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AirlinesCathay Dragon celebrates the launch of an exciting new era -VIDEO
Hong Kong, China - It operates a fleet of 42 passenger aircraft serving 52 destinations
Dragonair is officially rebranded as Cathay Dragon. The airline’s customers also joined in the launch celebration at a separate event at Hong Kong International Airport, which involved pilots, cabin c... more
AirlinesAirplanes and crisis. Etihad Airways will reduce the staff for 15% in Abu Dhabi?
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The airline's internal sources affirmed it
According to the Etihad's employees sources the leadership of the airline is considering the 15% reduction of the carrier's staff. It seems that the leadership invited all directors to linear cuts of personnel... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. Alitalia: worry on the future by the SkyTeam airlines
Rome, Italy - The BoD will approve the accounts in the early week of December
The Alitalia's Board of Directors meeting will take place in the first week of December to approve the new plan and to find the economic covering for the losses collected. According to some sources closed... more
AirlinesAirplanes and strategies. Alitalia-Etihad-Air Berlin-Niki-Tuifly: mixed marriages or pseudo-finance?
Rome, Italy - According to foreign press something is moving, and well constructed...
The European press is reporting it in these days. In the middle of the rumour there is the strategy that -the conditional is due- Etihad would intend act through its European subsidiaries Alitalia and... more
AirlinesKorean Air announces new route and network enhancements
Seoul, South Korea - Two routes will be suspended due to low demand
Korean Air has announced some network realignment and a new route. Commencing April 2017, the airline will introduce direct flights from Incheon to Barcelona. Due to a rise in demand, it is increasing... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia wants to go with Delta Airlines, and thinks to change numerous top manager
Rome, Italy - The Arabians set very difficult conditions
Probably the postponement of the Alitalia's Board of Directors that had to to approve the draft of a business plan "Tears and blood" is due to the fact that the announcements of a strong reduction of the... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia postpones BoD, but there are knots and "your sins will find you out"...
Rome, Italy - The pre-referendum Board will be probably re-fixed next week
The theory punctually verified that AVIONEWS made about the postponment of the Alitalia' Board of Directors fixed for this morning, and put off to future date, probably next week. It is what the ex-flag... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia's BoD fixed for today postponed. But unvailability by banks, lays-offs and debts the topics
Rome, Italy - Also the draft of the new business plan would have been discussed
More and more urgent rumours on the unvailability by Unicredit and by Intesa Sanpaolo to supply to Alitalia new funds to face the new difficulties of the airline. The leak reported also the Roman "Il Messaggero"... more
AirlinesAirplanes. List AirHelp Score: Qatar (first), Air Dolomiti (2nd), Alitalia (43rd), Ryanair (46th) -SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - The best carriers of the Summer 2016 for service quality, punctuality and for the manners of claim
Air Help published last week the list regarding the best airlines of the Summer 2016, a critical period of the year that put to the test the punctuality and the operating of the carriers. As hightlighted... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines inaugurates flights to Havana and Caracas
Istanbul, Turkey - Its 16th and 17th destinations respectively reached by the carrier
With existing services to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Panama, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Miami and Atlanta Turkish Airlines adds... more
AirlinesWelcome to the A-350/900 airplane in the Lufthansa's fleet
Milan, Italy - As of 19 December 2016
On 19 December 2016, the Lufthansa Group will receive its first A-350/900, which is the most modern long haul aircraft worldwide and which will be based at its Munich hub. The first regular commercial... more
AirlinesAirplanes and airports. Croatia Airlines sells slots to Heathrow. Protests: management and government gathered
Zagreb, Croatia - The assignment will cover debts but will resolve only problems at short term, the opposers say the to the project
The announcement made by the Croatia Airlines has not been appreciated by the internal analysts. It wants to sell nine pairs of weekly slots at the London-Heathrow airport, one of the most busiest in the... more
AirlinesAircraft and transport. Turkish and Alitalia reduce flights from/to Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - The Italian embassy in Ankara unveiled it. A measure that concerns also other carriers
Turkish Airlines and Alitalia reduce the flights for Italy. For the passenger decrease due to both economical recession and to the recent attacks, the Turkish flag carrier cancelled the connections towards... more
AirlinesAirplanes and occupation. EasyJet: 900 jobs in Europe in 2017, with focus on Italy
Milan, Italy - Ouseley confirms the next constitution of an European carrier
A considerable speedup of the investments in Italy in 2017. "For next year we have a plan of strong growth in Europe, where we create 900 jobs. In Italy it will be a particular substantial investment mainly... more
AirlinesKLM: Minneapolis a new destination served by A-330/200 airplanes
Amsterdam, Holland - The route will be in force from next March 27, 2017
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines adds a new international destination to its network. The airline will operate three times per week returm flights to Minneapolis from next March 27, 2017. This new service of the... more
AirlinesANA announces flights Japan-Mexico; beginning next February 15, 2017
Tokyo, Japan - The daily direct connection between Tokyo-Narita to Mexico City
ANA, Japan's airline, will launch direct flights between Tokyo's-Narita Airport and Mexico's capital Mexico City beginning February 15th, 2017. It becomes one of the first airlines to operate direct flights... more
AirlinesAirplanes and strategies. Alitalia BoD: difficult choices to save balance accounts
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile the theory increases about 20 aircraft grounded
Alitalia is near to the day of reckoning. The meeting of the Board of Directors of the ex-flag carrier that should take place on November 23 will have mainly the business plan on agenda. But it is not... more
AirlinesAirplanes and crisis. Redundancies also in Etihad?
Rome, Italy - Also the management at Abu Dhabi in difficulty?
Etihad, with the Mubadala fund that owns it, is affected by the low price of oil and has to to review also the investments on the airline, so much so that said with insistence in Abu Dhabi about a considerable... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Air Malta-Alitalia-Etihad: a triangle that doesn't like to Abu Dhabi
Rome, Italy - The Emirate carrier denies its interest to the Maltese airline
"Regarding the articles published yesterday by the Maltese press Etihas Airways clarifies to have never started negotiations with the Maltese government for a potential acquisition of Air Malta": with... more
AirlinesAirplanes and accounts. Airberlin: 3Q in red. The airline: "Impacted by measures for the future" -SPECIALS AVIONEWS
Berlin, Germany - Further financial details next November 16
"In a challenging market environment, airberlin recorded a 5 per cent decline in revenue to 1.23 billion euros in the third quarter of 2016 (Q3 2015: 1.30 billion euros). Earnings in the third quarter o... more
AirlinesEmirates moves its aircraft fleet: all A-380 and B-777 -VIDEO
Dubai, UAE - The airline has retired the last A-330 and A-340
In line with its vision to offer a superior passenger experience and improve environmental performance through a modern and state of the art wide-body aircraft fleet, Emirates has retired the last A-330... more
AirlinesAir Astana takes delivery of its first A-320neo airplane
Toulouse, France - First model delivered in the CIS
Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A-320neo at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse in the presence of airline executives and government officials. The aircraft leased f... more
AirlinesSAS refinances eight aircraft
Stockholm, Sweden - As part of its focus on optimizing the capital structure and reduce financing costs
As part of its focus on optimizing the capital structure and reduce financing costs, SAS has agreed to refinance two B-737 and four A-319 with a credit facility of MUSD 75 including Standard Chartered... more
AirlinesPNG Air signs for five additional ATR-72/600 airplanes
Toulouse, France - Converted into orders as much purchase options on a total of 14
The turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR and Papua New Guinea carrier PNG Air announced yesterday a USD 134 million contract for the firm purchase of five ATR-72/600s. The deal represents the conversion... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines launches a new direct service to Seychelles
Istanbul, Turkey - The third destination in the Indian Ocean reached by the carrier after Mauritius and Madagascar
Turkish Airlines celebrated last Monday the addition of Seychelles to its global route map with the airline’s inaugural flight landing at Mahé International Airport and opening up a world of 114 countries to... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. The "offensive" by Air France-KLM and its new low-cost -SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Paris, France - A new plan that considers ambitious strategic measures to return to a position in the air transport market
Air France wants to regain the market with a new low-cost airline, but not only... A project created to answer competition of the Gulf area carriers that "Developed on the low-cost in the key markets in... more
AirlineseasyJet expands flights from Berlin
Berlin, Germany - Four new destinations for winter 2016/2017
easyJet is expanding its network from Berlin-Schönefeld with four more destinations. The British low-cost airline now flies to Zurich (Switzerland), Marseille (France), Newcastle (United Kingdom) and... more
AirlinesWizz Air announces another new service from LJLA
Liverpool, UK - To the city of Craiova, in Romania, from the end of March 2017
Wizz Air has announced that it will commence flights from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" (LJLA) to the Southern Romanian city of Craiova from the end of March 2017. This is the airline’s second new r... more
AirlinesEmirates to fly flagship A-380 airplane to Doha
Dubai, UAE - From 1 December 2016
Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading one of its nine daily flights between Dubai and Doha to an A-380 airplane from 1 December 2016. The airline recently boosted its services to Doha with... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: 2016-2017 Winter schedule
Paris, France - 52 new routes compared with the previous season
For the 2016-2017 Winter season (from 30 October 2016 to 25 March 2017), Group capacity will increase (+3.7%) compared with the previous winter season. Growth is mainly driven by long-haul passenger operations... more
AirlinesANA: improved accessibility for hearing and visually impaired passengers
Tokyo, Japan - It becomes first Japanese airline to provide universally accessible entertainment content on international flights
ANA will be the first airline in Japan to deliver universally accessible entertainment on international flights. The service starting in November 2016 includes subtitles to help hard-of-hearing passengers... more
AirlinesKorean Air to introduce direct flights to Delhi
Seoul, South Korea - Starting December 1st
Korean Air is launching non-stop service between Delhi’s "Indira Gandhi Airport" and Incheon International Airport beginning December 2016. Delhi will be the second destination for it following Mumbai i... more
AirlinesSalamAir, first low-cost airline of Oman
Muscat, Oman - It has a fleet of three A-320. The maiden flight will be served at the end of this year
Under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Taimur bin Asad Al Said, Assistant Secretary General for Communications and Branding at The Research Council, SalamAir, Oman’s first budget airline revealed i... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Anpac, USB, Anpav ready to a 24 hour strike
Rome, Italy - Fixed for next November 25
The unions that have not signed agreement of September 18 with Alitalia have announced a 24 hour strike for the "Problems regarding crew staff, among them set of problems about commute personnel, to contractual... more
AirlinesAlitalia switch to new IT system
Rome, Italy - It can boost up to EUR 100 million in revenues for airline and significant benefits for customers
Alitalia has successfully completed a major IT system upgrade which is set to generate a substantial increase in additional revenues for the airline and improve customer service. The introduction of the... more
AirlinesAirplanes and agreements. Alitalia closes understanding with Lufthansa?
Rome, Italy - The talks would be still at a preliminary phase. In other words, how to "Unpack" the airline...
The coordinator of the operation would be James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Airlines, and also Vice-President of the German Air Berlin and of Alitalia (of this last Etihad is owner for 49%). Stakeholders,... more
AirlinesAirplanes: Iberia from today together with Japan Airlines, British Airways and Finnair in business on flights Europe-Japan
Madrid, Spain - Madrid becomes the fifth gateway
Today Iberia will join Japan Airlines, British Airways and Finnair in their joint business between Europe and Japan. The joint business means that the four airlines will share revenue and cooperate on... more
AirlinesTurkish Airlines: new services, routes and technological infrastructures
Rome, Italy - The national airline confirming an increased end of the year and looking to the future with determination
Turkish Airlines, that has recently got the recognition of "Best Airline of Europe" from "Skytrax", for the sixth consecutive year, renews its presence at "TTG Incontri" (October 13-15 in Rimini) with... more
AirlinesEmirates announces code-share with GOL
Dubai, UAE - The partnership has been filed to ANAC
Emirates and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes SA (“GOL”) have announced a new code-share and frequent flyer programme partnership. The code-share partnership has been filed to ANAC –Brazilian Federal Aviati... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. Alitalia: if the funds don't arrive, the future limps...
Rome, Italy - The presence by bankers is reinforced
It would seem that Miccichè and Ghizzoni will be next to enter into Alitalia's BoD on October 24. "Il Messaggero" newspaper reported it today: "Gaetano Miccichè and Federico Ghizzoni. The first, President o... more
AirlinesAlitalia to upgrade IT system from 8 pm (CET) 14 October
Rome, Italy - Important information for its passengers travelling this weekend
Alitalia will implement an important upgrade of its IT systems from 8 pm (CET) Friday 14 October until the end of Saturday 15 October as part of its goal to improve the passenger travel experience and... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Alitalia-Etihad (2). Hogan indicts? Delrio answers...
Rome, Italy - "The Government respected all its efforts with Alitalia", the minister answers back...
The Italian Transport Minister Graziano Delrio who already opposed to the diffuse certainty, that the trend taken by the Renzi's Government is that to favour mainly the low-cost carriers that operate in... more
AirlinesAirplanes and carriers. Alitalia-Etihad: Hogan hits Government and unions with a stick
Rome, Italy - And he prepares the ground to new cut, in view of...
The fact that some preconditions have not been respected disappoint me: this the core of what James Hogan, president and CEO of Etihad affirmed on the "Il Corriere della Sera" pages concerning the efforts... more
AirlinesEtihad Airways extends reach in Africa through new code-share agreement
Abu Dhabi, UAE - With kulula, South Africa's low-cost carrier
Etihad Airways (EA), the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, continues to build its presence in Africa through a new code-share agreement with kulula, South Africa’s low-cost carrier. The c... more
AirlinesAir Berlin confirms it is to join discussions of Etihad Airways and TUI AG on touristic operations
Berlin, Germany - The carrier last week announced a far-reaching restructuring
Air Berlin has decided to join discussions that Etihad Airways has entered into with TUI AG regarding the creation of a strong European leisure airline group, focused on point-to-point flying to connect... more
AirlinesAirplanes. Ryanair: over 3,500 new jobs to be created in 2017
Milan, Italy - As new aircraft deliveries boost fleet number
Ryanair announced yesterday that it is to launch a major recruitment drive as it plans to take delivery of 50 new aircraft in the next 12 months. The low-cost unveiled that it will be hiring 2,000 new... more
AirlinesAirplanes, carriers and crisis. Alitalia more and more in difficulty: a black future...
Rome, Italy - And meanwhile 200 millions are necessary...
It always more in difficulty and future even more undefined: this is Alitalia today. And always today Gianni Dragoni underlined it on "Il Sole 24 Ore", when he reports that a plan is under evaluation to... more
AirlinesAir Europa and Turkish Airlines have signed a code-share agreement
Istanbul, Turkey - Effective as of 1st October 2016
Air Europa and Turkish Airlines yesterday jointly announced the start of a code-sharing partnership effective as of 1st October 2016 that enables both carriers to tap into new markets and offer their passengers... more
AirlinesRyanair: September traffic grows 13% to 10,8 million customers
Milan, Italy - Load factor risees 1% to 95% on lower fares
Ryanair today (4 Oct) released September traffic statistics as follows: - Traffic grew 13% to 10.8m customers - Load factor rose 1% point to 95% - Rolling annual traffic to Sept grew 16% to 113.2m... more
AirlinesAirplanes and airlines. Air France-KLM and Delta extend code-share cooperation with Jet Airways through Paris and Amsterdam
Paris, France - New links via the Paris-"CdG" airport
Following the success of the code-share agreement launched in March 2016, Air France-KLM and joint-venture partner, Delta Air Lines will enhance their existing partnership with India’s Jet Airways. The e... more