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AirlinesVolare restarted flying today
Milan, Italy - To fly to Havana by Air Europe every Thursdays
After six months of stop (from November 30, 2004), Volare with the brand Volareweb, has started again to fly national skies and made leaving the first of its new Airbus 320 from Linate bound for Bari early... more
AirlinesEthiopian Airlines opens the African skies to the Dreamliner
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - Ten aircraft have been ordered by the airline
The number of Boeing 787 Dreamliner medium-long haul airliners ordered by Ethiopian Airlines rose five to ten. Such an airline is actually the first one to carry the new US leading aerospace group’s a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Roberto Renon appointed AZ Servizi President and CEO
Rome, Italy - A long time leading experience most of all in the railway sector
The new Alitalia Servizi President and CEO has been appointed during the last Board of Directors meeting. It deals with Roberto Renon, 56, chemical engineer, who played several leading roles in various... more
AirlinesAlitalia: SULT union contests the flight assistants contract agreement of February 25
Rome, Italy - Another attempt to lead the carrier to negotiate in a different manner involving such trade union as well
Italian of trade union decided to contest the agreement signed by other unions on last February 25 and related to flight assistants contract. Reasons which led this union to resort to a legal action should... more
AirlinesRyanair: net income increased
Dublin, Ireland - The results have been better than estimated by analysts
The Irish Dublin-based airline has announced that net income raised to EUR 268.9 million in the financial year ended last March 31, that represents a grow equal to 19% respect to the previous year. Michael... more
AirlinesKorean Air flight bound for California re-directed to Japan's airport
Tokyo, Japan - Washington refused the access into US air space due to the supposed presence of a terrorist aboard
United States, because of the supposed presence of a suspect terrorist on board, diverted the route of a Korean Air airplane departed from the South-Korean airport of Incheon bound for San Francisco, which... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU's in-depth investigation on the business plan about to be concluded
Rome, Italy - Some doubts by some representatives of the analysis could maybe lead to a postponement of final decision till mid-June
European Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, commented recently on the in-depth investigation on the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 under accomplishment. Barrot would have practically proven c... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: a number dedicated to the bookings and immediate information
Rome, Italy - From next Wednesday, June 1st
"Qatar Airways has activated a special number, dedicated to the bookings and information, to facilitate the increasing requests coming from tour operators and market. The new telephone number is 899-103303... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines inaugurated nonstop Service to Belfast, Northern Ireland
New York, Usa - Second of six Trans-Atlantic routes Being Added This Year
Continental Airlines recently named the OAG "Airline of the Year 2005", began daily nonstop flights from its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Belfast, Northern Ireland started last Thursday.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): 14 flights cancelled on 29 due to flying personnel shortage
Rome, Italy - No protest claimed back by Italian trade unions
Alitalia was forced to cancel some 14 flights leaving from Rome-Fiumicino Airport yesterday of which the largest part on international routes. The reason must be put down to to the lack of sufficient flying... more
AirlinesVolare: Giorgio Fossa has been questioned
Varese, Italy - Attorney's Office of Busto Arsizio is investigating his role in recapitalization
THe former Chairman of Volare (just few months at beginning of 2004), Giorgio Fossa, also former President of Confindustria and SEA (Milan airports’ operator), has been questioned in Busto Arsizio about t... more
AirlinesAlitalia: 196 flights were cancelled on last May 28
Rome, Italy - Due to ENAV air traffic controllers' strike
ENAV (Italian National Air Traffic Management Authority) controllers’ strike occurred on last May 28 (from 12:00 to 04:00 pm) produced several cancellations which affected most of all Alitalia. The Italian n... more
AirlinesBritish Airways flight made an emergency landing
Tel Aviv, Israel - It has been escorted by two fighter jets to Tel Aviv Airport due to malfunction to the radio system
A British Airways B-777 with 195 persons on board, has been forced yesterday (at 3:00pm) to an emergency landing at the International Tel Aviv "Ben Gurion" Airport, because of a failure to radio connections... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EUR 812m loss in 2004
Rome, Italy - Mainly due to the beginning of restructuring process and the carrier hopes a quick recapitalization
Alitalia unveiled an about EUR 812m loss in 2004. A result which indicates a worsening of the situation compared to the previous year and that the Italian national airline’s board would justify in the l... more
AirlinesLion Air to purchase 60 Boeing aircraft
Jakarta, Indonesia - 737-800 and 737-900 to get on Asian market
The Indonesian carrier Lion Air, intentioned to extend its business through Asian continent, will buy 60 airplanes, including 737-800 and 737-900s by Boeing which are worth near to USD 4m. It will be... more
Airlines200 million people to fly on US planes next Summer
Washington, USA - Summer season to start at the week-end
Us airlines expect to carry at least 200 million persons next Summer, 4% more than last year. Summer travels season is going to start just during next week-end which meets the three-Memorial Day holidays.... more
AirlinesVolare to have soon three Airbus in its fleet
Varese, Italy - The Italian communicated it by a statement
Volare, starting from next June 15, will operate with the third Airbus 320, able to take 168 passengers. The Italian airline intends to strengthen its frequencies towards Brindisi and Catania destinations... more
AirlinesAlitalia: carrier and banks working for recapitalization
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, it is tried to manage redundancies in coordination with the unions
Alitalia is intensively working with banks which can ensure the recapitalization of the Italian national airline. With reference to this matter, Banca Intesa would have underlined that it deals with a... more
AirlinesPositive period for easyJet low-cost company
Rome, Italy - 40 routes introduced in the 2005; 19 in Italy
Annual turnover up of 26%; number of passengers flown up of 25%; load factor up of 83,8%. According to the success of the low-cost company easyJet, we could definitively announce the magic moment the airline... more
AirlineseasyJet: the new connection Olbia/London-Gatwick inaugurated yesterday
Milan, Italy - More of 19.000 flights already booked for this destination
"easyJet yesterday, May 24, 2005 inaugurated the new flight departing from Olbia to London-Gatwick that will add to the Berlin-Schönefeld, operative from last April. About 142 passengers were present... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): UP union pilots' strike scheduled on May 28 has been postponed till July 15
Rome, Italy - In order to encourage the salvation of the carrier
Italian Unione Piloti trade union decided to postpone the Alitalia pilots’ strike, previously scheduled on May 28, till next July 15. This decision would have been taken by considering the general effort a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: final EU's decision on the business plan likely to be reached on June 7
Brussels, Belgium - No additional delay should affect European Commission's works
European Commission proves convinced about the possibility of expressing its own final opinion on Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 on next June 7. A schedule with clear deadlines regarding the last s... more
AirlinesUS Airways-America West: "Here is the first US national low-cost carrier"
Washington, USA - The merge between the two US airlines has been completed
US Airways and America West have so generated the announced merge (see for details AVIONEWS). The effort has been possible by the contribution provided by several investors among which European leading... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines won three major awards at OAG airline of the year awards 2005
London, UK - Named Airline of the Year, Best Executive/Business Class and Best Airline based in North America
Continental Airlines has won three major awards including "Airline of the Year" in the OAG Airline of the Year Awards 2005. Continental Airlines was named "Airline of the Year" and "Best Airline Based... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines implemented codeshare agreement with Island Air to increase its Hawaii network
Houston, Usa - From this Autumn
Continental Airlines announced that it will begin codesharing with Island Air this fall, allowing Continental customers to conveniently access more community and resort destinations in Hawaii on flights... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Tassone hopes for a quick EU's approval of the restructuring plan
Rome, Italy - Italian Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transport unveiled that European Union di not ask for additional documents recently
Italian Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, commented recently regarding the in-depth investigation carried out on the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 by European Commission. V... more
AirlinesVolare to take off by the A-320
Varese, Italy - Air Europe to fly to Mauritius starting from EUR 750
The first of two Airbus 320s expected to restore Volare operations next June 1st, arrived yesterday at Milan-Malpensa Airport. The second Airbus aircraft is expected within the end of the week. Volare... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): a deal with Meridiana on the Sardinia's routes
Rome, Italy - And FIT CISL union's pilots relaunched talks with the Italian national airline
Alitalia and Meridiana set a code sharing agreement regarding some routes which link the peninsula to Sardinia. It deals in particular with the Milan-Cagliari and Rome-Cagliari routes, although one cannot... more
AirlinesAlitalia: are the MD-80s going to be banned from North-Western Europe in 2006?
Rome, Italy - It is necessary to find a solution to more restrictive rules on environmental defence scheduled for some countries' air stations starting next year
Alitalia must well assess which measures it must adopt concerning noise and pollution for its operational activities. The British, French and German air stations will be in fact involved by a renewed ruling... more
AirlinesAlitalia: MD-11 all-cargo takes off again
Rome, Italy - Departing from Milan-Malpensa Airport to Osaka and Shanghai, it is one of the five airplanes that include in the fleet within 2005
"Alitalia presented today, I-DUPA, the first MD-11 combi airplane of McDonnell Douglas family changed entirely in all cargo version. MD-11 departing from Milan-Malpensa Airport to Osaka and Shanghai, is... more
AirlinesAir Bosna to restart flying
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Erzegovina - Debts have been paid and it is ready to take off with two ATR-72s aircraft
Bosnian state-owned airline, failed two years before because of its debts, hopes to restart operations beginning from next month with the new brand BH Airlines. Air Bosna’s debts amounted to almost EUR 7... more
AirlinesAir Italy to start off in Champions League
Milan, Italy - Milan supporters will inaugurate the new Italian charter airline on Milan-Istanbul route
Air Italy will make its first flight next Wednesday May 25 on the occasion of transferring of the red-black fans intending to see the Istanbul’s Champion League’s final (see for details AVIONEWS). The new... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: "Let print your boarding pass"
Rome, Italy - The easy self service Boarding pass is about ot start also in Italy
All passengers departing Rome or Milan-Linate can take advantage of the new service offered by British Airways (with the aid of SEA and Airports of Rome) which allows to print the boarding pass with the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU's decision on the business plan maybe to be released by June 7
Brussels, Belgium - It is still necessary to verify some aspects concerning competition
European Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, would be firmly willing to accomplish the in-depth investigation on the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 as soon as possible. It seems that works a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian air transport involved by strikes on May 28
Rome, Italy - Pilots and flight assistants of the Italian national airline to stop as well as air traffic controllers and ground personnel
Next Saturday, May 28, appears to be a day full of strikes for air transport sector and Alitalia will be particularly affected by it. Pilots from the Italian national airline are going to stop from 10:00... more
AirlinesUS Airways and America West close to the merger
Washington, Usa - They would create the sixth US carrier
US Airways and America West at the beginning they would operate separately, but in cooperation, they than would come gradually closer and work together. Doug Parker, America West Chief Executive, acknowledge... more
AirlinesKharafi group renews its confidence in Airbus
Toulouse, France - It is an Airbus Corporate Jetliner
Another confirmation for the European aircraft constructor, Airbus, in fact the Kharafi group has signed an order for a ACJ (Airbus Corporate Jetliner). The Executive and Private Aviation Vice-President... more
AirlinesSagawa Express in a new cargo airline
Tokyo, Japan - Chooses Airbus for buying
Sagawa Express, one of the four most important companies in the transport sector of Japan, will shortly launch a new cargo airline, the Galaxy Airlines. The company, using its own planes, would intend... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue focuses on business flyers
Sydney, Australia - 13% loss in profit
Virgin Blue, the low-cost Australian carrier, would like to show it can offer a service worthy of a full-service airline, such as Qantas, focusing on business class customers. To succeed in doing so it... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): suspicious person generating the alarm for the Milan-Boston flight has been expelled
Washington, USA - No relation with terrorism but such a subject would have decided by himself to leave the US land
The subject stopped by US security authorities after the Alitalia airplane’s landing in Maine on last Tuesday and considered as a suspicious person due to the fact that his name was indicated in the U... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Air France and KLM prove cautiously confident about the carrier's future
Paris, France - It will be possible to consider the prospect of a new deal if the reorganization is successful
The Air France-KLM alliance commented recently on the Alitalia’s situation, hoping for an effective reorganization and relaunch work by the Italian national airline, what could even lead to consider t... more
AirlinesAn airline ticket tax to raise money for the poorest
Brussels, Belgium - The protest of Iaca
The European Union Finance Ministers would have reached an agreement on the introduction of an additional tax on airline tickets, such extra income would be assigned to the poorest countries (see AVIONEWS).... more
AirlinesA relevant stake of Aer Lingus stays in the government hands
Dublin, Ireland - And the airline thinks about the long-haul
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the flag carrier lost part of its transatlantic traffic and the result was a 30% costs cut and the dismissal of around one third of the employees. It was very close... more
AirlinesUnauthorized repairs for Japan Airlines
Tokyo, Japan - The approval has to be granted by the government
Japanese law provides the approval of the government for services of maintenance on aircrafts which do not belong to the airline supplying the service. Japan Airlines seems to have carried out some unauthorized... more
AirlinesRyanair thinks to the mobile phone business
Dublin, Ireland - And keep pace with easyJet and Virgin
It seems that the preliminary talks with 3UK have already started but did not produce any result jet. The Irish carrier would have expressed the wish to become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (Mvno),... more
AirlinesPartnership between Lufthansa and German national football team
Berlin, Germany - The cooperation will last 3 years
The German carrier Lufthansa celebrated a partnership with DFB (Deutscher Fussball-Bund), the German football federation. The agreement was signed in anticipation of the future World Cup which will take... more
AirlinesSpecial flights for the Champions League final
Rome, Italy - Airlines prepare for the event
There is great turmoil for the football final next May 25 in Istanbul which will see the Milan team playing against Liverpool. Airlines are arranging various special flights, many of which on Milan Clubs’ i... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: a good "takeoff" for the French-Dutch alliance
Paris, France - The group indicated a significant growth during the fiscal year 2004-2005
Fiscal year 2004-2005 appears a particularly positive one for the Air France-KLM alliance concerning the general performance of the two carriers. The entire group indicated a growing turnover up to a +7%... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines inaugurates non-stop service to Bristol
New York, Usa - From today to the largest city in Southwest England
Continental Airlines will begin daily nonstop flights from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to Bristol, England starting today. This new service will link New York with the largest... more
AirlinesSichuan signs a purchase contract with Airbus
Toulose, France - The 8 Airbus will be delivered by 2008
Sichuan Airlines was the first to use an Airbus A-320 and the fly-by-wire control technology in the Chinese territory, the cooperation with Airbus in fact it dates back to 1995. Today Sichuan Airlines... more