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AirlinesSwiss International: load factor up of 3.7%
Basel, Switzerland - 876.330 passengers flown in month of August
Swiss carrier, controlled by Lufthansa, marked a load factor up of 3.7% in August compared with last year at 83.1%. The increase concerns both intercontinental and European flights. In August, carrier... more
AirlinesQatar Airways to purchase 60 A-350 aircraft
Paris, France - After months of negotiations, a letter of intent has been signed with the French plane-builder
Qatar Airways signed a letter of intent with Airbus last Friday to purchase 60 A-350s, as fruition of months of negotiations before reaching the agreement expected to complete what decided in June at Le... more
AirlinesBritish Airways urged not to sign the agreement with Gate Gourmet
London, United Kingdom - The catering supplier of the British carrier fired 800 people
British Airways and Gate Gourmet -catering company supplier of the Britain’s flag carrier- are negotiating for long in order to find a deal expected to avoid the catering supplier is put under legal p... more
AirlinesAirbus: Lufthansa took delivery of the 4000th aircraft made
Toulouse, France - An A-330/300 delivered to the German carrier at the major French manufacturing plant
Lufthansa is the customer of the 4000th Airbus-made commercial aircraft. The German airline took delivery of an A-330/300 at the French Toulouse manufacturing plant on last September 9. Airbus met orders... more
AirlinesJazeera Airways: opening flight of the first Kuwait's low-cost carrier to occur on November 16
Kuwait City, Kuwait - The aircraft used will be the A-320s
"Jazeera Airways", it is not the most famous Arab world TV channel company, it is the first Kuwait’s low-cost carrier. The opening flight is scheduled on November 16 and it will be performed with the f... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines: "Wall Street Journal" stated the US carrier could ask for the Chapter 11 this week
New York, USA - Delta's stakes are losing at the New York Stock Exchange
Chapter 11 is the way out provided by US Law for Delta Airlines to protect itself from creditors. Its stake is losing a 18.08% at USD 0.9 at the US Stock Exchange. Also "Washington Post" quoted the possible... more
AirlinesAlitalia: "Cimoli is honouring the reorganization and relaunch schedule"
Rome, Italy - It would have been stated by Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Lunardi about the carrier's President
Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Pietro Lunardi, commented on recent developments in Alitalia’s situation, underlining that Italian national airline President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, i... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): unions against any hypotheses of new job cutting
Rome, Italy - It is necessary to aim to a great international alliance as SkyTeam would be insufficient
FIT-CISL, FILT-CGIL, UIL Trasporti and UGL would absolutely disagree with any hypotheses of new job cutting by Alitalia. The unions will not accept new redundancies and another remuneration reduction as... more
AirlinesMyair: 320 passengers trapped between Bucharest and Orio al Serio due to a plane's failure
Bergamo, Italy - 200 people stopped at Bucarest and 120 at Bergamo
Myair’s flight should have carried them to Bergamo but 200 persons, among whom 100 Italians, would have been stopped for hours at Bucharest Airport without any information available about delay reasons. T... more
AirlinesMalaysian Airlines: the 747s and the 777s to counterbalance delays in delivering the A-380s
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Carrier Board proves convinced of it even if appearing disappointed about Airbus' attitude
The availability of some 17 Boeing 747s and a equal amount of 777s will enable Malaysian Airlines to contain the negative effects generated by delays in delivering the 6 Airbus A-380s. It would have been... more
AirlinesExcel Airways flight for Manchester cancelled due to the presence of suspected terrorists on board
Manchester, United Kingdom - Passengers frightened by two Pakistan-native men
A tourist flight departing from the island of Cyprus and bound for Manchester, has been cancelled and two men have been detained because passengers had denounced they were behaving suspiciously. Excel... more
AirlinesAegean Airlines: fleet modernization started by eight A-320s
Athens, Greece - Moreover, options for additional 12 aircraft including A-319s, A-320s and A-321s
The Greek carrier Aegean Airlines intends to modernize its fleet by replacing its Boeing 737s and it decided to order eight Airbus A-320 commercial airplanes, by a contract worth around USD 420m. It is... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian style to win
Rome, Italy - "Winning with style" together with Alfa Romeo and Maserati
Alitalia joined Alfa Romeo and Maserati in "Winning with style" operation destined to whom selects to travel with Italian style. Starting from September 21 up to December 20, flying with Alitalia will... more
AirlinesCroatia Airlines: 2005 record year
Zagreb, Croatia - It exceeded 1,5 million of passengers
Croatian carrier carried 193.245 passengers only in August 2005 and it forecasts to exceed 1,6 million of passengers within this year. So Croatia Airlines August was a record month: it had never exceeded... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Avia union's strike postponed till September 20
Rome, Italy - A union's autonomous choice related to "responsibility"
Avia union decided to postpone the 24 h Alitalia flight assistants strike till next week even if scheduled on tomorrow, September 13. The demonstration will be held so on September 20, Tuesday, though... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines: no agreement with technical personnel on strike
Washington, USA – The carrier could hire workers temporary employed to face the operational gap
Northwest Airlines would intend to hire technicians temporarily employed since the AMFA (Airline Mechanics Fraternal Association) union-led protest started on last August 20. This decision comes while... more
AirlinesFedex ordered six A-300/600
Toulouse, France - They are expected to be delivered in 2007
Federal Express has ordered six A-300/600 cargo version which will join the 47 planes making up its fleet. An Airbus statement clarified that all deliveries are expected to occur in 2007. Fedex has also... more
AirlinesIs Iberia thinking about the foundation of a low-cost carrier?
Barcelona, Spain - It could be the solution to face the great competitiveness of the low-fare airlines in the country
Iberia is about to release its strategic plan 2006-2008 and it seems that the major Spanish airline intends to found, fully own of acquire stakes in a low-cost carrier. Iberia would so appear willing to... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Alitalia Express bound for an operational transformation
Milan, Italy - Some MD-80s could be transferred to it replacing the ATRs, changing it in a sort of low-cost carrier headquartered in the North
Among the steps to be performed in order to contain the rising oil cost, the Italian national airline could change the role of Alitalia Express. The purpose would be the one of headquartering it in Milan... more
AirlinesAlitalia: trade unions fear for new redundancies
Rome, Italy - They could consist of 1500 but measures to face the rising fuel cost should be considered during company Board of Directors meeting today
Alitalia Board of Directors is going to meet today, and new measures to face the rising fuel cost could be taken into account. The carrier would need to find about EUR 200m and it could affect jobs once... more
AirlinesLufthansa and El Al prove closer thanks to Swiss International Airlines
Frankfurt, Germany - A code-share agreement is possible by January 2006
Lufthansa and El Al could implement a code-share agreement, currently under analysis, starting in January 2006. Such a possibility would be a plausible one when considering the fact that the Israeli airline... more
AirlinesStar Alliance launched "upgrade award"
Stockholm, Sweden - Some carriers have already it but the other ones later
Star Alliance has become the first alliance to offer Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) upgrade redemption option across the alliance, rather than on individual carrier basis. This brings travelling in either... more
AirlinesUS Airways-America West merge carrier's Board of Directors has been appointed
Washington, USA - The operation is expected to be completed within October
US Airways and America West Holdings Corp. have selected the 13 board members who will lead the airline after the two companies merge. The board will be chaired by Doug Parker, 43, Chief Executive of America... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines forced to increase fuel surcharge too
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Operating costs continue to growth due to the oil
Malaysia Airlines unveiled today its intention to boost by 14% the fuel surcharge and to ask Government for authorizing additional changes as oil price continue to lift. Malaysian carrier’s surcharge n... more
AirlinesTransavia.com to inaugurate new Rome-Rotterdam route
Rome, Italy - Dutch airline to launch other new destinations from Rotterdam
Transavia Airlines is about ot launch four new routes from its Rotterdam base: starting from October 31 2005, carrier will operate daily connections bound for Rome-Fiumicino with Boeing 737-400 airplanes.... more
AirlinesFinnair: demand and load factors up
Stockholm, Sweden - The traffic increased by 7.0% compared to August last year
Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 7.0% compared to August last year. Passenger load factor was at record levels in 71.4%, up 2.7 percentage points. Number of passengers carried was 599,700, up 7.9%. Finnair... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines operated flights at risk: now it could pay USD 1m of indemnity
Washington, USA - A FAA's inspector denounced the carrier accused to have compromised passengers' safety
American Airlines has been accused to have compromised passengers’ safety permitting that one of its McDonnell Douglas MD-82 flew with a faulty fuel tank: that occurred two years ago. Civil action taken a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: code-share agreement with Portugalia Airlines has started
Rome, Italy - Regarding Italian-Portuguese links besides some Alitalia's routes towards Germany, Hungary, Poland and Austria
The code-share agreement between Alitalia and Portugalia Airlines starts being enforced just this month. The NI code of the Portuguese carrier will appear on the following Alitalia’s flights: Lisbon-Milan a... more
AirlinesSmoke from cabin force-landed an American Airlines flight in Costa Rica
Washington, USA - 271 travellers bound for Florida emerged all safe
An Airbus by American Airlines en route from Costa Rica to Miami (Florida), met a mechanical failure and was forced to perform an emrgency landing at Liberia’s "Daniel Oduber" Airport yesterday. Flight w... more
AirlinesQatar Airways flies to Delhi, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Rome, Italy - With departures from Malpensa and Fiumicino
Qatar Airways to fly torwards Delhi seven times per week from Milan-Malpensa and Rome-Fiumicino via Doha, with a promotional and launch round fare, until October 31, starting from EUR 439. Extra for departures... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: new readjustments in the ticket fuel surcharge
Singapore - Increase between USD 3 and 5 depending on the routes
The rising aviation fuel price goes on affecting also the Singapore Airlines’ activities, which decided to act again involving the ticket cost. Fuel surcharge will actually be readjusted with another r... more
AirlinesWizz Air to purchase 24 A-320s over next 5 years
Budapest, Hungary - Airline's CEO, Jozsef Varadi, revealed it
It was born only one year and 4 months before and has carried 1 million of passengers till April 2005 and 2 million till the end of last August. To meet growth forecast the low-cost carrier decided to... more
AirlinesMalev-Hainan Airlines signed a code-share agreement
Budapest, Hungary - Hungary PM Gyurcsany and China's PM Wen Jiabao signed the deal today
Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany Ferenc met today in China his counterpart Wen Jiabao in order to reinforce bilateral relation between China and Hungary. Followed by a large delegation of Hungarian... more
AirlinesGermanwings: new routes from Italy
Milan, Italy - New connections from Malpensa, Boulogne and Verona to Stuttgart
"Germanwings increases the number of destinations served by Stuttgart’ hub and chooses three new Italian cities. To 18 connections served by low-cost carrier from Stuttgart, will be added, in fact, Milan, B... more
AirlinesLOT (3): B-787 equipped with Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines
Warsaw, Poland - Trent 1000 to power all B-787 planes too
After ordering 7 Boeing B-787 (see for details AVIONEWS), also Rolls Royce will take part to LOT’s special order: the British firm will provide in fact engines for Boeing 787s acquired yesterday by Poland’s air... more
AirlinesBritish Airways to increase fuel surcharge by 25%
London, UK - Long-haul routes to be more expensive
British Airways long-haul routes will suffer from a 25% increase over surcharge to compensate rising black gold’s prices which has overreached the record of USD 70 a barrel, while short-haul connections w... more
AirlinesAir Koryo, included on French black list, used by EU to fly a Parliament committee to Korea
Brussels, Belgium - There was also the Italian Jas Gawronski among MEPs
The fact has been unveiled after French MEP Gerard Onesta wrote European Parliament President to tell what happened last July when a MEP’s deputation flew to North Korea. The Member of European Parliament s... more
AirlinesLufthansa: building of the A-380's hangar at Frankfurt has started
Frankfurt, Germany - The 15 aircraft ordered should begin to be available by the first months next year
Lufthansa gained a go-ahead for building the Frankfurt Airport hangar exclusively devoted to the new Airbus A-380. Despite protests by some green movements, competent Judges ensured that no violation of... more
AirlinesQatar Airways doubles the "Duty free" on its flights
Rome, Italy - With the Autumn-Winter season
With the Autumn-Winter season on the Qatar Airways’s aircraft, the "duty free" on board has been enriched of a new series of proposals, destined to every category and each age of passengers. The new e... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines to focus upon international routes
New York, USA - To sell 11 B-767s belonging to ABX Air
The choice to focus upon international routes will imply sacrifices concerning the cut of Delta Airlines national services. The US carrier, because of the high price of fuel, decided to sell 11 of its... more
AirlinesLOT: choice of Poland’s carrier fallen on the B-787 Dreamliner
Rome, Italy - Airline's spokesman Leszek Chorzewski unveiled it
Yesterday AVIONEWS said that Poland’s carrier would meet with both Airbus and Boeing representatives to decide from which acquiring seven airplanes flying connections between Europe and America. Well, t... more
AirlinesSAS Cargo will expand capacity between Scandinavia and the US
Stockholm, Sweden - From September 22 between Copenhagen and Chicago twice a week
From September 22nd SAS Cargo will start offering additional all-cargo freighter capacity between Scandinavia (Copenhagen) and the US (Chicago) twice a week. The additional capacity will especially benefit... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Investigation Committee on Strikes started evaluating sanctions against SULT union's protest
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier minimized the size of the 48 h protest
Alitalia minimized the effects of the 48 h strike called by SULT union supporting its flight assistants on September 6-7. Some 54 employees would have stopped during the first day while just 33 protested... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: August 2005 traffic with strong performance in passenger activity
Paris, France - Sharp increase in both traffic and load factor
Passenger operations In August, Air France-KLM continued to experience a strong increase in both activity levels and traffic revenues, confirming the positive trend of recent months and bookings for... more
AirlinesHurricane "Katrina" (5): a lot of US carriers engaged to evacuate New Orleans
Washington, USA - They made fligths reimbursed by the FEMA
Yesterday Delta and Continental Airlines evacuated hundreds of people from New Orleans: about 15 carriers have operated 140 flights from past Friday up to yesterday helping 12,000 persons to reach sites... more
AirlinesAirAsia: "We'll cut costs with the Airbus"
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - "The A-320 uses a lot less fuel"
The Malaysia-based Asian airline will purchase 100 Airbus A-320 planes that are expected to help it to reduce operating costs, while currently, it does its utmost to keep ticket’s prices low despite o... more
AirlinesLOT: Airbus and Boeing representatives to meet today Poland's carrier to convince it to buy their own aircraft
Rome, Italy - LOT has to replace six B-767 flying between Europe and America
Choice of the Poland’s carrier will fall on the new B-787 Dreamliner or the A-350. The order is estimated EUR 416m and the two big manufacturer companies intend grabbing it. The spokesman for Poland’s nat... more
AirlinesOcean Airlines: the Italian cargo airline inaugurated Brescia-Shanghai route
Brescia, Italy - Hong Kong now is the 4th weekly return flight to China
Ocean Airlines, the Italian cargo airline, doubled its services to China. Last Sunday September 4 at 8:49am the first flight to Shanghai Pudong took off from Brescia-Montichiari Airport. Following the... more
AirlinesIndian Airlines ordered 43 A-320 family airplanes
New Dheli, India - A new success achieved in Asian by Airbus during the diplomatic meetings of Tony Blair representing EU
After the success achieved in China within the bilateral meetings with European Union (see for details AVIONEWS), Airbus struck another blow for itself in India where British Premier Tony Blair is visiting... more
AirlinesAlitalia: doubts on SULT union's strike effectiveness
Rome, Italy - There would have been some 32 flights cancelled, according to the union, but the carrier would indicate just 20
Data provided by Alitalia on flights cancellations yesterday during the first striking day by SULT union’s flight assistants clash with the union’s details. The Italian national airline would consider jus... more