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AirlinesAir-traffic controllers on strike in Italy
Rome, Italy - Hundreds of flights have been cancelled
Air-traffic controllers have been on national strike in Italy since 10am and they won't stop before 6pm. Many repercussions for flights: 334 flights have been cancelled departing or landing in the Italian... more
AirlinesIATA: no to sky marshalls
Mexico City, Mexico - It asks USA to compensate airlines
The International Air Transport Association - IATA - opposes to the presence of armed officers on airplanes (see AVIONEWS), considering what stated by its spokesman, William Garillard, to the Mexican newspaper... more
AirlinesAlitalia snatches the exclusive rights to Air France-Klm on Paris flights
Rome, Italy - More routes from Milan and Rome
Paolo Rubino, chief of marketing and network for the Italian airline, stated: "We will serve 35 routes in total, compare to 32 of Air France"; actually Alitalia gained ground snatching to the French carrier... more
AirlinesBA's pilots: delays on the Washington flights, an US order
London, Great Britain - A political decision to make "sky marshalls" accepted
According to what was published by the Times, British pilots believe that the delays occurred lately on the BA-223 London-Washington flight are due to an US authorities’ order, facing the British Airways u... more
AirlinesPassenger immobilized by crew members
Detroit, Usa - He wanted to reach the cockpit
Brandon Rines, from Tennessee, was stopped today by a flight attendant and two pilots not on duty on the Detroit-Honolulu Northwestern Airlines flight, in his desperate attempt to reach the cockpit without... more
AirlinesTense end of the year in American skies: many cancelled flights
New York, Usa - Usa gave the orange alarm
Since December 21 Usa gave the orange alarm, that is high risk of attacks, therefore security measures have been increased in American skies and airports between Christmas and New Year. Probably the audio... more
AirlinesCancelled for the second time the Aeromexico flight for L.A,
Mexico City, Mexico - For security reasons
Aeromexico flight number 490 directed to Los Angeles was cancelled twice in two days (December 31 and January 1) for security reasons, informed the US Embassy in Mexico City. It seems that the plane could... more
AirlinesIATA: governments will have to pay for the "sheriffs of the skies"
Geneva, Switzerland - They represent a further danger
"If there will need to be sheriffs on planes, we believe that governments - the governments which requested them - have to pay for the expenses. Security is a governments’ matter, therefore governments h... more
Airlines"Armed sheriffs" on flights at risk, or ban of overflying (2)
Mexico City, Mexico - Armed federal agents on board of aircraft
Prompt has been the reply of Mexico to the new US rule. In facts, the Mexican minister of Transports has informed today that, on request of US government, since last week armed Mexican federal agents travel... more
Airlines"Armed sheriffs" on flights at risk, or ban of overflying
New York, USA - New law of US government
The combat to terrorism continues and with a new law with immediate effect the US government asks international airlines to place from now on armed crew on board of both passengers and cargo planes, which... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines to resume second daily New York-Tel Aviv service
New York, Usa - From next March 31, 2004
Continental Airlines announced that it will resume its second daily Boeing 777 non-stop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Tel Aviv, Israel effective March 31, 2004 (eastbound). The... more
AirlinesAmerica West hires again
Washington, Usa - Scheduled 1000 new intakes
America West, the eighth American airline, has announced its intention to hire 1000 new workers for 2004, in order to increase its passenger traffic. For this purpose it has moreover decided to strenghten... more
AirlinesKorean Air Lines purchases nine Boeing 777-200 ER
Seoul,, South Korea - The agreement is worth 1,5 bn
The Boeing Company confirmed that Korean Air Lines, the national carrier of South Korea, signed a definitive agreement to purchase nine Boeing 777-200 Extended Range jetliners. This order is worth approximately... more
Airlines25 hours delay on the Air Europe flight for The Avana
Milan, Italy - The engine must be replaced
The Air Europe flight number PE2919 which was meant to leave yesterday at 5pm directed to Camaguey-The Avana, has been delayed for 25 hours and the 270 passengers won't leave Malpensa airport before today... more
AirlinesAir Littoral-Azzurra Air: dramatic turn of events, Seven Group is back again
Paris, France - The Montpellier court suspended the exam
Another episode and another dramatic turn of events in the acquisition of the French company Air Littoral. While the court of Montpellier was about to examine the offer of the French group Ionis for the... more
Airlines383 passengers miss the flight because of a drunk pilot
Washington, Usa - They were given a hotel accomodation
They had to spent the night into a hotel, the 383 passengers going from Washington to London on a Virgin-Atlantic flight; as the pilot's breath smelled of alcohol. Police, who was informed by the control... more
AirlinesScandinavian Airlines adds the nineth intercontinental link: Shanghai
Stockholm Sweden - From next March
On March 28, 2004, Scandinavian Airlines will launch a new intercontinental route between Copenhagen and Pudong Airport in Shanghai. The route will be flown three times a week (on Tuesdays, Thursdays and... more
AirlinesCapital increase for Volare Group
Milan, Italy – Worth EUR 40 m
Volare Group has recently announced a capital increase worth EUR 40m thanks to the arrival of the Dutch foundation Stichting Administratiekantoor Volare. Volare Group is the society that is to have the... more
AirlinesEU and US agree on passengers’ data exchange
Brussels, Belgium – Schutle-Strathaus says that it’s "A sign of political stability"
A couple of days ago the European commissioner for the domestic market, Frits Bolkestein, announced that AEA – Association of European Airlines - and America reached an acceptable agreement on the use o... more
AirlinesAir Littoral-Azzurra Air: Montpellier Court studies Ionis offer
Paris, France – After Seven Group did not pay EUR 11m to complete the operation
Air Littoral, the airline under the administration controlled by the State for a debt of EUR 67m, is not to be sold to Seven Group fo form with Azzurra Air a regional European carrier anymore. It was decided... more
AirlinesRyanair loses the appeal on the London-Strasbourg flights
Paris, France - The low-cost carrier will appeal again
The court of Nancy has rejected today the appeal of Ryanair regarding the economic aids received from the Chamber of Commerce of Strasbourg, linked to its flights between Strasbourg and London-Stansted.... more
AirlinesApparently Royal Jordanian wants to fly back to Baghdad
Amman, Jordania - Experts seems to disagree
According to Jordanian press the airline President, Samer Majali apparently announced the intention to restart the Amman-Baghdad flights, stopped after the accident occurred in November 22, when a Dhl... more
AirlinesAirlines' tickets will cost less
Brussels, Belgium - The trend is a price slide
In an article released in the today's occasion of the centenary of the flight, Aea's (Association of European Airlines) general secretary, Ulrich Shulte-Strathaus reassured that the trend in airlines'... more
AirlinesBrussels-New York non-stop from May 2004
Brussels, Belgium - New code-share between SN Brussels Airlines and American Airlines
Starting from May 2004 you can fly directly everyday from Brussels to New York, without having to make stop-overs, thanks to a new code-share agreement between SN Brussels Airlines and American Airlines.... more
AirlinesOlympic Airlines starts to fly
Atene, Greece - Its airplanes will maintain the original hull
Olympic Airlines, the airline that has replaced Olympic Airways, has begun its flights last Friday with the Atene-Cairo route. The historical company founded by Aristotle Onassis in the Fifties and then... more
AirlinesThe Government aims at capitalizing Alitalia very fast
Rome, Italy - It was asserted by the undersecretary to the Economy, Gianluigi Magri
The undersecretary to the Economy, Gianluigi Magri, has asserted that the Government aims at capitalizing very fast the Alitalia airline in order to permit the negotiation of the fusion with Air France... more
AirlinesAlitalia affair: a very chaotic day
Rome, Italy - Workers and unions protested against the Italian airline
It has been a very chaotic day for the Alitalia issue. After the yesterday news of the green light to the alliance with the Air France, in fact, (see AVIONEWS) today the workers of the Italian airline... more
AirlinesFree way by Ue to the alliance between British Airways and Iberia
Rome, Italy - The airlines offer slot on the London and the Spanish cities routes
As announced yesterday by AVIONEWS, the European Commission has given today the free way to the trade alliance between Iberia and British Airways. The worries that the Commission had in a first moment... more
AirlinesFedex signes the renewal of the contract with Poste Group
Milan, Italy - It provides for another 10 years agreement
Signed the renewal of the operating agreement for other ten years between FedEx Express, the company of aerial transport, and Geo Post, holding of the parcel delivery companies of the French group La Poste.... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines will inaugurate two daily flights from Houston to Meadows Field in Bakersfield, in California
Houston, Usa - From April 4, 2004
According to what has been declared in a press release of the US air company "Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) and Bakersfield's Meadows Field Airport announced the airline will inaugurate service at Bakersfield... more
AirlinesSeven Group-Azzurra Air: the decision about the acquisition of Air Littoral has been postponed again
Paris, France - The decision was taken by the Montpellier Court
The Court of Montpellier has decided to slid, but for some days only, the decision regarding the acquisition of Air Littoral by Seven Group, the fund that heads the airline Azzurra Air. The group has not... more
AirlinesTomorrow the Ue Antitrust will give its opinion regarding the alliance between British Airways and Iberia
Brusselles, Belgium - If the Ue Commission will not object , the alliance is to receive the green light
Tomorrow the Ue Antitrust will give its opinion about the alliance between British Airways and Iberia Airlines. If the Ue Commission will not object, the alliance is to receive the green light for a six... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (9)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.5. Slots made available prior to the exemption decision 64. The Parties are ready to anticipate the release of slots to a New Entrant on an Affected Route for the IATA Summer Season 2004 on a voluntary... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (8)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.3. Spread of slots at Paris CDG airport 55. To ensure that customers of the Parties enjoy the full benefits of flight connectivity, and without prejudice to Section 2.1, the slots released by the Parties... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (10)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
5. Commitment to facilitate intermodal passenger transport services 76. At the request of a railway or other surface transport company or sea company operating between France and Italy (an ‘Intermodal P... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (7)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.2.9. Selection of New Entrants 43. A New Entrant wishing to obtain slots from the Parties pursuant to these Commitments shall notify the Parties of its intention to apply for these slots at the forthcoming... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (5)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.2.2. No slots available via the Standard Slot Allocation Procedure 25. At least six weeks prior to the IATA slot conference for the traffic season in which the New Entrant intends to commence a new... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (6)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.2.5. Efficient use of the New Entrant slots portfolio 32. Where a New Entrant already operates a service to, from or through one of the airports included in an Affected Route (a ‘Prior Service’) and... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (4)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2.2.1. Frequencies operated by competitors. 18. All frequencies operated by airlines independent of and unconnected to the Parties on the Affected Routes (‘Competing Frequencies’) shall be counted aga... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (3)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
2. Take-off and landing slots release 14. If a New Entrant wishes to commence a new non-stop service on one or more Affected Routes (each a ‘New Entrant City Pair’), the Parties shall make slots ava... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
Official Journal of the European Union C 297 of 9 December, pages 10-17. Notice pursuant to Article 16(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 of 14 December 1987 concerning case COMP/A.38.284/D2 Société A... more
AirlinesCooperation agreement between Air France and Alitalia (2)
Rome, Italy - The notice publicated on the Official Journal of the European Union
1. General and Definitions 8. These Commitments shall be annexed to and form an integral part of the Commission's exemption decision. 9. These Commitments shall be binding on the Parties, their subsidiaries,... more
AirlinesAlso the low cost airlines will enter in the Alitalia and Air France routes
Rome, Italy - It was declared by the Ue Commissioner to the Competition Mario Monti
According to what has been proposed to the European Antitrust by Alitalia and Air France, in the future also the low-cost carriers could carry out the routes of the two airlines. This is the forecast made... more
AirlinesThe fusion of Air France with Klm has not been still notified to the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium - It was revealed by the same Commission
The official notice of the European Commission in which the agreement between Alitalia and Air France is revealed has also announced that the operation between Klm and Air France still has not been notified... more
AirlinesAlitalia and Air France propose a solution to the European Commission's worries
Brussels, Belgium - The two carriers offer slot in order to favor the competition
Alitalia and Air France, to tranquilize the European Commission about the worries regarding the competition issue, have decided to offer landing and takeoff slots in the airports of Paris and Milan in... more
AirlinesReached an agreement with the UE for the alliance Alitalia-Air France
Rome, Italy - It was announced by Ue Commissioner Mario Monti
A first green light by the European Commission to the project of fusion between Alitalia and Air France. It was announced by the UE Commissioner to the Competition, Mario Monti, during a convention promoted... more
AirlinesLoyola De Palacio continues to investigate on Ryanair
Brussels, Belgium -The European Commission's decision won't come before January
According to sound sources it seems that European Commission’s decision on the investigation opened by the EU Commissioner for Transports, Loyola De Palacio, for the aids received by the Irish carrier o... more
AirlinesAeroMexico and Continental Airlines sign alliance
Houston, Usa - A 10 year agreement that will begin in the first quarter of next year
According to what declared yesterday in a press release from the US carrier "AeroMexico and Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) announced yesterday that they have signed an alliance agreement for flights... more
AirlinesDhl resumes the cargo flights to Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - The company will operate with three daily flights
Dhl, one of the most important delivery societies at international level, will resume the connections with Baghdad, with three daily flights, after the suspension due to the episode happened to one of... more
AirlinesOlympic Airways privatization: Ue asks more documents
Brussels, Belgium - It is a normal control procedure
The European Commission has asked, with a letter sent some week ago but the news of which has been released only now, to examine more documents regarding the next privatization of the Olympic Airways.... more