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AirlinesEASYJET BOOKINGS BACK TO NORMAL
LONDON, EasyJet's full-year profit will be in line with expectations, the carrier said in a statement. Ray Webster, EasyJet's CEO, said that bookings have recovered to normal levels and the airline is... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR CUTS 3000 JOBS
SWITZERLAND, According the carrier Swissair spokesman, the airline has cut about 3000 jobs and other measure to reduce costs will be implemented. A ricapitalization plan will be also implemented by Swiss... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TO DECIDE ON CUTS ON THE WEEKEND
USA, US Airways said it is to postpone to the end of the week any decision regarding job cuts and flights reduction. According to unofficial sources, the airline intends to lay off 11.000 employees and... more
AirlinesMALEV INCREASES FARES
BUDAPEST, Hungarian airline Malev announced it is to raise tickets price by four dollars from October 1 to cover the costs of stepped-up security measures. It is to be an extra insurance tax. Klm announced... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS ALL FLIGHTS TO ITALY
USA, American Airlines announced that it will suspend all routes between North America and Italy, including a daily flight from Chicago to Malpensa and the routes to Rome Fiumicino airport. About 50 employees... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO ELIMINATE 6000 WORKERS
MONTREAL, Air Canada would announce today the dismissal of as many as 6,000 more employees, said the Financial Post. The airline is also expected to ground up to 60 of its 243 aircrafts. Air Canada is... more
AirlinesCHINESE AIRLINES TO SUSPEND SERVICE TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
HONG KONG, Chinese airlines are to suspend flights to United Arab Emirates due to security concerns, radio TV Hong Kong said today. China Southern Airlines is to suspend the route between Beijing and Sharjah... more
AirlinesALL NIPPON AIRWAYS SEES REVENUES DROP
TOKYO, All Nippon Airways today said it might see a $85 million fall in revenues from international flights over the next 12 months, owing to the weakening demand on routes to United States. All the major... more
AirlinesIBERIA REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC
MADRID, Iberia reported a 6,7% increase in the number of passengers in August, compared to the year ago period, load factor was stable at 76,4%. Cargo traffic went down 2,25. Iberia flew 27.9 billion RPKs,... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT'S BOARD RE-ELECTS FRANK AS CHAIRMAN
MOSCOW, Transportation Minister Sergei Frank was yesterday re-elected Aeroflot chairman by the new board of directors elected on September 6 suring an extraordinary meeting called by a shareholder. more
AirlinesKLM TO RAISE TICKET FARES
AMSTERDAM, Klm today said it is to introduce a $5 flight surcharge to fares to cover the costs of safety measures adopted after the terrorist acts in Usa. In addition, the airline will raise fares to United... more
AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE TO TRIPLE ITS FLEET WITHIN TWO YEARS
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, Brett Godfrey, Virgin Blue's ceo, said the airline aims at tripling its fleet by the next two years. "There's a lot of orders being cancelled and there's a lot of airplanes that... more
AirlinesIRAN AIR CLOSE TO BUY SEVEN PLANES FROM AIRBUS
IRAN, Iran Air's managing director today said that the airline hopes to make a deal with Airbus to buy seven planes by march 2002. The aircraft would be used to commence a new route to Canada. more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL REDUCES FLIGHTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND NEW YORK
HONG KONG, Continental said today it will cut the seven weekly flights from Hong Kong to New York operating the route only every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, starting from October 2. more
AirlinesCONTINENTAL AND DELTA DENIES THEY WILL SUSPEND FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines denied they will suspend permanently the flights to Israel, as the Globes financial daily's web site reported. Avi Friedman, Continental's senior... more
AirlinesVARIG ELIMINATES POSITIONS
BRAZIL, Brazilian Varig said it will cut approximately 1700 jobs, representing 10% of the airline's workforce. In addition, the airline will immediately ground several of its planes, 13 narrowbodies and... more
AirlinesEGYPTAIR SUSPENDS ROUTES TO PAKISTAN AND YEMEN
EGYPT, EgyptAir yesterday announced it has suspended flights to Karachi, Pakistan, and Des and San'a, Yemen, due to the high international tensions. The services will be resumed as soon as the international... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES OFFERS SALE TICKETS TO VICTIMS FAMILIES
USA, In a press conference, U.S. carrier American Airlines said it will offer special discounted fares to families of victims of the New York terroristic attacks as well as to employees of the American... more
AirlinesALASKA AIR GROUP'S CARRIERS REDUCE OPERATIONS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, the two airlines owned by Alaska Air Group, said they are to reduce operations. Alaska Airlines will cut 85% of scheduled flights, Horizon Air will reduce 75%... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA: TRAFFIC UP IN AUGUST
MONTREAL, Air Canada reported a 2,1% rise in passenger traffic in August, compared with the previous year. Capacity grew 3,1% and load factor dipped 0,8% to 80,4%. International and charter traffic rose... more
AirlinesPILOT UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR HAVE SAID PASSENGERS TO ATTACK HI-JACKERS
USA, Sources of U.S. United Airlines revealed that carrier is reported to be investigating a pilot who allegedly called on his passengers to attack anyone who hijacked their flight. According to these... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC: TRAFFIC DOWN IN AUGUST
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific reported a 5,6% decrease in passenger traffic in August year to year. Traffic went down 9,6% to Europe and fell 4,9% to Southeast Asia. Capacity dipped 0,5% and load factor dropped... more
AirlinesA MILLION SEATS WILL BE SOLD BY RYANAIR UNDER 16 USD
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Irish airline Ryanair announced that it will sell a million of seats on its aircrafts at a price of 9,99 GPB (about 16 USD) to fight the effects of the terrorist attacks in the US. The... more
AirlinesEMIRATES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO SRI LANKA
DUBAI, Emirates yesterday announced it wil resume flights to Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, from September 27 after the lowering of insurance premiums at Colombo's Bandaranaike International... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST ANNOUNCES STAFF REDUCTIONS AS RESULT OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FLIGHT CUTS; AIRLINE OPERATIONS RETURN TO NORMAL
MINNEAPOLIS, "Northwest Airlines said today that as a result of its September 15 announcement, reducing its scheduled service by approximately 20%, it will immediately reduce staffing levels by approximately... more
AirlinesDELTA ANNOUNCES JOB CUTS
ATLANTA, Frederick W. Reid, Delta's president and chief operating officer, said in a recorded telephone message to employees that the carrier is faced with "asolutely no alternative" to cutting workers.... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TO FURLOUGH 1100 PILOTS
USA, La US Airways is planning to lay off about 1100 pilots. The airline also said it will eliminate a quarter of its fleet, 11 planes. The layoff of pilots is not expected to occur until December and... more
AirlinesMIDWEST AIRLINES CUTS CAPACITY
USA, Midwest Express said it would reduce capacity by "at least 15%" from Oct. 1 and furlough at least 450 of its 3750 workers "until business conditions improve". more
AirlinesUS AIRLINES GET BAILOUT
WASHINGTON, US Congress and administration today agreed to provide $15 billion to help the US airlines to survive, preventing a few of them from collapsing. The aid package exceeds the White House offer... more
AirlinesHAWAIIAN AIRLINES TO CUT FLIGHTS
HONOLULU, Hawaiian Airlines said yesterday it is to cut its flight schedule by at least 20% from October 1. Flights to the Usa will be reduced to 98 from 120. The airline added it would lay off an undetermined... more
AirlinesATA TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW BOEING AIRCRAFT
INDIANAPOLIS, Since May, ATA (American Trans Air, Inc.)(Nasdaq:AMTR - news) has taken delivery of ten new aircraft from Boeing. Later today (thursday), the carrier anticipates the delivery of yet another... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST AIRLINES COULD ANNOUNCE LAYOFFS TODAY
CHICAGO, Northwest Airlines would announce the number of job lay-offs today, an unofficial source reported. In addition, the carrier is expected to reduce flight operations by 20% from October 1. The Detroit... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA FORECASTS INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa said a significant increase in ticket prices and cargo rates would be inevitable due to the increase of costs caused by tighter security requirements and the drastic rise in insurance... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS MIGHT BEGIN LAY-OFFS NEXT WEEK
DUBLIN, Irish Aer Lingus said the first lay-offs might start next week in order to stem the financial straits the company is in. The 45 trainee pilots will face immediate redundancy. In addition, "over... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AND UNITED CUTS OVER 40.000 JOBS
USA, Could be over 40.000 the jobs that the two U.S. airlines, American and United have announced to have intention to cut. According to unions the airlines "are taking advantage of the disaster caused... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC
MONTREAL, "Air Canada flew 2.1 per cent more revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2001 than in August 2000, according to preliminary traffic figures. Capacity increased by 3.1 per cent, resulting in... more
AirlinesAIR NOSTRUM TAKES OVER BINTER MEDITERRANEO
SPAIN, Air Nostrum has taken over Iberia's subsidiary Binter Mediterraneo for $4.1 million. Air Nostrum, that is an Iberia franchise partner, will fly Binter routes and take over its fleet of four... more
AirlinesMESA AIR CUTS EMPLOYEE PAY
PHOENIX, Mesa Air said it has imposed a 10 percent pay cut on its workers for the next 90 days. The airline added it will lay off more than 700 employees. Mesa Air has a fleet of 126 aircrafts. more
AirlinesKLM MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE FURTHER CUTS IN CAPACITY
AMSTERDAM, Dutch KLM said today it is not excluding a further reduction in capacity in order to limit the financial losses it is currently facing after the terrorist attacks in Usa. The airline already... more
AirlinesBA TO CUT 7000 JOBS
LONDON, British Airways announced today it will axe 7000 jobs and reduce operations by 10%. The airline's chief executive Rod Eddington said "we face exceptional conditions which have forced us to take... more
AirlinesPHILIPPINE ARILINES POSTPONES PURCHASE OF BOEING PLANES
MANILA, Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it has put on hold plans to buy two Boeing 747 aircraft due to the slowdown for the industry after the attacks in the United States. PAL president and chief executive... more
AirlinesHAINAN AIRLINES PLACES FIRM ORDERS FOR REGIONAL JETS FROM FAIRCHILD DORNIER
BEIJING, Chinese Hainan Arlines has ordered 21 regional jets 32-seat 328JET from Fairchild Dornier in a deal up to $266 million. "Hainan ordered 19 firm 328JET airplanes in August of 1999. We have just... more
AirlinesKLM TO CUT CAPACITY IN OCTOBER
AMSTERDAM, Dutch Klm today said it is to reduce capacity by 5%. The reduction, effective on October 1 at latest, will be most severe on the routes with North America and Middle East. The cut on North American... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONCORDE TAKES TEST FLIGHT WITH PASSENGERS
PARIS, An Air France Concorde yesterday flew with some 60 employees of the airline voluntarily sitting in the aircraft. The flight lasted 3-3/4 hour, as long as the trip between Paris and New York. An... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA POSTPONES ORDER FOR A380 AIRCRAFTS
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa will probably postpone its order for 10 Airbus A380 aircrafts following the terrorist attacks in the US. The supervisory board meeting, called for today, will discuss the difficult... more
AirlinesCANADIAN AIRLINES BEGIN TO LOCK COCKPIT DOORS
TORONTO, Canadian airlines are to begin keeping locked the cockpit doors on their planes in order to increase safety on flights. Doors will be closed on domestic and international flights, as soon as the... more
AirlinesFRONTIER AIRLINES REDUCES SCHEDULE BY 20 PERCENT; APPROXIMATELY 440 EMPLOYEES FURLOUGHED
DENVER, Frontier Airlines announced "it would cut its flight schedule, effective Oct. 1. 2001, by approximately 20 percent. The airline will also cut salaries for company officers by 20 to 40 percent,... more
AirlinesUNITED TO RESUME FULL FLIGHT SCHEDULE TODAY
CHICAGO, United Airlines said yesterday it should return to its full schedule of 1900 flights today. United operated 1045 systemwide departures on Monday and 1270 departures yesterday. more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA CANCELS BERLIN-WASHINGTON ROUTE
FRANKFURT, Lufthansa said it has cancelled the service between Berlin and Washington, which was inaugurated only seven months ago. The cancellation is due to the fall of passenger bookings after the terrorist... more
AirlinesKENYA AIRWAYS LAUNCHES NEW ROUTE TO GHANA
KENYA, Kenya Airways yesterday started to operate a new flight to Accra, Ghana. The airline uses a Boeing 737 on the twice weekly route, which is operated on Mondays and Saturdays. more