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AirlinesUNITED SEEKS TO EXPAND AT O'HARE AIRPORT
CHICAGO, USA, The new headquarters that U.S. United Airlines is interested to build at Chicago's O'Hare International airport could be three times larger than first proposed and to employ as many as 2,500... more
AirlinesNEW CHAIRMAN FOR ANSETT/ AIR NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA, Gary Toomey, Quantas Chief Executive, will be appointed Ansett/Air New Zealand's chairman next December, as consequence of Ansett's entire acquisition by Air New Zealand. Gary Tooney is actually... more
AirlinesSKY TEAM EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN FREIGHT
USA, The SkyTeam alliance is extending its activities to air cargo services with the launch of one of the world's largest cargo airline alliance, SkyTeam Cargo, in which Aeromexico Cargo, Air France Cargo,... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR TO CREATE A NEW AIRLINE REFERRING POINT
PARIS, Swissair will invest in the making of a second airline referring point in France, involving the three french airlines Air Libertè, AOM and Air Littoral, controlled together with Taitbout holding.... more
AirlinesEL AL PUT ON SALE
TEL AVIV, The israeli government ia willing to put el Al on sale. The reported new was confirmed. El Al will be sold with no "golden share" for a price of at least USD 350 million. So it was false that... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES TO ORDER UP TO 25 A3XXS
SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus A3XXs. The first will be delivered in 2006, the other deliveries of the firm order aircraft will continue through 2007. The airline will deploy A3XX... more
AirlinesHUGO BAAS: "NO NEW TALKS BETWEEN ALITALIA AND KLM"
ROMA, Hugo Baas, Klm's spokesman, said there are no new dealings between Alitalia and the dutch airline. He added that, however "Klm would not be intended to reply and it is just a matter of gossips reported... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES HOLDS THE SUPREMACY OF MILES RUN
WASHINGTON, United Airlines holds the supremacy of miles run in the sky. United Airlines from April 1 will schedule a new non-stop daily flight from New York to Hong-Kong. Continental Airlines will offer... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT AGAINST U.S. AIR TRAFFIC SMOKE BAN
MOSCOW, Aeroflot refuses to apply the smoke ban imposed by U.S. to all international flights arriving to United States or landing from there. The ban is in force since June 4. Aeroflot officials said... more
AirlinesANA AND VIRGIN TO SIGN A CODE SHARING AGREEMENT FOR TOKYO-LONDON LONG HAUL
TOKYO, The japanese airline All Nippon Airways and Virgin Atlantic will sign a codesharing agreement for routes between Japan and Uk. The agreement will be operative in March 2001. A spokesman of japanese... more
AirlinesWILL AIR FRANCE SUE CONTINENTAL FOR CONCORDE DISASTER?
PARIS, The french airline Air France could sue the american ontinental Airlines in connection with the Concorde crash in july in which 113 people died. From expert's analisys, the cause of the disaster... more
AirlinesTWA OPENS NEW FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D.C., Trans World Airlines, is putting its new non-stop flight between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport(DCA) in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on sale... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS PLANNING AN AGREEMENT WITH AIR CHINA
BERLIN, Lufthansa, the german national carrier, is planning an agreement with Air China. According to the Financial Times Deutschland (Ftd) Lufthansa is aiming at a code-share agreement. It would allow... more
AirlinesRIO SUL IS RISING
BRAZIL, Rio Sul, Varig's subsidiary airline, registered a high rise of passenger traffic: over 3 million people last year. The airline expects to rise profits 10% and passenger traffic 12% within the end... more
AirlinesVARIG: NEW FLIGHTS AND PLANES
BRAZIL, Varig, the brazilian airline, began to use MD-11 planes to fly from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. This route is scheduled for 3 non-stop flights per week, included flights leaving from S.Paulo and Porto... more
AirlinesVARIG LAUNCHES "E-VARIG" AND "PLATA"
BRAZIL, Varig allocated a 3-year investment valued 67 million R$ to set up E-Varig, the elctronic commerce project which is hoped to rise 6% airline's profit within the end of the year. "Plata" (Portal... more
AirlinesLOWER PRICES FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS
LONDON, From October 29, on the route London-New York, passengers will be able to choose among four different classes: First, Club World, World Travel Plus and the economic World Travel. The british airline... more
AirlinesUAL FILES FOR US AIRWAYS TAKE OVER IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS, UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, has filed for European Commission approval for its USD$4,3bn takeover of US Airways. The merger, still to be cleared by US regulators, must be reviewed... more
AirlinesRYANAIR TO ORDER MORE BOEING NEXT-GENERATION 737-800S
SEATTLE, Ryanair, Europe's largest low-fare airline, ordered three new Boeing Next Generation 737-800s. The additional airplanes will be used to expand european newtwork and will be delivered in 2002. more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND IMPROVES PASSENGER NAME RECORD
AUSTRALIA, Air New Zealand adopted a new PNR (Passenger Name Record) for flights around New Zealand and to Australia and United States. Tourist operators will have to insert in passengers PNR the following... more
AirlinesFALL SALES FOR HORIZON AND ALASKA AIRLINES
USA, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airlines decided to reduce their low-cost tariffs on U.S. east coast for all tickets purchased within October 3rd. The offer will be valid until December 14 2000 and includes... more
AirlinesIS GO TO BE WINDED UP?
LONDON, The low-cost britsh airline Go could be wind up probably through the sale of the block of shares. It seems BA is aiming at reducing some european routes to cut costs and employees. Costs after... more
AirlinesBRITISH EYES SWISSAIR
LONDON, According to what reported yesterday by the english newspaper The indipendent BA, after the collapse of talks with Klm, is turning its attention to Swissair, another important carrier in the transport... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS: NEW DAILY FLIGHT LINATE-BRUXELLES
MILAN, Virgin Express (Ireland) Ltd, thanks to the decontrol of european air market, will schedule a daily flight Linate-Bruxelles and return starting from October 28. Virgin Express s.a. (Belgium) has... more
AirlinesCHIEF EXECUTIVE VAN WIJK: BRIGHT PERSPECTIVES FOR KLM
AMSTERDAM, Klm chief executive Leo van Wijk said the dutch airline's perpectives to be "bright", even after calling off to merger with British Airways. Van Wijk underlined the economical growth after... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA WILL BUY 24,9% OF EUROWINGS, THE THIRD GERMAN AIRLINE
BERLIN, Lufthansa is aiming at improving services and flight in North-Rhine and Westfalia, the most crowded land. That's why it will purchase 24,9% of Eurowings, which has a fleet of 42 aircrafts and a... more
AirlinesWESTJET ADDING 47 WEEKLY FLIGHTS
CANADA, Canadian Westjet Airlines announced that, after having purchased the nineteenth Boeing 737-300, will be able to increase its network with 47 new weekly flights to Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay,... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES OFFERS ANY COMPENSATORY AWARD TO VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 261
SAN FRANCISCO, Alaska airline offered to pay any compensatory award to victims of the flight 261. The award will be set by San Francisco's Court which is judging the case of the air crash which killed... more
AirlinesSABENA GAVE NOTICE ABOUT ITS DECISIONS FOR BRUXELLES AIRPORT'S STRIKE
BRUXELLES, Sabena, the belgian national airline, said, about the strike of Bruxelles airport, that despite delays are expected, will fly its aircraft unless the airport will not be closed, in case it will... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS AND KLM CALL OFF FOR MERGER
LONDON, The two airlines have broken off talks about a long-planned merger. The Netherlands-based KLM and British Airways disclosed on June 7 that they were in negotiations. Yesterday was released a statement... more
AirlinesOTHER EIGHT A3XX FOR LUFTHANSA?
GERMANY, German national airline Lufthansa that plans to place an order in this year for ten Airbus A3XX super-aircraft, could be interested to order eight further aircraft of the same type. The A3XX,... more
AirlinesWITH EMIRATES PROMOTION TWO TICKETS FOR LIFE
DUBAI, In the 'Tickets For Life' promotion, Emirates airline passengers will have the chance to win two first class air tickets every year for life. Three winners, selected in a draw on December 9 in... more
AirlinesNEW FLIGHT MELBOURNE-HONG KONG
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia International will start new no-stop flights from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Thise new service will represent the first step to expand the network after Ansett was taken over by... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA: CODESHARE WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA, Australia signed a codesharing flight agreement with Air New Zealand which will start from next October 2. The agreement, after Air New Zealand took over Ansett, will include domestic New Zealand... more
AirlinesUS SENATE OPPOSES US AIRWAYS/UNITED DEAL
USA, The Senate Commerce Committee approved a resolution opposing proposed purchase of US Airways by United Airlines. The resolution, which passed by voice vote and now moves to the full Senate, claims... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES RESUMES FLIGHT PORTLAND-NEW YORK
NEW YORK, The U.S. airlines made up to review its decision of suspending no-stop flight from Portland, Oregon, to New York after it was requested by government members. The carrier decided a week ago to... more
AirlinesAIRFRANCE AND SWISS AIR: ALL THE NUMBERS OF ALITALIA'S VERY LIKELY PARTNERS
ROMA, Air France or Swissair: Alitalia will resolve this doubt within the next weeks when will be revealed the name of the airline which will join a partnership with Alitalia replacing Klm. Swissair, from... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR AIMS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES BY PARTNERSHIP WITH ALITALIA
ROME, Swissair is supposed to plan an alliance with American Airlines, pressing Alitalia to sign the agreement soon. The name of the U.S. airline was spoken in last months even from italian union and Cempella,... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONFIRMS TALKS WITH ALITALIA FOR SKYTEAM
PARIS, Jean- Cyrill Spinetta, Air France chairman, confirmed that the french carrier is negotiating with Alitalia to reinforce Skyteam alliance, which includes Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Korean Airlines.... more
AirlinesAMERICAN'S PILOTS REFUSE EXTENSION
FORTH WORTH, American Airlines pilots refused have rejected a one-year contract extension, setting the stage for negotiation next year. The contract extension was rejected by 66% of the pilots who cast... more
AirlinesPOTOMAC AIR WILL BE THE FOURTH SUBSIDIARY OF US AIRWAYS?
USA, US Airways is preparing to launch, by acquiring the license of an old, small and defunct airline, a fourth wholly owned subsidiary airline that is predicted to be operative in November, with the... more
AirlinesNEW INDIAN AIRLINES
NEW DELHI, A new airline is entering the indian market: Royal Airways. Rex Lezard is the chief executive. Royal Airways will sidestep government restrictions on setting up new airlines taking on the... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS NEGOTIATING WITH EUROWINGS
MUNICH, Lufthansa, the german airline, is supposed to officially confirm today the dealing to purchase a minor share of Eurowing, the third german carrier after Lufthansa and Deutsche BA, owned by British... more
AirlinesCHAIRMAN BRUGGISSER: "SWISSAIR AIMS AT EXTEND IN EUROPE"
ZURICH, Swissair intention to extend could be the suitable ground to join forces with Alitalia, which is negotiating with the swiss airline and Air France. "Our strategy is to gain a european dimension... more
AirlinesVARIG: RISE OF PROFITS AND 5 NEW BOEING
ROME, Varig, the brazilian airline, reached very good financial and technological results in the first half of the year. Passengers increased 11% in international routes and 5% in domestic flights. The... more
AirlinesCONCORDE RECONVERSION: AIR FRANCE WILL SWITCH CREWS TO JETLINERS
PARIS, Concorde's transoceanic flights could be close to be stopped after the crash of July. Air France intends to switch most of pilots and co-pilots to jetliners. From december, at least a part of supersonic... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT: DOCUMENTS BROUGHT TO SWITZERLAND
MOSCOW, The collaboration between russian and swiss judges and investigators about Aeroflot case is tight but unclear. The documents delivered by the delegation led by the swiss high-court public prosecutor... more
AirlinesALITALIA CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH SWISSAIR
ROMA, Gossips are widespreading the imminent agreement between Alitalia and Swissair, rather than Air France. The italian airline didn't release an official statement about this forthcoming event, Alitalia's... more
AirlinesLAUDA AIR PILOTS THREATEN TO GO ON STRIKE
ROME, Lauda Air pilots threatened to go on strike to demand the same economical treatment of Austrian Airlines pilots. This airline owns 36% of Lauda Air block of shares. Niki Lauda refused the proposal.... more
AirlinesMAIDEN FLIGHT FOR NEW FRIGHTER ROUTE CHICAGO SHANGAI
SHANGAI, China Southern Airlines inaugurated the new flight between the airport of Chicago and Pudong international airport of Shangai, China. The freighters will continue to Shenzhen's business hub. The... more