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AirlinesAlitalia: today the meeting between the Premier and Prodi
Rome, Italy - Bianchi:" A crucial pass for the future of the company"
Alliances and war of the hub. These one, any of the subjects for the meeting between the Italian Premier Romano Prodi and the Alitalia CEO Giancarlo Cimoli. "A crucial pass -Italian Transport Minster,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the share goes higher before the meeting Prodi-Cimoli
Rome, Italy - The carrier's shares earn 1,67% plus
The daily meeting between the Italian President of Council, Romano Prodi, and the Alitalia CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, is good for the airline's market share. This morning the Alitalia's stocks have registered... more
AirlinesBiometric security system for SAS
Stockholm, Sweden - Fingerprints control at the check-in and at the gate
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) is the first carrier in the world to have introduced a biometric security system in order to verify passengers identity. The new technology will enable to identify fingerprints... more
Airlines+10.3% traffic for Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria - 6.9 million passengers in January-September 2006
In the first nine months of 2006 Austrian Airlines registered a 10.3% growth of scheduled flight passenger traffic, carrying 6.9 million people. In January-September the increase of sold seats per km (RPK)... more
AirlinesAlitalia: in the Cimoli's plan maybe the purchase of 28 A-320?
Rome , Italy - The Government assesses the reorganization of the long haul activity divided between "Fiumicino" and "Malpensa"
Giancarlo Cimoli, CEO of Alitalia, on October 19 will present the new industrial plan 2007-2009, in which could be predicted the purchase of 28 Airbus A-320, while the Government is studying a plan in... more
AirlinesLufthansa reorganizes its hubs
Frankfirt, Germany - Its airplanes are strictly assigned to Frankfurt and Munich
Lufthansa modifies its own hub managing strategy. The reorganization will start in January with the Winter timetable in medium and short range, which will see the aircraft strictly assigned to Frankfurt... more
AirlinesNew flight Rome-Wroclaw by Centralwings
Rome, Italy - The carrier will link the two cities starting from October 31st
Centralwings has launched a new connection from Rome to Wroclaw starting from next October 31st. The Polish carrier already operates flights from Rome to Warsaw and Krakow, and the new route will take... more
AirlinesChina Airlines strenghten the route Taipei-Rome
Rome, Italy - The carrier wants to take up to 4 the weekly frequencies of the connection
China Airlines stated it is planning an increase of its route between Rome and Taiwan. Currently the airline already operates a flight three times per week between the Italian Capital and Taipei; connections... more
AirlinesOn-line proposals for the South African Airways
Johannesburg, South Africa - Numerous the offerings from the partners
In reply to growing number of independent travels which purchase air tickets on the web-site, South African Airways has created the site www.flysaa.com to book and directly buy on-line the ticket. On the... more
AirlinesEurofly flies goes to the discovery of India
Tourin, Italy - From mid-June 2007
The company will launch, from June 2007, a direct connection from Rome to New Dehli with three weekly flights. The carrier has estimated in 90 thousand passengers the potential traffici on the route. Thr... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines flies again to South Korea
Atlanta, Usa - The US carrier will resum next summer the weekly flights to the Asian Country
In June 2007 Delta Airlines will resume its flights to South Korea, after seven years of stop on its connections to the Asian Country. During a press conference the carrier spokesman announced Delta will... more
AirlinesLufthansa signs the contract for 35 Airbus aircraft
Frankfurt, Germany - After the announcement in September
Lufthansa signed a contract for 35 new Airbus aircraft, confirming an announcement that was communicated in September (see AVIONEWS for details). The order is of five A-319, ten A-320 and fifteen A-321,... more
AirlinesAer Lingus is near its privatization
Dublin, Ireland - EUR 660m from the issue of 200 million shares
Details of Aer Lingus privatization have been further defined as the Irish flag airline will be listed on the Dublin and London Stock Exchange in a few days, after several delays. The initial phase of... more
AirlinesGood August for Finnair
Helsinki, Finland - RPKS at +13.8%
Thanks to Asian routes, Finnair registered a traffic boom in August, with +13.8 revenue passenger kilometres (RPKS), after July’s +15.6%, compared to the same period in 2005. General load factor rose 2... more
AirlinesQantas increases its flights on the occasion of the Alice Springs Masters Games
Sydney, Australia - The routes between Sydney and Alice Springs and Darwin have been enlarged
Qantas has announced it will strengthen its flights offer between Sydney and Darwin and Alice Springs, because of the increasing space requests. Next October 21th at Alice Springs will begin the Masters... more
AirlinesMeridiana: Alitalia and AirOne have the monopoly over Milan-Rome route
Rome, Italy - The Sardinian carrier threats it is going to apply to Enac and Antitrust
After the decision of last June to abandon Fiumicino-Malpensa route, Meridiana accuses AirOne and Alitalia, in an article published by "Corriere della Sera", of not respecting the rules and to trying to... more
AirlinesAll Nippon creates two low-cost airlines
Tokyo, Japan - One for national and one for international traffic
According to the newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun", All Nippon Airways is about to launch two low-cost airlines by June of next year. The carriers, one for domestic and one for international traffic, should... more
AirlinesBA proposes again Volamondo, the offer on international flights
London, United Kingdom - The on-line booking system will allow to take advantage of advantageous rates
British Airways (BA) has again launched the on-line booking system, Volamondo, that allows one to reach far destinations at advantageous rates. Until June 30th 2007 it will be possible to take advantage... more
AirlinesTap gives up charter flights and sells White
Lisbon, Portugal - It will be purchased for EUR 5m by Omni Group
Tap, a Portuguese air company, has decided to sell its subsidiary White, a charter flight operator, to the Omni Group. White was created in 2004 and until today it has operated the charter flight service... more
AirlinesLufthansa organizes a special flight for the Pope
Rome, Italy - In the return trip from Munich the German airline's plane will fly over the home village of Benedict XVI
Lufthansa has prepared the return flight of the Pope from Munich to Rome next September 14th. The Holy Father is currently in Bavaria for a very important visit to the places of his youth. The German carrier... more
AirlinesHelvetic Airways flies to Southern Italy
Zurich, Switzerland - The destinations are Bari, Reggio Calabria, Lamezia Terme, Brindisi, Catania and Palermo
Starting from September 12th, Helvetic Airways will link Zurich to Bari and Reggio Calabria with two weekly flights. The carrier will offer during the period of autumn holidays (September, October, November)... more
AirlinesAer Lingus strengthens the network between Ireland and Spain
Dublin, Ireland - New routes since next October 29
Aer Lingus, the main Irish airline, next October 29, will launch new flights between Ireland and Spain. The carrier will connect Cork with Madrid and Lanzarote three times a week; Tuesday, Thursday and... more
AirlinesSkyEurope offers 250,000 tickets for free
Prague, Czech Republic - Taxes excluded all over the network
Czech low-cost airline SkyEurope will celebrate its fifth anniversary by offering 250,000 tickets on flights from October 1st to December 15, 2006, and from January 10 to February 28, 2007. Tickets will... more
AirlinesAlitalia: union meetings against externalizations
Rome, Italy – Mobilizations in Rome and Naples
New agitations in Alitalia after the official communication of Alitalia Servizi’s intention to cede some administrative and information activities, as the European Commission asked to authorize the last c... more
AirlinesJet2.com: on sale from last Wednesday the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester
Milan, Italy - From next Summer
"Starting from last Wednesday, is possible to book, on the English carrier’s website (www.jet2.com), the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for next Summer with a base tariff of EUR 21 p... more
AirlinesTap is discussing with Brazil to fly to Amazzonia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Currently the Portuguese airline already operates 47 flights to Brazil
The Portuguese air company Tap, after having launched weekly flights to Caracas, Miami and Panama, has started the with the Brazilian Tourism Minister, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, to establish links with... more
AirlinesOcean Airlines prepares itself for expansion
Brescia, Italy - 4 new airplanes, debut on the Stock Exchange, new CEO
Ocean Airlines elected Rossano De Luca, already President of Opensky Service, as new CEO in a moment of strong expansion and future projects: in fact the cargo carriers is about to debut on the Stock Exchange... more
AirlinesNew flight Perugia-London by Ryanair
Perugia, Italy - The connection between Sant'Egidio airport and London-Stanstead will start next December 20
"With big joy we announce this new route and also a new Italian terminal, the 20th, served by Ryanair", with these words the Vice-President Marketing for Italy of the low-cost carrier Ryanair, has announced... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM:+4,8% passengers traffic in August
Paris, France - The French-Dutch group has transported 6,3 million of passengers last month
Air France-KLM has transported 6,3 million of passengers in August, that is an increase of 4,8% compared with the same month of last year. And also a raising on the cargo transport has been registered... more
AirlinesAlitalia adopts Worldspan Interchange
Rome, Italy - For e-ticketing system
Alitalia has chosen Worldspan Interchange, the Interline electronic ticketing (IET) product allowing interline e-ticket to all airlines joining the system, which are more than 55 worldwide. Wolrdspan allowed... more
AirlinesSummer 2006: boom for low-cost flights and booking on-line
Rome, Italy - Travellers ever more often use web sites of the air companies to book their flights
This Summer the flights and the holidays low-cost and last minute have made register a real boom on bookings. Italian and foreign tourists are ever more attracted by the travel packages of the on-lin agencies... more
AirlinesLebanon (4): Emirates and Lufthansa resume flights to Beirut
Milan, Italy - The two air companies announced the restarting of connections since Saturday
The German airline, Lufthansa, and the Arab Emirates have announced they are going to resume the connections with Beirut airport, that was freed yesterday from the air block of Israel. The spokesman of... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines launches the new charter flight toward Budapest
Tokyo, Japan - Last year the Nippon airline transported 113,000 Japanese passengers to Hungary
The Nippon air company, Japan Airlines, has announced that in the next days will be launched the new charter connections between two Japanese cities and the Budapest airport (Hungary). The flights will... more
AirlinesFull-content agreement between Lufthansa and Sabre
Berlin, Germany - For the access to the carrier's fares by agencies
An agreeement between Lufthansa and Sabre Travel Network has been signed to warrant the access to the whole German flag carrier’s fare offer to the agencies connected with the GDS (Global Distribution S... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: 350.000 passengers transported in August
Bratislava, Slovakia - The number represents a record for the low-cost carrier
The month of August has surely been a month of big satisfactions for SkyEurope. After having launched the service of booking of the seat (see AVIONEWS), and having started new routes from Prague to Grenoble... more
AirlinesTransavia: Autumn of low-cost flights to Amsterdam
Rome, Italy - The Dutch carrier launches several offers to fly toward the Dutch city from Italy
The air company Transavia.com, that operates connections from Holland toward several European Countries, has launched an offer that is valid until September 11 for the flights from Italy to Amsterdam-Schiphol.... more
AirlinesTap: more than three million passengers in the first six months of the year
Lisbon, Portugal - The operative gains have reached EUR 710m
The Portuguese air company, TAP, has communicated the economic data regarding the first six months of 2006. From January to June 3.140.295 passengers have flown with TAP flights, with an increase of the... more
AirlinesJet Airways has been delivered the first B-737 with video entertainment system
New Delhi, India – A screen mounted in the back of each seat
Boeing has announced it delivered to Indian airline Jet Airways the first Next-Generation B-737/800 equipped with a video entertainment system which is directly mounted in the back of every seat. It is... more
AirlinesMobiles on board for Qantas too
Canberra, Canada - Starting from 2007
After Air France (see AVIONEWS for details) and Ryanair (see AVIONEWS for details), Australian flag airline Qantas as well has announced that, starting from next year, passengers will be able to use mobiles... more
AirlinesThe "White Night" brings luck to Blu-express.com
Rome, Italy - The low-cost carrier has registered an increase for booking of flights to Rome in the period of September 8 and 9
The Roman "White Night" brings good luck to Blu-express.com. The low-cost carrier that belongs to Blue Panorama in fact has obtained a growth of 5’% of the bookings toward Rome, for what concerns the d... more
AirlinesBinter Canarias: surfers and golf players transport free their equipment
Milan, Italy - The promotion is valid until October 27
Binter Canarias is an air company that connects all the year Italy with Canarias Islands, trough flights lifting from Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport. Today the top management of the carrier have announced... more
AirlinesAeroflot Moscow-Hannover flight
Moscow, Russia – The route is served with a TU-154M
Russian flag airline, Aeroflot, activated yesterday a service connecting Moscow with Hannover three times a week, strengthening routes on Germany, which is the largest market for the carrier, with nearly... more
AirlinesBA: plus 5% in August for passengers traffic
London, United Kingdom - Despite the alert for terroristic attacks the English air company has registered encouraging results
Despite the problems followed to the terrorism alert of last August 10 the British Airways has closed positively the month of August with 5% more in passengers traffic compared with the same month of 2005.... more
AirlinesRyanair gives free tickets on the square: the Police must intervene
Barcelona, Spain - The initiative by the low-cost carrier against Iberia attract more people than expected
The last advertisement iniziative of Ryanair surely have been notices, as the Police had to intervene. Yesterday the Irish low-cost air company organized a promotion in Catalunya spare, in Barcelona, to... more
AirlinesIt's born Euromediterranean Airline, the new charter company
Rome, Italy - Most of shares are held by Air Italy
Euromeditteranean Airline is a new charter carrier born inside Air Italy field, that holds 75% of shares while the rest of 25% is held by and Egyptian touristic operator. The new airline, that will be... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: load factor of the 82,4% in the month of August
Houston, USA - Booming of 0,5% respect to the same period of 2005
The consolidated load factor of American company Continental Airlines in the month of August is certified to the 82,4%, on the rise of the 0,5% respect to the same period of 2005. The carrier, that last... more
AirlinesCanJet will make only charter flights from now on
Ottawa, Canada – Scheduled services suspension has been decided
After Jetsgo, CanJet has announced to suspend its scheduled services among Canadian cities starting from September 10. Differently from Jetsgo, which definitely closed down operations, CanJet has made... more
AirlinesBA: EUR 59m expenses for anti-terrorism measures
London, United Kingdom - 1280 flights cancelled between August 10 and 17
British Airways communicated that special security measures following presumed thwarted attempts in August costed GBP 40m (EUR 59m) to the airline. The British flag carrier specified that it was forced... more
AirlinesNew Airbus airplanes for Swiss International
Milan, Italy - Within next Spring the Swiss carrier will have on its disposition three new airplanes
The Swiss International Airlines will add by next Spring two Airbus A-321 and one A-320 to its fleet. It’s been announced by the airline’s President Christoph Franz, that has also stated that the "Integration of... more
AirlinesGermany: the first airline for smokers is born
Dusseldorf, Germany – 138-seat Boeing 747s without "No smoking"
Alexander Shoppman, a Dusseldorf’s businessman, has created an airline for smokers only. In an era of prohibitions and demonization of tobacco addiction, someone has thought to go upriver and provide s... more