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AirlinesBombardier CRJ-900 for Macedonian Airlines
Skopje, Macedony - The list price is 35 million Usd.
The Macedonian airliner, formed in 1994, links Skopje with several major European centres. Bombardier CRJ-900, will replace in the carrier a Boeing-737 and Fokker 100. The company joins 17 other customers... more
AirlinesNegotiation among Alitalia, Italian Government and Trade unions re-started
Rome, Italy - The problems concerning the renew of the job contracts
The negotiations among Alitalia, Italian Government and Trade unions, concerning the application of the industrial plan, re-started at the Ministry of the Productive Activities. During the meeting some... more
AirlinesGood results in the first quarter of 2006 for Southwest Airlines and Continental
New York, USA - The growth is threatened by fuel cost's raise
US air transport sectors seem to be entered in a growth phase. Continental and Southwest Sirlines, two of the most important American carriers, presented in the last days the results of their activities... more
AirlinesQatar Airways increases flights to Philippines and Great Britain
Rome, Italy - The carrier has reached 45 aircraft in its fleet and a network of 70 destinations
Qatar Airways introduces two new links between Doha and Manila, bringing so overall to nine ones per week the routes between two capitals; in this way it will satisfy with more seats the raise of traffic... more
AirlineseasyJet is forced to cancel Milan-Olbia flights
Milan, Italy - ENAC did not authorized the service, which was expected to start today
No way for easyJet, whose permission to fly on Milan-Olbia route has been denied by ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority). The beginning of the free service was expected this morning for passengers... more
AirlinesChina Southern Airlines declares a net loss of Usd 230.9 million
Hong Kong, China - Also this time the reason is the fuel high costs
China Southern Airlines declared at the meeting of Wednesday that because of the fuel high costs that made increase the operating costs, the loss in 2005 was of Usd 230.9 million, widening from a 48 million... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines exposes wrecks of 1985 air accident
Tokyo, Japan - Exhibition to raise safety awareness among workers
The exhibition regards Boeing-747 wreckage of JAL (Japan Airlines) flight 123 which smashed on April 24th, 1985 into a mountainside northwest of Tokyo after losing its vertical tail section on a flight... more
AirlineseasyJet: free Milan-Olbia flights for two weeks
London, United Kingdom - To protest against the denial by ENAC to operate the route
After its petition to TAR against Italian Transport Ministry, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) and Sardinia Region on its right to operate Milan-Olbia route, a right denied for the imposition of... more
AirlinesLOT empowers its network and fleet for Summer
Warsaw, Poland - 607 flights a week, a new B-767 and 4 new Embraer 175s
Polish flag airline, LOT, increases its flights and destinations for Summer 2006: of total 607 flights a week, 284 will be national, 354 to West Europe and Next Orient, 120 to Middle-Eastern Europe, 36... more
AirlinesAlitalia: contracts, tomorrow the negotiations with trade unions will re-start
Rome, Italy - 2006 first quarter results are negative
2006 first quarter ended in the negative for Alitalia. The carrier reviewed in fall the growth forecasts for this year, from 20% to 12-13%. In particular there was a heavy decrease of the reservation for... more
AirlinesAir China purchases 15 B-737
Beijing, China - The order is part of a package involving 8 Chinese carriers
Last week the Chinese civil aviation agency made an agreement with Boeing for a total purchase of 80 B-737, distributed in 8 airlines: the order’s price is USD 5.2bn. Air China, flag carrier half state-owned a... more
AirlinesGood results for American Airlines in 2006 first quarter
Washington, USA - Turnover increased of the 12.5%
American Airlines ended the 2006 first quarter with losses which have been inferior of the forecasts. The good result decreases the tension for fuel cost’s raise, plus USD 349 million respect the same p... more
AirlinesInvestigation on AirOne plane's engine anomaly
Rome, Italy - Various debris found in auxiliary propellor
AirOne Boeing 737/400 grounded Monday because of some debris found inside auxiliary engine has been put into service again. The commander of AP-6350 flight, during ignition check of the airplane still... more
AirlinesNew route between China and Europe
Beijing, China - It will be operated by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines
Chinese air carrier Hainan Airlines announced that on next April 25 the inaugural flight of the new route, which will connect Brussels to Beijing via Shanghai, will start. In the operation also SN Brussels... more
AirlinesIs AirOne creating a regional airline with Austrian crew?
Rome, Italy - The case raised by AVIONEWS last year
After the case of foreign pilots employed by AirOne last year, which had raised doubts for security problems connected to language comprehension in an emergency situation, following which the airline granted... more
AirlinesNew Venezuelan airline
Caracas, Venezuela - It will be a no-profit carrier
Venezuelan Government decided to create a new national airline which will move away from the other international carriers. Bolivar Airlines, according to the Venezuelan Ambassador in Italy Rodrigo Chavez... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines expands to East
Vienna, Austria - 5 new East European routes
Austrian Airlines launches for summertime 5 new routes to Central and Eastern Europe: Donetsk (Ukraine), Iasi (Romania), Ostrava (Czech Republic), Pécs (Hungary) and Sibiu (Romania). So the destinations... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines has to cut job cost
Washington, USA - The decisions will be taken togheter with the trade unions
American Airlines needs to cut a lot of costs, above all concerning job costs. It was retailed by the new Chief Financial Officer of the carrier Thomas Horton. The airline, among the most important of... more
AirlinesTrade unions threaten to strike against Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The contracts' renew and the transfer of carrier's ground activities are at the center of the controversy
The tension between Alitalia and trade unions could come back high. On the eve of the examination about the conditions of the airline workers’ representatives threatened new protests, with activities’ loc... more
AirlinesNew cooling system for SAS Cargo
Stockholm, Sweden - It will be put in service from September
SAS Cargo, the freight carrier owned by SAS, the Scandinavian Airlines, realized, in cooperation with the Swedish company AB AirContainer and the Royal Institute of Technology, a new container which will... more
AirlinesAgreement between Flying Carpet and Arkia Airlines
Tel Aviv, Israel - Cooperation on European destinations between the travel agency and the carrier
Flying Carpet, one of the biggest Israeli travel agencies, risked to close down last January because of the arrest of its Director General, charged with insider trading after he blew up the value of the... more
AirlinesLow-cost test for Alitalia?
Rome, Italy - The on-line version of Italian weekly magazine "Panorama" reports that
Italian weekly magazine "Panorama" on-line version published the news that Alitalia, which has just bought Volareweb, would have done a 18-day low-cost experiment from February 23 to March 12: 4000 flights... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines cuts the prices of the flights to India
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The decision underlined the importance for the carrier of the Indian market
Singapore Airlines announced to have reduced its fares for the tickets of the route Singapore-Bangalore, in India. Now the price of the route between the two cities operated by the carrier is very lower... more
AirlinesBritish Airways increased long-haul tickets' price
London, UK - The decision because of fuel cost's raise
British Airways announced that, because of the raise of fuel cost, it will be obliged to increase long-haul tickets’ price. The mark up, in average, will be of GBP 5. According to the carrier this year f... more
AirlinesSpecial fares for the loyal customers of Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis, USA - No additional costs for the most comfortable seats
Northwest Airlines made known to have modified the fares for its loyal customers. The travellers who will cover more than 25,000 miles every year with the carrier’s flights will have the right to have s... more
AirlinesCode-sharing agreement between American Airlines and Vietnam Airlines
Hanoi, Vietnam - The deal concern the routes to Europe and Japan
American Airlines (AA) announced to have signed a code-sharing agreement with Vietnam Airlines. The Asian carrier will place is "VN" code on AA flights between USA and Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo and Osaka,... more
AirlinesEight weekly flights by Qatar Airways Italy-Bangkok
Milan, Italy - Direct coincidence from Rome and Milan to Thailandia's capital city
Qatar Airways links Italy to Thailandia with eight weekly flights from Rome and Milan, with intermediate airport in Doha. All the flights in departing from Italy on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday... more
AirlinesEmirates will be official sponsor of FIFA
Dubai, UAE - The agreement has a value of USD 195 million
Emirates airlines signed an agreement with FIFA to become top-sponsor of the Association in the period 2007-2014. The value of the deal is of USD 195 million. In this way Dubai’s carrier will join Coca C... more
AirlinesChina Airlines aims on Italy
Taipei, Taiwan - The goal is to arrive to 15,000 passengers every month
China Airlines aims to increase the number of passengers to and from Italy. The Asian carrier wants to arrive to 15,000 people carried every month operating expecially on the route Rome-Taipei via Bangkok.... more
AirlinesBlack day at the Exchange for the air carrier's shares
New York, Usa - The cause is always the raise of the oil's price
The unstoppable war in Iraq, the difficult situation in Palestina, and the white-hot tension climate between USA and the Islamic Republic of Iran, are pushing more and more in high the oil’s price. Yesterday t... more
AirlinesVolare purchase notified to Antitrust
Rome, Italy - A US bank entered in Alitalia
The Antitrust, the warrantor authority for competition, made known that Alitalia notified the purchase of "The corporate complex owned by the companies of Volare Group operating in the sector of air transport".... more
AirlinesAir Madrid satisfied of its new Italian routes
Madrid, Spain - After a month, good results for its flight to and from Milan and Rome
Air Madrid has launched for more than a month routes to the Spanish capital from Milan and Rome, respectively with a twice weekly and a daily connection. The carrier owned by Optursa Management, a group... more
AirlinesAlitalia decreased fuel surcharge
rome, Italy - Countertrend decision of Italian national carrier
While all around the world air carriers are obliged, to face the unstoppable fuel’s cost raise, to increase tickets’ price (see for details AVIONEWS), Alitalia decided to decrease, on 22 routes, quite the... more
AirlinesElectronically traced Air France luggage
Paris, France - The system is being tested since May
In order to avoid the loss, even if temporally, of luggage and the resulting discomforts for passengers, flag carrier Air France has decided to test, starting from next May, a new technology: tiny electronic... more
AirlinesIt is possible an agreement between Northwest Airlines and its pilots
Minneapolis, Usa - The definitive decision will be voted next May 3
The negotiations to find a solution to the differences between Northwest Airlines and its pilots are going on. In the preliminary agreement the workers should have to receive, in exchange of wages’ cuts, N... more
AirlinesCultural promotion on Livingston flights
Rome, Italy - Agreement between the airline and Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage
Livingston, the Italian airline owned by "Viaggi del Ventaglio" and soon acquired by Eurofly (see AVIONEWS for details), has stipulated an agreement with Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage and... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines aims on e-ticket services
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Distribution costs will be reduced of the 15%
Malaysia Airlines will increase its e-ticket services. In this way the carrier aims to eliminate all conventional ticketing at its office for domestic flights. According to the airline’s officials this d... more
AirlinesRyanair: booking record for Easter 2006
Dublin, Ireland - One million passengers expected
Ryanair communicated, through its spokesman Lorna Farren, that the airline is going to carry the record number of one million passengers on its 22 European routes in Easter time. This result, the best... more
AirlinesCritical hours for Delta Airlines
Atlanta, USA - The carrier runs the risk to close down
The negotiations between Delta Airlines and its pilots are becoming more and more difficult, with the workers that threaten to strike if the carrier will persist in its decision to cut their wages for... more
AirlinesAlitalia: yesterday the acquisition of the Volare Group's society complex
Rome, Italy - The Italian flag carrier said it in a note
"Alitalia informs that its own subsidiary Volare SpA, yesterday, April 13, 2006, has underwritten the purchase’s contract of the Volare Group’s society complex". more
AirlinesNews in real-time on Japan Airlines
Tokyo, Japan - Agreement between the carrier and Jiji Press
Japan Airlines announced to have achieved an agreement with Jiji Press and its partners, among which Agence France Presse, to allow to its passengers of three of its international routes to have an access... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines chose Galileo
Los Angeles, USA - Italian company will work to the distribution of the carrier's fares
United Airlines chose Galileo’s database for the distribution of its fares. All the offers and the packages of the airlines will be available for the customer through the big number of tourist agencies l... more
AirlinesJetBlue aims to salesmen
New York, USA - Special fares for the people who works in this sector
JetBlue decided to focalizes itself toward a special share of the market: salesmen. The carrier in fact made known that it will mantain its fares at the lowest cost that is possible, to make easier the... more
AirlineseasyJet: over 60,000 people booked in advance the Easter's holidays and fly low-cost
Milan, Italy - London, Berlin and Paris the destinations more requested
"More and more Italians take advantage of the low-cost tariffs to fly during the Spring long weekends. easyJet’s flights are obtaining a wide success: the carrier hopes to transport during the Easter p... more
AirlinesEmirates prefers A-380 to the A-340
Dubai, UAE - Carrier's chairman declared so
The President and CEO of Emirates Airlines, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, made known during an interview that the carrier he manages could decide to change the order for the Airbus 340 in an other... more
AirlinesItalian Antitrust is waiting for the notification of the purchase of Volare by Alitalia
Rome, Italy - President Catricalà declared it
The President of the Antitrust Authority, Antonio Catricalà, said that he is waiting for to receive the notification of the purchase operation of Volare by Alitalia (see for details AVIONEWS). Catricalà e... more
AirlinesSkyeurope launches new connection between Bratislava and Naples
Naples, Italy - There will be two flights per week
Eastern Europe low-cost carrier Skyeurope announced that since next June 18 the flights between Naples and Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, and Naples. The carrier will operate with two-weekly flights, o... more
Airlines"Commercial Air Transport Laureate" to Air France-KLM
Washington, USA - Assigned by "Aviation Week"
Air France-KLM Group won "Commercial Air Transport Laureate" assigned by the prestigious magazine "Aviation Week & Space technology" during a gala at National Air and Space Museum at Washington-Dulles... more
AirlinesAir Berlin wants to expand its activities
Berlin, Germany - The carrier will launch on the share market an Initial Public Offering
Air Berlin will launch, before of the start of the Football World Championships of Germany 2006, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to increase its liquid asset to expand its activities. The low-cost carrier... more
AirlinesVarig is nearer bankruptcy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - USD 2,7 bn of debts
Things are getting worser and worser for Varig, all-time Brazilian flag airline risking bankruptcy. Its debts amount to USD 2,7 bn and BR, aircraft fuel producer, supplies the carrier’s planes only by s... more