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AirlinesAIR FRANCE (2): PROFITABLE THIRD QUARTER
PARIS, 3 Results 3.1 Net income in the third quarter to 31 December 2000: 33 million euros Regional subsidiaries Brit Air, Flandre Air and Proteus were consolidated using the full consolidation... more
AirlinesSAMARA AIRLINES OFFERS NEW ROUTE TO CHINA
SAMARA, According a statement Samara Airlines will shortly add a new scheduled service to Tyantsin, China: this new service is an extension of the existing Samara-Novosibirsk-Irkutsk route, which will... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS TO CHANGE HIS MIND
THAILAND, The airline has reviewed its decision to sell a 10% stake to a strategic partner. The management board decided to sell the stake to a domestic investor. The reversion of the earlier decision... more
AirlinesROYAL AIR MAROC ORDERS 4 AIRBUS A-321
MOROCCO, Airbus Industrie announced that Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the national Moroccan airline company, has signed an order for the purchase of 4 A-321 aircraft, the largest model of the A-320, with delivery... more
AirlinesBA PLANS TO REPLACE BOEING 747 WITH 777S
UK, The airline is planning to replace 747s with Boeing 777-300s in an effort to reduce capacity. The 15 747-200s are due to be retired over the next 18 months. British Airways currently operates 40 Boeing... more
AirlinesAUSTRIAN AIRLINES TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS TO INDIA
VIENNA, The airline said in a statement it would introduce two additional flights from Delhi to Vienna before the end of the year, taking the total number of its frequencies to seven. The service will... more
AirlinesSAIRGROUP WARNS ITS FRENCH CARRIERS
PARIS, Marc Rochet, new chief executive of the three french SAirGroup's subsidiaries, AOM, Air Liberté and Air Littoral, said in a letter to employees that "the truth forces me to tell you that I do not... more
AirlinesEL AL RISES MANAGERS PAY
ISRAEL, The carrier's board of directors has approved a 10% rise pay for managers and department heads, a total of fifty people, despite the airline is in financial straits. "The wage increases reflect... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS TO BOOST SERVICE TO ITALY BY 36%
MILAN, The irish airline, member of Oneworld Alliance, will boost the service Milan-Dublin to 11 weekly flights starting from March 25. The flight Rome-Dublin is to become a daily service. more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND: NEW CHOICES FOR PASSENGER'S COMFORT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British Midland, the second British airline, announced its new strategies it believes to be at the base of custromer's satisfaction. The airline decided to change its name in bmi... more
AirlinesLANCHILE EXPANDS ITS ROUTES
MIAMI, LanChile Airlines is expanding its route network from Miami to Ecuador by adding new daily service to Quito, beginning March 5, 2001. The route will include daily service from Miami to Quito and... more
AirlinesONEWORLD ALLIANCE FACILITIES FOR PASSENGERS
ROME, Oneworld, the alliance including British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, LanChile and Aer Lingus, passengers may purchase just one ticket and pass only one check-in... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC TO RISE PASSENGERS
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific's passengers rose by 10% in January, the Chinese New Year Holiday contributed to the rise. Cargo activities fell 6% and load factor dropped 0,8%. more
AirlinesCSA TO START NEW SERVICES
ROME, CSA Czech Airlines will increase weekly routes to Italy, in code sharing with Alitalia, from April 1 and will offer new services to Birmingham, Vilnius, Braunschweig. Passengers will be able to reach... more
AirlinesFINNAIR TO START NEW ROUTE TO NORWAY
LAKSELV, NORWAY, The new flight Helsinki-Rovaniemi will offer an easy way to reach Lksev, close to North Cape, a place to visit touring in northern Europe and Finland. more
AirlinesSECOND INTERNATIONAL ROUTE FOR NATIONAL JET
ROME, The new service Rome-Nice will be inaugurated on April 10. The flight is to be operated with a 94 seat BAe 146-300. The airline, which operates in franchising with BA, is trying to boost its presence... more
AirlinesGO ''GOES'' IN THE NEW INTERNET SITE
GREAT BRITAIN, The low cost carrier Go, always interested to use internet to better reach its customer, jumped in its new internet site (www.go-fly.com). Currently over 65% of its customers uses internet... more
AirlinesFINNAIR MOVES FROM MALPENSA TO LINATE
MILAN, Finnair will move its daily services Milan-Stockolm and Milan-Helsinki from Maplensa airport to Linate hub, if the airline will be assigned the slots. Five daily nonstop flights have been scheduled... more
AirlinesRYANAIR IN TALKS TO CHOOSE NEW EUROPEAN HUB
DUBLIN, "No decision has been made yet. The company is still in negotiation with four airports," a spokeswoman for Ryanair said. The four airports concerned are Stockholm, Pisa in Italy, Frankfurt... more
AirlinesCSA CONTINUES FLEET EXPANSION
PRAGUE, Czech Airlines yesterday said it has planned to lease two used Boeing 737-400 next month. The airline will also join Sky Team Alliance in spring and it has said it needs to purchase at least other... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE CUTS HALF OF ITS JOBS
ABIDJAN, Air Afrique airline, which is owned by 11 Afrian states, (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Air France, the French... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST NAMES NEW CEO AND PRESIDENT
MINNEAPOLIS, USA, Media representatives are invited to participate on a ''listen only'' basis in a briefing from Northwest Airlines executives to analysts regarding today's announcement naming Richard... more
AirlinesTACA IS BOOSTING SERVICE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO U.S.
U.S., Taca, a Latin American carrier, announced a significant increase in non-stop airline service between several cities in Central America and the United States by rising demand. The expanded service... more
AirlinesAIR SOMALIA NEW AFRICAN CARRIER
SOMALIA, The new somali airline is the first carrier entirely owned by a group of businessmen. The airline has a fleet including a Tupolev 154, to be used for international flights and two Antonovs. Domestic... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND PROFITS COLLAPSE
NEW ZEALAND, The airline's profits nose-dived from $127 million to only $3.8 million in the first half of the financial year. Air New Zealand, which announced an overhaul of its management, attributed... more
AirlinesAIR JAMAICA: NEW SERVICE TO USA
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Air Jamaica is scheduled to commence non-stop daily service from Houston to Montego Bay, Jamaica, on June 7, 2001. The airline will operate the route with its state-of-the-art A320 aircraft,... more
AirlinesEASYJET PASSENGERS DELAYED ALMOST 30 HOURS
BELFAST, About 20 passengers of an EasyJet flight from London Luton airport to Belfast reached the destination after almost 30 hours. The flight was forced to turn back after a technical problem and passengers... more
AirlinesTWA POSTPONES INAUGURATION OF NEW ST.LOUIS-FRANKFURT ROUTE
USA, The U.S. airline, as it reported in a press release, had to postpone the launch of the new service, scheduled for May 1, because of the impending auction on its assets. more
AirlinesVIETNAM AIRLINES PLANS FLEET AND SERVICE EXPANSION
VIETNAM, The airline is drawing an aggressive investment plan for regional and international expansion. Last year it signed a letter of intent to buy three Boeing 777-200s for $US480 million. Then last... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE TO LAY OFF 2000 EMPLOYEES
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, During a press conference in Abidjan Jeffrey Ericsson, company's chief administrator, has announced plans to lay off some 2,000 employees - half its staff - as part of a last ditch... more
AirlinesDOUBLE GOLD AWARDS FOR CATHAY COLOMBO
HONG KONG, According to a company press release, Cathay Pacific Airways Colombo won two Gold Awards at the recently concluded Cathay Pacific Cargo Conference in Hong Kong. One was for best performance... more
AirlinesYUNNAN AIRLINES ORDERS SIX BOMBARDIER CRJ200
CANADA, Yunnan Airlines has ordered six 50-seat CRJ200 regional jets worth $138 million. Meanwhile Chinese government has decided to invest about $780 million to build six airports in the country's northwestern... more
AirlinesPHILIPPINE: NEW CHARTER SERVICES
PHILIPPINE, International Pacific Airlines [IPA], the first commercial Philippine air carrier based at the Clark International Airport, will shortly start chartered flights to Hongkong, Taipei, Singapore,... more
AirlinesAIR INDIA ADDS TWO NEW 737-200S
INDIA, The airline has received two of the five 737-200 aircrafts being dry-leased, while two A-320 planes will join the fleet of the country's domestic airline Indian Airlines very soon. Air India recorded... more
AirlinesNEW MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THAI AIRWAYS
BANGKOK, Thai Airways will set up a working group to study the airline's marketing strategy and development. The plan will include a flight increase on a few routes and new destinations. The number of... more
AirlinesPROFITS UP, TRAFFIC DOWN FOR TRANSAERO
MOSCOW, Transaero said that the Russian company flew 21.8 percent fewer passengers in 2000 than it did in 1999 but doubled its overall profit. The private domestic and international carrier increased profits... more
AirlinesFOUR SOCIETIES FOR STAKE IN OLYMPIC
ATHENS, According to Credit Suisse First Boston (Csfb), consultant for Olympic Airways privatisation, four bidders (Cyprus Airways, the partly privatized Greek-Cypriot carrier; Axon Airlines, a small private... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES: NEW ROUTE BOSTON-LONDON
ATLANTA, Delta Air Lines will inaugurate new daily nonstop flights from Boston Logan Airport to London (Gatwick) on June 1, 2001. Delta will operate its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on this flight, featuring... more
AirlinesJAT WOULD STOP NEGOTIATIONS WITH AIRBUS
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia's flagship carrier Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) today said it would be forced to reconsider its deal with Airbus Industrie on a purchase of eight aircraft due to financial reasons.... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA REPORTS JANUARY TRAFFIC
MONTREAL, Air Canada and Canadian Airlines flew 15.2 per cent more revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2001 than flown by the two carriers in the same month of 2000, according to preliminary traffic... more
AirlinesTWA PILOTS TO SUPPORT AMERICAN AIRLINES ACQUISITION PLAN
ST. LOUIS, Trans World Airlines pilots this morning said they will support American Airlines plan to takeover their carrier. The acquisition, according to them, would secure the long-term stability of... more
AirlinesLANCHILE EXPANDS ECUADOR ROUTE NEWTWORK
MIAMI, Beginning March 5, LanChile Airlines is expanding its route network from Miami to Ecuador by adding new daily service to Quito. The route will now include daily service from Miami to Quito and Guayaquil.... more
AirlinesALITALIA'S RECAPITALIZATION: DE PALACIO, EUROPE WILL CONSIDER THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 2-3 YEARS
ROME, European Transport commissioner De Palacio, regarding Alitalia's recapitalization, said that the commission will consider all the facts the airline has been through in the last two or three years.... more
AirlinesQANTAS ORDERS GE ENGINES
SYDNEY, Qantas announced it has selected General Electric to supply engines for seven Airbus A330-200, six A330-300 and six Boeing 747-400 longer-range aircraft. The airlines will be purchasing the aircrafts... more
AirlinesASIANA TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST BOEING 777
SEATTLE, Responding to customer demand for enhanced network schedules and more frequency to travel destinations, Asiana Airlines recently added a new intermediate-size airplane to its fleet with its first... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND WILL EXPAND CODE-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH SINGAPORE AIRLINES
NEW ZEALAND, The expanded code share agreement will see Air New Zealand to introduce three new weekly flights between Singapore and Zurich. Sales of the new flights will start in the month, the airline... more
AirlinesAVIANCA TO START RESTRUCTURING PLAN
COLOMBIA, Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia (Avianca), the country's largest airline, is planning to restructure its costs and to prepare to possible merger, particularly with Aces, a regional airline which... more
AirlinesQANTAS CHOOSES ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES FOR A380
AUSTRALIA, Qantas has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to power its new fleet of 12 Airbus Industrie A380 airliners. Qantas has placed firm orders for 12 A380s with deliveries to begin in 2006 as part... more
AirlinesCARGO SLUMP, PASSENGERS RISE FOR EAST LINE
MOSCOW, According to a statement, Russia's No. 2 cargo carrier, East Line Airlines, reported a dramatic decline in its cargo turnover last year, however, at the same time, its passenger operations... more
AirlinesVALENTINE DAY FOR CONTINENTAL AIRLINES TOO
HOUSTON, Continental Airlines distributed Feb. 14 profit sharing to employees from a pool of $98 million, the sixth consecutive year the airline has rewarded employees with profit sharing checks. These... more