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AirlinesContinental Airlines received final approval for New York-Houston-Buenos Aires service
Houston, Usa - Daily nonstop flights to begin Dec. 14
Continental Airlines yesterday announced it has received final approval from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin daily nonstop flights between the airline’s hub at George Bush Intercontinental A... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: new multimillionaire contracts
Rome, Italy - The new Doha's Airport construction goes on
"The construction of the New Doha’s International Airport (NDIA) is proceeding apace, destined to receive new aircraft of the increasing growth of Qatar Airways’ fleet and in particular to admit new Sup... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): "Neither redundancies nor externalizations"
Rome, Italy - Alitalia' statement
"During yesterday’s meeting with financial analysts we have not talked about additional redundancies. The company clarifies that during the meeting held yesterday with analysts, the sides have not talked o... more
AirlinesAfter 15 years an Iraqi plane landed at Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - Flights were suspended in 1990
After 15 years, the first regular flight operated by Iraqi Airways between Baghdad and Cairo has been carried out yesterday. The airplane carrying 75 passengers, took off from Iraqi capital with 9 hours... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "A general conflict, come hell or high water"
Rome, Italy - Flight assistants trade unions press release
Trade unions representing flight attendants will set demonstrations against the recent Alitalia’s view about the future of employees. Such unions will suspend the Project Service 2005 and stop talks. U... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Agreements are not scrap paper"
Rome, Italy - Joint press release by CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL unions
CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL unions think that agreements signed with Alitalia prove scrap paper. The carrier would have analysed with banks hypothesis of redundancies and new actions on jobs. This cannot be... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): from more than 20,000 employees down to only 9600 workers when the new business plane is completed
Rome, Italy - The new business plane has been presented to financial analysts
Alitalia will reduce its staff from 200,000 down to 9100 at the end of the business plan in December 2008. Meanwhile at 2100 cuts already operated, further 1200 are expected to add according to what has... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Minister Maroni agreed on the hypothesis of fleet mortgage
Rome, Italy - And ensured an analysis of treatment addressed to the carrier by some Italian airports compared to its competitors
Italian trade unions appear worried about the hypothesis of additional redundancies in Alitalia in 2006, but the airline denied it has indicated such a possibility during the meeting with banks to shown... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Rome Mayor Veltroni asked for talks on the carrier and ADR workforce mobility
Rome, Italy - Capital Mayor reminded the relevance of the city for air transport thanks to local economy and tourism growth
Rome Mayor Veltroni asked for setting talks together with Italian Government, Lazio Region and Province, Alitalia and ADR (Rome’s airports operator) to face the problem concerning workforce mobility f... more
AirlinesKingfisher Airlines interested in acquiring Air Sahara's stakes
Mumbai, India - It requires an USD 100m investment
The private Kingfisher Airlines is taking into consideration the option of acquiring stakes in Air Sahara carrier for over USD 100m. Air Sahara is India’s second-largest airline: it has a fleet of 26 a... more
AirlinesJet Airways: "See you soon America, now there are no planes"
Mumbai, India - It was designated by Government to serve links with USA, but it has to thicken its fleet
Indian carrier Jet Airways, at least for the moment, will have to renounce its intention to land in America: its fleet complains in fact a lack of aircraft that will not allow the carrier to start flying... more
AirlinesRyanair: Irish low-cost carrier denounced with Virgin by Belgian Government
Brussels, Belgium - Minister Freya Van De Bossche put forward attorney’s office the file regarding both carriers
"In the case of an offer for a plane ticket, the price indicated must be the total price, including all charges and taxes. The consumer must know in advance what it will have to pay. A correct indication... more
Airlines787 Dreamliner: Korean Air to produce plane wing tips
Seoul, South Korea - The South Korean carrier will operate ten airplanes of this type and even provide its important technical contribution for production
Also South Korean airline Korean Air will participate to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner programme. The carrier purchased ten new medium-long range airliners of the US maker, and it will even provide its technical... more
AirlinesJat Airways restarts flights on route Trieste-Belgrade, but...
Trieste, Italy - Less than two months before, the Serbian carrier was among air operators in violation of ICAO's rules
The flag Serbian carrier, Jat Airways, suspended the connection last March for inner problems, but starting from October 30, with the Winter timetable, its planes will resume flights between Belgrade and... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: new clouds to spoil its horizon
Washington, USA - Loss of over USD 2bn is expected, without considering fuel high price costs
Delta Airlines, which is operating under bankruptcy regime, previewed a loss of more than USD 2bn, excluding 2005 fuel high price costs. American carrier’s projection has been released during a private p... more
AirlinesLufthansa extends its routes to the Gulf region
Berlin, Germany - The airline is aiming at world’s oil markets
From January 10, 2006, the German airline will offer three weekly flights from Frankfurt to Doha, the capital of Qatar. The flights operated with Airbus A-330, will leave each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday... more
AirlinesHelios Airways plane came back Larnaca shortly after takeoff
Larnaca, Cyprus - The airline has been affected by three similar cases in one month
A Helios Airways plane en route from Cyprus to Birmingham (United Kingdom) carrying 189 passengers, was due to come back Larnaca Airport yesterday because of a failure warning. After landing the Boeing... more
AirlinesRyanair: new Boeing's solutions for 737-800s maintenance
Dublin, Ireland - The Irish carrier is the launch customer of the IT system named "Maintenance Performance Toolbox"
Ryanair is the launch customer of a new solution designed by Boeing to simplify maintenance activities of the fleet. It deals with the "Maintenance Performance Toolbox", an IT system which can be accessed... more
AirlinesAlitalia: new cost cuts in the business plan
Rome, Italy - Job and rising fuel cost measures have been scheduled but the break-even is always the major goal
New Alitalia’s business plan shown to banks yesterday includes a series of clear indications about measures and goals related to the 2006-2008 period, obviously considering also the remaining months o... more
AirlinesWizz Air: "We will be able to be listed in the Stock Exchange in a couple of years"
Budapest, Hungary - Carrier President and CEO, Jozsef Varadi, said
Wizz Air President and CEO Jozsef Varadi said that the Hungarian carrier will be able to be listed in the Stock Exchange in a couple of years, though nothing certain has been decided yet. All traffic is... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): "We will decide after analysing the plan"
Rome, Italy - Banca Intesa's CEO, Corrado Passera, stated
"We are completing the appraisement of the plan and then we will decide if becoming global coordinator or partecipating to the consortium of guarantee", said about the role of his bank, Banca Intesa’s C... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: third quarter net income reached USD 61m
New York, USA - Profit at USD 3bn
Continental Airlines, despite record high jet fuel prices, is one of the few global carriers to have reached profit that went beyond all expectations of Wall Street. Net income were at USD 61m equal to... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): General Electric may accord the mortgage
Rome, Italy - According to financial newspaper "Milano Finanza"
Alitalia would be negotiating with General Electric the EUR 465 worth mortgage on its aircraft according to the financial newspaper "Milano Finanza". The mortgage would serve especially to give back the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): some 144 flights have been cancelled due to the air traffic controllers' strike
Rome, Italy - Also Lufthansa, Air France and British Airways suffered for it at Fiumicino Airport
Not only Alitalia is forced to come to grips with ENAV (Italian National Air Traffic Control Authority) controllers’ strike today but also many other major airlines such as Lufthansa, Air France and B... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: Venice to be connected with Atlanta with a non-stop flight from June 7
Venice, Italy - The US airline statement
"As part of the largest international expansion in its history, Delta announces the introduction of a new non-stop flight from Venice to Atlanta starting from June 7, 2006. Additionally airline will introduce... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines to sale its "Redticket" in "Hofer" supermarkets
Vienna, Austria - Carrier board of director's member, Josef Burger, unveiled it
"We try to approach our customers to gain additional segments of market together with our partners. From next Thursday, we will offer our customers to acquire trip package at EUR 199 -from November 1st... more
AirlinesCayman Airways cancelled 4 flights due to "Wilma"
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Data from a reconnaissance plane indicated the hurricane became category 5
Hurricane "Wilma" had already caused 10 victims at Haiti and now it is minaciously approaching the Western coasts of Cuba and the peninsula of Yucatan in Mexico. The National Hurricane Center informed... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): choice between Milan and Rome has been tormenting me since I joined Italian Government
Rome, Italy - Italian Transport Vice-minister Tassone said
"The matter of a selection between Rome and Milan has been tormenting me since I joined Italian Government. If Cimoli said these things about the fact of choosing just one hub between Rome and Milan I... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the new business plan is being shown to banks today
Rome, Italy - Banca Intesa must make its role clear for recapitalization
While Alitalia is forced to cancel some 102 flights (62 domestic ones and 40 international ones) today due to the ENAV (Italian National Air Traffic Control Authority) air traffic controllers’ strike f... more
AirlinesENAV air traffic controllers strike (2): many carriers forced to cancel flights
Rome, Italy - Several services will be instead re-scheduled
Due to the strike called by ENAV air traffic controllers on tomorrow at Fiumicino Airport from 12:00am to 4:00pm (see for details AVIONEWS), many international carriers are getting ready to cancel several... more
AirlinesDelta: "We want to become the worldwide largest transatlantic airline"
New York, USA - The goal in 2006 with 11 new flights bound for Europe and the Middle East
Becoming the worldwide largest transatlantic carrier: this is the Delta Airlines’ goal for 2006 in order to face the delicate situation of the company within the transformation plan of the airline. Revenues f... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): "Time is necessary to solve the crisis"
Rome, Italy - It has been stated by Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi
"We inherited this matter, a very difficult one. We are trying to provide a solution, it cannot be solved immediately. It needs time". It was stated by Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi, at the end of... more
AirlinesAn intense Autumn for Royal Jordanian
Amman, Jordania - Launch of new flights, inauguration of a new brand and entrance in Oneworld
Royal Jordanian Airlines will operate the route from Amman to Erbil, North of Iraq, starting from November 1st, with two weekly flights. The launch of flights between Amman and Bassora, Southern Iraq,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: new daily non stop service between New York and Copenhagen
Houston, Usa - Flights to begin from Newark Liberty International Airport in May 2006
Continental Airlines announced it will launch daily nonstop flights between New York and Copenhagen, Denmark starting on May 23, 2006 pending government approval. Flying times will be approximately seven... more
AirlinesVolare Airlines (2): Italian carrier cannot be undersold to a financial speculator
Milan, Italy - Marco Sartori, assistant for special commissioner Carlo Rinaldini, reported it
"If the terms for the presentation of the professions of interest are delayed, we could decide to prorogate of 2 weeks also the terms for the presentation of the offers whose expiration is fixed on November... more
AirlinesVolare Airlines: towards a prorogation of the term to put forward the professions of interest
Milan, Italy - Marco Sartori, assistant for special commissioner Carlo Rinaldini, revealed it
"The hypothesis is very probable even if the decision has not been still formalized. A decision that would be taken for being able to estimate at best the several proposals received. However it is not... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): new business plan to be shown to banks tomorrow
Rome, Italy - Meetings between the company and banks interested in Alitalia recapitalization have been already held yesterday
Deutsche Bank and Banca Intesa’s participation for Alitalia recapitalization depends on meetings already held in recent days. So, a formal process destined to lead to a capital increase and denationalization o... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): more international crews starting on November 1st
Rome, Italy - Thanks to the resort to Japanese, Chinese and Indian flight attendants performing an important informative role on board
There will be some 82 Japanese, Chinese and Indian flight attendants added to the Italian-native ones operating with Alitalia starting on next November 1st. As named Flight Interpreters but also Commercial... more
AirlinesAlitalia: fleet mortgage proves a major measure without a EUR 1.2bn recapitalization
Rome, Italy - The company would be taking into account market risks which could prevent the expected capital increase
Banca Intesa must make its view clear concerning its willingness to join the consortium for Alitalia recapitalization, and it should unveil its decision during the meeting scheduled on Wednesday, October... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): a booking web site devoted to travel agencies
Rome, Italy - It has been scheduled at present only with reference to IATA agencies
Alitalia is ready to show a web site exclusively devoted to booking for travel agencies, a measure already implemented by Meridiana. The officialization could arrive within about ten days, but this step... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: direct connection Atlanta-Tel Aviv
Washington, USA - The service will start on March 27, 2006
Delta will launch a new direct daily link from Atlanta to Tel Aviv on the next year: the only non-stop flight between South-Eastern United States and Israel operated by this carrier. The American airline... more
AirlinesBomb threat on Singapore-bound flight
Manila, Philippines - A Singapore Airlines plane departing from Philippines was evacuated
The takeoff of a Singapore-bound airplane has been delayed 3 hours today at Manila Airport (Philippines) due to a bomb hoax. The 199 people, including 18 crew members, on board have been evacuated from... more
AirlinesEurofly: an A-350 and additional two A-330s to arrive
Rome, Italy - So Airbus put a 143 A-350 order into cold storage
"The acquisition of the new Airbus aircraft allows us to continue to benefit from the advantages of the most modern and technologically innovative fleet in the industry", said Augusto Angioletti, CEO of... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Minister Maroni summoned Cimoli on the fleet mortgage hypothesis
Rome, Italy - Carrier President to meet Minister by this week but Cimoli proves quiet about this matter
Italian Welfare Minister, Maroni, intends to meet Alitalia President, Cimoli, this week to better understand the hypothesis of mortgage on the fleet worth around USD 485m. Minister considers it an extraordinary... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines may recall 300 pilots in 2006
Washington, USA - An additional step to emerge from bankruptcy
United Airlines would have intention to recall about 300 pilots in 2006, seeing the growth in demand expected on the next year. The first group of 20 units is scheduled to return to work on January 9.... more
AirlinesHainan Airlines: George Soros about to invest USD 25m in the Chinese carrier
Beijing, China - US financier will be in Hainan island in the week-end
Hainan Airlines is the fourth Asian carrier and George Soros already owns a 14.8% stake in the Chinese airline. Sources close to the carrier stated that this financier intends to invest additional USD... more
AirlinesCOMAIR: 1000 jobs and 30 planes have been cut
New York, USA - This operation is part of the Delta Airlines' restructuring plan
Some USD 70m must be found by this year or 70m must be saved. Because of the fact that no one intends to provide 70m to a company owned by an other one, Delta Airlines, being under Chapter 11, the regional... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Board of Directors approved the new business plan
Rome, Italy - Also an investment worth around USD 480m is under appraisal, on the basis of warranties involving carrier's airplanes
Alitalia Board of Directors approved the new business plan 2005-2008. The purpose is the one of facing the 40% rise of fuel cost compared to the last April 14 plan. Actions on jobs, network, purchases... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): it is necessary to achieve recapitalization by this year
Rome, Italy - This target has been set by EU, as stated by Stefaan De Rynck, Transport Commissioner's spokesman
"European Commission confirmed that it is important that recapitalization is accomplished by the end of this year, as scheduled by last June decision". It was confirmed by Stefaan De Rynck, Transport Commissioner’s s... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): "What an agreement is that? We will discover the truth on real sacrifices affecting employees in 15 days"
Rome, Italy - CUB union's view
"We will discover the truth on real sacrifices affecting employees in 15 days, after the sign of the recent agreement". This was stated by CUB union about the Alitalia-unions deal. CUB proves worried about... more