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AirlinesChildren fly for free with Lufthansa
Frankfurt, Germany - A promotion for European routes
Through a new promotion, Lufthansa allow children travelling in December with an adult to fly for free in economic class on all Lufthansa and Lufthansa Regional flights (including Air Dolomiti, Augsburg... more
AirlinesUS Airways wants a merger with Delta
Washington, USA - A USD 8bn proposal
After the merger with America West, US Airways now aims at Delta Airlines. The US airline launched a USD 8bn merger offer, which would take effect starting from the Chapter 11 exit by the Atlanta's carrier,... more
AirlinesOperating the Brindisi-Corfu route by the AirSea Lines
Brindisi, Italy - Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The Winter operating of AirSea Lines becomes effective in these days. The airline which operates air services by seaplanes, plans the confirmation of the Brindisi-Corfu flight with departures every Thursday,... more
AirlinesIberia: in October passenger traffic has increased
Madrid, Spain - The Spanish carrier has moreover registered an increase in profit of the third quarter 2006
The Iberia has registered an increase of 10,5% in October for what concerns the passenger traffic of the long range, and an increase of load factor equal to plus 2,3 points compared with 2005. An important... more
AirlinesThe Centralwings' Winter campaign has started
Rome, Italy - The Polish carrier will soon inaugurated also flights to France
Centralwings has launched its Winter season in Italy, with the flight departing from Rome-Ciampino to Breslavia. The Polish airline, which will close this year with EUR 15,5m of negative, waits for next... more
AirlinesFirst A-321s for Kingfisher Airlines
New Delhi, India - From an order of 43 planes
India's Kingfisher Airlines received in Hamburg its first four A-321. The airplanes had been ordered in 2004 as A-320s, but in the meantime the order was enlarged to 43 aircraft of the same family -all... more
AirlinesEl Al breaks off negotiations with Boeing
Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israeli carrier seems to look at Airbus
The Israeli carrier, El Al, has announced it wants to stop the negotiations with Boeing to purchase 10 B-787 planes, and to start the talks with another manufacturer like Airbus. In a note issued by... more
AirlinesThe partnership between Volareweb.com and "Radio Italia" is started
Milan, Italy - Presented in Disneyland Resort Paris
The Airbus A-320 of Volareweb.com designer by "Radio Italia" took off last November 13. The Italian network and the low-cost signed a deal with validity of four months, and predicts the new brand "Radio... more
AirlinesTAAG Angola receives five Boeing aircraft
Seattle, USA - Landed all five in about two hours
TAAG Angola Airlines has celebrated the Independence Day with the arrival of five new aircraft of the commercial jetliners' fleet, with a ceremony presided from the Angola's president Excellency Eng. José... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines debuts on Vienna-Chicago route
Vienna, Austria - Il will be operational on March 28, 2007
On March 28, 2007, the Austrian Group will inaugurate the Vienna-Chicago route ("O-Hare" international Airport) with Airbus A-330. The frequencies will be four time per week, and as from April 30 to May... more
AirlinesSkyEurope promotion with airport compensation
Bratislava, Slovakian Republic - New Winter offer
The SkyEurope Airlines low-cost airline of the Slovakian Republic launches a new Winter promotion. Thanks to the successful of its campaign "EUR -1", the carrier has frozen its fares and offers again to... more
AirlinesAlpiEagles launches the Bari-Moscow flight
Padua, Italy - The Italian carrier will operate the connection twice per week
As from December 6, AlpiEagles will launch the twice weekly flight, every Wednesday and Sunday, which will connect Bari and Moscow and vice-versa. Yesterday, in the Bari Airport, the press conference of... more
AirlinesCapotosti: Eurofly will turn to profit next year
Milan, Italy - Expected profitability increase
The vice-President of Eurofly, Sandro Capotosti, said that, though his company will close its current fiscal year in the red (see AVIONEWS for details), the airline will make a profit next year thanks... more
AirlinesIs Alitalia in talks with Air France-KLM?
Rome, Italy - According to "De Telegraaf"
Alitalia would be in talks with Air France-KLM in view of a merger. Dutch Newspaper "De Telegraaf", mentioning sources of the two airlines, reports that. "The Italian Government would be working on a rescue... more
AirlinesTiger Airways chooses IAE engines for its A-320s
Singapore, Singapore - For the eight ordered airplanes
Tiger Airways announced it chose International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5 engines for its eight A-320 aircraft that were ordered last month. Pratt & Whitney, one of the four members of IAE consortium,... more
AirlinesSwiss purchases five new Airbus
Berne, Switzerland - The Swiss carrier plans to launch new long range routes
Swiss has announced the entrance of five new Airbus planes in its fleet, two A-330 and three A-350, thanks to which it wants to expand its network and create 550 new jobs. The first A-330 has officially... more
AirlinesAlitalia flight attendants: strike on December 15?
Rome, Italy - The proposal emerged during yesterday's Unions meeting
Alitalia flight attendants could announce a 24-hour national strike on December 15. This is what Union Trades said after they met yesterday (see AVIONEWS for details). The date of agitations should be... more
AirlineseasyJet increases its profit and order more Airbus planes
London, Unite Kingdom - For a total value of USD 4billion, among options converted into orders and new options
The airline easyJet has realized an increase of 56% in its annual profit and has announced yesterday it has a plan to expand its fleet by adding new Airbus planes, as the strong demand exceeds the rise... more
AirlinesIraqi Airways wants to buy at least five Boeing jets
Baghdad, Iraq - Offers within on December 4, 2006
National carrier Iraqi Airways announced it wanted to buy at least five Boeing 737-400 passenger jets in what appeared to be a step to facilitate increasing traffic to and from Iraq. An English-language... more
AirlinesNew entry in Aviarep
Milan, Italy - John F. Alborante new sales & marketing manager of Air Canada
New entry in the Italian headquarter of Aviarep, the German multinational which operates in the air representations's sector and GSA of Air Canada. From November 1st John F. Alborante assumed the assessment... more
AirlinesEurofly in the red for 6.6m
Milan, Italy - The performances of the first 9 months of 2006
The Board of Directors of Eurofly approved the management report concerning the January-September 2006 period. Revenues rose 3.6% to EUR 236.4m, thanks to the long-range Business Unit and the all-business... more
AirlinesAlitalia's board: the third quarterly 2006 of the Group approved
Rome, Italy - Proceeds equal to EUR 1228 m, increasing of EUR 78 m (+6,7%) compared to the same period of last year
"- Proceeds of traffic in the third quarter 2006 equal to EUR 1228 m, increasing of EUR 78 m (+6,7%) compared to the same period of last year thanks to a growth, compared to 2005, both in passengers transport... more
AirlinesDHL presents its new hub in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand - At the "Suvarnabhumi International Airport"
DHL presented its new hub at the "Suvarnabhumi International Airport" in Bangkok. The 12,000-metre USD 22m structure is able to move over 23,000 items per hour and it will support the shipping airline's... more
AirlinesThe first A-320 to Air Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - It was delivered today
The first of four Airbus A-320s that Air Cairo ordered was delivered today. The airplane, configured in 177 seats in Economy Class and powered by CFM56-5 engines, will be used in internal routes and charter... more
AirlinesHLX.com: Christmas special offer for Munich and Stuttgart
Milan, Italy - The promotion is for group of at least of 10 people
"Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX.COM), the German low-cost of TUI Group, has announced an offer dedicated to the groups, on the occasion of Christmas. From November 20 to December 20, the carrier allows to... more
Airlines+12.7% Swiss traffic in October
Zurich, Switzerland - 934,776 passengers
Swiss International Airlines closed October recording a 12.7% passenger increase compared to the same period last year (934,776 people). Load factor passed from 78.8% in 2005 to 81.5% in 2006. Swiss offers... more
AirlinesRoyal Jet purchases a new plane
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The Arab carrier will dispose since next year of a new Avro RJ-85
The Royal Jet, the executive luxury airline based in Dubai, has announced yesterday it has signed a deal to buy a new plane which will join the fleet by next year. It is an Avro RJ-85 which will be... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific boosts its freighter service
Beijing, China - New flights to Shanghai and Beijing
From December 2 Cathay Pacific will add five more flights a week to Shanghai, taking the total to 17 flights each week. One further flight will be added on Fridays with effect from January 5, 2007. The... more
AirlinesRenewed airplanes for KLM
Amsterdam, Holland - EUR 100m investments
KLM announced a two-year investment plan of EUR 100m to modernize its airplanes. Among planned interventions, the improvement of Boeing B-737, B-747 and MD-11 interiors, which will be configured with the... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: more comfort on Business Class
London, United Kingdom - It is called "Club World"
British Airways has presented its new "Club World" travel class today, a long-range business class which comes from a GBP 100m investment. In 2000, BA had already launched the first business class endowed... more
AirlinesAeroflot, the delivery of the B-787 is slided
Moscow, Russia - The carrier has not respected the deadline of November 1st
Aeroflot has not respected the deadline for the purchase of new Boeing 787 for the renewal of the fleet: last useful day to take a decision between this model and one of Airbus was last November 1st, but... more
AirlinesLow-cost at 27,1% of the market in India in first nine months
New Delhi , India - Jet Airways masters the Indian market
Four Indian no frills, Air Deccan, SpiceJet, Indigo Airline and Go Air, in first three quarterlies 2006 have reached a market share of 27,1% of the civil aviation traffic in India. This one has retailed... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic's Premium Economy
London, United Kingdom - A GBP 2m campaign
Virgin Atlantic aims at the "Fourth Class", i.e. the Premium Economy that many airlines offer on their airplanes. The carrier owned by Sir Richard Branson proposes new in-flight leather seats and menu... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the maintenance will be done by a German company
Rome, Italy - The Fit-Cisl points out the maintenance operations of its regional fleet will be carried out by a foreign company
The Lombardia's Fit-Cisl has announced the maintenance of he Alitalia's regional fleet will be done by the German company Nayak. It is 20 Embraers and 10 Atr-72 based in Malpensa airport, and according... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the airlines' reply, "Our planes are among the safest in the world"
Rome , Italy - No alert about security
"The Alitalia's planes are among the safest in the world and any alert is not justified"; this is the prompt reply of the air company to the Enac's statements about the lack of maintenance on the planes.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Enac accuses, the maintenance is on risk
Rome , Italy - The Italian agency for civil aviation has sent a letter to the Government
The Enac (Italian agency for civil aviation) has sent a letter on Saturday to the Government to signal the lack of maintenance by Alitalia on its planes. Already last month the Enac sent a letter to the... more
Airlines+49.7% passenger traffic for SkyEurope
Bratislava, Slovakian Republic - +6.4% load factor
SkyEurope's load factor earns 6.4 points in October, towards a capacity increase of 27.2%. The Slovakian low-cost carrier carried 226,714 passengers in that month, +49.7% compared to the same month last... more
AirlinesVueling launches the programme of fidelization
Madrid, Spain - An homage point every €2 on the tariff you pay
A Frequent Flyer Program on web which bases its point collection on the price of the flights or voucher with Vueling. It is ".Point", the fidelization programme of the Spanish low-cost airline, and it... more
AirlinesCode-share agreement between Korean Air and Czech Airlines
Seoul, South Korea - Easier connections with Europe
Thanks to an agreement with CSA Czech Airlines that will extend code-share operations on 17 routes, Korean Air's Prague-Seoul service will become four times weekly. Further services will allow passengers... more
AirlinesFinnair's October performances
Helsinki, Finland - Growing Asian traffic
+7.6% rising traffic for Finnair in October. The Scandinavian airline's load factor reached 69.4%, with an increase of 1.4%. The Asian traffic mostly grew up (+19.9%), towards a capacity increase of 27.2%.... more
AirlinesAirAsia: wee need more planes
New Delhi, India - The carrier has already made a firm order for 100 Airbus A-320s
The AirAsia needs more planes, besides the firm order for 100 Airbus A-320s and other 30 optioned. It has been stated by the airline's CEO, Tony Fernandes. "I have a feeling that I need more aircraft to... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines carries the assessment in profit
Tokyo, Japan - The first half of FY2006, it posted a net profit of 1,5 billion yen
Japan Airlines Corporation the holding company of the JAL Group announced the consolidated half-year results of the JAL Group for financial year 2006, the period from April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006.... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines recalls 1000 flight attendants
Atlanta, USA - The airline is engaged in an expansion plan oversea
The US Delta Airlines has announced is about to recall 100 flight attendants for next year, in order to increase the carrier's expansion plan. According to what stated by the Atlanta airline's spokesmen,... more
AirlinesAirtours centralizes in the TUI headquarter in Hannover
Hannover, Germany - About 100 workplaces will be moved in the headquarter
In the field of the reorganization started in last June in Germany, TUI decided to transfer the production of the brand Airtour from Frankfurt to Hannover, Therefore, about the half of 200 workplaces will... more
AirlinesAutumn towards Easter for the Redticket Austrian
Vienna, Austria - Offer for eight Italian airport
Austria, East Europe and Orient the destinations proposed with the special fare "Redticket from Austrian Airlines". The Fall offer of the carrier, reservable from Saturday night of November 30, concern... more
AirlinesProbable extension of the Ryanair's IPO on Aer Lingus
Dublin, Ireland - Until the European Antitrust's decision
Ryanair launched an IPO (Initial Public Offering) that expires next week on Irish flag airline Aer Lingus, but it is waiting for the European Antitrust's decision to eventually extend the offer terms.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Trade Unions are meeting next Monday
Rome, Italy - They will decide upon strike
A new meeting of Italian flight attendants on Monday, November 13, to talk about their dispute with Alitalia and to decide if they are going on strike, as they menaced in the last days (see AVIONEWS for... more
AirlinesNews from the European and international airlines
Rome, Italy - Among the most interesting ones the Turkish Airlines free tickets and good performances by Lufthansa-Swiss
Good performances for the Group Lufthansa-Swiss. In October the German airline has carried almost 5 million passengers, with an increase of 6,6% compared with the same month of 2005 and Lufthansa Cargo... more
AirlinesMobiles on board Emirates airplanes
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Starting from January 2007
Emirates, the United Arab Emirates' flag airline, will provide the possibility to use mobile telephones on board its Boeing 777 airplanes. The service, in cooperation with Aeromobile, a satellite and air... more
AirlinesLibyan Arab Airlines launches Milan-Tripoli
Milan, Italy - The carrier already connects Rome to Tripoli and Benghazi
The Libyan Arab Airlines has decided to launch a new direct flight between Tripoli and Milan-Malpensa, which should begin on November 18th, and will be initially operated every Saturday, but in the future... more