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AirlinesMalaysia Airlines sells its planes
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Airline's restructuring plan pledges also fleet cuts
Malaysia Airlines, which owns Southeast Asia’s biggest fleet size, has decided to sell about 30 of its 100 airplanes. In particular the list, still in definition, should include 12 or 13 Boeing 747/400s a... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific's 2005 profits in decline
Hong Kong, China - Passenger traffic's growth does not offset costs
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways declared yesterday that its net profit in 2005 fell 25.3% from a year earlier because of surging jet fuel prices. 2005 net profit totalled USD 425m (EUR 357m), while... more
AirlinesAir Berlin will float its shares on the Stock Exchange
Berlin, Germany - Chief Executive announced that yesterday
Yesterday Joachim Hunold, Chief Executive of Air Berlin, the second German airline behind Lufthansa by passenger revenue, declared at a travel fair in Berlin that his carrier plans to float its shares... more
AirlinesCzech Airlines: the first of the 12 Airbus 320 ordered in 2004 delivered
Prague, Czech Republic - Czech newspaper "Pravo" wrote it
At the end of March, according to Czech newspaper "Pravo", Airbus will deliver the first of the 12 A-320 to Czech Airlines. This delivery is including in the deal signed by the carrier in 2004 with the... more
AirlinesSun Air: shortly the beginning of the operations with an ATR-72/210
Cairo, Egypt - ATR's press release said it
On the occasion of Sharm-El-Sheikh-based Avex 2006 airshow, 7-10 March, Egyptian airline Sun Air today announced that they will soon be commencing its operations with an ATR-72/210 on its regional network.... more
AirlinesRyanair cuts the flights on Cork airport
Dublin, Ireland - The decision after the raise of services' costs wanted by the airport authorities
Low-cost carrier Ryanair decided to decrease its flights on Cork airport, city in the South of Ireland, because of airport authorities to increase the cost of 38 services among which also the rental charge... more
AirlinesCathay Pacific Airways: earnings decreased of 38% in the second half of 2005
Hong Kong, China - Too high fuel's price
Cathay Pacific Airways declared a 38% drop in 2005’s second half earnings due to the rosen fuel’s cost that was not balanced by the growth of passengers. In the examinated period the carrier reported a p... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines increases flights to New York-JFK Airport
Atlanta, USA -The carrier aims on international routes
Delta Airlines announced the intention to increase flights to New York-JFK Airport from 17 cities of United States and Canada. The decision with 46 more flights for the "Big apple’s" airport, should a... more
AirlinesVolare: European Union gave the green light to State aid
Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission said it in a press release
"The European Commission has authorized, today, EUR 25 million of State aid for Volare. This short term aid has the aim to save the carrier by bankruptcy and allow it to make steps necessary to continue... more
AirlinesVolare: AirOne strengthened by Milan Court of Appeals' decision
Rome, Italy - The trial in Rome and Milan are not in collision
AirOne made known in a statement that Milan Court of Appeals establishes "That still now there is not the conclusive act of the closeout process of Gruppo Volare’s company corporate park". In carrier’s opi... more
AirlinesSix B-787 "Dreamliners" for Kenya Airways
Nairobi, Kenya - The airline placed a firm order
Kenya Airways today hosted representatives of The Boeing Company and the media to celebrate the airline’s decision to purchase six 787 Dreamliners. Kenya Airways plans to replace its current 767s with t... more
AirlinesQatar Airways doubles flights to Singapore and opens new routes
Rome, Italy - Newness starting from March 26
"Qatar Airways announces to the market numerous and interesting newness, beginning from next March 26 with new Summer times. Besides the link to Hong Kong, already communicated, the Qatar’s carrier reinforces i... more
AirlinesAir Europa will receive the first of four A-300-200 until March
Majorca, Spain - The carrier continues to update its fleet
Until the end of March private Spanish carrier Air Europa will receive the first of 4 aircraft A-330-200, with 299 seats 24 of which in business class, to update the carrier’s long-haul fleet. The airline a... more
AirlinesGreek Government have to raise Olympic Airlines within the end of March
Athens, Greece - It's the European Commission's ultimatum
Greece must present a plan for a relaunch of Olympic Airlines within the end of March. That is what Transport European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, declared, peremptorily saying to expect a new version... more
AirlineseasyJet: new route Rimini/London-Luton
Milan, Italy - The English carrier expands further the Italian market with a new link from "Federico Fellini"
The low-cost carrier, easyJet, announced today the opening of an other route in Italy: Rimini/London-Luton. With this new link, the English airline arrives to operate in Italy 40 routes departing from... more
AirlinesAeroflot: incorporation of five Russian carriers planned
Moscow, Russia - So the old air giant would be reborn
Russian press reports that Aeroflot’s leadership would be considering the possibility to incorporate five of the main Russian airlines. Among the possible candidates Pulkovo, Rossia, Dalavia, KrasAir a... more
AirlinesAloha Airlines new route on "John Wayne" Airport
Los Angeles, USA - Carrier's presence in the air station powered
Aloha Airlines announced that since next May first the flights of the route Kahului, Maui island Hawaii, Sacramento, California, will make a stop at "John Wayne" Airport of Orange County. The airline specified... more
AirlinesKingfisher aims on Galileo
London, UK - The carrier linked with more than 50,000 travel agents across the world
Kingfisher Airlines entered in connection with electronic global distribution services provider Galileo International (see for details AVIONEWS), to have the possibility to be linked to the majority part... more
AirlinesStable market for SAS
Copenaghen, Denmark - Good increase of load factor
Scandinavian carrier SAS, half owned by the Government of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, made known that market growth is relatively stable, but some doubts remain because of the strong competition and of... more
AirlineseasyJet launches 10 new European routes for Summer
London, United Kingdom - Split, Bordeaux, Ajaccio, La Rochelle and Rimini among the new destinations
British low-cost airline easyJet announced a 9.4% passengers growth in February compared to the same month last year. So the carrier’s positive trend goes on, as its total revenue for 2005 was up 19.8% t... more
AirlinesIncrease of capital scheduled for Aeroflot
Moscow, Russia - The decision will be taken on next June 17
Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot Russian Airlines’ shareholders decided to discuss about an eventual increase of carrier’s capital in the next meeting of the company on next June 17. Russian airline had... more
AirlinesCub Trasporti: Alitalia's Informatics division in the sights of the multinational
Rome, Italy - The carrier's unbundling plan continues
"Alitalia’s unbundling plan continues, despite of the declarations by unions-society and the meeting before at Palazzo Chigi and then at the Productive Activities Ministry. It’s the time of the Alitalia’s infor... more
AirlinesSunExpress: from next March 26 eight new routes for the Turkish Airlines' low-cost carrier
Ankara, Turkey - New flights will be served in collaboration with the Thomas Cook
The low-cost airline, SunExpress, subsidiary by flag carrier Turkish Airlines, in cooperation with tour operator Thomas Cook, announced that as of next March 26 eight new links will inaugurate in its schedule.... more
AirlinesAir France-KLM February 2006' results are good
Paris, France - Big raise of the traffic toward Asia
Air France-KLM group closed positively February. Respect the same period of the previous year, traffic is increased of about 8.5%, while load factor improved by 1.1% to reach 77.7%, the group carried 5... more
AirlinesVolare: new postponement, Rome Court's decision expected these days
Rome, Italy - Roman judges have taken two-days decision time on Alitalia's claim
Rome Civil Court will make known its decisions about the petition presented by Alitalia on Volare matter in the next days. Union sources of Via della Magliana’s airline said that. Alitalia claimed to C... more
AirlinesMalev: Lufthansa and LOT interested to the acquire
Budapest, Hungary - Boris Abramovich, who also running for the purchase of the Magyar carrier, said it
The Russian undertaker, Boris Abramovich, running for the purchase of the Hungarian public carrier, Malev, through AirBridge consortium, has faced again the question about the privatization of the airline,... more
AirlinesIran Air plans American airplanes' purchase
Teheran, Iran - But it doesn't specify how it will circumvent embargo imposed since 1979
Since 1979, when diplomatic relations between USA and Iran were definitely cut after an assault to American Embassy in Teheran by Iranian militants, Washington imposed several trade sanctions over the... more
AirlinesDelta Airlines has to pay millionaire advises
Atlanta, USA - Pilots' protests
Delta Airlines asked to US bankruptcy court to approve a payment of about USD 3.9 million for its advisers’ consultancy. The appeal arrived after the carrier reported USD 300 million loss in January. T... more
AirlinesIberia launches fare from EUR 10 upwards for Italian market
Madrid, Spain - For flights linking Madrid with Rome and Milan
Spanish airline, Iberia, has just announced a new strategy to answer several competitors in Italian market, launching fares from EUR 10 upwards for Rome-Madrid and Milan-Madrid routes. The carrier releases... more
AirlinesBlue1: new connection Rome-Helsinki inaugurated last Sunday
Rome, Italy - New flight will have a bi-weekly frequency
The Blue1, Finnish airline born from the ashs of Air Botnia and now belonging to SAS Group, Scandinavian Airlines System, from last Sunday links the Romanian airport of Fiumicino to the Finnish capital... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines reorganizes routes
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Economic difficulties for the carrier
Malaysia Airlines announced the intention to cut some stopover on several long-haul flights to Europe and Australia because of the unhappy economic situation in which it is. The carrier, which has the... more
AirlinesVirgin Express flies on South Italy
Brussels, Belgium - Naples, Bari and Palermo are the new destinations
Low-cost airline Virgin Express already connects Brussels with Catania, Rome and Milan. Starting from the end of March, new services will be operative towards other Italian cities, all of them from South... more
AirlinesVolare: Milan's Court rejected the Air One's claim against Alitalia
Busto Arsizio, Italy - Union's sources declared it
According to some union’s sources declared this morning, Milan’s Court would have rejected the claim presented by Air One against the order by Busto Arsizio’s Court with which was refused the exclusion’s request... more
AirlinesAliTrento Srl: the new aerotaxi carrier inaugurated
Trento, Italy - Officially presented at the "Caproni" Trento's Airport last Thursday
AliTrento Srl, the new aerotaxi carrier, has been presented officially at Caproni Trento’s airport last Thursday. Born from the initiative by a group of undertakers "All coming from Trento" like its P... more
AirlinesEmirates: new direct connections Milan-Dubai
Milan, Italy - The new three direct flights add to four weekly ones already operative
"Emirates, international carrier based in Dubai, present in Italy since 1992 before in Rome and then in Milan, has inaugurated last Friday, March 3 three new direct connections from Milan-Malpensa to Dubai,... more
AirlinesFinnair amplifies its links to East Europe
Milan, Italy - New connection with Kiev and more frequencies with Poland
"Finnair, Finnish flag carrier, starts, as of March 30, 2006 a new service with the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. New link is operative on Thursday and integrates the in force agreement for connections in... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: Director General resigned
Paris, France - The event's background on "Le Figaro"
Last Thursday French newspaper "Le Figaro" told the background of Japan Airlines Director General Toshiyuki Shinmachi’s decision to resign and undertake honorary president’s charge. The first to ask for... more
AirlinesCentralwings: starting from April 29 it will link Palermo and Warsaw
Palermo, Italy - A press conference last Saturday presented the flight in Sicily capital
Last Saturday morning at 12 am, Palermo Province (Sicily) President, Francesco Musotto, Provincial Council President, Maurizio Gambino, and Giacomo Terranova, CEO of Gesap, Palermo airport management company,... more
AirlinesConsorcio Aeromexico tries privatization again
Mexico City, Mexico - The state-owned holding wants to sell out at all costs
Consorcio Aeromexico, the national consortium operating Aeromexico and Aeroliteral and that has a 35% market share of the Mexican airline industry, tries a privatization plan for the second time after... more
AirlinesAirAsia triplicates its fuel demand in 2006
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia - New airplanes and new destinations increase requirements
AirAsia, the Southeast Asia low-cost airline, plans to expand considerably in 2006: its fleet will be increased passing from 38 to nearly 50 planes and Asian destinations will become 68. Demand growth... more
AirlinesAir Dolomiti receives the "Business Diamond Award"
Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy - The appreciation for the quality of the onboard service
"Air Dolomiti has received yesterday in Munich the ’Business Diamond Award’ by Busche Verlags: a few days after of the ‘Business Traveller Award’ the airline has been decorated of an other appreciation for the... more
AirlinesAir Italy: also a third B-757/200ER among the newness of Spring
Milan, Italy - Great success for the website and call center
"From Milan-Malpensa on the occasion of the ’Naming’ of a B-757/200ER, dedicated to the city of Somma Lombardo, the carrier ’Made in Italy’, led by Com. Giuseppe Gentile, announced new destinations and new... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines: the group's reorganization starts
Tokyo, Japan - The medium-term plan until 2009 presented
Japan Airlines (JAL), the first Japanese carrier, that is now in troubles, decided to change its leader and announced the reorganization plan until 2009, year that will have to see a twisting of the air... more
AirlineseasyJet: on next June 29 London-Istanbul flight will be-operative
Rome, Italy - "Turkish Daily News" wrote it
Turkish daily newspaper "Turkish Daily News" wrote an article in which it is announced that English low-cost carrier easyJet would put in service the new route from London-Luton to Istanbul. The flight... more
AirlinesSN Brussels resumes its service to Rwanda
Brussels, Belgium - Twice weekly flights suspended because of a dispute between Governments
Last week Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority’s officers stopped a Belgian SN Brussels Airbus A-330/300 from taking off at Kigali airport, because of some safety problems found in the aircraft after an i... more
AirlinesLatest news from some East-European airlines
Rome, Italy - They are about Belavia, Amber Air, Blue Air, Bulgaria Air, B&H Airlines and Belle Air
Minsk-based Belavia is planning to lease a B-737/700 and three CRJ-200s and probably also several Tu-204/300s; in addition to its three weekly flights from Minsk to Frankfurt International Airport, the... more
AirlinesAgreement between Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants
Minneapolis, USA - Avoided the strike of these workers
Northwest Airlines reached yesterday a tentative agreement with its flights attendants that will allow to the carrier to save USD 195 million annually. Neither the airline nor the Trade union wanted to... more
AirlinesNew Virgin Atlantic Airways's route to Middle East
Brussels, Belgium - From March flights from London to Dubai
Virgin Atlantic Airways decided to start flights from London to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from next March 28. The carrier made known it yesterday explaining that it aims to conquer a 10-12% of the route’s m... more
AirlinesQatar Airways increases frequencies to Shanghai
Rome, Italy - After the fourth flight to Beijing
"Qatar Airways, from last November, has increased from three to four the weekly flights between Doha and Beijing, after the strong traffic raise recorded from Europe and Italy towards China. In the wave... more
AirlinesKorean flight attendants for China Southern Airlines
Beijing, China - 30 interns to remove language and cultural barriers
Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines recruited 30 Korean interns as flight attendants. For about one month and a half, the young recruits, who are aged between 20 and 27, will work on routes to Seoul,... more