, by the end of... more
AirlinesSUTER RESIGNATION PUSH DOWN SAIRGROUP SHARES VALUE
ZURICH, Resignation of yesterday of director of airline division of SAirGroup, Moritz Suter, pushed down the value of the holding shares, which lose today 4,3%. Suter resignation comes a few weeks after... more
AirlinesVIRGIN PROTESTS SABENA PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN
BRUSSELS, A report in newspaper De Financieel Economische Tijd said Virgin Express had complained to the European Commission about Sabena's new promotional campaign because lower fares came after Sabena... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA: NEW SERVICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MUNICH
HONG KONG, Lufthansa is to become the first airline to offer direct flights from Hong Kong to Munich, the biggest city in southern Germany. The Hong Kong to Munich service will be launched on March 25... more
AirlinesSKYWEST AIRLINES SELECTS GOODRICH FOR WHEELS AND BRAKES
CHARLOTTE, USA, SkyWest Airlines has extended an agreement with the BFGoodrich Company to use Goodrich wheels and brakes exclusively for its fleet of Embraer 120 aircraft. SkyWest is the largest Embraer... more
AirlinesMESABA HOLDINGS: FEB.2001 TRAFFIC
MINNEAPOLIS, "Mesaba Holdings, Inc., (Nasdaq: MAIR - news), parent company of Mesaba Aviation, Inc., the largest Northwest Airlink carrier in the Northwest Airlines system, today announced that capacity... more
AirlinesSPIRIT AIRLINES LAUNCHES NONSTOP SERVICE BETWEEN DETROIT AND OAKLAND
FORT LAUDERDALE, USA, Travel between Detroit and the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area will be less expensive and more convenient beginning May 16 when Spirit Airlines launches the industry's only non-stop... more
AirlinesSAS TO EYE SPANAIR
FRANKFURT, SAS, Scandinavian Airlines, proposed Lufthansa a plan to take over Spanair, "Financial Times Deutschland" reported. SAS already owns a 49% stake in Spanair and Lufthansa. The acquisition should... more
AirlinesSECOND UK BASE FOR GO
BRISTOL, Low-cost airline Go will be basing three aircraft at Bristol International Airport by the next months. The first two planes will be in service by the end of May, the third by the end of September.... more
AirlinesATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ADDS CHICAGO-LOS ANGELES SERVICE
CHICAGO, The Atlantic City International Airport announced today new Jet air service to two popular cities, Chicago and Los Angeles. Spirit Airlines, responding to the growing demand for Coast-to-Coast... more
AirlinesFRONTIER AIRLINES REPORTS FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
DENVER, Frontier Airlines yesterday announced traffic results for February 2001. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased to 201,109,000 for February 2001, an increase of 15.3 percent from the same period... more
AirlinesAIR DOLOMITI TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE BARI-MUNICH
GORIZIA, ITALY, The new route, in code share with Lufthansa, will be launched on March 25. The airline is to offer special low fares. more
AirlinesIBERIA PILOTS END ACTION
MADRID, Iberia set the dispute with its pilots and will go ahead with its full privatisation next month. The IPO is scheduled to begin on March 19 and the listing of the 53,9% stake will be completed on... more
AirlinesVARIG BOOSTS SERVICE TO ARGENTINA
NEW YORK, "VARIG Brazilian Airlines, Latin America's largest airline, and the anchor for Star Alliance in South America, announced today that it has increased its flight schedules to Argentina in response... more
AirlinesWESTJET: FEBRUARY 2001 RESULTS
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Press Release: "WestJet Airlines (TSE:WJA. - news) announced today that its Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) grew 53.1% to 125,714,411 in February 2001 from 82,089,927 in February 2000.... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS TAKES OVER BRITISH REGIONAL AIR LINES AND MANX AIRLINES
LONDON, The GPB78 million deal will boost regional flying. "The purchase is a further step in British Airways' previously announced plans to co-ordinate better its various short-haul businesses and reduce... more
AirlinesSAS EXPANSION COMMENCES WITH NEW SUMMER TRAFFIC PROGRAM
STOCHKOLM, The major expansion of the SAS aircraft fleet and traffic program commences with the launch of the summer 2001 traffic program and the opening of a new transatlantic route, Copenhagen-Washington... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC DOUBLES PROFITS
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific Airways' net profit more than doubled last year, rising to $641. The record result was scored by cost-cutting measures, the strengthening economies across the region, the resulting... more
AirlinesALSO SUTER RESIGNS FROM SAIRGROUP
SWITZERLAND, Moritz Suter resigned his charge, taken in January, of general manager of air sector of SAirGroup, keeping the task of director of Crossair regional airline. Before Suter, also the president... more
AirlinesDE PALACIO: NO COMMENT ON ALITALIA RICAPITALIZATION
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, European member of Transport board Loyola De Palacio denied to answer about ricapitalization of Alitalia of 1997, worth 1300 USDm, which was blocked by European Commission; the EC... more
AirlinesNEW PARTNERSHIP KENYA AIRWAYS-AIR TANZANIA FORM
NEW YORK, According to an international agency a new memorandum of understanding has been signed between Kenya Airways and Air Tanzania that will enable the carriers to offer double daily passenger flights... more
AirlinesAIR ALLIANCE: 2 NEW SERVICES
TORONTO, Air Alliance announced that its subsidiary Air Georgian Limited will launch 2 daily non-stop air services between Manchester and Montreal, and Albany and Montreal commencing Monday, April 9, 2001.... more
AirlinesFT: KLM MAKE A NEW CONDITIONED OFFER FOR GO
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, U.S. financial newspaper Finacial Times launched again the news according which Dutch carrier KLM submitted a conditional offer to take over Go, British Airways' low cost subsidiary,... more
AirlinesNEW JETBLUE SERVICES
NEW YORK, Press Release: "JetBlue Airways, New York's hometown, low-fare carrier, today announced new daily nonstop service to Denver, CO, and Seattle, WA, from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS REWARDS INFORMATIONS ABOUT POLITICAL BOMBER
THAILAND, Thai Airways said it is to offer a cash reward of $22.500 for information leading to the arrest of suspects who bombed the jet scheduled to carry Thai PM last saturday. The carrier's president... more
AirlinesDEMONSTRATION FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO BEIJING OVER THE NORTH POLE
ATLANTA, Press release: "Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - news) today announced it conducted a demonstration flight on a polar routing from New York (JFK) to Beijing, China, March 3-4, 2001, using a Boeing... more
AirlinesEASYJET JAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISES
LONDON, The airline's number of passenger in February rose to 531,235 in February, from 413,469 in the same month a year before. Load factor was steady at 82,3%. Internet sales, as a proportion of total... more
AirlinesAEA JAN TRAFFIC GOES UP
BRUSSELS, The Association of European Airlines reported that members' passenger traffic rose 6,%% in January. The overall load factor rose 2.2%. International freight traffic increased by 3.1%. Jugoslav... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA FORCED TO CANCEL ALL FLIGHTS FOR NEW YORK, FILADELFIA ANDI BOSTON.
NEW YORK ,USA, Extreme bad weather conditions on northeastern U.S. forced Air Canada to cancel all flights from eastern Canada to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. These thunderstorms, affected heavily... more
AirlinesJOINT VENTURE TRANSAERO-CHINA AIRLINES
MOSCOW, Transaero chairman Alexander Pleshakov said that private Russian airline and China Airlines will begin jointly operating a Moscow-Taipei route in October: flights will be performed once a week... more
AirlinesINDIAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON AN AEROFLOT FLIGHT
MOSCOW, Gurmeet Kaur, an indian woman has given birth to a daughter on an Aeroflot flight from Singapore to Moscow. The plane was diverted to Calcutta for an emergency landing to take the baby to h... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide passenger load factor (LF) of 70.8 percent in February 2001, a decrease of 0.3 points from last year's February load factor. Northwest... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES JAN LOAD FACTOR GOES UP
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines today said January overall load factor was up to 0,1%, compared with the same period of 2000, at 67,7%. more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS: FEBRUARYTRAFFIC
ARLINGTON, "US Airways reported today that revenue passenger miles for February 2001 were up 12.6 percent compared to February 2000, while available seat miles for the month increased 9.7 percent. The... more
AirlinesSOUTHWEST AIRLINES: NEW NON STOP SERVICES
DALLAS, Press Release : "Southwest Airlines Adds New Nonstop Service DALLAS, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV - news) today announced it will add new daily nonstop and direct flights... more
AirlinesAMERICA WEST: FEBRUARY TRAFFIC
PHOENIX, "America West Airlines (NYSE: AWA - news) today reported record traffic statistics for the month of February 2001. Revenue passenger miles (RPM) for February were a record 1.5 billion, up... more
AirlinesAIR 2000 TO ACQUIRE MORE BOEING 757
BERLIN, "Boeing today confirmed European leisure airline Air 2000 intends to acquire up to eight Boeing 757-200 jetliners. Delivery of the airplanes is to begin in spring 2003 and continue through 2005.... more
AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES: FEBRUARY 2001 TRAFFIC
KANSAS CITY, Press Release: "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNGD - news) reported traffic for the month of February 2001 of 81.6 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Capacity was 125.6 million available... more
AirlinesNEW CHATTANOOGA NONSTOP SERVICE TO PITTSBURGH BY US AIRWAYS EXPRESS
CHATTANOOGA, USA, "Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials today announced that starting, May 6, 2001, USAIRWAYS/USAIRWAYS EXPRESS will begin twice daily nonstop service between Chattanooga Metropolitan... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINK TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, "Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq: NWAC) announced today that they will celebrate being the only carrier to offer non-stop service from Memphis, Tenn. to Monterrey, Mexico, by offering low... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE AND GANDALF TOGETHER TO RAISE FLIGHT NUMBERS IN ITALY
PARIS, FRANCE, Sharing for the first time some domestic flight with Italian carrier Gandalf,Air France proceed in its development, placing its services also on Parma, Trapani and Pantelleria, raising the... more
AirlinesBULGARIAN GOVERNMENT STRIPS BALKAN AIRLINES OF ITS AVIATION LICENSE
SOFIA, Bulgarian government yesterday revoked Balkan Airlines aviation license, three weeks after the carrier grounded all its aircraft due to the dispute between the Zeevi Holdings Group, the Israeli... more
AirlinesPILOT PROTEST, HARD TIMES FOR IBERIA
MADRID, According to the biggest financial news-papers, Spanish state-controlled airline Iberia due to be floated on the stock market next month, said around 60 percent of its flights were delayed on Monday... more
AirlinesBAD WEATHER: AIR CANADA ADVISORY FOR FLIGHTS CANCELLED TO NORTHEASTERN U.S.
MONTREAL, Press release: "Air Canada advises that due to continuing severe winter storm conditions in the northeastern U.S., all Air Canada flights to New York (La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark), Philadelphia... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO LAUNCH NEW ROUTE OTTAWA-SAN JOSE
TORONTO, The first daily non-stop service between Ottawa (Silicon Valley North) and San Jose California (Silicon Valley South) was inaugurated yesterday. Air Canada created this convenient to satisfy the... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO BOOST INTERNET AND MOBILE-PHONE BOOKING SERVICE
FRANKFURT, The german carrier yesterday said it will boost internet and mobile phones booking service aiming at selling a quarter of tickets that way by 2005. Lufthansa took 250.000 internet bookings last... more