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AirlinesMONARCH AIRLINES TO BUY 5 NEW AIRBUS A321
ENGLAND, Monarch Airlines announced to have signed a contract for the purchase of 5 new Airbus A321. The aircrafts will be delivered in 2002 and will expand the fleet of the airline, currently composed... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC BEST MANAGED ASIAN AIRLINE
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific Airways is the best managed airline of Asia and the second in the world, this is shown in the ranking of the weekly magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology, based on criteria... more
Airlines52 A3XX RECEIVING OPTION FOR AIRBUS
FARNBOROUGH, Following the "good example" of Emirates, six airlines of the nine already interested with the new plane took up options for 52 units of the sky giant. Emirates today signed a contract for... more
AirlinesBEREZOVSKY IMPLICATED IN AEROFLOT AFFAIR
GENEVA, According to russian authorities, which asked a judicial help to the swiss ones, the famous tycoon Boris Berezovsky would be clearly implicated in Aeroflot scandal, having used his power and men... more
AirlinesCITYFLYER EXPRESS ORDERS SIX AVRO RJ AIRLINER TO BAE
LONDON, British Airways' subsidiary CityFlyer Express has ordered six Avro RJ airliners to Bae Systems' regional aircraft division. Contract is valued £120 million. The aircrafts will be delivered between... more
AirlinesUS GOVERNMENT THREATENS MERGER BETWEEN BA AND KLM
LONDON, The U.S. government said it may block British Airways' pending merger with dutch Klm because it believes the merger to be an attempt of British to circumnavigate treaties to increase its access... more
AirlinesEMIRATES SIGNS DEAL FOR 3 NEW AIRBUS
DUBAI, EMIRATES, Emirates airline announced that it signed a contract with Airbus Industries for three new planes A 330-200. All the aircrafts will be delivered within March 2002. more
AirlinesWESTJET AIRLINES CONFIRMS AQUISITION OF FIVE 737-200
CALGARY, CANADA, Westjet Airlines confirmed its fleet expansion plans with the acquisition of five Boeing 737-200 for the coming months. WestJet currently operates with a fleet of 17 737-200, serving all... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR: 4 CRASHES IN A WEEK
SWITZERLAND, The swiss airline Crossair went through 4 crashes in the last week. Moreover, six planes couldn't take off and a dozen of flights have been cancelled. The airline denounced the shortage of... more
AirlinesEMBRAER OPENS MILITARY JET PLANS
BRAZIL, Embraer revealed plans to construct a military jet plant. The project will cost $150m. The plant will be used also to test aircrafts. For that purpose will be constructed a 5.kilometre-long... more
AirlinesVAN WIJK-KLM: NO CUTBACKS FOR MERGER WITH BRITISH
AMSTERDAM, According to KLM Chief Executive Van Wijk the dutch national airline,which recently divorced from Alitalia, is not planning cutbacks, as unions were fearing, in case of merger with British Airways.... more
AirlinesAIR NEZ ZEALAND INCREASING FLIGHTS TO COOK ISLES
NEW ZEALAND, Air New Zealand decided to increase, starting from August, flights between Cook Isles and Los Angeles. Those, having connections from Europe (London and Franfurt), will shift from three into... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA LAUNCHES INTERNET SITE FOR OLIMPIC GAMES
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia launched an internet site dedicated to Olimpic Games, which are going to start in two months, and at disposal of world press. The airline is one of the major sponsor of the... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA DENIES GOSSIPS ABOUT ITS INTEREST IN QUANTAS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa denied yesterday the market rumour it was interested in Quantas. A spokesman of the german airline said the carrier is already well represented in the region through its partners in... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES MAKES OFFER TO BUY NORTHWEST AIRLINES
USA, American Airlines has offered $3.7 billion to purchase Northwest Airlines, but this refused because the price was too low. According to analysts American Airlines wants to buy Northwest at all costs... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST PURCHASES 2 747-200 FROM UNITED
USA, Northwest purchased 2 747-200 from United. The aircrafts will be converted to freighter by Boeing. more
AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE HOPES TO BEGIN SERVICE ON 3RD AUGUST
AUSTRALIA, Virgin Blue, the new airline of the the english tycoon Richard Branson, after the inaugural flight of the other day, hopes to begin service on 3rd of August. The new was spread during a press... more
AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE NUOVA COMPAGNIA AEREA AUSTRALIANA
SIDNEY, British tycoon Sir Richard Branson launched his new australian airline Virgin Blue yesterday with an inaugural flight. It was captained by a pilot blacklisted by australian major airlines for ten... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND JOINS OFFICIALLY IN STAR ALLIANCE
WIEN, British Midland is the second english airline and it joined in Star Alliance partnership since the 1st of July. The carrier ows 6000 employees and 60 aircrafts with which serves 32 destinations in... more
AirlinesRECEIVE CALLS WHILE FLYING WITH VIRGIN
NORWALK, CUNNECTICUT, Virgin Atlantic Airways developed and installed for the first time on some of its aircrafts on internationals routes a system allowing passengers to receive calls while flying using... more
AirlinesTELEMEDICINE ON VARIG'S FLIGHTS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Using the most upgraded technologies of telemedicine, Varig recently introduced on its international flights the opportunity of making a clinical picture of passengers with delicate health... more
AirlinesKLM-BRITISH: NO REQUEST OF EU FOR MERGER
BRUXELLES, The spokesman of european commissioner to Competition, Mario Monti, underlined that is definitely too early to report of a request from Eu to British and Klm to give the green light to the merger... more
AirlinesALITALIA ORDERS GE ENGINES FOR 200M USD
ROME, Italian national airline placed an order to General Electric, valued over 200m USD, for boosting five Boeing 747 already ordered. Other three units received an option. The engines are CF6-80C2s,... more
AirlinesFAA APPROVES ALASKA AIRLINE'S PLAN
WASHINGTON, After the serious problems which FAA found about Alaska Airlines, regarding its aircraft crashed down last 31st of January, killing all passengers, the carrier introduced a plan of recovery... more
AirlinesNEW SERVICES FOR EMIRATES
ROME, Emirates, the international airline of United Arab Emirates, launched two new services, Priority and Priority Plus, to satisfy urgency and safety in goods forwarding. The fleet of the airline is... more
AirlinesSIX AIRLINES JOIN TOGETHER FOR INTERNET CHALLENGE
NEW YORK, United Airlines, Us Airways, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, America West e American Airlines joined together in order to declare the war to travel agencies which offer trips for very... more
AirlinesNEW CFM56-7 ENGINES FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
DALLAS, Southwest Airlines announced an order for CFM56-7 engines to power up to 290 Boeing Next Generation 737-700. The order value is of 1 billion USD. It includes 94 units. Engines are manufactured... more
AirlinesKLM AND BRITISH INTRODUCED ALLIANCE PROJECT TO EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER MONTI
BRUXELLES, Leo Van Wijk and Rod Eddington, presidents of Klm and British Airways, discussed the project of alliance between the two airlines with european commissioner for Competition Monti. They even... more
AirlinesEVA AIRWAYS ACQUIRES BOEING PLANES
SEATTLE, Taiwanese airline EVA Airways acquired 7 new 777 Boeing aircrafts: four 777-300 and three 777-200. The announcement was given by the company which confirmed also that aircrafts will be equipped... more
AirlinesUS ARWAYS ROME-PHILADELPHIA ROUTE INAUGURATION THE 10TH JULY
ROME, Next monday, 10th of July, will take place the inauguration of Rome-Philadelphia route by Us Airways at Rome Fimucino Airport. Will be used an Airbus A330-300. more
AirlinesGLOBAL AIRLINES OFFERS TO ACQUIRE TWA
USA, Global Airlines offered to acquire TWA for 54 per share, ($381m). TWA is currently dealing with Air Tran for a possible cooperation or to be purchased. more
AirlinesEGYPTAIR FLYING AGAIN TO TRIPOLI AND BENGASI
EL CAIRO, National egyptian airline, Egyptair, decided to start flying to Libya again, after eight years of breaking, with three weekly flights, two to Tripoli, one to Bengasi. The suspension of flights... more
AirlinesNINE AIRLINES UNDER FAA STRICT CONTROL
NEW YORK, In the next four months nine important airlines will be held tight by FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) to verify if manteinance operations followed the rules. This resolution of american authority... more
AirlinesMEXICANA AIRLINES JOINS OFFICIALLY STAR ALLIANCE
SAN ANTONIO, USA, Mexicana Airlines announced to be official member airline of Star Alliance since the 1st of July. Fernando Flores, CEO and Chairman for Mexicana Airlines declared that the company "is... more
AirlinesAIR TRAN DEALING TO ACQUIRE TWA
ORLANDO, USA, Air Tran Holdings has ended preliminary talks about acquiring Trans World Airlines. The new was confirmed by an Air Tran spokesman. That carrier is considering a buyout of TWA as a way of... more
AirlinesQUANTAS AIMING AT BECOMING A3XX LAUNCH CUSTOMER
FRANCE, Australian airline Quantas expressed its interest to Airbus Industrie in becoming a launch customer for the A3XX, with an initial requirement for 10 aircrafts for deliveries from 2006 onwards.... more
AirlinesKOREAN AIR ORDERS NEW A330 FROM AIRBUS
FRANCE, Korean Air placed an order with Airbus Industrie for the purchase of three new A330-300s which will be delivered in 2001 and 2002. This new contract increases to 19 the number of aircrafts korean... more
AirlinesSKY TEAM CHOOSES WORLD SPAN'S ALLIANCE DISPLAY SOLUTION
ATLANTA, Worldspan, company providing global electronic distribution of travel information, announced today that Sky Team, the new global alliance formed by Air France, Aeromexico, Delta Air Lines and... more
AirlinesPILOTS OF AEROLINAS ARGENTINAS HAD TO RAISE MONEY FOR FUEL
BUENOS AIRES, According to what reported argentinian newspaper "Clarin", a jumbo of Aerolineas Argentinas, coming from Miami, could take off from Punta Cana's airport only after the crew raised money for... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND TAKES OVER ANSETT AUSTRALIA
AUCKLAND, Air New Zealand took over australian company Ansett at 100% after buying also the remaining 50% of shares on the 23rd of June. First slice of Ansett was purchased by the carrier about four years... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE-BRITISH AIRWAYS MERGER SHOULD PROVOKE 16.500 DISMISSALS
PARIS, According to a research of Commerzbank the planned merger between British Airways and Air France could provoke the dismissal of 16.550 employees of the two companies, because the reduction of staff... more
AirlinesSKY TEAM, NEW JOINT VENTURE
NEW YORK, Four airlines, Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air, formed an alliance which will be named Sky Team. It should have a turn over of 600 billions USD, with nearby one thousand aircrafts.... more
AirlinesALPINE TROOPS LAND IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
ROME, Senator Dolazza of Lega Nord, recently asked a parliamentary question about the regrettable fact which regards the Airbus A-321, of an italian private company, (the name was not spoken) which landed... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS GETS THE FIRST A-320
DUBLIN, Irish airline Aer Lingus recently got an Airbus A-320, the first of six units ordered, with high level dressing for 159 passengers in single class. The carrier already uses six A-321 and seven... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE READY TO DEAL WITH ALITALIA
NEW YORK, President of Air France, Jean Cyrill Spinetta, claimed french airline is ready to deal with ALitalia in order to find an agreement. That statement was issued during the presentation of Sky Team,... more
AirlinesSIGNED ALLIANCE BETWEEN AIR FRANCE AND DELTA AIRLINES
PARIS, The french Air France and the american Delta Airlines signed today an agreement of trade alliance. Ski team, this is the name of the project, will join Atlanta airport, the most crowded of the world,... more
AirlinesDOCUMENTS FROM SWITZERLAND SOON TO AEROFLOT
RUSSIA, Documents about supposed Aeroflot's funds siphoned off will be soon delivered to the airline. According to suspects of russian justice, financial services of two companies having seat in Switzerland,... more
AirlinesINTERNET FLYING WITH LUFTHANSA TOO
FRANKFURT, German national company laid the foundations for internet connection from passengers' cabin during flights. The new is absolutely innovative in air transport sector: based on an internal network... more
AirlinesAN PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION REGARDING ALITALIA CONDITIONS
ROME, An Senator Renato Mercuri asked a parliamentary question to Premier and ministers of Treasure, Finance, Economy, Transports, about the current economical and managerial conditions in which Alitalia... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE TAKES OVER BRIT AIR
PARIS, National french airline took over the majority of Brit Air, airline owing 38 aircrafts. No comments about the exact share the french company bought of the british airline. This operations follows... more