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AirlinesPOSSIBLE CROSSAIR/LUFTHANSA PARTNERSHIP
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, At the same time of Zurich inhabitants vote, which authorized the district cash drawing of 300 SFm for the constitution of a new Swiss airline, substituting the bankrupt Swissair,... more
AirlinesFLIGHTS TOWARD ARGENTINA ON DECREASE
PARIS, FRANCE, The airlines British Airways and Air France decided to reduce to a half their flights toward Argentina, because of the economical limitations issued from the Argentine governement, in order... more
AirlinesSWITZERLAND: FINANCIAL GOAL FOR THE NEW AIRLINE ALMOST REACHED
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, After two Basilea districts, also Zurich district authorised, after its inhabitants vote, 300 millions of Swiss francs funds, in order to constitute the new Swiss airline, after Swissair... more
AirlinesEL AL: PROBLEMS FOR CEMETERY OVERFLYING
TEL AVIV, El Al, the Israel flag carrier, had recently some problems with the ultra-orthodox party, due to the fact that taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, the planes are obliged to overfly... more
AirlinesAIR ALGERIE WILL LAND AGAIN IN SOUTH ORLY
PARIS, FRANCE, Air Algerie informed that on the next month of March it will move its Paris landing from Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle to South Orly airport. The airline had already left this airport after the... more
AirlinesALITALIA, PASSENGER TRAFFIC RISING AGAIN
ROME, ITALY, Alitalia stated, during the ceremony for the opening of the new VIP lounge at Fiumicino airport, that 850.000 passengers flew on Alitalia network between December 22nd and January 7th. The... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE, THE LAST CONCLUSION
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, According to an official press release, in the meeting held at Abidjan (Ivory Coast) already reported yesterday, presidents, premiers and/or their representatives have recommended... more
AirlinesALITALIA IS CONSIDERING VARIOUS SOLUTIONS FOR ITS STAFF EXCESS
ROME, ITALY, Monday 14th in the afternoon Alitalia Board of Directors will meet in order to solve the problem of redundant staff, consequent to the well known events linked to Twin Towers attacks. It... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE: GOOD RESULTS FOR DECEMBER
PARIS, FRANCE, French airline Air France registered in December a traffic slowdown of 2%, a clear recover in respect to November 7,2%. This allowed to airline to limit traffic reduction to 6,5%. In the... more
AirlinesTECHNICAL TROUBLES ON ALITALIA FLIGHT TRIESTE-ROME
GORIZIA, Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flight Trieste-Rome has been cancelled due to technical reasons presently unknown. The twin jet was leaving yesterday at 2.55 p.m. but few minutes before... more
AirlinesSAS: 0,8% PASSENGERS DECREASE IN 2001
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, The Scandinavian airline SAS registered a 0,8% decrease of passengers traffic in 2001 comparing to 2000, 7,8% less only in December, especially as for business class. The loss,... more
AirlinesBMI ANNOUNCES CREATION OF A NEW LOW-COST CARRIER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a note diffused by BMI British Midland, the UK's second biggest carrier, a new low cost airline is to be launched in March which will operate from BMI's base at... more
AirlinesQANTAS TECHNICAL SERVICES RESCUES A KOREAN AIR MD-11 AT SYDNEY
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Engineering Technical Operations and Maintenance Services staff came to the aid of Korean Air to assist with the recovery of an MD11 cargo aircraft that had tipped onto its... more
AirlinesQANTAS REACHES LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH AMWU AND AWU
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Qantas Airways said today it had reached a landmark agreement with the AMWU and AWU providing a 12 month wage pause until 30 June 2002 and future wage increases dependent... more
AirlinesFINNAIR: 0,1% DECREASE OF PASSENGERS IN 2001
HELSINKI, FINLANDIA, In the period following U.S.A. attacks, the finnish airline, registered a 0,1% decrease of the number of passengers in 2001 (7.537.000 in comparison with 7.544.000 last year),... more
AirlinesAIR AFRIQUE: MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT OF STATES MEMBERS
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, A delegation of ministers of transports members of Air Afrique, met on Wednesday 9 at Abidjan, in order to decide about the future of the airline which suffers a debt of 510... more
AirlinesVARIG RE-OPENS MANAUS-MIAMI ROUTE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Varig Brazilian airline announced it is to resume no-stop flights between Manaus and Miami on January 19, operated weekly using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Brazilian carrier, which... more
AirlinesNEW MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS FOR CIVIL AVIATION
ROME, FCC (Federal Communication Commission) certified the Boeing device that can be used for a broad band of frequencies destined to multimedia airborne links, i.e. Internet, Intranet, TV, e-mail and... more
AirlinesAIR LIB SUBSTAINED BY CAI
PARIS - FRANCE, The French airline Air lib (ex AOM-Air Liberté)will be helped by the Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI), the branch of the French bank Crédit Agricole, in order to create a tax GIE (economic in... more
AirlinesCROATIA AIRLINES WON’T BUY NEW AIRBUS UNTIL 2005
CROATIA, Croatian Airlines announced that the second phase of modernizing plan, which had already allowed to buy 7 new Airbus A-319 e A-320, between 1997 and 2001, won’t take place. In this second phase... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS: 15 EUROPEAN FLIGHTS AT RISK
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British Airways is setting up a plan of studies in order to avoid further big losses in 2002, after it has already suffered a loss of 2 million pounds per day, following 11 September... more
AirlinesDELTA AIRLINES WILL RESUME WASHINGTON-NEW YORK FLIGHTS
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. carrier Delta Airlines will resume service between Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport starting March 2. The... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS AFRAID OF RYANAIR?
DUBLIN, IRELAND, According to managing director of Ryanair, Lufthansa would be afraid of the Irish low cost airline, by the obstacles the German flag carrier is trying to pose to Ryanair expansion in Germany.... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The English airline began an advertising campaign costing 7,7 millions of dollars in order to promote travellers which stopped to fly after Sept. 11. The promotion concerns business... more
AirlinesSMALL CARRIERS RESIST TO CRISIS BETTER THAN BIG ONES
WASHINGTON, USA, According to a FAA spokesman, While the big carriers have to dismiss a lot of employees, small U.S. airlines, such as Air Train, Frontier and JetBlue are continuing in their customers... more
AirlinesRYANAIR: RECOVER PASSENGERS, LOWERING TICKET PRICES
MILAN, ITALY, According to declarations of a low-cost airline Ryanair spokesman, the only way to recover the passenger's trust in flight is in lowering prices. THe carrier has reduced its prices soon... more
AirlinesEASYJET: 36,5% PASSENGER INCREASE IN DECEMBER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to declarations of a low-cost British airline Easyjet spokesman, carrier registered an increase of 36,5% in passenger number in month of December, in comparison with the... more
AirlinesEASYJET WILL BUY 75 AIRLINERS FROM AIRBUS AND BOEING
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a United Kingdom low cost airline easyJet spokesman declarations, carrier is in talks with U.S. plane makers Boeing Co. and French Airbus Industrie about buying... more
AirlinesAA CEO SUPPORTS HIS PILOT'S DECISION ON SECRET SERVICE AGENT
USA, American Airlines CEO, Don Carty declared to "support completely" the decision of a pilot of his airline, who decided to leave grounded a secret service agents, who was flying to Waco, Texas, to join... more
AirlinesCODESHARE AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN BA AND KLM
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A short-term codesharing agreement has been signed by British Airways and KLM, opening possibilities that between the two carriers a more strict agreement could be signed in the... more
AirlinesFIVE AIRBUS A321 FOR VIETNAM AIRLINES
VIETNAM, According to an Airbus spokesman, Vietnam airlines will buy 5 A321 aircrafts in the next month, worth 300 USDm. These aircraft will be used either for regional and long-haul flights. airline... more
AirlinesMESA RETURNS TO DENVER NEXT MONTH
DENVER. USA, Mesa Air Group has recently signed an agreement with Frontier Airlines. It will fly from Denver International Airport to Saint Jose three daily round trips and two round trips to Houston’s G... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RECORDS HALF OF THE MEDIUM LOSSES OF THE AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of Pierre-Henry Gourgeon, general director of French airline Air France, the carrier registered a loss of 7,5% after Sept. 11 attacks, an half of the medium losses... more
AirlinesDELTA FORCED TO CANCEL 250 FLIGHTS AT ATLANTA AIRPORT
ATLANTA, USA, The U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has been forced to cancel around 250 flights at Atlanta airport, one of the country's busiest airports as snow storms swept across the Southern United States,... more
AirlinesVIETNAM AIRLINES INAUGURATES ITS NEW ROUTE HANOI-MOSCOW
HANOI, VIETNAM, Vietnamite carrier Vietnam Airlines announced it have started its new route no-stop Hanoi-Moscow, operated weekly either with an Airbus A300-600 or a Boeing 767. more
AirlinesCUBANA RESTARTS FLIGHTS TO MOSCOW
AVANA, CUBA, Cuban airline Cubana de Aviaccion restarted its weekly direct flights to Moscow, operated with a DC-10 aircraft. more
AirlinesAIR CHINA MAKES ITS FIRST JOBS CUT
BEIJING, CHINA, According to a Air China spokesman declarations, carrier has laid off some 230 employees - about 2 percent of its work-force - as part of its efforts to meet the global downturn in... more
AirlinesFINAL PHASE FOR OLYMPIC AIRWAYS RECOVER STARTED
ATHENS, GREECE, According to Greek government declarations, has been started the final phase for the recovery of the debt-burdened flag carrier Olympic Airways. Have been started talks with Australian... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE PLANS A PARIS-HO CHI MINH CITY NO-STOP SERVICE
PARIS, FRANCE, Air France is considering to operate a no-stop service between Ho Chi Minh City and Paris within 2002. According to airline's South Area manager in Vietnam, Jean Denis Bour, due to improved... more
AirlinesTOUGH TIMES FOR DELTA: 500 USDM LOSSES EXPECTED
USA, According to a Delta airline spokesman declarations, Atlanta-based carrier had a tough fourth quarter and expects to make losses for about 500 USDm, due to the dramatic downturn in air travel... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS TO REDUCE TICKETS FARES
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Ireland airline Aer Lingus decided to reduce fares on 2,5 million of tickets that will be sold in 2002 to face losses expereinced after Sept. 11 attacks. The cost of a trip for U.S. will... more
AirlinesAIR MAURETANIA STARTS CONNECTION WITH PARIS
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURETANIA, Air Mauretania airline started a new route between Nouakchott and Paris operated with a Boeing 737 aircraft. Airline has also two Fokker F-28, with which it flies to Casablanca,... more
AirlinesSTRICT TALKS BETWEEN VIRGIN EXPRESS AND DAT
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to a Belgium-based low cost airline Virgin Express spokesman, declarations, has been confirmed that there are talks with the backers of DAT, successor to bankrupt national... more
AirlinesNEW POLISH REGIONAL AIRLINE
WARSAW, POLAND, The Polish aeronautical group GTL announced the creation of a new regional airline, named Air Silesian, which would operate flights between Poland and most requested European cities. Flights... more
AirlinesTHAI SHAREHOLDERS RE-ELECT OLD BOARD
BANGKOK, Thai Airways shareholders yesterday reappointed members of the board who resigned on Monday. "The shareholders re-elected 14 members including the airline's chairman, Virabongsa Ramangkura. One... more
AirlinesKOREAN CARRIERS TO BOOST CHARTER FLIGHTS
SEOUL, Korean carriers said they are increasing the number of charter flights due to the rising demand. Korean Air will operate 79 flights from the end of December until the end of January. Destinations... more
AirlinesSAS TO CUT COSTS
STOCKHOLM, Scandinavian SAS announced it could not need to cut jobs if its employees would accept a collective pay reduction in order to trim and save costs next year. Talks with trade unions are tro be... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES INVITES ITS PASSENGERS TO PACK PLENTY OF PATIENCE
USA, Alaska Airlines is asking passengers to pack plenty of patience during this holiday season in light of heightened airport security and to understand that heightened security measures are in... more
AirlinesKHALIFA AIRWAYS TO START NEW ROUTE
MULHOUSE, Algerian Khalifa Airways is to launch a new twice weekly service, on Thursdays and Saturdays, between Bble-Mulhouse and Constantine, in Algeria. The carrier will operate an Airbus A319 on the... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT INKS DEAL WITH SKYNET
MOSCOW, Aeroflot has signed a codesharing and inter-business agreement with irish SkyNet yesterday. SkyNet will start operations next April with a route "between Moscow and Dublin and Shannon, at first... more