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AirlinesAlitalia aims at strengthening its North American network (2)
Rome, Italy - The declarations by the General Chief Marco Zanichelli
New details emerged in the course of the press conference of the General Manager of Alitalia, Marco Zanichelli, about the strengthening of the airline's network in North America, Europe and the East. The... more
AirlinesRoyal Jordanian temporarily stops flights for Iraq
Amman, Jordania - The service should start again tomorrow
A Royal Jordanian's press release informed on Saturday that for the moment the company will stop all flights to and from Baghdad for three days "until after November 25". The decision might have been taken... more
AirlinesAlitalia aims at strengthening its North American network
Rome, Italy - And has joined to the Italy-China Foundation
Alitalia seems about to strengthen its network in North America restoring and strengthening some routes that at the moment are to be decided. Among the possible connections there are Boston, Miami, Atlanta... more
AirlinesSeven Group granted a deferment of payment for Air Littoral
Paris, France - It has to pay EUR 11m within the end of the month
Seven Group, the fund lead by Mario Palmonella, is to pay EUR 11m within the end of the month in order to complete the recent purchase of the Air Littoral airline, that carried to the birth of the European... more
AirlinesCapital increase for Volare Group
Milan, Italy - The low-cost activity is giving good results
Volare Group has decided a capital increase of EUR 50 m. The decision, according to to an official notice from the group "It is destined to consolidate the low-cost activity operated by Volare with the... more
AirlinesAir Berlin is the best German air company in the survey of the "Reise a Preise" magazine
Berlin, Germany - More than 8,000 readers and experts participated to the survey
Air Berlin has been judged the best German airline in the survey lead from the specialistic magazine "Reise und Preise". 8,172 readers and experts of the field participated to the surveying and have estimated... more
AirlinesHans Christian Kolsum "Project Manager of the Year"
Stockholm, Sweden - The Swedish Project Academy awards the Sas project manager
The Swedish Project Academy nominated Hans Christian Kolsum, of Sas airline, "Project Manager of the Year" for 2003, for having successfully completed the introduction of four Airbus models in the Scandinavian... more
AirlinesAir France revises the half-year budget
Paris, France - Results slightly lower compared to last year
Air France administration board chaired by the President Jean-Cyril Spinetta gathered last Tuesday to discuss the half-year budget, closed in September 30th 2003. The air company recorded a reduction... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair: apparently the air company is negotiating with Delta
Rome, Italy - The news will be issued on tomorrow's "Panorama" magazine
The Italian weekly magazine "Panorama", out tomorrow, reveals that apparently Alitalia is negotiating with Delta for a new trade agreement which may foresee the launch of new routes and the network integration.... more
AirlinesPension funds' crisis for British Airways
London, Uk - The company's economic problems are growing
The Financial Times has published another bad news regarding the economic problems that are afflicting the British Airways, after that one about the 57% revenue decrease of the last few days (see the news... more
AirlinesAtlantic Coast renews and strengthens its fleet with Airbus
Paris, France - It is expected a contract worth EUR 1,4 bn
The fifth carrier of the United States, the Atlantic Coast, has signed with Airbus a fixed order for five A-320 and ten A-319 planes, plus an option for other ten aircraft of this last type. The operation... more
AirlinesRomiti (Rcs Quotidiani) sees the Alitalia's withdrawal from China as a "criminal" thing
Rome, Italy - "The expansion of the Italian enterprises towards the East markets is not favoured"
During the convention entitled "The Chinese enterprise" the President of the Italian society Rcs Quotidiani and of the Italian-Chinese Foundation (and years ago also part of the Alitalia management NdR),... more
AirlinesAir Europa has ordered 4 new Boeing 737-800
Lisbon, Spain - The Spanish carrier wants to renew its fleet
The Spanish carrier Air Europa has ordered four new Boeing 737-800 to be delivered in 2004. The new planes will replace the old 737-400 of its all-Boeing fleet and are to be used for the domestic flights... more
AirlinesRyanair offers free flights and pays airport and government taxes at British airports
Dublin, Ireland - Tho offer holds between November 20 and December 20
Ryanair announced yesterday that in addition to the free flying, the air company also offers to pay GBP 1 towards the cost of airport and government taxes. From November 20 to December 20 inclusive Ryanair... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines launches direct flights to Los Angeles and New York
Singapore - The new services will begin in 2004
Singapore Airlines plans to launch a direct service between Singapore to Los Angeles on February 3, 2004. It will take 16 hours to cover the 9,150 miles from Singapore and Los Angeles and 18.5 hours the... more
AirlinesFall of the easyJet profits
London, UK - The UK carrier is optimistic
EasyJet has reported a 28% drop in full-year profits. The fall is worse than expected and the company says that the fall was caused by the costs relating to its takeover of rival no-frills airline Go and... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (2). Tassone: "I don't think there is a decisive refusal by the unions"
Catanzaro, Italia - According to the deputy Minister for the Infrastructure the next meeting will help to get a better Dpcm evaluation
"The Alitalia problem it is not only that of the airline itself, but it is part of Italian aerial transport system", has declared the deputy Minister for the Infrastructure Mario Tassone about the hot... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair. Bonomi: "The decree is only the first step"
San Paolo, Brazil - According to the Alitalia president the main aim is to win the company's global carrier role back
The Alitalia privatization decree, recently approved by the Council of Ministers (see AVIONEWS) "It’s a tool, an important one, but a tool only and not a goal, like the alliances with the other companies": t... more
AirlinesAir Asia to operate flights between India and Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The airfares will be 70 % cheaper than the normal ticket price
The Malaysian privately-owned low-cost airline plans to begin flights between India and Malaysia. The airfares will be with almost 70% cheaper than the normal ticket price and the airline plans to fly... more
AirlinesAir Canada: passenger traffic drops
Toronto, Canada - The passenger traffic fell 10,9% compared to October 2002
The passenger traffic at Air Canada dropped 10,9% in October compared to the same month last year. The airline's load factor fell to 73,2% from 74,4% due to the cut of 9,4% to its capacity. The company's... more
Airlines55 daily flights from Gerona with Ryanair by 2005
Barcelona, Spain - The number of passengers is expected to triple in 2004
By 2005 Ryanair Holdings PLC plans to operate 55 daily flights from the Spanish city Gerona, near Barcelona. The low-cost airline and the Catalan local government have already signed a pre-accord. The... more
AirlinesAirAsia launches its first international route in December
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 10,000 passengers per month are expected
As part of the AirAsia's plan to expand from a domestic carrier into a no-frills regional airline, the airline will launch its first international route on December 8. The flight will be from Kuala Lumpur... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (9): the privatization phases
Rome, Italy - The privatization may to be happen by Opv or direct negotiations
The Alitalia privatization decree approved today by the Ministry Council provides that the divestiture by the Economics Ministry may to be happen by Opv (public offer for sale) or direct negotiations.... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (8): the unions first reactions
Rome, Italy - The general secretary of Filt Cgil, Fabrizio Solari, speaks
Hard reactions from Filt Cgil to the Mengozzi's statements about the approval of the Alitalia's privatization plan. The general secretary of the Filt Cgil, Fabrizio Solari, said that "Nobody can think... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (7): president Bonomi is satisfied
Rome, Italy - "Now we have to activate the plan"
Also the Alitalia's president Bonomi has said he is satisfied by the privatization decree. He called it an important tool to activate the reorganization plan and to strenghten the strategic alliances.... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (5): Air France's comments about the carrier's privatization decree
Rome, Italy - "Yes to the alliance but after the privatization and reorganization"
After the today approval of the Alitalia’s privatization decree by the Council of Ministers, Air France confirms the plans of alliance with Alitalia, but marks as ineludible conditions both the privatization a... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (4): Mengozzi's statement about Alitalia privatization
Rome, Italy - Following the meeting currently taking place in Mexico
"Dr Francesco Mengozzi, Alitalia's ceo, following the SkyTeam Governing Board meeting, currently taking place in Mexico, in reference to the approval of Alitalia privatization order, declared: 'The Council... more
AirlinesUS Airways cuts costs to face competition
Philadelphia, USA - The low-cost carriers gain ground
Us Airways Group Inc., the dominant carrier in Philadelphia, announced yesterday that it intended to reduce costs by USD 200 m to USD 300 m next year: it will reduce expenses for maintenance, flight operations... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (3): the security flies high at the stock exchange
Rome, Italy - After the privatization decree
The Alitalia security is gaining 6,75%. The security is flying high soon after the news of the approval by the Council of Ministers of the privatization decree, first step towards future strategic alliances... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair (2): the Council of ministers approved the privatization order
Rome, Italy - Now it's the transport committee's turn
Alitalia privatization has been discussed during the ministers' meeting; the company privatization order has been approved. Buttiglione, while coming out, informed that he asked for the matter to be discussed.... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair: Romani (Fi): "We are waiting for Mengozzi's documentation"
Rome, Italy - On November 20th the hearing of the carrier's chief executive
Paolo Romani, president of the Chamber of deputies Commission for the Transports, has repeated what he had already declared at the end of Francesco Mengozzi's first hearing, the Alitalia chief executive:... more
AirlinesRyanair: Ue could decide about the aids in the next weeks
Brussels, Belgium - It was announced by the spokesperson of Ue Commissioner to the Transports Loyola de Palacio
"The Ue Commission will decide on the Ryanair case in the next weeks". It was announced by Gilles Gantelet, spokesperson of the Ue Commissioner to the Transports Loyola de Palacio. The issue regards the... more
AirlinesAeroflot to reduce the number of civil airplanes
Moscow, Russia -- The planes are too old and the passengers number too small
At present the total number of long-haul airplanes in Russia is 1,500 and this number may be reduced by several times, Alexander Zubarov, the Chairman of the board of the Aeroflot airlines, announced at... more
AirlinesFixed the date of "Flyniki" first flight
Vienna, Austria - For the moment this is the name of Niki Lauda's new low-cost airline
Fixed for the next November 28th the first flight of "Flyniki", Niki Lauda’s new low-cost airline. The news has been published on the pages of a Viennese weekly magazine. The flight, carried out in collaboration w... more
AirlinesLufthansa closes in red
Frankfurt, Germany - Confirmed the negative results of the German airline
Sad the first nine-months results of the German vector's budget, which closed with a net loss of EUR 409m, compared to a positive EUR 344m, recorded for the same period of time, last year. The operating... more
AirlinesLufthansa: Third quarter in red
Frankfurt, Germany - Loss of EUR 17m
Despite their positive thinking Lufthansa management informed that the third quarter for the German carrier closed in red: minus EUR 17m. The previous quarter was even worse as the company recorded losses... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines reconsiders the forecasts of the fourth quarter
Rome, Italy - Loss could be higher than expected
Delta Airlines announced to have reviewed the evaluations of the forth quarter losses. Apparently the company expects a loss between USD 365m and USD 415m, considerably higher than the expectations that... more
AirlinesUe opens a procedure against Ryanair
Brussels, Belgium - It was announced by the general manager of the Irish company
It seems that the Ue is taking aim at the price cutting politics that Ryanair applied at the Belgian airport of Charleroi. The general manager of the low-cost company, Micheal O’ Leary, has announced t... more
AirlinesLow-cost carriers to affect the air transport industry
Asia Pacific region - SITA predicts a great growth of the low-cost carriers
SITA (Societé Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques) said that the air transport industry will be affected by the low-cost carriers. Lim Soon Hock, SITA SC President for the Asia Pacific... more
AirlinesKlm-Air France merger faces the first problems
Rome, Italy - Objections come from the U.S. regulamentation authority
The Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf", quoting sources very close to the management of the two companies, writes that the merger between Klm and Air France is facing some problems caused by the U.S regulamentation... more
AirlinesAmerican Airways: less job cuts than expected
Washington, Usa - 6,000 job cuts were expected initially
In April this year the airline announced that it estimated about 6,000 job cuts but the real number of layoffs were fewer than expected. About 1,300 pilot jobs were no more cut and 350 flight attendants... more
AirlinesLufthansa employees at risk
Frankfurt, Germany - The German airline could declare further cost and job cuts
According to the analysts interviewed by Bloomberg - the British press agency - tomorrow Lufthansa will reveal the closure of the third quarter: the net profit dropped of 67% to EUR 122m and a turnover... more
AirlinesIt's Ted the new low-cost of the United Airlines
New York, Usa - It will start operating on the western Coast in February
After the Delta, now it's the turn of the United Airlines to launch its own low-cost air company in order to contrast the strong increase on the market of the rival airline JetBlue. The new low-cost of... more
AirlinesLosses in increase for the Aua
Vienna, Austria - They amount to EUR 19m
The Austrian airline Aua, quoted at the stock exchange, has recently reported to have had higher losses than those forecasted, during the first nine months of 2003. These, calculated before the taxes,... more
AirlinesKamair, the first Afghani private airline is now born
Khabul, Afghanistan - Ariana reintroduces flights to Kandahar
After a two-years break the national Afghani airline, Ariana, has reintroduced the connections to Kandahar, South of the country. Ariana's fleet consists of three Airbus A-300/B-4, given by India, four... more
AirlinesBritish Airways profits drop
London, UK - The fall is posted at 57%
British Airways reported a 57% to GBP 60m fall in first half profit, a figure more than five times lower to that of 310 million of the past year. The profit per share has came down from 17,8 to 3,3 pence... more
AirlinesRyanair: Ue could ask the restitution of the presumed State aids
Rome, Italy - The news has been given by the Financial Times
The definitive decision will be taken at the end of the month and for Ryanair company it could be a hard blow. In fact, according to the Financial Times (and as published by AVIONEWS) the antitrust Commission... more
AirlinesSeven Group acquires Air Littoral
Paris, France - The goal is the creation, with Azzurra Air, of a European domestic carrier
The French Civil Aviation Authority has granted its permission to the acquisition of Air Littoral by Seven Group (first shareholder of the Italian carrier Azzurra Air), the investment trust leaded by the... more
AirlinesEtihad Airways takes wing
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - It was designated United Arab Emirates' national airline
On Wednesday Etihad Airways launched the inaugural flight having on board media and travel trade passengers. The first scheduled flight will be launched on November, 12, it will take off at 12:30 from... more
Airlines3 Call Centers closed by Southwest Airlines
Washington, Usa - The 1,900 employees will relocate to the remaining centers
The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines will close three of its nine phone-reservations centers, because of the bookings on-line. The airline said it will close its centers in Dallas, Salt Lake City and... more