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AirlinesAlpi Eagles: the flight attendants strike
Marcon, Italy - They will cross their arms for 12 hours on October 6
Hardships forecast for who must travel by Alpi Eagles this week: the Italian airline flight attendants of the Avia and Filt-Cgil unions, would have in fact claimed a new 12 hour strike for Wednesday, October... more
AirlinesSAS Group mechanics and baggage handlers strike
Stockholm, Sweden - Against the 13 hour work time extension a month without any extra compensation
Swedish unions representing baggage handlers and mechanics would have announced a strike for the next October 11, a move that will hit the Scandinavian carriers group Sas and other airline. The abstention... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Government-unions-company meeting on the social safety valves to be held today
Rome, Italy - Doubts still exist on such matter while the carrier thinks about the need of increasing its competitiveness on the market
Italian Government, Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives are going to meet again today in order to analyse the situation concerning the social safety valves matter. No agreement has been... more
AirlinesCis airlines risk of stop flying
Moscow, Russia - Several Cis countries airlines have debts for navigational service during flights through the Russian Federation's territory
The main center for planning and regulating air traffic recently gave a sort of ultimatum to the Cis countries' air authorities, by officially notifying that unless they pay off their debts, on October... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): a new meeting called by Italian Welfare Minister, Maroni, on the social safety valves on next October 4
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, UIL unions' secretary underlines that the unions and workers provided their contribution
UIL unions' General Secretary, Luigi Angeletti, commented the current situation of the Alitalia's matter, with reference most of all to the necessity for achieving a final deal with the company and Italian... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines finalized contract with Boeing for 15 B-737NG
Seattle, Usa - For a value of USD 982.5m
Boeing and Turkish Airlines last Wednesday said they’ve finalized a previously-announced order for 15 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 passenger airplanes, an agreement worth USD 982.5m at current list p... more
AirlinesEurofly: Italian leader in the "executive flight" field
Milan, Italy - It registered a 38 percent traffic increase compared with the previous year at Linate airport
Eurofly Service is the major Italian company in the "Executive flight" field: it was born over 25 years ago, and can boast over 120.000 flying hour, by a Falcon fleet able to transport until 12 passengers.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: social safety valves stay still
Rome, Italy - No clearness would exist yet about the resources to be deployed and on the air transport sector's subjects to be involved
No agreement would have been possible to achieve by Italian Government and the trade unions yesterday in the afternoon, with reference to the instruments intended to face the crisis situation for the air... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the superbonus even for the air transport companies if it proves useful
Rome, Italy - It would have been underlined by Welfare Minister, Maroni, maintaining that such measure is important but its influence on firms will be appraised
The superbonus for the postponed retirement: a measure that Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would consider as an useful one for the companies in difficulty in the air transport sector, such as... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): a deal on the system requirements on next October 5
Rome, Italy - More specific tasks for Italian Ministry of Transport, Enac, Enav and the airports operators
The meeting for the final agreement on the system requirements among Italian Government, the trade unions and Alitalia's board is going to be held on next Tuesday, October 5. Notwithstanding, a first deal... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have a common project
Tokyo, Giappone - The two biggest airlines of Japan aim to Europe
The two biggest Japan airlines seem to be resolute to reach their aim which consists in raising fares on Japan-Europe routes by 5 percent from January 15 to offset soaring fuel costs. The decision was... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue new record: 43.000 passengers on board the last Friday
Sydney, Australia - The airline arranges also school holidays and travel for the football matches
The Virgin Blue, the low-cost airline of the well-known Virgin Airlines of Richard Branson operating in the Australian territory, the last Friday would have set the new carrier record: it was in fact the... more
AirlinesQantas launched the low-cost Jetstar Asia
Sydney, Australia - It will operate by A-320 able to host 180 travellers
Yesterday Qantas launched the new low-cost airline based in Singapore, the Jetstar Asia (see news AVIONEWS). Within the end of the year the first services would have to start: all destinations will be... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): FIT-CISL asks for a special fund for workers in difficulty
Rome, Italy - The hypothesis of income support put forward by Italian Ministry of Welfare would have been rejected
FIT-CISL recently commented about the situation of Alitalia's redundancies and on the social safety valves suggested by Italian Government in order to face the delicate carrier's workers situation. According... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Italian Minister of Economy chooses the national carrier to travel towards Washington
Milan, Italy - On the occasion of the meeting scheduled by the International Monetary Fund
Italian Minister of Economy, Domenico Siniscalco, is leaving today for washington, in order to attend to the meeting scheduled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and he would have decided to reach... more
AirlinesAir Pacific: special fares to travel from Australia towards Fiji
Suva, Fiji - Available until October 3, to fly between October 25 and March 15
The Fiji national airline, Air Pacific, would have introduced special short-break offers for who want stay in the wonderful archipelago of the Center-South Pacific sea: the ticket return from the Brisbane... more
AirlinesNo foods on board Delta Airlines
Washington, Usa - Airline fights with the catering society which supplies the food aboard its planes
An other headache for Delta Airlines already engaged to cope in its difficult failure situation (see news AVIONEWS): it seems that Gate Gourmet, the catering society which supplies the foods aboard its... more
AirlinesUS Airways follows the Delta Airlines model: today pay wage cuts will be announced
Washington, Usa - Airline tries to avoid liquidation diminishing expenses
US Airways could reduce by 23% pay wages and benefits of its 3000 managers to try to diminish expenses and avoid liquidation (see news AVIONEWS). The announce should have to occur today, when the society... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Assaereo rejects social safety valves derived from other industrial sectors
Rome, Italy - As forecasting serious economic effects for the carriers
Alitalia's share, after some doubts at Piazza Affari early in the morning, rises for a 5,19% although, according some analysts, this result should be mainly related to speculative shares. The first difficulties... more
AirlinesAlitalia: social safety valves even for the airports' operators
Rome, Italy - It would have been stated by Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni
The meeting among Italian Government, Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives, aimed to carefully appraise the final contents of the decree on the social safety valves to be destined to... more
AirlinesVolare Group: the charter field will not be yielded
Milan, Italy - The Italian holding explains its position after the indiscretions of the last days
After the press indiscretions of the last days, Volare Group today by a note explains that it doesn't want yield the charter flight field to Eurofly nor no one else. The Italian company in fact wouldn't... more
AirlinesRyanair: new routes from Orio al Serio
Bergamo, Italy - It doesn't readjust rates although the high-fuel
Ryanair announced today seven new European routes leaving from the Italian Orio al Serio airport, that will link Bergamo to Spain, Holland, Norway and United Kingdom. The Irish carrier will boost its fleet... more
AirlinesRyanair celebrates 16 millions passengers on the Italian routes
Rome, Italy - An Italian-British girl has been awarded by two flights free
Ryanair has celebrated today at Ciampino 16 million of passengers carried on the Italian routes: the number 16 million is an Italian-British girl leaving from Ciampino airport towards London, by a ticket... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): who is going to pay for the social safety valves?
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister Maroni would have confirmed that a direct intervention by the State is impossible, so as exclusive advantages for the carrier
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have analysed the situation related to the decree for the social safety valves with reference to the air trasnport sector. According to Maroni, it would... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): a surcharge for national routes' tickets due to the high oil cost
Rome, Italy - An average increase of EUR 4 each route in order to face the high cost of the aviation fuels
Alitalia would have been forced to resort to an increase of the air tickets' price, with reference to the national flights, by a rise of EUR 4. Actually, the domestic routes will have an average price... more
AirlinesAir Alps boost the Italian routes and its fleet
Rome, Italy - And it will inaugurate a ticket office and an information point in Fiumicino
From September 20, the Austrian airline Air Alps increased the routes served daily from Brescia, Bolzano, Parma, Rimini and Rome, in order to homologate its offer to market claims by a over 600 seats more... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines will cut wages by 10%
Washington, Usa - In the meantime pilots in early-retirement will be reinstated
Delta Airlines to avoid the failure risk (see news AVIONEWS) would have announced its proposal to diminish by 10% the dependants, management and administrative staff wages, and to diminish maximum the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: EU commission needs to examine the business plan as soon as possible
Brussels, Belgium - It would have been underlined by Loyola De Palacio, maintaining that the decision could be a responsibility of the new Commission
European Commissioner for Transport, Loyola De Palacio, would have recently commented about the Alitalia's situation, confirming again that a necessity exists for the EU Commission for taking delivery... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): two technical groups to manage the social safety valves and the system requirements
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier's President Cimoli would have put into evidence how it would have been better if talks were concluded today
Alitalia's President, Giancarlo Cimoli, would have preferred to solve every matter with reference to the social safety valves, the redundancies and the system requirements during the meeting occurred today... more
AirlinesAir Canada closes the low-cost Zip Air
Ottawa, Canada - Employees and short-haul routes have been already engaged by the Canadian carrier
Air Canada would have suspended its subsidiary low-cost Zip Air activity. Zip has been in fact integrated into Air Canada no more as a separated airline. The 12 B-737/200 of low-cost fleet would be already... more
AirlinesQatar Airways is at first positions for the service quality on board
Rome, Italy - The inflight entertainment and the cabin staff efficiency
Qatar Airways would be at the top of a world table, drawn up by survey made from Skytrax, for the cabin staff quality and the inflight entertainment. The cabin staff would be in fact stood out for the... more
AirlinesAir Canada: 45 new Bombardier's regional jets by 2005
Toronto, Canada - The CRJ-200s and the CRJ-700s to strengthen the low cost carrier Air Canada Jazz's fleet, owned by the well known carrier
Air Canada would have decided to rely upon the Bombardier's regional jets again. In fact, the Canadian airline would have recently ordered 45 new airplanes among the CRJ-200s and the CRJ-700s, whose deliveries... more
AirlinesAustralian Airlines will serve the Perth-Bali route
Sidney, Australia - Qantas from the next year will renounce to operate the same service
Australian Airlines will begin to operate two times a week flights from Perth to Bali from next December 2, almost doubling the number of places offered from Qantas for the same service. But the same Qantas... more
AirlinesVirgin Nigeria Airlines: today the signature
London, United Kingdom - Richard Branson will control 49% of it
Today the Nigerian government and the Richard Branson Virgin Atlantic will sign the agreement that make to born the new flag airline Virgin Nigeria Airlines (see news AVIONEWS). The new carrier should... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the deal on the social safety valves has been postponed
Rome, Italy - The agreement to be achieved by next October 5
The meeting among the Italian Government's members, the Alitalia's representatives and the trade unions occurred today at Palazzo Chigi (Government's headquarter), in order to put into evidence for the... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines: bank free way for the concession of the credit
Geneva, Switzerland - The USD 257,9m deal must still receive the consent of various private investors
The Swiss International Air Lines on Friday has announced to have obtained a new USD 257,9m bank credit line. Deal must still receive the consent of various private investors before that it is finalized... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic aims to space tourism (2): from 2007 the space commercial flights will start
Washington, USA - Travel will last maximum three hours and will cost minimal USD 80.000
The Virgin Group thanks to the agreement with Mojave Aerospace Ventures, the American firm behind SpaceShipOne, will begin to offer space flights from 2007, for groups until 5 passengers (see news AVIONEWS):... more
AirlinesVirgin Atlantic aims to space tourism
Washington, USA - A deal with the producers of the SpaceShipOne was signed and, according to Branson, it will enable to train 1000 pilots in 5 years
Richard Branson would prove convinced about the quality of the SpaceShipOne programme, that enabled a pilot to perform the first space tourism flight in history aboard a special aircraft during last June.... more
AirlinesBA: sit-in of the call center staff at Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - They manifest within the 9 hours strike announced for today by trade unions
Sit-in of the Rome call center dependants of the British Airways at Fiumicino (Italy): from 10:00am to 12:00am the Italian staff of the British carrier have manifested within the national strike announced... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): fixed and variable share in the new pilots' contract
Rome, Italy - The related variations determine remuneration advantages as the flight hours number rises beyond the minimum amount set
Alitalia's pilots trade unions representatives would have quite positively considered the company's policy, aimed to make the carrier a more competitive one through the cost cutting and the rise of productivity.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: measure on the social safety valves to be in line with EU's ruling and the company-unions deal
Rome, Italy - It would have been underlined by Italian Minister Maroni, waiting for the meeting with ministries Siniscalco and Buttiglione occurring today
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, is going to show today, gathering together with Minister of Economy, Domenico Siniscalco, and Minister for EU's Policies, Rocco Buttiglione, the preliminary draft... more
AirlinesAeroflot: denationalization to occur only after joining SkyTeam
Moscow, Russia - It would have been underlined by the Russian carrier's board during a meeting with the air France's representatives
Aeroflot will not be involved by a denationalization process until it joins the SkyTeam strategic alliance. This is what the Russian airline's representatives would have recently put into evidence during... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: accounts improve
Ankara , Turkey - State puts for sale airline stake
The Turkish Airlines today reports that it have realized in the first part of the year a net profit for USD 5,35m, after the huge losses recorded in 2003. The Turkish government at early week would have... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): social safety valves for the air transport are fully sustainable
Rome, Italy - It would be revealed by Italian Welfare Minister, Maroni, as ready to show its own plan to Italian Government on next Monday
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have revealed some details regarding the social safety valves for air transport, which are going to be adopted starting from the approval of the related... more
AirlinesLufthansa: still delays and flights cancelled
Frankfurt, Germany - Because of the electronic problem to the system "Unisys"
The troubles in the German air stations and in particular at Frankfurt airport not stopped because of the electronic problem in the computer world-wide system (Unisys) that regulates Lufthansa check-in... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: fly to the USA tasting wine
Washington , USA - Special rate for who takes off from Italy to reach US
As from October 5, Delta Airlines in order to celebrate its 75th anniversary launches a special rate to travel in class "BusinessElite" towards the American destinations more requested in demand: Washington,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "A miraculous deal between the the company and the unions"
Rome, Italy - GCIL union's leader, Epifani, would prove convinced of it, while the social safety valves decree is to be approved on next Wednesday
"A miraculous deal". Italian CGIL union's leader, Guglielmo Epifani, would have considered in this way the agreement achieved between the Alitalia's board and the unions' representatives last night on... more
AirlinesSnowflake: 60,000 tickets for sale
Stockholm, Sweden - October 31 is the launch date for the offer in Europe
October 31 is the launch date for Scandinavian Airlines Sweden's new customer offering in Europe. As part of this customer offering, the number of Snowflake destinations is being expanded to apply to the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the unions accept company reorganization
Rome, Italy - However, SULT union would have postponed the final decision today till 06:00 pm
Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives would have achieved the final agreement on the new reorganization and the business plan of the carrier last night. Nevertheless, the unions which... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian Senator Pedrini proves doubtful about the airline's situation
Rome, Italy - President Cimoli, would not have explained the way the carrier can improve its economic condition, according to Pedrini
Italian Senator, Egidio Pedrini, would have recently put forward his own opinion with reference to the details on the current Alitalia's situation as pointed out by the Italian national carrier's President... more