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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
AirlinesBA TO RISE PROFITS
LONDON, Ba announced today its profits climbed well ahead of expectations. Costs were held despite a 57 per cent rise in fuel prices. Profits rised to GBP£200m. Operating results advanced 125 per cent... more
AirlinesPOSSIBLE RATE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ALITALIA AND SWISSAIR
ZURICH, A Swissair spokesman said the proposal of a rate exchange between Alitalia and the swiss airline will be put to the vote in the next board of directors' meeting scheduled for November 22. more
AirlinesBA TO SELL GO
LONDON, BA could sell low cost airline Go because of its seesawing profits. The carrier registered a decrease of profits in the first half of the year and a following rise during summer. more
AirlinesSPAIN: IBERIA TO CANCEL FLIGHTS FOR BAD WEATHER
SPAIN, Spanish national airline Iberia cancelled all flights to Galicia, Cantabria and south France because of the bad weather striking Spain. Civil Defense declared a state of emergency in several areas... more
Airlines6 AMERICAN EMPLOYEES ARRESTED ON MARIJUANA SMUGGLING CHARGES
USA, Federal investigators arrested yesterday 20 people, including six employees of American Airlines, on marijuana smuggling charges. A U.S. attorney said the suspects had smuggled 10 tons of drug in... more
AirlinesLAN CHILE AND ECUATORIANA AIRLINES TO SIGN NEW COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Lan Chile announced that it has signed a new two year commercial agreement with Ecuatoriana Airlines. It allows Lan Chile to operate its aircraft on Ecuatoriana's international routes... more
AirlinesUNITED MECHANICS SUSPENDED CONTRACT TALKS WITH THE AIRLINE
USA, United Airlines mechanics decided to suspend contract talks with the airline saying they want the company to get serious and place officials at bargaining table who are able to complete the negotiations.... more
AirlinesQANTAS TO BUY 18 AIRBUS
AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways will buy 12 A3XX superjumbos and six A330-200 wide-body airliners from Airbus Industrie. The order is valued almost USD$4 billion. The australian airline would take options on... more
AirlinesIBERIA AND AIR EUROPA SIGNED AGREEMENT TO NEGOTIATE POSSIBLE MERGER
MADRID, General managers of Iberia and Air Europa signed today an agreement in Madrid to start talks for "possible merger". The two airlines set a term of 45 days to pull off the merger deal which would... more
AirlinesBA TO ALLOW ITS WOMEN TO WEAR THE TROUSERS
LONDON, British Airways is to allow its air-hostesses to wear the trousers after a survey reported that seven out of ten of them siad to prefer trousers to skirts. Five designers will frame the new uniform... more
AirlinesANSETT TO TAKE CARE OF SICHUAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia signed a $1,3 million contract with Air New Zealand Engineering Service, unite in joint venture in ANNZES, and chinese Sichuan Airlines to take care of its planes maintenance:... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR TO USE HANDCUFFS ON ROWDY PASSENGERS
ZURICH, Swissair is planning to introduce handcuffs on board against rowdy passengers. The carrier has already started training staff to use them. An airline's spokesman said "We are authorized to order... more
AirlinesVARIG TO INAUGURATE SEVENTH DAILY FLIGHT TO BUENOS AIRES
BRAZIL, National airline Varig scheduled a seventh midweek daily flight between Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. The new service will respond to demand of connections between those important cities of South... more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND'S EXHAUSTING DAY
SYDNEY, NEW ZEALAND, Last October 2 was the most traffic-congested day for Air New Zealand over 60 years. It was shortly after the end of Sydney Olympics. The city airport reported a passenger traffic... more
AirlinesVARIG TO OPEN NEW CHECK-IN SAO PAULO
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, Varig inaugurated a new check-in desk at Guarulhos airport of Sao Paulo. It works from five am to 1 am and it provides new services as the sale of domestic flight tickets. The desk is... more
AirlinesJAL PLACED ORDER TO BOMBARDIER FOR TWO MORE CRJ200
CANADA, Japan Airlines has placed a firm order to Bombardier for two more 50-seat CRJ200* Series regional jets. The order is valued at U.S.$44 million. Deliveries of the firm-ordered aircraft are scheduled... more
AirlinesGO TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE GLASGOW-LONDON
LONDON, Go, low cost airline subsidiary of BA, is launching new Glasgow International-London Stansted service. more
AirlinesBA TO FIGHT CIGARS, EVEN IF BURNT OUT
ROME, A journalist flying on a National Jet plane from Rome to Palermo last sunday was contested by the crew for flicking a burnt out cigar through his lips. The crew said it was applying the airline's... more
AirlinesBA TO FLY AN INJURED BIRD TO AFRICA
LONDRA, BA said it will fly Hannibal, an injured rare bird of prey found with a broken wing in Colchester, to Africa. Experts say the bird will not be strong enough to migrate to Africa and is likely to... more
AirlinesFINNAIR ANNOUNCE POSSIBLE FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS
FINLAND, Finland's national flag carrier Finnair has announced that, in the event that a strike threatened by the Union of Finnish Air Transport Workers (IAU) will be carried out, all domestic flights... more
AirlinesEASYJET TO EXPAND ROUTES
AMSTERDAM, Low cost airline EasyJet will launch direct services from Amsterdam's Schipol Airport to Edimburgh, Belfast and Nice. The service wil start in the new year. more
AirlinesSAIR GROUP TO DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT ABOUT SABENA'S FUTURE
ZURICH, Sair Group, which owns Swissair and 49% of belgian national airline Sabena, is dealing with the government, which owns 51% of the carrier, to recover its economical situation. The spokesman of... more
AirlinesDELTA PILOTS EYES UNITED CONTRACT
USA, Following last week United Airlines' pilots deal, which rised their pay and improved their conditions, Delta, which has been negotiating since September 1999 on a new contract with its own pilots,... more
AirlinesTALKS BETWEEN BA, DELTA AND AIR FRANCE
GREAT BRITAIN, Acccording to the London Financial Times economical newspaper, BA would be in talks with U.S. carrier Delta and french airline Air France in order to try enter in SkyTeam alliance, but an... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE TO COOPERATE WITH FAO AGAINST HUNGER IN THE WORLD
PARIGI, Air France will cooperate with FAO in the struggle against hunger in the world. It will give a part of the amount of each product purchased at duty-free on its planes for at least 100 francs from... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA TO TO RENEW ITS LOWER END FLEET
CANADA, The canadian airline Air Canada has announced that, in order to proceed to renewal of its "lower end" fleet, it is looking at purchasing more aircraft from Bombardier, Airbus Industrie, Boeing... more
AirlinesGOLD CARRIED BY AIR FRANCE IS MISSING
CHICAGO, USA, Chicago airport custom staff checked that more than $1,5 million of refined gold have been missing at Air France terminal. The 248 kg gold stock, coming from african Republic of Benin,... more
AirlinesNEW ROUTES FOR CHINA SOUTHERN
CHINA, The biggest China airline, China Southern has announced two new routes: from October 29 the carrier is to launch services between Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore. and between Guangzhou, Bangkok... more
AirlinesSAIRGROUP FORECASTS GREAT EXPECTATION FOR 2000
MONTREAUX,SWISS, SairGroup, which controls swiss airline Swissair, forecasts 200 million SF earnings for 2000. Expectations, told before, are confermed even if fuel's price was increase and SAir has... more
AirlinesIBERIA TO TAKE OVER AIR EUROPA
MADRID, The airline Iberia will soon take over Air Europa, the spanish newspaper El Pais said. The new was confirmed by Air Europa, which will purchase 10% of Iberia shares after it will be pri... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST WINS ANTI-TRUST TRIAL DELAY
USA, Northwest Airlines has been given another week by a federal judge to work out a negotiated settlement in the government's anti-trust trial against America's fourth largest carrier and Continental... more
AirlinesAUSTRIAN AIRLINES TO BUY LAUDA AIR SHARES FROM LUFTHANSA
WAPA-VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Austrian Airlines announced that, within a project of reform of Lauda Air, intends to buy its shares owned by Lufthansa, which has the 20% of Lauda Air. The carrier founded by the... more
AirlinesUNITED PILOTS SIGNED NEW DEAL
USA, Pilot's at United Airlines, after several months of labour problems, ratified a new agreement yesterday. The deal includes immediate pay rises of up to 20%. United Airlines Master Pilots Executive... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS WORKERS STRIKE THREATENS HOLIDAY FLIGHTS
IRELAND, A four-hour strike announced by 1200 Aer Lingus irish airline workers is likely to create major problems to flights over the weekend, which is a bank holiday in Ireland. The strike could affect... more
AirlinesRYANAIR PILOTS DISSATISFIED
IRELAND, The pilots union of Ryanair airline , one of largest low cost airline in Europe, has expressed its dissatisfaction after carrier has proposed a new pay agreement. The pilots are to start balloting... more
AirlinesMALAYSYA TO HIKE FARES
MALAYSIA, Malaysia Airlines will jump fares up to 50 per cent on certain routes after the airline was given government approval for the hike. the rise should apply only to flights serving the peninsula.... more
AirlinesCUTS FOR CROSSAIR
SWITZERLAND, Crossair, europe's largest regional airline, warned it may close loss making routes, sell some of its aircraft and delay the delivery of new Embraer regional jets to ensure its economic future.... more
AirlinesAIR ARUBA FOLDS
ARUBA, Caribbean airline Air Aruba was yesterday closed down by the island's government because of its financial situation. The government is committed to getting tourists home from the island. more
AirlinesDELTA TAKES DELIVERY OF ITS 100TH BOEING 767
EVERETT, USA, Delta Air Lines, the world's largest operator of Boeing 767 airplanes, took delivery of its 100th Boeing 767 jetliner. It is a 767-400ER, the sixth to be delivered to the carrier this year.... more
AirlinesQANTAS SIGNED CODESHARING AGREEMENT WITH ALASKA AIRLINES
LOS ANGELES, The agreement, effective October 29, will permit qantas to increase the routes between Canada and Australia. The aircrafts used will be Boeing 737-400, 767 and MD-80. more
AirlinesKOREAN AIR TO RESUME FLIGHTS
SOUTH KOREA, The strike which grounded most of the aircrafts of Korean Air, Asia's fifth largest airline, ended yesterday. The short-lived action caused the cancellation of more than 300 flights. The company... more
AirlinesBA, AIR FRANCE AND DELTA TO NEGOTIATE A NEW ALLIANCE
LONDRA, BA, Air France and Delta are negotiating to set up a new alliance, the weekly british magazine Sunday Times said. In case of positive result BA is supposed to quit One World group to join i... more
AirlinesTRANSAER GONE INTO LIQUIDATION
IRELAND, Irish air charter company Transaer has gone into liquidation with the loss of 530 jobs. The Dublin-based carrier, which operates largely in the Greek, Turkish and German markets, had sustained... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE FORCED TO CANCEL 100 FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF PILOT'S UNIONS STRIKE
PARIS, Air France canceled about 100 daily flights today because of a strike by members of four minority pilots' unions. Long-haul flights were not affected. The main SNPL pilots' union did not join the... more
AirlinesSABENA TO CUT JOBS AND ROUTES
BELGIUM, An airline spokesman announced today major job losses and cuts in long haul services in an attempt to stem losses. Sabena President, Christoph Muller, said the restructuring plan to be "drastic... more
AirlinesAIRLINE REFUSES DISABLED RIGHTS COMMISSION CHIEF
EDINBURGH, The chief of the UK's Disabled Rights Commission was not allowed to board a plane in London because he could not climb the aircraft steps with his wheelchair. Scot airways told him he couldn't... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND TO CONSIDER LEGAL ACTION OVER GOVERNMENT
LONDON, The UK's second largest airline, British Midland, is considering legal action over the government failure to find an agreement about "open skies" policy with Usa. The London Financial Times... more
AirlinesBOMB THREAT FOR ISRAELIAN EL AL AIRLINE
FRANKFURT, High tension yesterday nearby EL AL quarter in Frankfurt because of a bomb threat lately verified to be false. A man called the quarter of the israelian airline around 11,30 am saying he... more
AirlinesDELTA PLANS $1,6B TO EXPAND JFK TERMINAL
USA, Delta Air Lines is planning to invest $1,6B to expand domestic and international operations at JFK New York airport. The construction is scheduled to begin in June 2001 and hoped to be completed in... more