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AirlinesAlitalia (4): seven banks ready to save the carrier
Rome, Italy - According to President Cimoli, also Banca Intesa and Deutsche Bank would have proven willing
Alitalia's President and CEO Giancarlo Cimoli would have put into evidence yesterday that banks are positively meeting to carrier's exigencies to gain the bridge loan, after the good signals spread by... more
AirlinesLivingston Aviation Group SpA receives the second A-330/200 of its fleet
Toulouse, France - It has renamed "Gran Dominicus"; the first has been delivered the last December, the third and the last one within the end of the year
"Livingston Aviation Group SpA, air transport holding of the Gruppo Ventaglio property and of which they make part the two airlines Lauda Air SpA and Livingston SpA, has received last Monday from the Airbus... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Lunardi, Maroni, Veltroni and Gasbarra on Alitalia's situation
Rome, Italy - Lega Party intends to fight against the bridge loan while Veltroni and Gasbarra remind the need for defending employees
Italian Minister for Infrastructures Lunardi appeared confident about the possibility for the carrier to achieve the green light for the bridge loan, what could officially occur within next days. Lunardi... more
AirlinesUSA: low-cost carriers' challenge on autumn prices
Washington, USA - The major US carriers answer by resorting to new offers despite the difficulties experienced in this period
Competition among low-cost carriers and the major ones in the United States goes on. This year, the traditional offers promoted in the air transport sector, which usually regard autumn period, would have... more
AirlinesFuel price and low-cost carriers: the two major enemies of US Airways
Washington, USA – The US carrier forecasts further loss if employees do not support additional cost cutting
US Airways carries on talks with trade unions in an attempt to limit damages as recent forecasting regarding the second half of the year do not appear good. Despite American carrier’s pilots appear sufficiently w... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): EU Commission's conditions for the bridge loan
Brussels, Belgium - Denationalization, reorganization and renounce to purchase new airplanes
European Commission's conditions for granting the bridge loan for Alitalia would be mainly the following ones: first of all, it would be necessary to encourage the denationalization of the carrier (what,... more
AirlinesPeruvian Transport Minister suspends flights of national carrier Aerocontinente: country's air traffic experiences hard difficulties
Lima, Peru - The carrier controls national air traffic for a 65%
The decision by Peru Ministry of Transport was considered and spread last Monday evening: Aerocontinente carrier's flights were suspended, even if this one controls a 65% air flights in Peru (some 4500... more
AirlinesVolare Airlines and Air Europe: Molinari is the new Ceo
Milan, Italy - "The major purpose is to encourage the further development of Volareweb for the low-cost sector"
Andrea Molinari is the new CEO of Volare Airlines and Air Europe, the carriers controlled by Volare Group. This appointment depends on the recent resign by Vincenzo Soddu. Molinari, who already was Ceo... more
AirlinesThe Hong Kong Express Airways’ project
Hong Kong, China – It could become the forth carrier of the Asian country
Hong Kong Helicopter would be firmly thinking about the opportunity for creating a real new carrier able to become the forth China’s one as soon as possible. This company would have in fact scheduled t... more
AirlinesLufthansa growing further
Berlin, Germany – The carrier appears in good health after international air traffic’s problems caused by Iraq war and Sars
Lufthansa goes on growing and it forecasts to keep on this trend even till the end of current year. According to latest data, the German carrier recorded a traffic rise for less than a 19% compared with... more
AirlinesRyanair VS easyJet: more "weight" for luggage
London, UK – Ryanair suggests to allow only hand luggage while easyJet cancels weight limits
Ryanair and easyJet constantly compete without stopping by resorting to clamorous offers which this time involve luggage. Ryanair would be convinced of the need for significantly increase the surcharge... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Cimoli-de Palacio meeting last Tuesday
Rome, Italy – Italian Minister Lunardi proves confident about possible EU’s decision on the bridge loan
Alitalia’s President, Giancarlo Cimoli, unveiled last Monday to Italian Government some details regarding the new business plan, while waiting for show its contents also in Brussels where Cimoli and I... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines renounces to Oneworld
Zurich, Switzerland – The carrier would have begun to grow and it would not need a strategic alliance currently
Swiss International Air Lines has decided to renounce to join Oneworld, the strategic alliance mostly led by British Airways. Such decision would stem from, as Swiss carrier’s spokesmen said, the relaunch o... more
AirlinesAir New Zealand selects the 7E7 Dreamliner
Auckland, New Zealand - Such carrier becomes so the second customer of this airplane after All Nippon Airways
Air New Zealand has selected the 7E7 as the new medium range airliner by which to solve for the future fleet management problems related to high consumption and overhaul. It is what has been unveiled yesterday... more
AirlinesRyanair "decreasing"
London, Great Britain - Drop of annual profits, trend expected to continue for the next 12 months
The gross profits have decreased from the EUR 264,65 m registered last financial year to EUR228,48m. This trend is not going to improve for the next 12 months. According to estimates growth previsions... more
AirlinesOlympic Airlines under denationalization
Athens, Greece - It could occur immediately after the end of Olympic Games 2004 (August 13-29)
Greek Government would be planning to start a real denationalization of Olympic Airlines immediately after the end of Olympic Games, to occur on next August 13-29. The programme designed by Greek Ministry... more
AirlinesNew connection between the Southern Island of New Zealand and USA
Rome, Italy-First direct flight of the Air New Zealand Christchurch/Los Angeles.
Christchurch will be the second New Zealander city to have a non-stop direct link with Los Angeles. The inaugural flight is forecasted for next November 2nd with a coverage of three flights per week: on... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): an industrial plan in line with Palazzo Chigi's agreement and trade unions' exigencies
Rome, Italy - CEO Cimoli appears convinced of the fact that this is necessary for relaunching the carrier, even if a hypothesis for hard solutions still exists
During the meeting occurred today between the new Alitalia's President/CEO and trade unions' representatives, CEO Giancarlo Cimoli proved particularly firm in underlining that one cannot avoid of considering... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): DS Party's criticism against Italian Government's position
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, the Italian-Arab concert party interested in the carrier is scheduling to purchase 80 long range airliners
DS Party national secretary economics analyst, Pierluigi Bersani, has shown criticism about the management of Alitalia's crisis which has been so far carried out by Italian Government. According to Bersani,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): financial and trade unions' reactions regarding Italian-Arab concert party's proposal
Rome, Italy - A mix of prudent optimism and scepticism unite the main air transport sector's trade unions
Matteo Corsini's proposal has immediately caused remarkable reactions by trade unions and financial environments. Yesterday at Piazza Affari, carrier's share gained some 0,52%, while major national trade... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian-Arab concert party offers USD 1,5bn to purchase the carrier
Rome, Italy - A strategic alliance with an Arab carrier such as Emirates has been supposed
Matteo Corsini, a Roman real estate businessman, does not seem to give in, as he appears willing to purchase Alitalia together with a not so clear concert party consisting of Italian and Arab enterprisers.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: trade unions-carrier's board meeting to occur today
Rome, Italy - The trade unions want to realize if a full correspondence between Palazzo Chigi agreement and industrial plan purposes exists
A meeting between the trade unions' representatives and the new Alitalia's President/CEO Giancarlo Cimoli is going to occur today. It deals with a particularly relevant event, especially according to CGIL... more
AirlinesGermanwings: positive balance for the current year
Colonia, Germany - 100,000 tickets at EUR 19 (taxes and costs included)
A press conference has been recently held in Colonia, where the Managing Director of Germanwings, Joachim Klein, has attended. He announced that for the first time the air company has registered a positive... more
AirlinesAir Canada appears interested in the Dreamliner
Toronto, Canada - Nevertheless, carrier's board does not consider as a wise solution to be provided with planes delivered by a single producer
President and CEO of Air Canada, Robert Milton, would have recently positively commented for appraising the hypothesis of purchasing the 7E7 Dreamliner, the recent relevant Boeing's product for civil aviation... more
AirlinesChina Eastern Airlines is ready to order new medium range planes
Beijing, China - Boeing and Airbus have already been invited to show their solutions
China Eastern Airlines carrier is scheduling to unveil on next June 18, a date when carrier's directors usually meet in order to analyze annual situation, its own decision concerning the purchase of new... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): reactions against Italian Minister Maroni's worry
Rome, Italy - Minister Marzano and the trade unions ask for waiting till carrier's direction completes the designing of the industrial plan
Certainly, negative reactions exist regarding Italian Welfare Minister Maroni's worry with reference to Alitalia's crisis. The first ones to disagree about what they consider as an excessive alarmism just... more
AirlinesAlitalia: carrier's crisis must be solved before elections
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister, Maroni, appears convinced about it
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, is still criticizing present Alitalia's condition, by reminding that the amount of redundancies would be larger than the forecasted figure, and then adding that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): no "saving carrier" decree in order to help it
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister Maroni would be sure of it
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, commented several times during the last days Alitalia matter, and he disagrees completely with those who would have thought as possible, so far, a solution based... more
AirlinesNew international and intercontinental routes for Alitalia
Rome, Italy - They will regard summer season and will involve both Fiumicino and Malpensa airports
New routes for summer season both on an international and an intercontinental level have been opened at Fiumicino and Malpensa airports. From Rome Airport, this carrier will provide a service enriched... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "The carrier could be closed within three months"
Milan, Italy - It would have been underlined by Italian Minister Maroni, criticizing the idea that one can wait till September for the new industrial plan
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, has commented again Alitalia matter showing now relevant worry. According to Maroni in fact, it is not possible that the new carrier's direction needs to carry... more
AirlinesScandal in the financial sector in Ireland: Aer Lingus' President has resigned
Dublin, Eire - It had been the CEO of the major Irish bank now involved by a tax scandal
President of the Irish carrier Aer Lingus, Tom Mulcahy, has decided to resign due to the publishing on national press of a series of news regarding his direct involvement in the significant scandal related... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "A social bomb ready to explode"
Rome, Italy - It has been recently unveiled by Italian Welfare Minister Maroni, as he appears really worried about carrier's condition
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, has recently commented Alitalia's current condition by expressing his personal worry. According to Maroni, the amount of redundancies which had been at first communicated... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): carrier's redundancies are maybe rising
Rome, Italy - Maroni warns: no mass recruiting in public sector will occur if current employees lose their jobs
Italian Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni has carried on his own analysis regarding Alitalia's situation, underlining how one cannot think to a solution for such employment matter by resorting to a mass... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: +35% the passengers in 2003
Rome, Italy - Satisfactory financial results
"Conclusing of the financial year April 1st, 2003-March 31, 2004, Qatar Airways has announced officially the outstanding economic results achieved during this period. The passengers transported from the... more
AirlinesAmerica West selects Airbus aiming to grow
Phoenix, USA - 22 airplanes among A-319s and A-320s have been purchased in order to encourage carrier's growth for some 8-10% by 2006
America West has announced it has signed an agreement with Airbus in order to take delivery of 22 airplanes among A-319s and A-320s (respectively 7 and 15 aircraft). This contract schedules that the first... more
AirlinesAir One's pilots on strike from 11:00 am to 03:00 pm
Rome, Italy - A protest against the lack of decisional involvement by company direction regarding employees
Today, from 11:00 am to 03:00 pm, Air One's pilots will suspend their own flight activities, due to a strike aimed to face company's policy regarding these employees. Unione Piloti trade union in particular... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): an agreement between pilots and carrier's direction in order to increase productivity has been scheduled on next June 1
Rome, Italy - A rise of flight hours for 200 more than present activity for medium and long range during summer period
A meeting between Alitalia's direction and pilots' trade unions has been scheduled on next June 1 in order to warrant the achieving of a final agreement on the increase of productivity by such employees,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "Malpensa as the only relevant intercontinental hub for the carrier"
Milan, Italy - It would be maintained by SEA President, Giuseppe Bencini, in order to help the carrier by a higher valorization of Malpensa Airport
The group of institutional, trade unions and business representatives led by Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardia Region, goes on inviting Government and Alitalia to consider as necessary a strenghtening... more
AirlinesLufthansa sells Chef Solutions to a US company
Berlin, Germany - A measure aimed to lower new loss risks after damages occurred last year
In an attempt to face the possibility for further loss, Lufthansa has decided to sell Chef Solutions, the American company competent in catering activities which caused in 2003 loss for some EUR 215m for... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): an agreement between the carrier and Mediobanca for a bridging-loan is forthcoming
Rome, Italy - It has been confirmed by President Cimoli, though Minister Maroni had given firmly the lie to it this morning
Although Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, has denied this morning the possibility by Government for granting a bridging-loan to Alitalia, by even confirming that this was also the thought of Minister... more
AirlinesAir France will not postpone the purchase of the A-380s
Paris, France - Although an accident at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport Terminal 2E occurred
Air France Chairman, Jean Cyril Spinetta, commented the accident occurred at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport last weekend, maintaining that such event will not prejudice delivery schedule for ten Airbus... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Government ready to ensure a bridging-loan for more than EUR 400m?
Rome, Italy - It would be revealed by international press
According to international press sources, Italian Government would be firmly willing to warrant a bridging-loan to Alitalia, even for more than EUR 400m, a figure which had been indicated by carrier's... more
AirlinesFuel costs put Asia airlines in a bind
Rome, Italy – Low-cost carriers besiege the big air companies
Singapore Airlines, Qantas Airways and Japan Airlines System may fail to fully counter higher jet-fuel costs by raising fares because of competition from new discount carriers. A rebound in global tourism... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Malpensa Airport can save Alitalia
Milan, Italy – President of Lombardia Region Formigoni is convinced about it and promotes a strengthening for this hub
Lombardia Region’s President, Roberto Formigoni, is promoting an initiative devoted to encourage a significant contribution by business and institutional local environment in order to save Alitalia. T... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines may consider furloughs
Chicago, USA - Many workers have already a contract in danger
United Airlines Chief Operating Officer, Pete McDonald, on Monday said employee furloughs could not be ruled out given the high price of jet fuel. Jet fuel is the airline industry's second-biggest operating... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): no intervention by Finmeccanica for the carrier
Rome, Italy – It has been confirmed by President Guarguaglini
Finmeccanica’s President and CEO Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini has maintained that this group is not making an effort devoted to participate to the solution of Alitalia’s crisis. In the past, he reminded, the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Italian Minister Buttiglione does not exclude drastic measures for carrier’s employees
Naples, Italy – According to Minister, CEO Cimoli must be able to go on working without being under outer constraint
Italian Minister for EU Policies, Rocco Buttiglione, has commented recent debates related to Alitalia between Minister Maroni and Minister Alemanno, maintaining that one cannot sham that drastic measures... more
AirlinesEuropean airlines mull US offer to boost negotiations over joint skies
Brussels, Belgium - For the moment there isn't a clear agreement
European airlines are to meet in Brussels on Monday to assess the latest US offer aimed at breaking the deadlock in negotiations over liberalising air services between the US and the European Union. According... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Minister Alemanno goes on defending carrier’s employees
Rome, Italy – Italian Government, opposition and trade unions ask for enabling Cimoli with the possibility of working quietly
After debates occurred yesterday with reference to Alitalia’s employment matter between Lega and AN parties by respectively Minister Maroni and Minister Alemanno (as Maroni thought that it is possible t... more
AirlinesAlitalia: an agreement between the company and flying personnel has been achieved regarding summer schedule
Rome, Italy - Savings are forecasted related to about 200 employees
A first relevant agreement between Alitalia's direction and trade unions' representatives with reference to flying personnel has been achieved. An agreement about extraordinary measures devoted to a recover... more