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AirlinesAgreement among the main Chinese airlines
Beijing, China - It will born one of the most important aeronautical group in the world
Chinese air sector continues to be at the center of the world’s attention. Today the board of directors of China National Aviation Company, Air China and Cathay Pacific Airways, announced the achievement o... more
AirlinesBulgaria Air: the Government decided to privatize it, the tender contract has been announced
Sofia, Bulgaria - Criterions to join the tender have been stated
The Bulgarian Government decided to officially start the privatization of flag airline, Bulgaria Air. The Privatization Agency announced the tender contract yesterday. 99.9% of corporation stock, which... more
AirlinesOnly a bid for Varig purchase
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Only the airline employees joined the call for bids
The sale auction for Varig, Brazilian flag airline, took place yesterday. Only TGV (Trabalhadores do Grupo Varig), the group composed by the carrier employees, joined the call for bids, offering the equivalent... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines restores service between the US and Cancun to pre-hurricane-Wilma levels
Houston, Usa - The airline was one of the last to stop flying to the city and one of the first carriers to resume service after it
Continental Airlines has restored nearly all of its flights between the United States and Cancun International Airport since Hurricane Wilma hit the region last fall. Currently, the airline is operating... more
AirlinesSkyEurope inaugurates the flight Naples-Krakow
Rome, Italy - Twice per week, by a B-737
SkyEurope, low-cost carrier of the East Europe, continues to expand its network in Italy and opens a new bi-weekly connection (Thursday and Sunday) from Naples-Capodichino to Krakow in Poland, by a B-737... more
AirlinesKorean Air: excellent financial performance in the first quarter 2006
Rome, Italy - The Summer forecast are equally good
Korean Air has doubled its quarterly profit thanks to a strong growth of the passengers’ traffic and that cargo. In the first quarter 2006, the Korean carrier has in fact obtained a EUR 134,9 million o... more
AirlinesNew routes: Boulogne-Casablanca by Royal Air Maroc becomes daily
Boulogne, Italy - Seven weekly links as of June 28
Royal Air Maroc has offered a cocktail today at the Marconi Business Lounge (MBL) Room at the "Marconi" Boulogne’s airport, to announce the passage to a daily frequency of the flight to Casablanca starting f... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines: the new contract rejected by flight attendants
New York, USA - The decision passes to bankruptcy judge now
Northwest Airlines’s flight attendants rejected the company proposal of further reducing their wage by 21%. Now the bankruptcy judge must decide: the airline is under protection of Chapter 11, which c... more
AirlinesHLX: the fast and economic way to reach all German cities for the World Football Cup
Milan, Italy - The great sport event will take place as of tomorrow and to last a month
By Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX), the German low-cost carrier of the TUI Group, you can reach in economic and quick manner all the Germany’s cities in which the matches for the World Football Cup 2006 will b... more
AirlinesRyanair: the millionth passenger reached in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - Caroline Baldwin, Sales and Marketing Director of the low-cost carrier, unveiled it
"Until a short time ago, we operated only on few routes in Poland, now we have already 25 ones. Within few years we will be the only low-cost carrier serving the country": so Caroline Baldwin, Sales and... more
AirlinesIn August there will be the first flight of Jade Cargo International
Shezen, China - The carrier is a joint-venture between China's Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa
Jade Cargo International, joint-venture between China’s Shenzhen Airlines and Lufthansa to operate in the cargo sector, will start its activities next August, after the delivery of the first Boeing B-747/400ERF. J... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines will renew the business class
Vienna, Austria - The carrier will invest EUR 4 million
Austrian Airlines decided to renew its business class on the long-haul flights. The carrier will invest EUR 4 million, forecasting to have a passengers’ increase of 30,000 people every year and a profit o... more
AirlinesGood results in May for Air France-Klm
Paris, France - Strong increase of the passengers' number
Air France-KLM’s results in last May have been very good. Respect the same period of the 2005 the group saw its activities increased of the 6.2%, carrying the load factor to 79.1%. There was also a strong i... more
AirlinesHLE: a pink flamingo dominates on the fuselage of a low-cost's B-737/800
Cagliari, Italy - On the aircraft also the writing "South Sardinia"
Low-cost carrier, Hapag Lloyd Express, which operates connections from Germany to Sardinia, decided to personalize one of its aircraft with a pink flamingo with the writing "South Sardinia". The reason... more
AirlinesMergers between Chinese carriers
Beijing, China - Air China Cargo and China Cargo Airlines towards the creation of an aircargo giant
Merger atmosphere in prolific Chinese air transport. Transport Intelligence, a global transport analysis company, reports that Air China Cargo and China Cargo Airlines are about to merge. The former was... more
AirlinesVenice-Atlanta with Delta Airlines
Venice, Italy - New service launched today
Delta Airlines launches the new direct flight Venice-Atlanta today, taking its non-stop connections from three Italian airports (Milan, Rome, Venice) to United States to nine. The service is operated with... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific: two new B-777s version 300-ER have been ordered
Hong Kong, China - A statement by the carrier makes it known
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways makes known it has ordered two more new B-777s Extended Range. Cathay had previously ordered 16 B-777ERs, the biggest order in the history of the Chinese carrier.... more
AirlinesVolare. "The airline risks to remain with no planes for Summer season"
Milan, Italy - The statement of Unions Regional Secretary, Dario Balotta
"Iberia refused to place two leased airplanes and chose Alitalia, which rejected the proposal. Rinaldini then will have to give up two aircraft which would have warrant tranquillity in Summer operativity.... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific will purchase Dragonair
Hong Kong, China - The operation will have a value of 1.3 billion dollars
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Airways announced to have the intention to buy Chinese carrier Dragonair. This airline operates principally on domestic routes in the Asian giant. The cost of the operation should... more
AirlinesHuge success for SAS in government procurement
Stockholm, Sweden - The carrier as supplier on all 105 destinations
SAS received the maximum allotment in the Swedish government’s procurement process for foreign air travel that was recently completed. The government selected SAS as its supplier on all 105 destinations i... more
AirlinesNew Alitalia's offer for a three days pilgrimage in Rome
Rome, Italy - Flights from all the Italian cities
Alitalia signed an agreement with Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (Roman Pilgrimage Agency), for a new travel package to Rome from all the Italian airports. The duration of the pilgrimage is of three days,... more
AirlinesRyanair closed positively its financial year
Dublin, Ireland - The carrier next year will purchase 30 new aircraft
It closed very positively Ryanair’s financial year, which ended on last March 31. The low-cost carrier registered an increase of the revenue of the 28%, about EUR 1,7 billion, with a consequent increase o... more
AirlinesAir France performances in April 2006
Paris, France – Decreasing data if compared to March
Usual monthly publication of data about Air France flight punctuality and luggage performance. In April flights which took off in time represent 74.9% and those which landed in time are 74.2%, while regularity,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Morgan Stanley reviewed its "Target price" in fall
Milan, Italy - At the meantime however the business bank confirmed the rating at "Overweight"
US business bank Morgan Stanley reviewed today its target price of Alitalia at EUR 1.3 respect the previous at 1.6. The fall review is due, according to Morgan Stanley’s analysts to the increase of fuel p... more
AirlinesItalian Government's effort to reorganize Alitalia
Rome, Italy - It continues the cooperation between the Italian carrier and Air France
The contacts between the new Italian Government, led by Romano Prodi, and Alitalia’s management, to follow the trend of the reorganization process of the carrier, continue. On last Thursday Alitalia P... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: in 2007 it will join "Oneworld" skies alliance
Tokyo, Japan - Alliances movements of Japanese carriers have been completed
Japan Airlines signed an agreement to join Oneworld, the skies alliance involving American Airlines and British Airways, in Paris. The other main Japanese carrier, All Nippon Airways, is already part of... more
AirlinesQatar Airways flies also in the USA from last June 1st
Milan, Italy - In code-sharing with Lufthansa
Qatar Airways flies also in the USA from last June 1st. With a code-sharing with Lufthansa, the Qatar’s airline has started a link from Germany with four stops in the USA: New York-JFK, Washington, Newark a... more
AirlinesVarig public sale in 3 days
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Delayed at the istance of investors
The first public sale of Varig, Brazilian flag airline, will take place June 8 (see AVIONEWS for details). Potential investors asked for a 3-day delay on the previously scheduled day, in order to study... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: agreement with pilots, USD 280m savings
New York, USA - Pilots approved the agreement through a referendum
Good news for Delta Airlines definitive relaunch, which is currently under Chapter 11 (controlled administration status). A referendum among pilots approved the agreement draft planning wage reduction... more
AirlinesEurofly and Livingston signed a commercial agreement
Milan, Italy - It will be in force starting from the next Winter season IATA
"Eurofly SpA and Livingston SpA, the carrier owned of Ventaglio Group, have signed a commercial agreement for the next Winter season, pending of the completion of the negotiation for the purchase of Livingston... more
AirlinesSwiss International will balance budget in 2007
Bern, Switzerland - The airline CEO said that
The CEO of Swiss International Airlines, Christoph Franz, declared to the Italian economic newspaper, "Il Sole 24 Ore", that the balance of budget could be reached in 2007, when the conclusion of the fusion... more
AirlinesAlitalia about the information diffused on the press yesterday
Rome, Italy - The airline wants to specify some things
"According to some news diffused yesterday on the press Alitalia specifies the following things: about the gap of the proceeds compared with the budget in the month of April 2006 is referred to the provisional... more
AirlinesAlitalia's strong raise at the Stock Exchange
Milan, Italy - It is the effect of the data concerning carrier's activities in April
Alitalia’s share started positively this morning at Milan Stock Exchange where, currently, it marks a +4.09%, EUR 0,832. The good morning on the financial markets is the consequence of the publications o... more
AirlinesAgreement between Continental Airlines and Sabre
New York, USA - Sabre's network in USA strenghtened
Continental Airlines signed a five year agreement with Sabre Travel Network and Travelocity which will allow to all Sabre’s client to accede to the carrier’s fares, included those ones sold by other ope... more
AirlinesSkyEurope's new promotional offer
Bratislava, Slovakia - There will be available 100,000 tickets at EUR 9
Low-cost carrier SkyEurope launched today an offer at EUR 9 for 100,000 tickets on the routes which start from Budapest, Krakow, Innsbruck, Prague and Bratislava. The promotion will end on June 4 and the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: net financial position on April 30, 2006
Rome, Italy - It's equal to EUR 944 million
"- Net financial position of the Group on April 30, 2006 equal to EUR 944, with a light increase of the net indebtedness of EUR 5 million (+ 0,5%) compared to the similar situation on March 31, 2006 equal... more
AirlinesIberia will remove many national flights from Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain - Leaving them to its low-cost subsidiary, Catair
Spanish flag airline, Iberia, announced it will suspend most of national flights from Barcelona in its reorganization programme aiming at removing non-profitable routes. The Catalan airport, "El Prat",... more
AirlinesSix Bombardier CRJ-900 for Air One
Rome, Italy - The Italian airline also announced new routes
Italian Air One announced the purchase of six new CRJ-900 regional jets from Canadian Bombardier, with a total amount of USD 150m. A new company, Air One CityLiner, has been established specifically for... more
AirlinesMilan-Philadelphia flight has started
Milan, Italy - US Airways has launched it today
The new intercontinental flight between Milan-Malpensa and Philadelphia has been launched today by US Airways. The daily service will be operated with a Boeing 767 and will lead to 66 the number of scheduled... more
AirlinesGood result for Kenya Airlines
Nairobi, Kenya - Strong increase of the passengers' number
It ended positively the last financial year of Kenya Airlines, ended on last March 31. The carrier registered a profit raise of 13 million dollars, from 54 million on March 31, 2005 to 67 million of this... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific against the high fuel cost
Hong Kong, China - It will be decrease the weight of the aircraft to decrease the consumption
It is now a very strong fight that one of the airlines against raising fuel cost. To face this problem, that in the last years became very serious for a lot of carriers (see for details AVIONEWS 1, 2,... more
AirlinesRyanair is the first carrier on London-Dublin route
London, UK - It was confirmed by a Civil Aviation Authority's research
A research of the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the important role of Ryanair on the route Dublin-London. The Irish low-cost carrier is the first one managing the 45% share of the market, followed... more
AirlinesRyanair against its pilots
Dublin, Ireland - Legal proceedings against REPA website
Ryanair has started legal proceedings seeking to identify persons engaged in messages exchange on REPA (Ryanair European Pilot’s Association) website, where pilots based across Europe communicate with e... more
AirlinesAer Lingus: agreement with trade unions within 10 days
Dublin, Ireland - The airline's CEO announced that
Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus, Irish flag airline, made known in a yesterday’s conference that his company expects to reach agreement with trade unions on all outstanding industrial relations issues w... more
AirlinesVolaris takes delivery of the first two directly ordered Airbus A-319
Toluca, Mexico - The new Mexican low-cost carrier started operating on March 13th, 2006, and currently operates four models of this type
Volaris, a Mexican low fares airline based in Toluca, close to Mexico City, has received the first two Airbus A-319 directly ordered from Airbus, during a delivery ceremony held at the manufacturer’s H... more
AirlinesRome-Tripoli with Blue-express.com
Rome, Italy - Starting from today
The Italian Blue Panorama Airlines launches its Rome-Tripoli service today with BV-1776 flight made on a Boeing 737/400 aircraft in business and economy configuration. The new Libyan destination will be... more
Airlines"SunFly" project on Meridiana flights
Olbia, Italy - To support a "Médecins Sans Frontières" mission in Peru
The "SunFly" project was presented yesterday by Meridiana, Sardinian airline, at "Costa Smeralda" Airport in Olbia, Italy. The project, which is financed by the "Fabrizio Pirani" Association (a Meridiana... more
AirlinesMeeting Cimoli-Humbert
Rome, Italy - Contacts between Alitalia and Airbus for the renew of the carrier's fleet
Alitalia made known that yesterday its President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, met Airbus number one Gustav Humbert. According to what the carrier declared, it was one of the routine meetings that Cimoli... more
AirlinesSardinia: Alitalia passengers reprotected with no excessive discomforts
Cagliari, Italy - Meridiana and AirOne fasten check-in procedures
No excessive discomfort for passengers owing an Alitalia ticket to Sardinia, who were reprotected on Meridiana and AirOne last week-end, after the exclusion of the national airline from Cagliari-Rome and... more
Airlines"La Stampa" quotes names of possible new CEO of Alitalia
Rome, Italy - "The reversal is expected", the Italian newspaper says today
The Italian newspaper, "La Stampa", has published today an article on the possible "Reversal" in the management of the two main national transport companies, FS and Alitalia. The new Ministers of that... more