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AirlinesIceland Express: the low-cost carrier to inaugurate a new route
Rome, Italy - As a part of the expansion of routes between Iceland and Germany
Low-cost carrier Iceland Express has begun an air connection with Hahn Airport, near Frankfurt, Germany. The airline, moreover, is about to state other connections for new destinations, in order to carry... more
AirlinesThird destination in Japan for Finnair
Helsinki, Finland - The new route from Helsinki to Nagoya Airport starting from June 2006
Finnair announced the next start of a direct flight, from June 2006, from Helsinki to Nagoya. The decision is part of the airline strategy to strengthen its own presence in the Far East. Nagoya is the... more
AirlinesTrouble with tyres stopped a Wind Jet's plane
Varese, Italy - Malpensa and Mykonos tourists suffered from an exhausting wait
Flight IV 1596 by Wind Jet that would have had to leave yesterday from the Mykonos Airport at 11:00am to bring back in Italy about 60 tourists, postponed more times the takeoff because it seems that the... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Minister Lunardi set a call-up against the SULT union's August 30-31strike
Rome, Italy - A meeting between carrier President Cimoli and Italian Welfare Minister Maroni has been scheduled today
Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Pietro Lunardi decided to resort to an issue of an order to resume work against Alitalia’s flight assistants represented by Italian SULT trade union. N... more
AirlinesAVIONEWS interviewed Paolo Maras from SULT union on Alitalia personnel's strike scheduled on August 30 and 31
Rome, Italy - "Eight days remain to prevent the demonstration if there is a will to find a solution, though Commitee on Strikes and Alitalia prove firm in their views"
AVIONEWS interviewed Paolo Maras from SULT union on Alitalia personnel’s strike scheduled on August 30 and 31 after the meeting with Investigation Committee on Strikes (see for details AVIONEWS). Maras u... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): rising fuel cost will not affect ticket price
Rome, Italy - Cimoli would have pointed it out also reminding that a deal between two banks on recapitalization is about to happen in the next days
Italian Government proves firm in solving the struggle which opposites SULT union and Alitalia. There are no clashes between the carrier and Government on such a matter, according to airline’s President C... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Italian Minister Maroni criticized carrier's attitude regarding SULT union
Rome, Italy - Minister of Welfare is waiting for explanations on the airline's decision to avoid to allow the trade union
Investigation Committee on Strikes and SULT/Avia unions’ representatives scheduled to meet today in order to avoid the strike called respectively on August 30-31 (48 h) and September 6 (24 h) against A... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Avia union summoned by Investigation Committee on Strikes on August 22
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, also the Italian air traffic controllers' unions decided to support SULT union's struggle
Investigation Committee on Strikes decided to summon Avia as well on Monday August 22 as representing Alitalia’s flight assistants, in order to convince the union to cancel the 24 hours strike scheduled o... more
AirlinesFinnair: all set for Canton flights launch
Helsinki, Finland - Finnish carrier is more and more interested in Chinese market
Finnair is completing preparations for the launch of the new route that will connect Helsinki with Canton (Guangzhou, China) starting from next September 4. Flight’s advertising has started to appear o... more
AirlinesFinnair to steer for Geneva next Summer
Helsinki, Finland - Direct daily flights from Finnish capital by the ERJ-170
Finnair will launch direct daily connections from Helsinki to Geneva on Summer 2006. Finnish airline already flies to Zurich twice a day. The new route will be operated by the Embraer 170 which has recently... more
AirlinesChina Southern to prepare Beijing's ground for the A-380's arrival
Beijing, China - 100,00 square metres dedicated to both the Superjumbo and cargo area
China Southern Airlines, the country’s leading airline, is planning to invest over USD 100,000m to set up a new facility at Beijing International Airport. By the end of 2007, one of five carrier’ Superjumbo Air... more
AirlinesFinncomm Airlines strengthened flights in Lapland
Helsinki, Finland - Kittilä and Kuusamo are new destinations for it
Finncomm Airlines, Finnish regional carrier, has strengthened its connections from Helsinki towards Finnish Lapland’s cities. Starting from this Summer, it flies from Helsinki to Kemi, Kittilä and Kuusamo. Th... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Investigation Committee on Strikes summoned SULT union and the carrier separately on August 22
Rome, Italy - The union proves unsatisfied about the Committee's procedures and expects the confirmation of what stated and threatened to date
Investigation Committee on Strikes will meet representatives from Italian SULT union and Alitalia on next Monday, August 22, to understand if sufficient warranties to favour dialogue between the sides... more
AirlinesSAS: one-way fares in Europe
Stockholm, Sweden - The offer will start as from September 1st
Scandinavian airline SAS will be the first carrier to launch one-way fares to and from European destinations. SElling of new tickets will start as from September 1st: it will be possible to book the tickets... more
AirlineseasyJet's plane forced to emergency landing at Boulogne yesterday: smell of burning due to electric oven overheating?
Boulogne, Italy - Aircraft took off with two hours of delay
It is not clear yet the reason that forced an Airbus A-319 of the easyJet low-cost carrier with 119 passengers and six crew members on board coming from London-Stanstead, to an emergency landing at Boulogne... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Investigation Committee on Strikes aims to talks between the carrier and SULT union
Rome, Italy - In order to avoid the August 30-31 48 h protest
Investigation Committee on Strikes intends to avoid the 48 h stop called by Italian SULT union for the entire transport sector on August 30 and 31. For such a purpose, Alitalia’s Board and the unions’ rep... more
AirlinesEasyJet: maintenance agreement for the A-319s' fleet
London, UK - The deal signed with the Swiss SR Technics company will last for ten years
Swiss SR Technics company will attend to maintenance services for the Airbus A-319 airplanes of easyJet low-cost carrier for the next ten years. The agreement signed by the two firms is worth about USD... more
AirlineseasyJet's Airbus forced to emergency landing at Boulogne Airport
Boulogne, Italy - The air station was closed from 2:55pm till 03:15pm and then regularly reopened
An Airbus A-319 of the easyJet low-cost carrier with 119 passengers and six crew members on board coming from London-Stanstead, was forced to an emergency landing at Boulogne "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport,... more
AirlinesDelta sold Southeast Airlines and thinks about the Chapter 11
Washington, USA - The US carrier proves more ad more in difficulty due t rising fuel cost and fierce competition
Delta proves more and more in difficulty and decided to sell Southeast Airlines gaining about USD 425m that, however, will not be sufficient in te medium-term, according to the US airline’s airline. T... more
AirlinesSAS growing in the 2Q 2005
Stockholm, Sweden - Nevertheless, Board proves cautious about expectations when considering the fuel cost
Results achieved by Scandinavian airline SAS during the Second Quarter 2005 appear positive. The company reported in fact a 4.8% increase in terms of operational revenues and a 3.2% rise concerning passenger... more
AirlinesAlitalia: relations between SULT union and Investigating Committee on Strikes still difficult
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister for Infrastructures and Transport could resort to an issue of an order to resume work
Relations between Investigating Committee on Strikes and Italian SULT trade union regarding the strike called on August 30-31 for 48 hours and previously scheduled for Alitalia’s flight assistants only a... more
AirlinesAlitalia: a deal with SEA on handling services
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, SULT is ready to set procedures for the transport sector strike called on August 30 and 31
Alitalia and Milan airports operator SEA signed an agreement which should ensure handling services worth about EUR 100m per year. FIT-CISL trade union immediately commented in Lombardia region that is... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Avia union's flight assistants going on strike on September 6
Rome, Italy - Avoiding to protest during the trade unions demonstration truce period whose deadline is scheduled on September 5
Avia, another trade union not allowed by Alitalia following its unwillingness in signing the implementation agreement related to flight assistants’ contract, decided to call on strike against the Italian n... more
AirlinesThai Airways: crisis delayed the delivery of new airplanes
Bangkok, Thailandia - The delicate situation would depend on the rising fuel cost and the economic effects of tsunami occurred last December
The rising aviation fuel cost and the economic effects of the seaquake occurred in Asia on last December 26, 2004 contributed to the worsening of the financial condition of Thai airline Thai Airways, to... more
AirlinesPassengers get fatter, FAA thinks about new weight limits on board
Washington, USA – Meanwhile, some of the main US carriers increased the fuel surcharge on the ticket price
United, Delta and Continental intend to increase the fuel surcharge on the ticket price for all the domestic routes. The rising oil cost is going on affecting the main American carriers which must face... more
AirlinesHeathrow: British Airways' planes grounded "with an empty belly"
London, UK - All flights from and to the capital's airport have been cancelled till this evening due to a sudden strike by personnel in sympathy with workers fired by Gate Gourmet catering firm
All the British Airways’ airplanes are stopped on the ground till this evening at London-Heathrow International Airport. The reason must be put down to a sudden strike by a large part of the carrier’s per... more
AirlinesAlitalia: SULT union announced 192 h strikes
Rome, Italy - The carrier considered the 48 h stop late in August as illegal while Italian Government aims to encourage the resume of talks between the sides
SULT union threatened a total number of some 192 h strikes to face the attitude expressed by Alitalia against it. Only the 48 h stopping on August 30 and 31 have been confirmed so far by the flight assistants... more
AirlinesYes Air: surprising strike by personnel, 30 passengers remained on the ground
Palermo, Italy - The low-cost carrier would be delaying payments for the airline which provides crews and planes, that is to say Air Lithuania
Some 30 passengers split between Palermo and Sardinia’s Tortolì air stations were forced to renounce to leave for some hours yesterday respectively bound for Cagliari and Ciampino due to a sudden strike ca... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): 48 h strike at the end of August by SULT union
Rome, Italy - The flight assistants' answer represented by the trade union against the denied representativeness decided by the firm
After the meeting held at "Leonardo da Vinci" Rome-Fiumicino Airport today at 03:00 pm by SULT union’s officers representing Alitalia’s flight assistants, the union decided to react firmly against the... more
AirlinesWindJet: no wet lease agreement with Air Adriatic
Palermo, Italy - Relations between the two carriers have been cancelled following ENAC's notification as it found shortages in the Croatian airline
ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Agency) notified to WindJet airline that it will not be allowed to resort to wet- lease agreements with Croatian carrier Air Adriatic. Actually, the authority would... more
AirlinesOrio al Serio: technical failure for MyAir left 170 passengers on the ground
Bergamo, Italy - The carrier provided customers with a EUR 100 bonus yesterday besides ensuring them another flight in the evening
Some 172 passengers leaving from Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport yesterday were forced to wait till 07:00 pm before taking off from Italy bound for Ibiza, after that their airplane belonging to MyAir airline... more
AirlinesAlitalia: unions disagreeing about the crisis between SULT and the carrier
Rome, Italy - Criticism by FIT-CISL against the union not allowed by the firm while SULT is about to announce new strikes
There is a fierce confrontation between SULT and AVIA unions on the one hand, representing flight assistants, and Alitalia and other trade unions on the other one. The first two unions prove about to resort... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: thousands of its employees support carrier's request to begin Argentina flights
Houston, Usa - It will be utilized a B-767/200ER
Continental Airlines yesterday announced that it has submitted information to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support its application to offer daily New York/Newark-Houston-Buenos Aires... more
AirlinesAlitalia: carrier's crisis proves serious due to clashes with SULT union
Rome, Italy - Some economists would be convinced of it while Comunisti Italiani Party denounced the seriousness of the airline's choice to avoid of allowing the union
Some economists proved worried about the clashes between Alitalia Board and SULT union. Carrier’s crisis would be worse than one can think if a full and final deal has not been achieved with the majority t... more
AirlinesQantas-Airbus meeting for the fleet modernization
Camberra, Australia - Compensation on the A-380 deliveries delay and the promotion of the A-340 in the centre of attention
Marketing representatives from Airbus group are likely to meet Australian Qantas airline Board soon, in order to carefully appraise how to perform a good promotion within the future investment efforts... more
AirlinesEgyptAir: 12 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation
Cairo, Egypt - Deliveries are scheduled to occur between September 2006 and December 2009
EgyptAir confirmed trust in the aircraft produced by Boeing. The Egyptian airline ordered in fact six 737-800 Next Generation airplanes with options for additional six vehicles of this type. The North... more
AirlinesImminent employment cuts for Qantas' managers
Canberra, Australia - About 200 jobs to be cancelled in such a trade in September within the three-years cost reduction plan
Cuts prove imminent for Australian airline Qantas. The carrier is trying to effectively contain some problems which are making many traditional airlines’ lives harder all over the world, with reference i... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines about to replace the 737-400s to face the rising fuel cost
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The two candidates are the 787-800 and the A-320 but the choice will be made in September
Malaysia Airlines is going to choose which short-medium haul commercial aircraft is devoted to replace the current Boeing 737-400s next month. Operational cost to be afforded due to the rising oil price... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM: traffic in July
Paris, France - Strong increase in traffic and in load factor
"Passenger operations Air France-KLM continues to post a good performance both in traffic and unit revenue. In July, traffic increased by 9.2% on 5.1% higher capacity. Load factor gained 3.2 points to... more
AirlinesDelta relies upon Song to beat JetBlue
New York, USA - New routes from the "Big Apple" to Florida starting in November
US Delta airline relies on the owned low-cost carrier Song to increase traffic in the USA and face in particular JetBlue’s competitiveness. It has been in fact unveiled that Song is going to perform n... more
AirlinesLufthansa challenged the low-cost in Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany - Six new European destinations starting next Autumn with four additional airplanes and prices from EUR 99
Hamburg Airport will be the battlefield where Lufthansa is going to face some of the main low-cost airlines in Germany next Autumn. The main German carrier has in fact recently announced it intends to... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: twice weekly service between Houston and Punta Cana, in Dominican Republic
Houston, Usa - From next Dec. 16
Continental Airlines yesterday announced it will begin twice-weekly service between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Dec. 16, pending government approval.... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: too hesitation by Airbus in notifying delays for the A-380
Singapore - Criticism by the Asian carrier which is waiting for compensations and schedules to extend operational service for the 747s
Singapore Airlines proves particularly disappointed about the Airbus’ attitude with reference to delays which affected the deliveries of the new A-380 to the Asian carrier (and that will have consequences a... more
AirlinesThe 787 Dreamliner seized North Africa with Royal Air Maroc
Rabat, Morocco - Selected also by additional four Chinese airlines
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is added to the list of carriers which selected the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to serve both medium and long haul routes. Representatives from both the American maker and the Moroccan... more
AirlinesFour carriers interested in Volare
Varese, Italy - There would be important operators which could aim to purchase the airline in difficulty, according to rumors
Alitalia, Air One, Meridiana and Air Europa (a Spanish carrier): these would be candidates likely to compete to acquire Volare airline, according to some rumors. Commissioner to its administration, Carlo... more
AirlinesAlitalia: company-unions' Committee on the business plan has been founded
Rome, Italy - It is necessary to carry out the recapitalization as soon as possible
A company-unions’ Committee expected to verify the progressive implementation of the Alitalia’s business plan 2005-2008 has finally been founded (see for details AVIONEWS). It will included a 50%-50% amo... more
AirlinesLufthansa to celebrate 45th birthday of "Berlin"
Berlin, Germany - The airplane was inaugurated by Willy Brandt
The German airline will celebrate next September 16, the 45th anniversary of "Berlin", the airplane christened with the name of the capital in 1960. German capital’s Mayor at that time, Willy Brandt (... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines: code-share agreement with El Al
Brussels, Belgium - From next October 2nd
"El Al and SN Brussels Airlines have signed a code-share agreement that will have effect from next October 2. Thanks to this partnership, nine are the weekly flights as offer between Israel and Europe’s c... more
AirlinesBA's cargo services to Zambia have been suspended
London, United Kingdom - Too much high fuel's price at Lusaka Airport
British Airways stated that cargo flights towards Zambia have been suspended because of the high costs of jet fuel. Considering that Zambia growers depend on flights for 100% of all exports, such decision... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines announced modifications to excess baggage policy
Houston, Usa - They will be applied for international travel purchased on or after Sept. 7
Continental Airlines last Tuesday announced modifications in its free checked-bags policy for international travel, to reflect new weight limits of 50 lbs. each for up to two pieces. To assist customers... more