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AirlinesAlitalia: Calenda "I would leave the aircraft on the ground and make it fail"
For ex-minister, Lotito is laughable. We'll throw away billions more ...
Strong statements that probably reflect the opinion of those Italians tired of financially supporting a "therapeutic obstinacy" that for decades has kept Alitalia alive, a long time no longer a flag company,... more
AirlinesClaudio Lotito presented an offer for Alitalia
The Lazio football club president applies as the fourth newco partner
Among expressions of interest received by Alitalia and discussed at the government summit at Palazzo Chigi, there is the offer presented by Claudio Lotito. This was confirmed by the Lazio football club... more
AirlinesErnest Airlines announces code-share
With a Russian carrier
Ernest Airlines, an Italian company based in Milan, officially announces the partnership with the Russian carrier Pobeda Airlines. This is the first code-share agreement signed between two low-cost airlines... more
AirlinesThree new connections by TAP for the USA
The first flight to San Francisco took off
Launch of the new Lisbon-San Francisco connection, one of the three American destinations to which Tap Air Portugal will start flying this month. The new route strengthens and consolidates the strategic... more
AirlinesPlanes. The Spanish Albastar obtains IOSA certification
It entered in the register last May 22
Albastar, Spanish carrier announces the obtainment of IOSA (International Operational Safety Audit) certification, the global reference standard, designed to evaluate the management and operational control... more
AirlinesRyanair to invest in a Malta AOC
Through purchase of Malta Air
Ryanair Holdings announced today on June 11, 2019 it has agreed to purchase Malta Air, a Maltese start-up airline, into which the Irish low-cost carrier will move and grow its Malta based fleet of 6 B-737... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Di Maio: "We are in the final leg"
"Week of choices", the vice premier said it. Does the 4th investor come out of the top hat?
The results of the summit that is being held this afternoon at the Ministry of Economic Development between the three commissioners Alitalia, FS, and the same Mise probably represented by the head of the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: will we talk again at the end of the month?
In view of a mini-extension: will it be enough to close the 'game'?
Nothing moves on the Alitalia side. A few days before the June 15, the deadline for the presentation of a definitive and binding offer for the carrier by FS, the stagnant climate remains only occasionally... more
AirlinesAlitalia, "the most punctual airline in the world" in the first five months of 2019
According to data certified by US company
With 87.9 per cent of flights landed on schedule, Alitalia has confirmed itself as the most punctual airline in the world in the first five months of 2019. The result was certified by "FlightStats", the... more
AirlinesAlitalia dossier: twist, Lotito comes into play
One to zero all square: the SS Lazio partner of FS, Mef and Delta?
It lacked only this one: in the "bets" list to identify the investor who will support Ferrovie dello Stato in the new Alitalia shareholder, after Atlantia and the family of the Toto builder, here comes... more
AirlinesLa Compagnie’s first A-321neo plane makes inaugural transatlantic flight
The aircraft will be presented at the Le Bourget show
The first single-aisle A-321neo destined for La Compagnie, an exclusively business-class French airline operating scheduled transatlantic flights, will commence transatlantic services on 6 June from Paris-Orly... more
AirlinesKLM: first European sustainable aviation fuel production plant
The opening is scheduled for 2022
Klm Royal Dutch Airlines has committed itself for a period of 10 years in the development and purchase of 75,000 tons of sustainable fuel per year. KLM is among the first carriers in the world to invest... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines: Ed Bastian speaks freely
About the transatlantic alliance with Virgin, on Alitalia, and around Air France-KLM
Despite the vicissitudes that have shaken the French-Dutch Group, Delta Air Lines does not regret having entered its capital. The CEO Ed Bastian from Seoul told the press yesterday, at the conclusion of... more
AirlinesPlanes. British Airways re-establishes links with Pakistan
Routes suspended 11 years ago after the terrorist attack at the "Marriott Hotel"
British Airways returns to Islamabad. It does so after 11 years restoring the link with London interrupted following the bloody attack in September 2008, when a truck packed with explosives crashed into... more
AirlinesB-737 MAX airplane, Azal cancels order worth 1 billion for security reasons
The Azeri company would have bought ten aircraft from Boeing
The flag carrier of Azerbaijan, Azal, has cancelled an order for ten B-737 MAX, worth $ 1 billion, for security reasons. The Azeri carrier has canceled the purchase by Boeing following the fatal accidents... more
AirlinesPlanes. Delta in Alitalia: start talking about money?
The CEO Bastian: "We plan to invest in recapitalization". But it will take months
On the sidelines of the Iata Annual General Meeting which will end today in Seoul, the CEO of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, has let himself go to the press statements about the entry of the Atlanta carrier... more
Airlines20 years of Aegean Airlines
And it launches a promotion for this occasion
Aegean Airlines celebrates its twenty years of activity.Born from the merger of Aegean Aviation, the first private company with an air operator certificate in Greece, and the Vassilakis group of companies.... more
AirlinesEtihad increases the Abu Dhabi-Moscow route
Starting from October
Etihad Airways has announced the launch of additional daily flights between Abu Dhabi and the Moscow-Domodedovo airport starting next October 27 on an Airbus A-320 plane. The decision, according to the... more
AirlinesAircraft: Air New Zealand will invest billions in new Dreamliner
Eight units of B-787/10 plus options, powered by GEnx-1B engines -VIDEO
Air New Zealand announced yesterday an agreement to acquire eight units of the B-787/10 Dreamliner aircraft with more options. An agreement that at current list prices is worth 2.7 billion US dollars;... more
Airlines737 MAX aircraft, claims for compensation directed to Boeing
The companies suffered huge losses from the grounding of the new model
After China Eastern (see AVIONEWS), China Southern and AirChina, now it's the turn of Shandong Airlines. The major Chinese companies had been among the first in the world to stop the flights of B-737 MAX... more
AirlinesO'Leary: Ryanair trusts Boeing and the -737 MAX aircraft
In the front row for new orders, and compensation for damages in the form of discounts on the price -VIDEO
In an interview at "CNBC TV" a few days ago, Irish low-cost Ryanair owner Michael O'Leary said that the loss of capacity caused by delayed delivery of the B-737 MAX aircraft will cost the airline the next... more
AirlinesAeroflot opens Volgograd-Sochi link
As part of the plan for developing domestic air transport in Russia by 2024
Short from the world. The Russian Aeroflot will open from next June 2 to October 1st the new domestic Summer connection on a daily basis from Volgograd to Sochi operating the route by Boeing B-737 aircraft.... more
AirlinesOne hundred years of British Airways: the Queen also celebrates them
The 93-year-old sovereign at Heathrow airport in a sky blue suit- VIDEO AND PHOTO
It was on August 25, 1919 when the first international commercial air service planned in the world took off at 9:10am from the large green area of Hounslow Heath, London, towards Paris-Le Bourget, piloted... more
AirlinesAir Astana celebrates 17 years of activity
Founded in 2001, first flight in 2002
Since the first flight was performed between Almaty and Nur-Sultan (former Astana) on 15th May 2002, the airline has carried a total of 44 million passengers and performed almost 500,000 flights. Air Astana’s r... more
Airlines100 aircraft in the TAP fleet
The Portuguese carrier receives an A-330neo - TECHNICAL DATA
Another important milestone has been reached by TAP Air Portugal: for the first time in 74 years of history, the number of aircraft in its fleet rises, thanks to the arrival of a new additional A-330neo,... more
AirlinesB-737 MAX aircraft: China Eastern Airlines presents the bill to Boeing
Damages asked for economic losses and for delay in future deliveries
Following the two incidents that occurred on October 29 in Indonesia (to Lion Air) and March 10 in Ethiopia (to Ethiopian Airlines) -in total 346 people died- due to a malfunction in the software of the... more
AirlinesAlso Toto is moving forward for Alitalia
The Group would have made an offer of EUR 200 million to the Mise Ministry
Although the Italian Minister of Economic Development Luigi Di Maio has postponed the definition of the dossier after the European elections, the negotiations for Alitalia are silently going on. As reported... more
AirlinesWizz Air: 15 years of activity for the carrier
200 million passengers transported
Wizz Air celebrates the 15th anniversary of the first flight and the important milestone of the 200 million passengers carried.The very first flight took off May 19, 2004 from Katowice to London-Luton.... more
AirlinesKorean Air celebrates 15 years of serving Prague
The route is operated with two Boeing models, one in Winter and Summer seasons
Korean Air has commemorated the 15-year anniversary of the commencement of its scheduled service between Prague and Seoul with a celebration held at Prague Airport. The route is now operated during the... more
AirlinesEasyJet publishes the six month report: the title flies
The shares of the Group on the London market gain 3.75%
Short from the world. Following the publication of the accounts for the first half of the fiscal year ended March 31 concerning the easyJet low-cost carrier, the British airline recorded an increase in... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines: new boarding pass
AA announced a modernization of its brand identity in the middle of 2018
Austrian Airlines announced a modernization of its brand identity in the middle of 2018. The underlying objective was to make its brand fit for the future. In the meantime, the new brand is visible via... more
AirlinesAlitalia: data in April 2019
Seventeenth consecutive month of growth
Alitalia's revenues continue to grow. The Italian carrier recorded in April 2019 the seventeenth consecutive month of growth, with an increase in revenues from passenger traffic of 5.9% compared to the... more
AirlinesJet Airways: reset the leaders of the Indian carrier
The CEO Vinay Dube also left after the resignation by the CFO Agarwal
The deep crisis facing what was once one of the largest Indian airlines is a known fact: as early as April 17th after exhausting negotiations between management, the government and creditors, following... more
AirlinesAlitalia: CdP reiterates the NO
The CEO Palermo: "Our shareholders have said it clearly several times"
As if it was not clear its position, or the denial expressed at the entrance into the "deal" of the new Alitalia, after Atlantia (of which any participation is still rumored), today is the turn by Cassa... more
AirlinesLatam Airlines Group "Best South American Global carrier"
For the second consecutive year at the "APEX"
Latam Airlines Group has been awarded for the second consecutive year as the best carrier in all Latin America (Best South American Global Airline) at the "Apex Passenger Choice Award", organized by the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: most punctual airline in the world in the first 4 months of 2019
According to FlightStats
With 89 per cent of flights landed on schedule, Alitalia has confirmed itself as the most punctual airline in the world in the first 4 months of 2019. According to FlightStats, the US independent society... more
AirlinesAirbus delivers first A-321LR aircraft to Air Transat
With configuration allowing for installation of additional fuel tanks
Air Transat took delivery of its first A-321LR aircraft; this is one of 15 the Montreal-based carrier is scheduled to receive. Air Transat leases the A-321LR from AerCap.The A-321LR, with its Airbus Cabin... more
AirlinesAir Italy inaugurates new service; fifth route to North America
The carrier launches first non-stop flight to Canada
Air Italy announces the launch today of its first direct flights to the Canadian city of Toronto, becoming the carrier’s fifth new North American destination served from its Milan-Malpensa hub. The airline’s fir... more
AirlinesPlanes. Emirates announces code-share with Latam Brazil
On 17 Brazilian routes
The new agreement will increase the choice, flexibility and ease of connection for the passengers of the Emirates airline that travel to/from Brazil more
AirlinesFlyBosnia makes its first inaugural flight
From Sarajevo to Kuwait City
Short news from the world. FlyBosnia, the Bosnia-Herzegovina carrier that received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) only last January, inaugurated its first connection yesterday taking off from Sarajevo... more
AirlinesPlanes. FlyArystan created from a rib of Air Astana
Kazakh domestic low-cost but with international ambitions
It's called FlyArystan and was officially launched yesterday by the CEO of the parent company Air Astana Peter Foster. Born as a carrier for national connections but with international ambitions: by the... more
AirlinesAircraft and transport in Italy: 24 hours of strike on May 21st
The Alitalia issue will be central
One mights say and yet it moves! (see AVIONEWS). This because after many expectations on May 21st in Italy the transport workers (excluding flight attendants) will cross their arms for 24 hours. A strike... more
AirlinesSAS (2). Gustafsson: "Willing to find an agreement with the unions"
The CEO of the carrier asks for an end to the strike
The prolongation of the strike by the pilots of SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) is creating many difficulties for passengers due to the many cancellations, but it is generating a potential financial danger... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Who wouldn't enjoy closing the company?
Union is strength
The events and the various declarations of the last weeks and the last few days are clearly demonstrating the state of difficulty of Alitalia as regards the extraordinary administration and the negotiations,... more
AirlinesAirplanes and transport. SAS: the pilots' strike continues
1200 more flights cancelled today and tomorrow
The problems continue for the carrier SAS that after having cancelled most of the flights during the week-end, also for today and tomorrow has predicted that 1200 connections will not be operated due to... more
AirlinesB-737 MAX aircraft (2): US pilots request training changes
Adding hours to the simulator will result in a delay in returning to flight operations
While waiting for the Boeing B-737 MAX to be re-certified by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and other worldwide civil aviation regulators, American Airlines pilots -through the Allied Pilots... more
AirlinesAlitalia: previous debt of EUR 18 millions with Italian ENAV
Probably similar situation also abroad
Short news from Italy. There is not only the question of the increase in fuel in the near future, the return of the EUR 900 million of the bridge loan and the identification of the composition of the newco's... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2). Di Maio and his flops
What is true about Toto's negotiations with the government?
The hypothesized entry by Riccardo Toto into the Alitalia shareholder is the last of the coup de théâtre in the carrier telenovela. The news is to be taken with the springs also in consideration of the n... more
AirlinesNorwegian Air: without B-737 MAX aircraft, expenses increased by € 51.73 million
It would serve for "wet leasing" in the summer season
If the Boeing B-737 MAX planes continue to be grounded until the end of August, the low-cost carrier Norwegian Air could lose up to 500 million Norwegian crowns (51.73 million Euros) since they would increase... more
AirlinesAir Italy: farewell to Olbia airport
A story that began 55 years ago with Alisarda ends
After 55 years of flights from Olbia, first as Alisarda and then as Meridiana, the leadership of Air Italy has decided to abandon the "Costa Smeralda" airport, which has always been the driving force of... more