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AirlinesHoldup aboard KLM B-747
Johannesburg, South Africa - It's happened at Johannesburg airport during the unload stage
On Thursday KLM has been victim of theft aboard a combi cargo plane at South African Johannesburg airport: it seems that some armed men robbed a cargo B-747/400, that according to the local press contained... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the flight assistants achieved a deal
Rome, Italy - Redundancies lowering and productivity increase
Alitalia's board achieved an agreement with the trade unions' representatives of the flight assistants, forecasting to gain saving for some EUR 80m by 2008. The Lufthansa model is still considered as a... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the carrier's Board of Directors to be held today
Rome, Italy - In the meantime, Italian Government is ready to set the social safety valves and to schedule meetings with the company and the unions
Alitalia's board is going to meet the trade unions today in order to analyse the situation about what was achieved in terms of agreements with the employees last week. Later, in the afternoon, the Board... more
AirlinesSAS: dependents threaten strike
Stockholm, Sweden - They ask airline a 7.3% increase pay wages in three years
The Scandinavian Airlines dependents are threatening a strike for the next week: the union in fact have demanded to SAS to accept an increase pay wages of 7.3% in three years. The airline, which for a... more
AirlinesIraqi Airways: from tomorrow it returns in service
Baghdad, Iraq - After 14 years of wars and sanctions, the flag airline will fly towards Syria and Jordan
As from tomorrow Iraqi Airways after 14 years of inactivity, returns in service: after the first test flight of August 22 (see news AVIONEWS), the Iraqi airline starts again to made its international services... more
AirlinesThai Airways International expands its fleet in order to increase the revenue
Bangkok, Thailand - 14 new airplanes arrive for over USD 2bn
Thai Airways International expects an average yearly revenue increase by 9% for next 5 years, during which the Thailand airline has programmed to acquire 14 new aircraft, that would have to increase the... more
AirlinesBritish Airways and Iberia towards integration
Madrid, Spain - The two airlines will divide international market shares in sight of a graduate fusion process
British Airways could acquire a significant stake in the Spanish Iberia, or the two air companies could decide to acquire stakes in each other: but it will not happen immediately. The two European carriers... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the passenger load factor in August diminishes
Singapore - Carrier has lost 4,4 percentage points regarding the same period of 2003
Singapore Airlines passenger and cargo load factor in August would be diminished, while instead the capacity on its routes would be increased. The flag airline in fact has communicated on Wednesday that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): Buttiglione positively welcomes the results achieved by the company and the unions
Rome, Italy - Bertinotti would have instead underlined the past carrier's operative mistake with the lowering of the routes intended to face the crisis
Italian Minister for EU's Policies, Rocco Buttiglione, has positively welcomed the results achieved so far by Alitalia's President and CEO, Giancarlo Cimoli, and the various trade unions involved. Buttiglione... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): a productivity increase agreement for the flight assistants
Rome, Italy - The unions aim to achieve a reduction of redundancies previously scheduled by this evening
Talks among the Alitalia's board and the representatives of the flight assistants got started again at 02:30 pm today. The company, after succeeding in convincing the unions about the importance of some... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines: the restructuring plan previews meant cuts of staff
Washington, USA - Airline does not pledge itself on the precise figure and not confirm voices about 6.000 dependents in less
The United Airlines restructuring plan could preview meant staff cuts, but it would not be still clear the amount. The management is trying in fact to recover approximately USD 655m through a decided... more
AirlinesQatar Airways will fly to Seychelles from December
Rome, Italy - Four times a week from Rome and Milan via Doha
"From the next December 1st, Qatar Airways will begin a new four times weekly flight with the Seychelles' archipelago. Carrying on its strategy of a quick increase of its network, the Qatar's carrier has... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4): talks with the flight assistants started again
Rome, Italy - The company would still disagree with the hypothesis of a two-times deal, while employees would not intend to accept remuneration lowering
Talks among the Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for the renewal of the contract related to the flight assistants got started again. Unions' sources would have pointed out how the... more
AirlinesRyanair must give back EUR 4m to a Belgian region
Brussels, Belgium - It is subsidies judged illegal from EU
The Wallonia region government in Belgium would have sended a letter to the Irish Ryanair asking the restitution of EUR 4m subsidies, judged illegal from the European Union. The last February in fact,... more
AirlinesRyanair launches new routes in Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden - It will add other aircraft at Skavsta air station, hard-pressing the national airline SAS
Soon Ryanair will inaugurate 3 new routes in departure from Sweden and directed to German, Spain and Latvia, challenging ulteriorly the local operator, the national company SAS (Scandinavian Airlines Sweden).... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines ended 20 additional interline ticketing, baggage-handling agreements
Houston, Usa - It has announced it last Wednesday with effective immediately
Continental Airlines last Wednesday announced, effective immediately, it has terminated multi- carrier "interline" ticketing and baggage-handling agreements with 20 airlines that are unable or unwilling... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): Boeing and Embraer are still in the airline's future
Rome, Italy - The new business plan would already schedule purchases of new 767s, 777s and ERJ-170/190s
According to an Alitalia's spokesman, the new business plan of the carrier related to the 2005-2008 period, on which an agreement is being tried to achieve by the company together with the employees, would... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): additional redundancies reduction and the defence of Fiumicino's leading role
Rome, Italy - It is what Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini requested to carrier's President Cimoli
Alitalia's President, Giancarlo Cimoli, met the major representatives of the main Lazio's local governments directly involved by the carrier's crisis yesterday, when considering the remarkable number of... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the difficult talks with the flight assistants
Rome, Italy - A new meeting among the company and the unions starting at 10:00 am in order to achieve an agreement
Alitalia's board would have proven doubtful with reference to the proposal put forward by the trade unions' representatives of the flight assistants yesterday, regarding the hypothesis for a two-times... more
AirlinesBA: on Monday September 27, the Italian staff strikes
Rome, Italy - A nine hours abstention from the job against the lacked contract renew
The British Airways Italy ground staff passenger service assigned and call-center employeers will intercross their arms in all the national air stations for 9 hours the next September 27. Strike from the... more
AirlinesBlue Panorama: breakdown for the Juventus B-737 that remains blocked at "Schiphol"
Amsterdam, Holland - Airplane comes blocked as a precaution before takeoff, left again after 2 hours towards Turin
The Blue Panorama private airline plane that yesterday evening had to bring back in Italy the Juventus Football Club players after the Champions League match, has forced the white-black team to return... more
AirlinesSN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express towards the fusion
Brussels, Belgium - There's already the consent of the SN Airholding Board, society that would have to control the new union
By an official notice diffused today we hear that soon SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express, the Richard Branson airline, could join under the SN Airholding control, society that has the majority package... more
AirlinesBA: the flights from Heathrow diminish in order to improve the service quality
London , United Kingdom - It will be abolished only the "high frequency" European and long distance routes
In the next months British Airways could abolish 966 flights at Heathrow airport, as the continental routes as those long-haul. Currently at London air station, BA operates 41.000 flights, and yesterday... more
AirlinesVolare Group: crisis effect in the Varese's territory
Varese, Italy - After Azzurra Air and Alitalia, Volare's difficulties risks to seriously jeopardize the employment stability in this area
The serious situation recently occurred for Volare Group, which led its President Fossa to resign (see for details AVIONEWS), seems to affect the Varese’s territory in a relevant manner. Volare’s crisis can... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): Cimoli to meet Lazio' local governments representatives
Rome, Italy - Storace, Gasbarra, Veltroni and Canapini want to fully understand the redundancies situation in the related territories
The meeting among Alitalia's President Cimoli and the major representatives of Lazio's local governments is going to occur today, interested in verify the carrier's crisis condition concerning employees.... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the company and the ground personnel achieved a deal
Rome, Italy - Saving for EUR 150m by 2008 while redundancies fall 3500 to 2500
Finally, an agreement among Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for the ground personnel was achieved last night. A new important leap forward towards the general deal on the new business... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): Spinetta proves confident on the balance relation of the Italian carrier with Air France within SkyTeam
Paris, France - According to French airline's President, the future will produce a positive cooperation with Alitalia
"Rome was not built in a day, so the strategic alliances among the airlines cannot change immediately". This was recently stated by Air France’s President, Jean-Cyril Spinetta,with reference to Alitalia’s sit... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines: the newness in Autumn of the Asian carrier
Rome, Italy - After a Winter and a Summer of success
"Singapore Airlines, after a Winter of success and good premises, has lived a Summer of newness, while other ones it announces for the Autumn-Winter 2004-2005. For a renewal of the fleet and for the general... more
AirlinesEuropean airlines will reduce the capacity of routes leaving from Israel?
Tel Aviv, Israel - The carriers appealed to Supreme Court, that October 28 will decide about it
Israeli Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) yesterday would have expressed confidence in the fact that soon will come resolved the small dispute that sees some European airlines against the Israeli demand... more
AirlinesAlitalia (4). Maroni: Italian Government is ready to provide social safety valves
Rome, Italy - But it is necessary a trade union agreement for the first step
Italian Welfare Minister, Roberto Maroni, would have recently stated, due to a Chamber's interrogation, that Italian Government would be ready to provide social safety valves even for the air transport... more
AirlinesLauda Air SpA: seven hours waiting for a flight directed to Mexico
Rome, Italy - Infuriated tourists complain the lack of information on the delay causes
Yesterday, 150 tourists, among which many couples in wedding travel leaving for Mexico, have attended 7 hours at Fiumicino airport, the Lauda Air SpA flight previewed for hours 2:00pm. It seems in fact... more
AirlinesVolare Group: are 1400 jobs at risk?
Milan, Italy - CEO, Andrea Molinari, set out about the President Giorgio Fossa's resign
AVIONEWS has phoned Volare's CEO Andrea Molinari, with reference to President Giorgio Fossa's resign. The company's situation appears to be particularly serious. 1400 jobs could be cancelled in case the... more
AirlinesRyanair and easyJet make pessimistic forecasts for the next months
London, United Kingdom - The new low-cost airlines entry in the market would worsen the already difficult tariff war among the carriers
According to the Irish airline Ryanair, within the end of this year the air rates could endure a further 20% lessening, because of the non-stop tariff war among the numerous low-cost carriers, also because... more
AirlinesVolare Group: the president Giorgio Fossa discharges
Milan, Italy - On Friday September 17, previewed the successor nomination
Fast discharge by the president Giorgio Fossa who leaves the Italian Volare Group guide after only six months of activity: he had been named in order to make becoming airline the European third low-cost... more
AirlinesLufthansa: soon an extra-luxury service for the first class passengers
Frankfurt, Germany - After a made-champagne waiting, the travellers will be accompany to airplane aboard a luxurious limousine
Lufthansa are launching a new program dedicated to the first class passengers: a narrow super-vip group seems that soon will be able to use at Frankfurt and Munich airports, a special terminal, that... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): the contents of the agreement with pilots
Rome, Italy - Lower remuneration, increasing flight hours, reduced crew's members, 289 redundancies
Alitalia aims to recover some EUR 52m by 2006 thanks to the agreement achieved with pilots. The number of redundancies early indicated by the company would have been lowered from the original 450 to the... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): the trade unions go on asking for Government's intervention
Rome, Italy - The deal signed among the company and pilots is being seen as a purely technical one, waiting for signing the final one at Palazzo Chigi
The agreement among Alitalia's board and its pilots was possible thanks to the contribution provided by all the trade unions representing them, which would have anyway underlined that such deal has a merely... more
AirlinesAlitalia: the agreement among the company and pilots has been achieved
Rome, Italy - And the carrier's share rose a 15,11% at Piazza Affari yesterday
The agreement related to the new contract for Alitalia's pilots has been achieved. But the airline's share already gained from expectations at Piazza Affari with a +15,11%, almost a 5% of company's capital.... more
AirlinesSkyEurope: demand for the destinations served by the low-cost carrier increases
Budapest, Hungary - In July it have been operated 228 flights between Italy and Central Europe
SkyEurope Airlines, low-cost airline leader in the Central Europe, seems that holds a consisting air transport net towards the greater air station of its interesting zone. Recently also it would have added... more
AirlinesUs Airways ends in receivership
Washington, USA - Embraer that has delivered the carrier 12 airplanes in the first half of the year, boasts a USD 1,47bn credit
The Brazilian farm aircraft manifacturer Embraer, would be in constant contact with Us Airways, after the last Sunday the American airline is ended in receivership for the second time in 2 years, rushed... more
AirlinesSkyTeam, Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and KLM join the alliance (2): could Alitalia leave the strategic alliance?
New York, USA - President Cimoli intends to make the carrier an air transport protagonist again and he could opt for new partnerships
Alitalia’s President, Giancarlo Cimoli, did not attend the official joining by the three new partners in SkyTeam. Many think that Italian airline’s CEO still bad consider the traditional dominating rol... more
AirlinesIberia heads to reduce the costs
Madrid , Spain - In order to reach the aim it must increase load factor and fleet
Iberia communicated in these days to have nearly caught up its objective to reduce the yearly management costs. The Spanish airline declares to be trusting to succeed catching up 100% of what established... more
AirlinesIt's born the first flight that will connect San Paolo throughout the city
San Paolo, Brazil - The Varig will operate the service in 8 minutes, avoiding all the metropolis traffic
The Varig airline inaugurates in these days a new line service that will connect two air stations of the same city: the San Paolo of Brazil busy and chaotic megalopolis. The city flight will operate in... more
AirlinesAlitalia (5): flight assistants' proposal regarding productivity
Rome, Italy - Also in this case the Lufthansa model has been suggested, accepting a lowering for remuneration in order to help the carrier
Alitalia's situation can be considered more than a positive one today as far as it is concerned with Piazza Affari performance for the related share: +13%, a success produced by the very good expectations... more
AirlinesIs SAS to grab a chance on the Bulgarian Air's denationalization?
Stockholm, Sweden - The Scandinavian carrier could purchase shares in case it can be relaunched
Bulgarian Government intends to favour the full denationalization of Bulgarian Air airline by the half of next year, and several carriers in Europe would have already proven interested with reference to... more
AirlinesAlitalia (6): talks among the company and the unions are ongoing
Rome, Italy - A new meeting with ground personnel and the flight assistants to start at 06:30 pm
Talks among the Alitalia's board and the trade unions' representatives for pilots would be currently ongoing, and some results would have already been achieved. It seems in fact that the latest occasion... more
AirlinesAlitalia (3): financial companies and carriers interested in betting on the airline
Rome, Italy - Among them one can remember Generali, Mediobanca, Unicredito, Volare, Eurofly and Lufthansa
Alitalia's board, while waiting for achieving an agreement with the trade unions on the business plan, carries on a series of negotiations aimed to encourage the carrier's denationalization. The hypothesis... more
AirlinesAlitalia (2): a final agreement with pilots is closer
Rome, Italy - The carrier's board would appear to appreciate the proposal put forward by its flying personnel
Alitalia pilots’ point of view about the possible agreement with its board always appears to be the one which can ensure the achievement of a concrete deal, quite before the remaining workers. The proposals p... more
AirlinesAlitalia: company's unitarity and social safety valves
Rome, Italy - The cornerstones of the union's strategy to carry on talks with the carrier's board
The view of the three major Italian trade union confederations (CGIL, CISL and UIL) regarding the future of Alitalia is actually based on the following items: company's unitarity and social safety valves.... more
AirlinesSkyTeam: Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and KLM join the alliance
New York, USA - European and US carrier's role in the great strategic alliance is increasing
An official joining in the SkyTeam strategic alliance was celebrated in New York yesterday for Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and KLM (see for details AVIONEWS). The two US airlines Continental... more