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AirlinesAirOne wants to purchase Bulgaria Air
Milan, Italy - EUR 5.3m to buy in 99.9% of the Bulgarian airline
AirOne launched a purchase offer for Bulgaria Air. The Italian carrier said it is willing to spend EUR 5.3m to buy in 99.9% of the Bulgarian flag airline and invest 12m in the next 5 years in order to... more
AirlinesFirst birthday with 25.000 passengers for Binter Canarias
Milan, Italy - A promotion aims to strengthen the position on the Italian market
The first birthday is very positive for Binter Canarias. The airline which flies from Italy to the Canarias has registered 25.000 passengers onboard its planes during first activity year, reaching 80%... more
AirlinesNew A-320 for WindJet?
Catania, Italy - In order to replace its current leased fleet
Sicilian low-cost airline, WindJet, according to some press sources, has decided to order from 12 to 18 Airbus A-320 with which it intends to replace its current ten airplanes of the same kind that it... more
AirlinesKorean Air to order 10 freighters
Seoul, South Korea - The deliveries will be realized within 2010
Korean Air will place an order for 10 freighters by year end, most likely a combination of 777Fs and 747/8Fs, and also is "Considering" orders for the 777/300ER and/or the 747/800 Intercontinental, according... more
AirlinesAlitalia. Prodi-Cimoli: according to the Italian Premier the strategies and the alliances are priority
Rome, Italy - The Government has requested to the CEO to block his plan: tomorrow board of directors of Alitalia
An occasion to "A mutual and serene exchange views": these the feel, according to sources near the Executive, of the summit between Prodi and Cimoli took place yesterday, in which they talked about the... more
AirlinesFinnair employees threat a strike
Helsinki, Finnland - The strike is againts the carrier's possible new recruitments and salaries cuts
The Finnair's flight attendants have threatened a strike for this week against the decision of the carrier to recruit new staff on its base of Estonia. The strike would note have time limits and would... more
AirlinesChina Southern Airlines purchases six B-777F
Beijing, China - The Chinese airline with the largest fleet
China Southern Airlines, the carrier with the widest fleet in the Asian Country, announced it has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase six B-777F freighters. As of the end of May 2006, the carrier... more
AirlinesBlue Wings confirms an order for 20 Airbus airplanes
Paris, France - The value for the contract is USD 1,4 billions
The low-cost German carrier, Blue Wings, confirmed an order for 20 Airbus airplanes, according to what announced by the same European Airspace industry. The deal between Airbus and the low-fare airline... more
AirlinesMilan-Rio for Livingston
Milan, Italy - New weekly connection to Brazil
Starting from December 20, 2006 and during all Winter 2006/2007, Livingston will activate -every Wednesday- a new weekly connection from Milan-Malpensa to Rio de Janeiro (via Porto Seguro, Brazil), a new... more
AirlinesNew AirEurope flights to Maldives and Jamaica
Rome, Italy - The carrier will also strenghten its flights to Cuba and Mauritius
AirEurope will add on November 16th a third weekly flight to its connections toward Mauritius. Other news also about the routes operated by the Italian carrier to Cuba, which will be redoubled from mid... more
AirlinesBoeing and Singapore Airlines finalize B-787/900 Dreamliner order
Seattle, USA - The 787 Dreamliner is the programme of major success in the commercial aviation's history
The Boeing Company announced that Singapore Airlines has ordered 20 Boeing B-787/900 Dreamliners, with purchase rights for 20 additional airplanes. The airline originally announced the selection of an... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): Enrico Maggiori: "With Alitalia on Rome, go-ahead to foreign carriers on 'Malpensa'"
Rome, Italy - It speaks one of the charter member of OSIA
"The mistake with Alitalia is to face the situation without consider the international background": this is the opinion of Enrico Maggiori, one of the charter member of OSIA, the Observatory on the Italian... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Rutelli: "The relaunch must pass through point to point"
Rome, Italy - In a letter to "Corriera della Sera" the vice-premier repeats his priorities
Alitalia Affaire. The Italian vice-premier, Francesco Rutelli, writes to "Corriere della Sera" newspaper, when repeats the urge to find a solution, and explains he is not an enemy of "Malpensa" airport,... more
AirlinesAlitalia: today the meeting between the Premier and Prodi
Rome, Italy - Bianchi:" A crucial pass for the future of the company"
Alliances and war of the hub. These one, any of the subjects for the meeting between the Italian Premier Romano Prodi and the Alitalia CEO Giancarlo Cimoli. "A crucial pass -Italian Transport Minster,... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the share goes higher before the meeting Prodi-Cimoli
Rome, Italy - The carrier's shares earn 1,67% plus
The daily meeting between the Italian President of Council, Romano Prodi, and the Alitalia CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, is good for the airline's market share. This morning the Alitalia's stocks have registered... more
AirlinesBiometric security system for SAS
Stockholm, Sweden - Fingerprints control at the check-in and at the gate
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) is the first carrier in the world to have introduced a biometric security system in order to verify passengers identity. The new technology will enable to identify fingerprints... more
Airlines+10.3% traffic for Austrian Airlines
Vienna, Austria - 6.9 million passengers in January-September 2006
In the first nine months of 2006 Austrian Airlines registered a 10.3% growth of scheduled flight passenger traffic, carrying 6.9 million people. In January-September the increase of sold seats per km (RPK)... more
AirlinesAlitalia: in the Cimoli's plan maybe the purchase of 28 A-320?
Rome , Italy - The Government assesses the reorganization of the long haul activity divided between "Fiumicino" and "Malpensa"
Giancarlo Cimoli, CEO of Alitalia, on October 19 will present the new industrial plan 2007-2009, in which could be predicted the purchase of 28 Airbus A-320, while the Government is studying a plan in... more
AirlinesLufthansa reorganizes its hubs
Frankfirt, Germany - Its airplanes are strictly assigned to Frankfurt and Munich
Lufthansa modifies its own hub managing strategy. The reorganization will start in January with the Winter timetable in medium and short range, which will see the aircraft strictly assigned to Frankfurt... more
AirlinesNew flight Rome-Wroclaw by Centralwings
Rome, Italy - The carrier will link the two cities starting from October 31st
Centralwings has launched a new connection from Rome to Wroclaw starting from next October 31st. The Polish carrier already operates flights from Rome to Warsaw and Krakow, and the new route will take... more
AirlinesChina Airlines strenghten the route Taipei-Rome
Rome, Italy - The carrier wants to take up to 4 the weekly frequencies of the connection
China Airlines stated it is planning an increase of its route between Rome and Taiwan. Currently the airline already operates a flight three times per week between the Italian Capital and Taipei; connections... more
AirlinesOn-line proposals for the South African Airways
Johannesburg, South Africa - Numerous the offerings from the partners
In reply to growing number of independent travels which purchase air tickets on the web-site, South African Airways has created the site www.flysaa.com to book and directly buy on-line the ticket. On the... more
AirlinesEurofly flies goes to the discovery of India
Tourin, Italy - From mid-June 2007
The company will launch, from June 2007, a direct connection from Rome to New Dehli with three weekly flights. The carrier has estimated in 90 thousand passengers the potential traffici on the route. Thr... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines flies again to South Korea
Atlanta, Usa - The US carrier will resum next summer the weekly flights to the Asian Country
In June 2007 Delta Airlines will resume its flights to South Korea, after seven years of stop on its connections to the Asian Country. During a press conference the carrier spokesman announced Delta will... more
AirlinesLufthansa signs the contract for 35 Airbus aircraft
Frankfurt, Germany - After the announcement in September
Lufthansa signed a contract for 35 new Airbus aircraft, confirming an announcement that was communicated in September (see AVIONEWS for details). The order is of five A-319, ten A-320 and fifteen A-321,... more
AirlinesAer Lingus is near its privatization
Dublin, Ireland - EUR 660m from the issue of 200 million shares
Details of Aer Lingus privatization have been further defined as the Irish flag airline will be listed on the Dublin and London Stock Exchange in a few days, after several delays. The initial phase of... more
AirlinesGood August for Finnair
Helsinki, Finland - RPKS at +13.8%
Thanks to Asian routes, Finnair registered a traffic boom in August, with +13.8 revenue passenger kilometres (RPKS), after July’s +15.6%, compared to the same period in 2005. General load factor rose 2... more
AirlinesQantas increases its flights on the occasion of the Alice Springs Masters Games
Sydney, Australia - The routes between Sydney and Alice Springs and Darwin have been enlarged
Qantas has announced it will strengthen its flights offer between Sydney and Darwin and Alice Springs, because of the increasing space requests. Next October 21th at Alice Springs will begin the Masters... more
AirlinesMeridiana: Alitalia and AirOne have the monopoly over Milan-Rome route
Rome, Italy - The Sardinian carrier threats it is going to apply to Enac and Antitrust
After the decision of last June to abandon Fiumicino-Malpensa route, Meridiana accuses AirOne and Alitalia, in an article published by "Corriere della Sera", of not respecting the rules and to trying to... more
AirlinesAll Nippon creates two low-cost airlines
Tokyo, Japan - One for national and one for international traffic
According to the newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun", All Nippon Airways is about to launch two low-cost airlines by June of next year. The carriers, one for domestic and one for international traffic, should... more
AirlinesBA proposes again Volamondo, the offer on international flights
London, United Kingdom - The on-line booking system will allow to take advantage of advantageous rates
British Airways (BA) has again launched the on-line booking system, Volamondo, that allows one to reach far destinations at advantageous rates. Until June 30th 2007 it will be possible to take advantage... more
AirlinesTap gives up charter flights and sells White
Lisbon, Portugal - It will be purchased for EUR 5m by Omni Group
Tap, a Portuguese air company, has decided to sell its subsidiary White, a charter flight operator, to the Omni Group. White was created in 2004 and until today it has operated the charter flight service... more
AirlinesLufthansa organizes a special flight for the Pope
Rome, Italy - In the return trip from Munich the German airline's plane will fly over the home village of Benedict XVI
Lufthansa has prepared the return flight of the Pope from Munich to Rome next September 14th. The Holy Father is currently in Bavaria for a very important visit to the places of his youth. The German carrier... more
AirlinesHelvetic Airways flies to Southern Italy
Zurich, Switzerland - The destinations are Bari, Reggio Calabria, Lamezia Terme, Brindisi, Catania and Palermo
Starting from September 12th, Helvetic Airways will link Zurich to Bari and Reggio Calabria with two weekly flights. The carrier will offer during the period of autumn holidays (September, October, November)... more
AirlinesAer Lingus strengthens the network between Ireland and Spain
Dublin, Ireland - New routes since next October 29
Aer Lingus, the main Irish airline, next October 29, will launch new flights between Ireland and Spain. The carrier will connect Cork with Madrid and Lanzarote three times a week; Tuesday, Thursday and... more
AirlinesSkyEurope offers 250,000 tickets for free
Prague, Czech Republic - Taxes excluded all over the network
Czech low-cost airline SkyEurope will celebrate its fifth anniversary by offering 250,000 tickets on flights from October 1st to December 15, 2006, and from January 10 to February 28, 2007. Tickets will... more
AirlinesAlitalia: union meetings against externalizations
Rome, Italy – Mobilizations in Rome and Naples
New agitations in Alitalia after the official communication of Alitalia Servizi’s intention to cede some administrative and information activities, as the European Commission asked to authorize the last c... more
AirlinesJet2.com: on sale from last Wednesday the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester
Milan, Italy - From next Summer
"Starting from last Wednesday, is possible to book, on the English carrier’s website (www.jet2.com), the flights from Pisa to Leeds-Bradford and Manchester for next Summer with a base tariff of EUR 21 p... more
AirlinesTap is discussing with Brazil to fly to Amazzonia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Currently the Portuguese airline already operates 47 flights to Brazil
The Portuguese air company Tap, after having launched weekly flights to Caracas, Miami and Panama, has started the with the Brazilian Tourism Minister, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, to establish links with... more
AirlinesOcean Airlines prepares itself for expansion
Brescia, Italy - 4 new airplanes, debut on the Stock Exchange, new CEO
Ocean Airlines elected Rossano De Luca, already President of Opensky Service, as new CEO in a moment of strong expansion and future projects: in fact the cargo carriers is about to debut on the Stock Exchange... more
AirlinesNew flight Perugia-London by Ryanair
Perugia, Italy - The connection between Sant'Egidio airport and London-Stanstead will start next December 20
"With big joy we announce this new route and also a new Italian terminal, the 20th, served by Ryanair", with these words the Vice-President Marketing for Italy of the low-cost carrier Ryanair, has announced... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM:+4,8% passengers traffic in August
Paris, France - The French-Dutch group has transported 6,3 million of passengers last month
Air France-KLM has transported 6,3 million of passengers in August, that is an increase of 4,8% compared with the same month of last year. And also a raising on the cargo transport has been registered... more
AirlinesAlitalia adopts Worldspan Interchange
Rome, Italy - For e-ticketing system
Alitalia has chosen Worldspan Interchange, the Interline electronic ticketing (IET) product allowing interline e-ticket to all airlines joining the system, which are more than 55 worldwide. Wolrdspan allowed... more
AirlinesSummer 2006: boom for low-cost flights and booking on-line
Rome, Italy - Travellers ever more often use web sites of the air companies to book their flights
This Summer the flights and the holidays low-cost and last minute have made register a real boom on bookings. Italian and foreign tourists are ever more attracted by the travel packages of the on-lin agencies... more
AirlinesLebanon (4): Emirates and Lufthansa resume flights to Beirut
Milan, Italy - The two air companies announced the restarting of connections since Saturday
The German airline, Lufthansa, and the Arab Emirates have announced they are going to resume the connections with Beirut airport, that was freed yesterday from the air block of Israel. The spokesman of... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines launches the new charter flight toward Budapest
Tokyo, Japan - Last year the Nippon airline transported 113,000 Japanese passengers to Hungary
The Nippon air company, Japan Airlines, has announced that in the next days will be launched the new charter connections between two Japanese cities and the Budapest airport (Hungary). The flights will... more
AirlinesFull-content agreement between Lufthansa and Sabre
Berlin, Germany - For the access to the carrier's fares by agencies
An agreeement between Lufthansa and Sabre Travel Network has been signed to warrant the access to the whole German flag carrier’s fare offer to the agencies connected with the GDS (Global Distribution S... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: 350.000 passengers transported in August
Bratislava, Slovakia - The number represents a record for the low-cost carrier
The month of August has surely been a month of big satisfactions for SkyEurope. After having launched the service of booking of the seat (see AVIONEWS), and having started new routes from Prague to Grenoble... more
AirlinesTransavia: Autumn of low-cost flights to Amsterdam
Rome, Italy - The Dutch carrier launches several offers to fly toward the Dutch city from Italy
The air company Transavia.com, that operates connections from Holland toward several European Countries, has launched an offer that is valid until September 11 for the flights from Italy to Amsterdam-Schiphol.... more
AirlinesTap: more than three million passengers in the first six months of the year
Lisbon, Portugal - The operative gains have reached EUR 710m
The Portuguese air company, TAP, has communicated the economic data regarding the first six months of 2006. From January to June 3.140.295 passengers have flown with TAP flights, with an increase of the... more