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AirlinesFybe flight made an emergency landing
Belfast, United Kingdom - Passengers and crew emerged safe
An unclear technical problem has forced the pilot of a "Regional" Bombardier Q-400 plane belonging to the British Fybe low-cost carrier to change route, after taking off from Belfast Airport, in order... more
AirlinesAlitalia: business plan affected by increasing oil price
Rome, Italy - Additional about EUR 300-400m costs will have to be afforded by 2008 and unions warned about the fact that employees must not be subjected to other hardships
Alitalia Board must come into grips with the increasing fuel cost as being to date forced to perform changes to the business plan as aimed to contain an additional expense worth about EUR 300-400m by 2008.... more
AirlinesVolareweb.com to inaugurate flight Milan-Linate/Paris-Orly
Milan, Italy - The new route will be flown starting from next September 12
Volareweb.com presented its first international connection Milan-Linate/Paris-Orly that will be operated starting from next September 12 with two daily flights. Tickets are available on the carrier’s I... more
AirlinesOlympic Airways cancelled flights due to flight attendant's last minute-absences
Athens, Greece - Trade union announced a 24 hours-strike on Wednesday August 31
Flight attendants from Greek Olympic Airways are up in arms against airline’s privatization plan and their last-minute absences from work caused a lot of problems last week end: several flights have b... more
AirlinesRyanair flight from Dublin to Rome stopped due to a bird
Dublin, Ireland - Forced landing at Stanstead and passengers flown with another plane
A flight operated by Ryanair low-cost carrier departed from Dublin and direct to Rome, has been forced shortly after the takeoff, to an emergency landing on the runway of London-Stanstead Airport because... more
AirlinesAlitalia: 48 h SULT union's strike postponed till September 6-7
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, the carrier thinks about changes on the business plan to face the rising fuel cost
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, did not succeed in mediate between Italian SULT trade union and Alitalia so that the union decided to postpone the strike, previously scheduled on August 30-31,... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines: fewer short range airplanes to face losses
Berne, Switzerland - The Lufthansa-owned Swiss carrier intends to keep on playing its improving role for intercontinental destinations
Rising oil price, low-cost carriers’ competitiveness in the regional market and improvement in Dollar performance would be the main causes of losses reported by Swiss carrier Swiss International Air L... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Italian Minister Maroni trying to mediate between SULT union and the carrier till 08:00 pm
Rome, Italy - The achievement of a solution appears a hard but not impossible target, according to Minister
Italian Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni will try to find a solution for the difficult matter related to struggles between Italian SULT union and Alitalia till 08:00 pm. In a different case, a call-up should... more
AirlinesGulf Air: Boeing challenges Airbus to "monopolize" the fleet renewal
Dubai, UAE - The Arab carrier should choose between two different airplanes both made either by the US group or the European company
Only one maker for the entire renewed fleet. This is the target of Gulf Air airlines jointly operated by United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman. The carrier would intend to replace the entire fleet consisting... more
AirlinesAlitalia: UIL and CISL unions prove doubtful on SULT's and Minister Maroni's attitudes
Rome, Italy - Italian Welfare Minister is expected by CISL to opt for summoning all the unions involved in the air transport sector
While waiting for a meeting between Italian Welfare Minister Maroni together with SULT and Alitalia to occur today before the deadline for the call-up against the strike on August 30 and 31 (as set by... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Italian Minister Lunardi postponed the decision on the call-p against decision union by Minister against request
Rome, Italy - A final decision to be considered by 08:00 pm tomorrow, August 25
Italian Welfare Minister Roberto Maroni asked Minister for Infrastructures and Transport Pietro Lunardi for suspending te decision on call-up against against flight assistants represented by Italian Alitalia’s u... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): "SULT union's point of view appears careful and responsible"
Rome, Italy - It would have been underlined by Italian Minister Maroni after the meeting of today and meanwhile recapitalization could be delayed by a Banca Intesa/Deutsche Bank's request
Italian SULT union confirmed the 48 hours strike on Augusut 30 and 31 also following the meeting held today with Italian Welfare Minister Maroni. Minister, on its part, found that the union’s attitude d... more
AirlinesAlitalia: Cimoli stands firm on SULT union's strike
Rome, Italy - The meeting between carrier's President and Italian Minister Maroni held yesterday did not lead to a turning point between the company and the union
Alitalia proved firm on the strike called by Italian SULT trade union on August 30 and 31. After the meeting between occurred yesterday carrier’s President Cimoli and Italian Welfare Minister Maroni i... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): "Call-up to defend the carrier's workers"
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Lunardi would be convinced of it
The defence of jobs in Alitalia appears a priority aspect according to Italian Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Lunardi, which wuold have decided to resort to an issue of an order to resume work... more
AirlinesThe new Chinese Spring Airlines scares competitors
Beijing, China - Also Huaxia Airlines and Eagle Airlines are expected to arrive
Few days after its debut from Shangai-Hongqiao Airport with an Airbus A-320 plane direct to Yantai, the new no-frills carrier made in China, Spring Airlines, has been forced to review its policy founded... more
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