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AirlinesEVA AIRWAYS TO BUY TWO AIRBUS A330-200 PLANES
TAIPEI, EVA Airways Corp., Taiwan's second-biggest airline, will buy two A330-300s, worth $300 million, and six others Airbus planes will be leased to upgrade the fleet. The wide-bodied jets will replace... more
AirlinesAIR INDIA DOUBLES ITS FLEET
INDIA, Air India plans to double its fleet size over a five to seven year period: "We require the additions in small capacity long range and in small capacity short range categories," the airline's managing... more
AirlinesROYAL PHNOM PENH AIRWAYS HAS BEGUN FLIGHTS TO BANGKOK
CAMBODIA, The airline, owned by a son of King Norodom Sihanouk, made its inaugural flight to Bangkok on December 28 in a 100-seat, Russian-built Yak-42D aircraft. It plans to fly the route three times... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO CEASE FLIGHTS TO SCHIPOL
CANADA, The decision, effective January 27, is due to the bad results of the airline. Air Canada flights will be taken over by Oneworld alliance partner, Lufthansa, SAS, British Midland and United... more
AirlinesRYAN AIR: NEW PAY DEAL WITH PILOTS
UK, The deal, also made to stave off the threat of a new industrial action, entails a 15% rise in basic pay over five years for about 220 pilots as well as the share options. "This new deal paves the way... more
AirlinesEASYJET ATTACKS LUTON AND LIVERPOOL'S AIRPORTS OVER CHAOS
LONDON, The low-cost airline Easyjet is launching a legal battle against two airports it claims are responsible for its chaotic Christmas disruption. Easyjet claims the two airports failed to clear snow... more
AirlinesMAS: NEW PARTNER TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS MONTH
KUALA LUMPUR, The malaysian government will announce the name of a new partner for the national carrier Malaysian Airline System Bhd. within the end of January, reported the newspaper Sun. SAir Group's... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR TO CUT FIVE LAS VEGAS FLIGHTS
U.S.A., Delta Air Lines will discontinue five of its 27 daily round-trip flights to Las Vegas because of a dispute with pilots. Delta plans to cut direct flights to and from Boston, New Orleans, Tampa... more
AirlinesCHINA NORTHERN AIRLINES TO ADD MORE FLIGHTS FOR SPRING FESTIVAL
CHINA, China Northern Airlines is to add more than 1600 flights in the coming 40 days lasting from January 9 to February 17. The flights added will bring much more convenience to the people who want... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC BOOSTS FLIGHT FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific will add 30 extra flights during the Chinese New Year from January 21, 2001 to February 12, 2001 to accomodate high passenger demand during this... more
AirlinesBA AND KLM TO CALL OFF MERGER TALKS
LONDON, The two carriers issued a joint statement saying they will not proceed any further on talks concerning combining their respective businesses. Rod Eddington, chief executive of British Airways,... more
AirlinesAIR CHINA CELEBRATES 46TH YEARS OF ACTIVITY
CHINA, Chinese airline Air China recorded its 46th year of activity when one of its planes landed at Beijing International Airport. According to an airline spokesman, in these years have been effectuated... more
AirlinesTWO DAY STRIKE AT AIR FRANCE
PARIS, Some flight attendants will be on strike today and tomorrow. The unrest was called by three unions to protest against the salary conditions the airline attached to implementation of the 35-hour... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE TO ADD NEW WORKERS
PARIS, The airline yesterday said it plans to hire 5000 people over the next three years. Among them flight attendants as well as pilots, maintenance engineers, auditors, purchasers and commercial... more
AirlinesSNOW CAUSES PROBLEMS TO BRITISH AIRWAYS
GREAT BRITAIN, According a British Airways spokesman, airline suffered major problems due to heavy overnight snow falls, problems which have resulted in a large number of flight delays and cancellations... more
AirlinesBRANSON LOOKING AT STARTING NEW AIRLINE IN CANADA
CANADA, London's Sunday Times reported that Sir Richard Branson, the chairman of Virgin Atlantic, a UK-based carrier, is apparently looking at starting a new airline in Canada. According to the newspaper... more
AirlinesTHAI AIRWAYS TO READJUST 2000-2004 BUSINESS PLAN
THAILAND, The readjustment was announced following the loss in the year 2000 and after a plan to buy five new aircraft ran into snags. It would feature new destinations and marketing strategies. Bhisit... more
AirlinesMARKET ALLIANCE BETWEEN ASIANA AIRLINES AND ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS
JAPAN, Asiana Airlines is going to market flights with All Nippon Airways on service between to Japan's Kansai and Haneda airports to meet expanding demand for air transport between the two countries.... more
AirlinesNEW AIRLINE TO PLAN DAILY FLIGHTS TO DENVER
USA, Wyoming Airlines plans to begin flying in about 1 1/2 years. It would fly three daily departures from Casper and Jackson to Denver and Salt Lake City. The airline is still raising capital and developing... more
AirlinesTHREE AFFILIATES OF AIR FRANCE TO MERGE
FRANCE, The three airlines, Proteus Airlines, its subsidiary Flandre Air/Flandre Air Service, and Regional Airlines ratified plans Tuesday to merge their operations into a new regional French carrier to... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS TO RECEIVE FIVE NEW BOEING PLANES NEXT YEAR
LONDON, The new aircrafts to be delivered are 777-200ERs and will be powered by Rolls-Royce engines. BA is the largest customer of the 777 outside the United States. It has a fleet of 40 units of this... more
AirlinesCREATED JOINT VENTURE EUROCOPTER ROMANIA
ROMANIA, Iar Brasov and Eurocopter signed today an agreement to create Eurocopter Romania, a joint venture company : the agreement sets down the guiding principles and the goals for the activities... more
AirlinesSABENA: THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, National Belgian airline Sabena, has started in october its improvement plan "Blue Sky" which foresees a Euro 357-million increment in airline operative situation. Plan engages for... more
AirlinesIBERIA E LAN CHILE TO SIGN CODE SHARE AGREEMENT
SANTIAGO, The agreement was announced today by Lan Chile. The Company and Iberia, which are the only two airlines to offer non-stop, Airbus A340 service between Santiago and Madrid, will share each other's... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA TO COMMENT UE DECISION ABOUT AIR TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION IN MILAN AIRPORTS
MILAN, Andreas Habel, general manager of Lufthansa in Italy, said "the new rules of air traffic distribution in Milan airport systems approved by European Union represent a step forward compared with the... more
AirlinesGREEN LIGHT BY EC FOR LTU JOINT CONTROL
BRUXELLES, European Commission has given its approval to German LTU airline joint control by SAirGroup, Rewe group and Oppenheim bank. According to Commission officials, there will be no problems of competition... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND PLANS NAME CHANGE FOR THE U.S. MARKET
U.K., British Midland, second biggest airlines after British Airwais, is considering a name change to BMI, British Midland International, in a bid to stop future American travellers being baffled... more
AirlinesSAS TO BUY BOEING PLANES
SEATTLE, Scandinavian Airlines System has exercised options for three 737 aircraft. The planes are scheduled for delivery in 2002. The new was reported by Boeing Co. more
AirlinesSWISSAIR ATTENDANTS CAN SLAP SEXUAL HARASSERS
ZURICH, Swissair flight attendants will be allowed to slap passengers who sexually harass them and can retaliate against other unruly passengers by tying them up in their seats. more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO REDUCE STAFF
MONTREAL, The 8% reduction, dismissing 3500 employees, is due to fuel price increase and to the bad weather during the fall which caused additional costs and the cancellation of many flights. more
AirlinesIBERIA WITHDRAWS FROM GO SALE
MADRID, Iberia, the Spanish national carrier, has withdrawn its interest in Go, the low-cost airline put up for sale by British Airways, because its price was very expensive: EU360 million. more
AirlinesALITALIA INDUSTRIAL PLAN: IRELAND PROJECT
ROME, ITALY, In the industrial plan italian airline Alitalia has a project, named "Fleet company" which foresees a foreign company, 100% controlled by Alitalia, constituted in Ireland for the acquisition... more
AirlinesUSA: DELTA TO CANCEL FLIGHTS FOR ICY WEATHER
ATLANTA, Delta Air Lines cancelled about 100 of its flights into and out of Hartsfield International Airport because of the inclement weather. Delta urged travelers to check the airline's Web site to get... more
AirlinesBA TO SEEK BETTER TIES WITH AMERICAN
LONDON, Acording to Financial Times British Airways is seeking to strengthen its bilateral relationship with American Airlines in order to bolster Oneworld alliance, which is led by the two carriers. BA... more
AirlinesSABENA TO DROP DIRECT FLIGHTS TO NEWARK AND JOHANNESBURG
BRUSSELS, Belgium's national airline Sabena said it will end daily flights to Newark International Airport in New Jersey and to Johannesburg, South Africa as part of a restructuring plan. The service... more
AirlinesSAS SELLS 20% BRITISH MIDLAND STAKE TO LUFTHANSA
COPENHAGEN, Scandinavian Airlines said it has completed the transaction with Deutsche Lufthansa and also said it will continue to hold a 20% stake in British Midland. more
AirlinesTRANSAVIA TO EXPAND ITS BOEING 737 FLEET
AMSTERDAM, The Amsterdam-based charter and scheduled airline, will add 11 new Boeing Next Generation 737s in the next three years: three in spring 2001, five in 2002 (including two announced yesterday)... more
AirlinesFINNAIR TO LAUNCH A NEW AIRLINE IN ESTONIA
HELSINKI, The new carrier, Aero Airlines AS, will operate services between Finland and Estonia and connections around the baltic countries. Finnair is searching for estonian investors to finance the project.... more
AirlinesMALPENSA: ALITALIA TAKES NOTE OF EU DECISION
ROME, The airline said it will carefully weigh the consequences of that decision on carrier's plans. Those consequences will be soon referred to board of directors from the managing director of Alitalia,... more
AirlinesAIR ONE: NO AGREEMENTS ON RISE OF PRICES
ROME, Air One disproves the Antitrust accuses saying it increased fares after setting an agreement with other airliners. The only little rise, said an Air One spokeman, is a "fuel surcharge" to recover... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (8): THE FINANCIAL POLICY
ROME, Alitalia's financial policy outlined in the business plan is based on long and medium term operations. The rise of fuel cost will be covered with swap and collar options and operations. The expected... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (6): FLEET EVOLUTION
ROME, ITALY, Investment forecasted in 2000-2004 period, including ordered aircrafts, and new orders to make, totalizes about 3,740 USDm of which about 2,196 USDm financed with own resources, and with... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (5): CARGO PLANES EXPANSION
ROME, The expansion will carry on different strategies at the same time to get a better effect in the market. Among them a better coverage of european market by partnership agreements with delivery companies,... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (4): TRAFFIC
ROME, Following the rationalization starting from 2001, Alitalia plans to invest more capitals in northern Italy and Trunk routes, progressively increasing capacity by a yearly 4,8% average rise. Passenger... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (7): THE STAFF
ROME, The airline is planning a strong improvement of productivity with a slight increase of staff members. Flight attendants will rise 6,8%, to cover the 21% fleet expansion. The organizing decentralization... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (3): TRAFFIC
ROME, The business plan doesn't include possible revenues or financial sources deriving from the sale of airline's minority stake in airport handling holdings, maintenance or other related activities.... more
AirlinesUSA CONGRESS COULD GIVE A NEGATIVE ADVICE ON US AIRWAYS/UNITED MERGER
USA, According to a U.S. congressual report, the proposed merger seeing acquisition of of US Airways by United Airlines would stifle competition in domestic markets; the merger between the two carriers... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (2)
ROME, Passenger traffic boosted so much in the last period that the airline's capacity can't meet the demand anymore. In order to attain a better use of the resources, domestic and international traffic... more
AirlinesBALANCE-SHEET AUSTRIAN AIRLINES 1999/2000
WIEN, Austrian Airlines concluded the financial year Oct 1999/Oct 2000 with a 261,3 Austrian shilling million loss (EU19 million) in spite of 900 Austr.sh. million extra incomes and an paeesengers'... more
AirlinesALITALIA BUSINESS PLAN (1)
ROME, The development, planned from 2002, will be achieved by a "stand alone" plan which will not include partnership with european carriers until at least 2004. The plan schedules to sign a solid agreement... more