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AirlinesAeroflot: debates within the Russian Government on the denationalization
Moscow, Russia - Minister of Economy would agree, while Minister of Transport intends first of all improve Sheremetyevo air station
Remarkable uncertainty would exist within Russian Government with reference to the denationalization of the Aeroflot national carrier. Some Government's members, such as for example Minister of Economy,... more
AirlinesAeromexico orders ten Boeing 737-700
Mexico City, Mexico - Fuel saving and environmental rules honouring as the two major goals to achieve for the carrier
The airline Aeromexico needs to encourage a significant adaptation to the new exigencies regarding saving related to the high aviation fuels price, and to the recent rules concerning noise pollution. For... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): local governments act in order to defend the carrier's employees
Rome, Italy - A meeting to occur at Campidoglio on Monday 13 among Veltroni, Storace, Gasbarra and Canapini
The initiative promoted by the Lazio's local governments in order to defend the employment with reference to the delicate situation of Alitalia does not stop. Italian Government will have to set the social... more
AirlinesQantas increases the passenger capacity for who must leave Jakarta
Jakarta, Indonesia - After yesterday attacks, airline meets the requirements of who must take off from the Indonesian capital city
Whether Qantas or Australian Airlines will regularly continue to operate their flights towards Indonesia: in particular, Qantas said to have predisposed a passenger capacity increase for the Indonesian... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Pisa's and Venice's air stations defend against the carrier's criticism
Venice, Italy - Treatment for all the airlines is the same on the basis of the existing ruling
Alitalia's President, Cimoli, would have already ease the debates occurred regarding supposed discriminations which would affect the carrier due to the behaviour by Italian Ministry for Transport and by... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the unions talk about AZ Fly and AZ Service
Rome, Italy - President Cimoli proves confident regarding the future of the airline
Talks among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives go on. An aspect of concern for workers is the one related to the splitting of the carrier into two separated units: AZ Fly and AZ Service.... more
AirlinesBritish Airways has yielded the Qantas stake
London, United Kingdom - They have been sold to Australian and international investors for USD 770m
British Airways has yesterday sold its Qantas stake (see news AVIONEWS), gaining USD 770m that will come use in order to diminish society debt and to invest for one future industrial consolidation in Europe.... more
AirlinesUS Airways: the no pilots to umpteenth airline offer
New York, USA - The carrier proposal would have cut salary and pension contributions
US Airways pilot union yesterday would have said "no" to the last demands for pays wage concessions introduced them from the airline, refusing to put to the ballots the proposal (see news AVIONEWS). The... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines: profits nearly EUR 2m in the first half-year
Brussels, Belgium - The first part of the year is positive for the Belgian carrier that in 2003 closed instead in deficit
SN Brussels Airlines has reported on Thursday in Brussels outcomes regarding the first half-2004: the Belgian air company would have closed the first six months of the year with a EUR 1,93m net profit... more
AirlinesAirbus A-320s for China Northern Airlines
Beijing, China - 23 airplanes have been leased to modernize the fleet while the union with China Southern Airlines is about to occur
While waiting for the union with China Southern Airlines, the carrier China Northern Airlines would have decided to favour the modernization of its own fleet through the leasing of 23 Airbus A-320 transport... more
AirlinesAir disaster in Russia: Aeroflot already finds a passenger traffic fall
Moscow, Russia - It fell for a 3% most of all for the international routes towards Europe and the USA
The carrier’s representatives had already forecasted it and the first negative effects on the Aeroflot’s passenger traffic can be already found (se for details AVIONEWS). The fall found starting from las... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): searching for a major role in SkyTeam
Rome, Italy - President Cimoli would prove willing to modify the agreement with its partners and most if all with Air France
Alitalia's President Giancarlo Cimoli would be appraising the hypothesis for encouraging new alliances for the relaunch of the Italian carrier, as they could be aimed to increase the airline's competitiveness.... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Cimoli's accuses on airport royalties are pure fantasy"
Rome, Italy - It is maintained by Assaeroporti's President Giovanni Maniscalco who put into evidence the results of checks performed by ENAC
Giovanni Maniscalco, Assaeroporti’s President, commented regarding the accuses addressed by Alitalia’s President Cimoli to some Italian air stations, on the basis of supposed discriminations damaging the... more
AirlinesJet Blue: the third quarter forecasts are negative
New York, USA - Airline would have suffered much for the fuel costs and the hurricanes in the past weeks
Revenue alarm for the Jet Blue low-cost: it seems in fact that airline management waits for the 3rd quarter 2004 a profit decrease, because of the high costs supported for the high-fuel, that would be... more
AirlinesRyanair challenges Alitalia: "We count to transport 28 million passengers against the 20 of the Italian airline"
Rome, Italy - Thanks Ciampino investment, the low-cost will cover 5 new routes whose cost will not exceed EUR 16
Great celebrations to introduce the new USD 120m investment made from Ryanair over the Roman Ciampino air station: the Irish company Chief Executive in fact would have been dressed up as an ancient Roman... more
AirlinesSas Group: increased costs because of the high aviation fuel
Stockholm, Sweden - By EUR 2 on their domestic and European routes
On May 14, the SAS Group announced that ticket prices would be raised by EUR 4-6 as a result of increases in aviation fuel costs. There have subsequently been further increases in the cost of aviation... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the difficult talks among the company and the unions
Rome, Italy - Constant delays for the meetings among worker's representatives and the company, while the deadline of September 15 is getting closer
Talks among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives is more and more difficult, especially concerning flight assistants and ground personnel. No agreement would have been achieved yesterday,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: no direct criticism against Italian Ministry of Transport
Rome, Italy - Airline's board would have made the matter concerning discrimination suffered due to some air stations clearer
Alitalia’s President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, intended, through his company’s spokesmen, to make the statements occurred yesterday regarding the discrimination suffered by the carrier clearer (see for... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Ryanair opens its doors wide to the Italian carrier's pilots
Dublin, Ireland - The low-cost airline even decides to provide Alitalia with useful advices in order to solve its crisis
The crisis situation affecting Alitalia is being carefully followed also by Ryanair, proving particularly ironic and paternalist at the same time towards the Italian carrier. The low-cost airline would... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: 6-7000 staff cuts are likely
New York, USA - It's necessary a restructure plan that make to save airline till USD 5bn
In one year and an half, 6-7000 persons employed at the Delta Airlines could lose their workplace. Gerald Grinstein, Chief Executive manager of the company has communicated that in virtue of the difficult... more
AirlinesAlitalia (8): President Cimoli to be in New York on next Monday for the SkyTeam meeting
Rome, Italy - The strategic alliance analyses the situation and schedules steps for growing further by the joining of Continental and Northwest
Alitalia's President and CEO, Cimoli, will attend on next Monday an important meeting among the chiefs of the carriers members of the SkyTem strategic alliance. This meeting will occur in New York and... more
AirlinesTransavia is an independent part of the Air France-KLM Group
Amsterdam, Holland - The company leases aircraft to other airlines
From the home bases Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Rotterdam Airport and from regional airports, Transavia provides competitively-priced air travel on a broad network of European routes. This is done in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): "The carrier discriminated by Italian Ministry of Transport"
Rome, Italy - The heavy criticism by President Cimoli, who would have pointed out how the proofs of what stated exist
While Alitalia's President, Cimoli, confirms the need for an agreement with the unions which can enable the carrier to start the implementation of a business plan able, according to CEO, to "Increase of... more
AirlinesAll Nippon Airways launches a new low-cost carrier
Tokyo, Japan - Air Next will begin to operate in March 2005 with two B-737
All Nippon Airways (ANA) programmed launching in March 2005 a Japanese low-cost carrier for the domestic routes, whose name will be Air Next: the service will be served by two Boeing 737-500s, that can... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: a fee for who does not acquire the ticket on line
Houston, Italy - Who reserves the travel ticket traditionally will pay between USD 5 and 10 more
Continental Airlines will soon impose a fee (comprised between USD 5 and 10) on tickets for the services reserve at the reservation centers or at the ticket offices in the USA airports. While instead... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): "it appears difficult to achieve a deal among the company and the unions"
Rome, Italy - It would have recently been maintained by Italian union CGIL's leader Guglielmo Epifani
Despite many trade unions would not be willing to resort to strikes presently with reference to the situation described by Alitalia's board, and despite constant talks were accepted in order to warrant... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: more expensive the ticket surcharge
Singapore - From September it will endure an increase comprised between the USD 4 and 12
From September 1st, Singapore Airlines increases surcharge applied on the tickets, in order to face the fuel price constant increase and to damp the costs that such continuous situation having on the market:... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "Government will be able to act only after an agreement among the company and the unions"
Rome, Italy - It would have been stated by Italian Minister Lunardi, defining such deal as "the last chance" to save the carrier
The Italian trade unions' representatives in talk with Alitalia's board would have accepted to keep September 15 as the major point of reference and the final deadline for the achievement of an agreement... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Without reorganization a relaunch is unlikely to occur"
Rome, Italy - President Cimoli would be convinced of it, as he would think the agreement with the unions as an essential precondition to save the carrier
Alitalia's President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, commented about the current airline's situation and the talks with the trade unions. According to Cimoli, one cannot think to a relaunch of the carrier if... more
AirlinesAir Namibia restructures its fleet
Windhoek, Namibia - As from 2005 intercontinental flights will be served by two A-340/400
The South African company, Air Namibia, would be carrying out a fleet renew: from the last August 31, in fact the intercontinental flights before operate by B-747/400, come now served by MD-11. The aircraft... more
AirlinesBritish Airways will sell its Qantas stake
London, United Kingdom - The Europe's second-largest airline has need liquidity in order to reduce its debt
Today the British Airways would have announced that, after to have already cut the airline operating costs of 23% in order to reorganize its enormous debt of approximately GBP 5,6m it will sell in the... more
AirlinesGulf Air: 15 new airplanes by 2010
Dubai, UAE - Airbus and Boeing would have already been requested to suggest solutions able to satisfy long-range transport exigencies
Arab carrier Gulf Air, after starting its reorganization in 2002 (see for details AVIONEWS), would be willing to aim to a concrete relaunch by purchasing 15 new commercial airplanes, whose operative activity... more
AirlinesUSA: the greatest airlines are in difficulty
Washington, USA - Delta Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways are grappling with serious financial problems
Three of the largest American carriers would be annoying in bad waters: Delta Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways. Just this seems near to a new bankruptcy hypothesis, the second one in the last 2... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced new daily non stop connection between New York and Bristol
New York, Usa - From May 19, 2005
Continental Airlines, the world's sixth largest airline and OAG Airline of the Year 2004, yesterday announced it will launch daily nonstop flights between New York and Bristol, England, beginning May 19,... more
AirlineseasyJet: imminent the cut of the routes towards the air stations more expensive
London, United Kingdom - The Monday "Financial Times" asserts it
The "Financial Times" would have written that the low-cost airline easyJet would be reconsider some its routes towards the more expensive airports (see news AVIONEWS), like Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Zurich:... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian Minister, Lunardi, suggests talks promoted by Government
Rome, Italy - Nevertheless, Minister would have underlined, the company and the unions will have to autonomously achieve a deal
The trade unions' representatives, even if going on proving willing to carry on talks occasions with Alitalia's board, have asked for a direct intervention by Italian Government about such matter, when... more
AirlinesAlitalia: meetings among the company and the unions go on
Rome, Italy - The various working trades to gather together with the carrier's representatives at 10:00 am and 03:00 pm today
Talks among Alitalia's board and the trade unions started again yesterday in the evening under banner of talk willingness by workers' representatives, but also by the persuasion that the redundancies indicated... more
AirlinesAlitalia (9): the meeting among the carrier's board and the unions to start again at 05:00 pm
Rome, Italy - Italian union UIL Piloti would have ensured it does not intend to promote strikes currently
The meeting among the trade unions and Alitalia's board scheduled for 03:00 pm today would have been postponed till 05:00 pm due to the extension of the meeting among the unions, aimed to analyse the situation... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines: flights from Berlin will take off at "Tegel"
Berlin, Germany - In sight of the next closure of "Tempelhof" the Belgian carrier has dislocated in an other air station the German route towards Brussels
As from the next October 31, SN Brussels Airlines will operate the own flights to Brussels from the Berlin "Tegel" airport, because of the next closing of the "Tempelhof" air station. The timetables of... more
AirlinesAlitalia (8): unions still willing to talk on condition that the business plan is changed
Rome, Italy - European Commissioner for Transport de Palacio confirms the need for job cutting
While waiting for the next step of negotiation among the Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives, unions' doubts about the feasibility of the company's business plan appear increasing. Italian... more
AirlinesEasyJet: the passenger traffic increases in August
London, United Kingdom - Over 2 million travellers who have flown by the low-cost carrier
August on the up for easiJet, although its fears had to the high-crude oil and to the war expressed the last June: the British company low-cost today in fact has announced that in the month of August 2,46... more
AirlinesUSA: Appeal Court acquits Air NZ for a case of DVT
San Francisco, Usa - Protagonist a man who collapsed after a flight of 12 hours from Los Angeles to Auckland
The San Francisco Federal Appeals Court has established that the airline Air New Zealand is not guilty for the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of which a its passenger was victim, Adriene Rodriguez, in 2000,... more
AirlinesBritish Airways: August positive for the British airline
London, United Kingdom - Passenger and goods traffic increase respect a year ago
The carrier British Airways have reported the data relative August as soon as passed, for that it regards the passenger capacity in increase of 2% regarding the same month of 2003; the traffic capacity,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (7): the job cutting policy of the traditional carriers
Rome, Italy - A common phenomenon in Europe that affected the company's situation for important airlines
Alitalia is not the only traditional carrier forced to resort to remarkable cost cutting, in order to face a crisis which most of all was due to the difficulties caused by events such as the September... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): insufficient measures in order to save the carrier
London, UK - Financial Times' analysts would be convinced of it as they would consider the 5000 job cuts and the bridge loan as insufficient
Financial Times proves very sceptical with reference to the solutions suggested by Alitalia's board in order to prevent the Italian national carrier's bankruptcy. According to FT, 5000 redundancies will... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): workers on a war footing
Rome, Italy - Italian unions SULT and CISL would have criticized the carrier's insufficient statements regarding the real relaunch perspectives
Also the Italian unions SULT and CISL prove very worried about the employment solution suggested by Alitalia's board yesterday in the evening. SULT would have already met workers today as they have decided... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): local Governments mobilize in favour of workers
Rome, Italy - Lazio Region President, Storace would have appealed to Italian Government following the CUB union's letter to support employees
Among the institutional protagonists which followed the Alitalia's matter and that considered the serious effects related to the employment issue, one must surely bear in mind the local governments, in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Italian union CUB Trasporti's plan in order to save the carrier and the employment"
Rome, Italy - No denationalization and splitting but aids through public investments thanks to a profitable plan
Italian trade union CUB Trasporti not only threatened serious effects for the air transport in Italy by protests, but it would have also put forward an operative proposal in order to save Alitalia, by... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): "The job cutting indicated by the carrier is a massacre beyond any expectation"
Rome, Italy - The representatives of the Italian union CUB Trasporti prove convinced of it and the employees would have started a hunger strike
A heard reaction by the trade unions after the showing of the Alitalia's business plan, with reference to the matter related to 5.000 redundancies indicated. Most of all, Italian union named CUB Trasporti... more
AirlinesAlitalia: here is the business plan
Rome, Italy - The carrier's board indicates the existance of 5000 redundancies and schedules to split the company into two different operative activities
Alitalia's board finally officially showed yesterday the new business plan aimed to the reorganization and the relaunch of the airline. The plan, as based on a denationalization process and on a splitting... more