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AirlinesBANGKOK AIRLINES RECEIVES FIRST 717-200
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, Bangkok Airlines was delivered yesterday its first Boeing 717-200 at a special ceremony in Long Beach, Ca. The airline is the first asian carrier to take delivery of this twin-jet... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS ANNOUNCES 3RD QUARTER 2000 RESULTS
LONDON, The airline is making progress to restructure the business. The high price of fuel and the dollar have resulted in making an EUR 7,3 million loss in the third quarter. Scheduled revenue grew by... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RISE PROFITS IN THE FIRST HALF
PARIS, Air France closed the balance of the first half with a rise of 19,1% and a profit of 6 billion of euro. The balance will be made official at the end of November. A new increase is expected in the... more
AirlinesNEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR VIRGIN EXPRESS
BRUSSELS, Neil Burrows was appointed general manager of Virgin Express. He will replace John Osborne, who worked for BA before its appointment with Virgin. Burrows, ex director of flight operations of... more
AirlinesWESTJET ANNOUNCED NEW SERVICE TO ALBERTA
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Westjet Airlines announced yesterday that it will start a new service to Fort McMurray, Alberta, on January 8, 2001. The airline will operate daily flights to Edmonton and Calgary. more
AirlinesFINNAIR AND BA TO EXTEND CODE-SHARING AGREEMENT TO CANADA
LONDON, BA and Finnair, both members of Oneworld alliance, extended their code-sharing agreement to services between London and Canada. It is the first long haul route code-share deal between the two... more
AirlinesAIR CHINA AND PRATT&WHITNEY SIGN AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF JT9D ENGINES
EASTH HARTFORD, USA, Air China yesterday signed a long term agreement, of five years, with Pratt&Whitney for maintenance and overhaul of the airline's JT9D-7R4 engines. The value of the contract exceeds... more
AirlinesALITALIA TO ORDER SIX BOEING 777ERS
SEATTLE, Boeing confirmed today an order from the italian carrier Alitalia for six 777-200ER passenger planes, with options for six Longer-Range 777-300s. The jetliners will replace a previous order for... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES TO ACQUIRE MESABA
USA, Northwest U.S. airline has announced its decision to buy the regional airline Mesaba Holdings shares of that it doesn't already own. Northwest currently owns 28% of Mesaba. more
AirlinesTWO PASSENGERS ARRESTED FOR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR ON BOARD
DUBLIN, Two passengers of an Aer Lingus flight from Boston were arrested at Dublin airport for alleged disruptive behaviour on board. The two men, one irish and the other from UK, were probably drunk.... more
AirlinesMESA AIR AND MIDWEST IN CODESHARE
USA, A spokesman of Mesa Air Group has announced that its subsidiary, Air Midwest will codeshare with regional carrier Midwest Express Airlines, starting first quarter of 2001. Air Midwest will continue... more
AirlinesAUSTRIAN AIRLINES LOOKS AT LAUDA AIR TAKEOVER
WIEN, Austrian Air (AUA) airline CEO, Rudolf Streicher, would have announced today that its company took over Lauda Air AGE, Wien-based airline. AUA shares yet 35,9% of Lauda Air and another 20% is owned... more
AirlinesUPS CONFIRM 13 MD11 PURCHASE
USA, The delivery company UPS confirms that it will buy 13 used MD-11 aircraft, that will be converted from passenger to cargo configuration by Boeing. Also it is confirmed the option for 22 additional... more
AirlinesUNITED MECHANICS PREPARE FOR STRIKE
USA, The union representing the 15.000 mechanics of United called a halt to the negotiations with the airline because the carrier wasn't negotiating seriously enough on the main sticking points - wages... more
AirlinesGLOBAL AIRLINES OFFERS 300 USDM FOR TWA
USA, Global Airlines Corporation has extended an acquisition offer for Trans World Airlines Incorporated, TWA spokesman said; no more details have been released, but the value of the operation, about 300... more
AirlinesNEW ROUTE LUANDA-HOUSTON
LUANDA, ANGOLA, The american carrier World Airways and Sonair, angolan airline, are negotiating to find an agreement which in case of signing will create a new route between Luanda and Houston, Texas.... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST TO SELL BACK ITS CONTROLLING STAKE IN CONTINENTAL
USA, Northwest agreed to sell its quote in Continental to settle an antitrust suit pending against the carriers. Northwest bought 14% of Continental two years ago but the stake also carried super-voting... more
AirlinesRISE KLM CARGO TRAFFIC, FLAT PASSENGERS
THE NETHERLANDS, The national dutch carrier Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), Europe's fourth-largest airline has announced that a little increment, valued at 5%, has been recorded in cargo traffic, and that... more
AirlinesAEROMEXICO FLIES IN ONTARIO
MEXICO, AeroMexico, Mexico's largest airline will begin to operate flights between Mexico and Canada, starting December 15, linking three times a week Ontario International Airport with Guadalajara and... more
AirlinesNEW IMPASSE FOR UNITED'S TANGLED CONTRACT
USA, Talks between United Airlines and its flight attendants, who requested a pay raise, have been called off after the two sides disagreed over issues related to United parent UAL Group USD$4.3 billion... more
AirlinesKUWAIT AIRWAYS ON BLACK
KUWAIT, Kuwaiti airline Kuwait Airways has announced that, for the first time after Gulf War, is gone to black, with a profit of USD 77.2 million in the fiscal year which ended on June 30.Revenues for... more
AirlinesSAS ANNOUNCED NEW SERVICE COPENHAGEN-WASHINGTON
SCANDINAVIA, In May 2001, SAS will introduce its Copenhagen-Washington D.C. service as the first step in the expansion of SAS' intercontinental operations. The route is particularly important because the... more
Airlines5 AIRLINES TO JOIN NIGERIA AIRWAYS PRIVATIZATION PLAN
LAGOS, Five airlines are supposed to join Nigeria Airways privatization plan, officials of the african carrier said. They are: KLM, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airways e South African Airways.... more
AirlinesRYANAIR: 33% PASSENGER INCREASE
IRELAND, Low-cost airline Ryanair registered a passenger numbers inncrease of 33% over the last six months. Also profits and revenues grew. Key to the growth was the opening up of 10 new routes and the... more
AirlinesOVER 40 AIRLINES WILL ATTEND UATP ANNUAL CONFERENCE & INFOSEARCH
WASHINGTON, Universal Air Travel Plan, Inc. (UATP) announced today that over 40 international airlines are confirmed to attend the company's Annual Conference and InfoSearch Forum which will take place... more
AirlinesBOMBARDIER TO SELL SECOND Q200 TO NAGASAKI AIRWAYS
JAPAN, Bombardier Aerospace has sold a second 39-seat Q200 turboprop airliner to Nagasaki Airways of Japan. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for the first quarter of 2001; delivery of the second... more
AirlinesALITALIA SAID IT DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT EXCHANGE RATE PROPOSAL OF SWISSAIR
ROME, Alitalia said in a press release it didn't learn about Swissair's proposal of rate exchange. That proposal would allow SairGroup, of which Swissair is part, to buy some Alitalia's shares. more
AirlinesMAERSK AIR TO INAUGURATE FLIGHT MILAN-BILLUND
MILAN, Maersk Air inaugurated a new connection between Milan Malpensa and Billund and return. Another flight to Denmark, from Venice, is operative since March of last year. The aircraft used for the new... more
AirlinesDRAGONAIR TO BUY 2 BOEING 747-300 AND TO BOLSTER ITS PRESENCE IN CARGO MARKET
HONG KONG, Chinese airline Dragonair, based in Hong Kong, signed a contract with Singapore Airlines to purchase two 747-300 Combi airplanes. Both aircrafts will be converted to full freighters. Therefore... more
AirlinesBA CONFIRMED TO PUT GO ON SALE
LONDON, BA confirmed this morning it will put low cost airline Go on sale. The decision was announced in an official statement. more