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AirlinesSWISS reports a strong third quarter
Milan, Italy - The airfreight activities of its Swiss WorldCargo business unit showed further positive trends
Swiss International Air Lines (Group) achieved an operating profit of CHF 232 million for the first nine months of 2010, which compares to an operating profit of 113 million for the same period last year.... more
AirlinesAccording to Russian airline Aeroflot, State should not privatize it earlier than 3 years
Moscow, Russia - Financial Director Kurmashow said that if it would sell off its majority stakes, "Would not gain a lot of money"
Shamil Kurmashov, Deputy General Director for finance and investments for Aeroflot, one of the largest Russian airlines, said today, on Wednesday, October 27, that the State should sell its shares (currently... more
AirlinesRyanair: strike actions more disruptive than ash crisis
Milan, Italy - The airline again calls for reforming ATC services
Ryanair, European airline, today once again called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC after it was forced to cancel another 200 flights ahead of... more
AirlinesGulf Air is considering three types for regional airplanes fleet
Manama, Bahrain - Bombardier, Embraer and Airbus are the candidates
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air is focusing on three candidates for a permanent regional jet operation, having decided that it needs a type with a higher seating capacity than initially considered. It... more
AirlinesAlitalia: pilots and flight attendants strike scheduled for next November 26
Rome, Italy - The press release of Cgil, Ipa and Avia
The strike of pilots and flight attendants announced by Cgil, Avia and Ipa for today, on October 25, that had been delayed, with satisfaction of minister Matteoli, see AVIONEWS, has been re-scheduled by... more
AirlinesAir Berlin: new direct flights from Olbia (Sardinia) to Germany
Milan, Italy - News from the Summer of 2011
Starting from Summer of 2011, Air Berlin will connect for the first time Olbia (Sardinia) to Berlin with direct flights. From 3 May 2011 to 29 October 2011, the airplanes will take-off from Olbia to... more
AirlinesUnited and Continental announce new routes from hub cities
Chicago, Usa - New flights mark the beginning of the network optimization of the combined carrier
United Continental Holdings, Inc. yesterday announced plans to launch service on several new non-stop routes in 2011 as it begins to optimize the combined route networks of United Airlines (UA) and Continental... more
AirlinesSR Technics and easyJet celebrate successful start of maintenance partnership in Malta
Milan, Italy - The beginning of a partnership that will continue in the next ten years
SR Technics and easyJet today announced the completion of the first maintenance visit of an easyJet aircraft in Malta. This marks the successful start of the companies' maintenance partnership at SR Technics'... more
AirlinesBritish Airways' CityFlyer confirms two further Embraer airplane order
London, England - And it announces a new London-Stockolm route from January 2011
CityFlyer, regional airline subsidiary of British Airways, will add two new Embraer 190 airplanes to its fleet. The purchase is part of a broader agreement between BA and the Brazilian company: the original... more
AirlinesRyanair at Italian Abruzzo airport, which perspectives?
Pescara, Italy - Yesterday in Dublin the summit among the Region, Saga and the Irish low-cost
In the morning of yesterday, October 19, 2010, responsible for tourism in Italian Region Abruzzo, Dalmazio Di Mauro, Gianluca Caruso of the Ryanair BOD and Carla Mannetti, president of "Saga", the management... more
AirlinesAlitalia and Jet Airways sign MoU
Rome, Italy - New daily direct services between Malpensa and New Delhi starting from December 5, 2010
Alitalia and Jet Airways (JA) today exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that confirms the airlines’ intention to operate code-share flights to start in the Winter season of 2010 (subject to g... more
AirlineseasyJet to open a permanent aircraft base in Lisbon
Milan, Italy - The airline expects to grow passenger number and add up to ten new destinations
easyJet, Europe's low fares airline, yesterday announced another step in its expansion across Europe. Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of easyJet, announced in the presence of the Portuguese Prime Minister... more
AirlinesDefibrillators on Air Malta airplanes
Milan, Italy - And in its offices also
Air Malta, the Maltese national airline, has recently installed on all its airplanes and in its offices of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It 's a device that can send an electrical discharge... more
AirlinesRyanair cancels 200 flights to/from France as French strike again tomorrow
Milan, Italy - The airline calls for EU to remove "Right to Strike"
Ryanair, European airline, once again called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC after it was forced to cancel another 200 flights ahead of yet mor... more
AirlinesCondor Airlines: for the Winter, the carrier focuses on Indian Ocean and Caribbeans
Milan, Italy - The airline will be at the Italian "Ttg" event in Rimini in the week-end
Condor, one of the major airliners in the "Leisure" field, from the Winter time will add to its network new routes, such as Bahrain, Sri Lanka (Colombo), India (Goa), Panama, Grenada and Thailand (Phuket).... more
AirlinesAirline Ancillary Revenue to soar to €18.4 billion ($22.6 billion) Worldwide
San Francisco, Usa - Announced the preliminary results
IdeaWorks, the foremost consultancy focused on airline ancillary revenues and Amadeus, a travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, announce the preliminary... more
Airlines"BizTravel Forum 2010": Alitalia awarded best Italian airline
Rome, Italy - On Rome-Milan route the airplane remains the favourite mean of transport for professionals and companies
Alitalia has received the "BizTravel Award" as best Italian airline. The prize was given on Wednesday in Milan by the operators gathered at the "BizTravel Forum 2010", the traditional date about the market... more
AirlinesSAS adds number of long-haul and European routes
Stockholm, Sweden - Served by Airbus airplanes
SAS will expand its route network with two new long-haul routes. Oslo-New York will commence end-March 2011, whilst Copenhagen-Shanghai will start during Winter 2011. In addition, the carrier will also... more
AirlinesSWISS with more passengers and higher load factor in first nine months
Zurich, Switzerland - Positive results for the Helvetic carrier
Over the first nine months of 2010 the systemwide load factor on SWISS flights rose to 82.3%. This corresponds to an increase of 3.1 percentage points against the same period a year ago (2009: 79.2%). While... more
AirlinesOn the 30 October, Paris-Baghdad direct flight will be inaugurated
Paris, France - After a 20-year disruption, the route will be operated from Aigle Azur with an A-319 airplane
After an air disruption of about 20 years, next October 30 the new Paris-Baghdad route will re-start, this time served with a special flight by the airline Aigle Azur, that on this occasion will carry... more
AirlinesUnited e Continental annunciano nuovi servizi Usa-Messico
Chicago, Usa - Per Leon, Cancun e Città del Messico
United Continental Holdings Inc. ha annunciato ieri che la Continental Airlines (CA) e la United Airlines (UA) incrementeranno i voli tra Usa e Messico dove i vettori aerei forniscono un più ampio network... more
AirlinesRyanair will close down its base in Marseilles on January 11st: 4 airplanes, 200 employees, 13 flights involved
Rome, Italy - The Irish airline protests because of the proceedings initiated against it
Again raises its voice the Irish airline Ryanair, this time in France, more precisely in Marseilles, where rightly or wrongly legal proceedings against its base in Marseilles has been initiated by the... more
AirlinesItalian "Help Consumatori" on Livingston. Adoc: "There should be an European authority to control the carriers' revenues"
Rome, Italy - Stop to unreliable airlines. Enac and Iata are no more sufficient to monitor and sanction them
We have received and now we're going to publish here a communication from the web-site "Help consumatori". According to the news, "Starting from Thursday October 14, 2010 at 12:00 am the airline Livingston... more
AirlinesLivingston, special redundancy fund for 500 employees?
Milan, Italy - Yesterday the meeting with Sacconi, the Italian minister of employment
Only one day before the suspension of the air operativeness certificate (Coa) that Enac, Italian authority for civil aviation, ordered for Livingston airline "For the evident signs of criticality given... more
AirlinesGermanwings launches nine new routes from and to Italy
Milan, Italy - With the Summer 2011 flight plan
Due to nine new routes from and to Italy, Germanwings starts with its Summer 2011 flight plan a real conquest of the Peninsula and increases its links to Italy from the airports of Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart... more
AirlinesEmirates: "We have grown without subsidies"
Abu Dhabi, Emirates - The carrier has responded to the critics made by many US and European airlines
Emirates has responded to the latest criticisms (see AVIONEWS) of Gulf airlines made by the CEO of Air France, Henri Gourgeon who, like others before him, claimed that Gulf airlines are being supported... more
AirlinesJet Airways in Rimini, Italy, with the Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi direct flight
Milan, Italy - From 22 to 24 October, pavilion A1 stall 153-154
Jet Airways, a private Indian carrier, decided to present to the Italian market its new Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi flight on the occasion of the "TTG Incontri 2010" event. Operated from December 5th 2010,... more
AirlinesAeroSur makes better its offer on Bolivia and South America
Milan, Italy - The carrier will be at the Italian "Ttg Rimini" event
AeroSur flies from Madrid to Santa Cruz on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by its 570-seat B-747/300 airplanes while on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 451-seat B-747/400 aircraft. It takes ten hours, flying... more
AirlinesAlitalia might sign an order for new EMB-190 jets, Embraer hopes
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The carrier has to choose between those models and the Superjet 100 or the CRJ-900/-1000
Embraer sees a strong opportunity to win orders from Alitalia for the EBM-190, once the Italian carrier completes its assessment of the type against Bombardier's CRJ-900/-1000 and the Sukhoi Superjet 100.... more
AirlinesRyanair cancels today 250 flights from/to France due to the air strike
Dublin, Ireland - The airline calls for "Right to strike" to be ended
Ryanair, European airline, yesterday called for the EU Commission to remove the ‘right to strike’ from essential services such as ATC and to reform the EU261 passenger rights legislation which is unfit for... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines and TAP Portugal create a code-sharing
Washington , USA - Destinations in the United States, Central America, Europe and Africa
Continental Airlines and TAP Portugal last Friday created a code-sharing that allow them to reach many destinations in the USA, Central America, Europe and Africa. This cooperation will allow Continenatl... more
AirlinesNew daily flights to New York for Finnair
Vantaa, Finland - The new destination for it starting from next Summer
Next Summer Finnair will extend its code-sharing with American Airlines. A cooperation that already exists for many destinations in the USA - Boston, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and... more
AirlinesCarriers: "New Entry" Small Planet Airlines had its debut in Milan
Rapallo , Italy - After that in Rome in the last weeks
"At now, in Italy there is an excellent and alternative for the planning of the Italian tour operators...", this is the satisfied introduction made by Stefano Canessa in front of a very attentive professional... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines, British Airways and Iberia unveil new deal for transatlantic flyers
London, UK - New flights and more opportunities for travelers
American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia promised a "New deal for transatlantic flyers" as they inaugurated their new joint business October 6. The airlines, meeting in London, released details... more
AirlinesPassenger traffic growing for British airlines
London , England - easyJet and British Airways
British Airways announced a 1.3% increase of RPK (Revenue Passenger Kilometres) in September. The carrier's load factor is up to 82.4%, with a 0.9% growth from last year. Positive results also for... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines calls many cabin crews back
Fort Worth, USA - The staff was on furlough
American Airlines has recently announced that many of their crew members will be brought back, including those who had been on furlough after the airline industry took a hit with the economy. The carrier... more
AirlinesDelta Air Lines: passenger traffic rose 6.5% in September
Atlanta, USA - But the load factor is flat at 82.5% due an addition of seats
Good figures for Delta Air Lines. The carrier said Tuesday that its passenger traffic rose 6.5% in September, about the same rate at which it added seats on its flights. As a result, the load factor was... more
AirlinesAA to start direct flights from Helsinki to Chicago
Helsinki, Finland - Starting from April 2011
The carrier American Airlines (AA) will start operating to Helsinki Airport, with a daily connection to Chicago starting from April 2011. The route will be flown daily in the Summer traffic season 2011... more
AirlineseasyJet: trading update for the year ended 30 September 2010
Milan, Italy - Further details on results and outlook next November 16
The commercial performance of easyJet continues to be robust and consequently total revenue per seat at constant currency for the quarter ended 30 September 2010 is now expected to increase by at least... more
AirlinesQantas to cut flight attendants on A-380s
Sydney, Australia - Meanwhile, the carrier is in talks to purchase a charter airline
Australian carrier Qantas will cut the number of cabin crews on its flagship A-380 aircraft despite unions raising fears about an ''Inferior service'' due to a heavier workload for staff. The airline... more
AirlinesAlenia-Sukhoi Superjet 100, Riggio: an excellent regional airplane made in Italy
Rome , Italy - Italian Alenia and Russian Sukhoi joint-venture new airplane presented yesterday in Fiumicino
The Superjet 100 airplane was presented last Monday in the Alitalia hangar "Avio 7" in Fiumicino. It is an airplane created by the Italian Alenia - Finmeccanica Group - and the Russian Sukhoi and it has... more
AirlinesGermanwings orders eight new A-139 airplanes with 150 seats
Milan, Italy - They will be gradually delivered during next years
Germanwings greatly improves its fleet through the order of eight new airplanes. These new A-319 have the same configuration of the other Airbus of its fleet and they will be gradually delivered during... more
AirlinesIce and Cathay Pacific, together to promote Italian enterprises
Milan , Italy - Small and medium enterprises will have some facilitations on their flights to the main Asian trade cities
The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade - Ice and Cathay Pacific Airways signed a cooperation agreement to sustain Italian Excellencies in the international trade. This agreement also aims to make stronger... more
AirlinesAlitalia focuses on social networks and develops new online applications
Rome , Italy - Mobile-check at the airports of Milan-Malpensa, Palermo, Cagliari and Verona also
Alitalia grows on social networks and develops new mobile apps for its customers. In just 3 months from the launch of its Facebook profile, the carrier has reached 50.000 fans and decided to celebrate... more
AirlinesRyanair, new air routes Alghero-Verona and Bergamo-Tallinn
Cagliari , Italy - From December, bookable from Friday
Low-cost Ryanair will inaugurate a new route Alghero-Verona on December 14th 2010. Flights will be operated three times a week: on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. "We expect to move about 40.000 passengers... more
AirlinesBungsraz is the new Air Mauritius CEO
Port Louis , Mauritius - The executive has a wide experience in the aviation field
Soobhiraj Bungsraz is the new Air Mauritius CEO, the airline said on Thursday through on a press release dated 28 September. The designation was announced following the resignation of R. Manoj K. Ujoodha;... more
AirlinesLuxair orders Boeing Next-Generation 737/800 airplane
Seattle, Usa - For a worth of USD 77 million
Boeing and Luxair Luxembourg Airlines, the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, have finalized an order for an additional Next-Generation 737/800 airplane. The airline previously ordered... more
AirlinesTurkish takes delivery its first A-330/300 and A-330/200F planes
Toulouse, France - Powered by Rolls-Royce engine
Turkish Airlines has taken delivery of its first A-330/300 and first A-330/200 Freighter at a delivery ceremony in Toulouse. The aircraft, both powered by Rolls Royce engines, will support Turkish Airlines’ a... more
AirlinesJet Airways inaugurates Malpensa-Delhi direct flight
Milan , Italy - It will be operated every day from December 5th
Jet Airways, the Indian private carrier, establishes a record with the launch of the very awaited non-stop connection Milan-Malpensa/New Delhi. The route will be operated from December 5, 2010. This... more
AirlinesGTK Rossiya airline tags Antonov 148 as unreliable: “It breaks too often”
Moscow, Russia - The carrier is the only one in Russia using these planes
Antonov 148 short-haul passenger aircraft breaks down too often, said on Wednesday GTK Rossiya, the only Russian carrier using the planes, having five of them in its commercial fleet. "The reliability... more