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AirlinesAir Arabia brings full online travel experience to the region
Dubai, UAE - Air Arabia's website provides information about flights, discounts and booking procedures
Air Arabia LLC, United Arab Emirates third national airline has presented a new concept of air travel in the region concentrated on online booking with the first flight in October 28, 2003. Air Arabia... more
AirlinesAer Lingus back to normal schedule
Dublin, Ireland - Aer Lingus decided this after the verdict from the Labour Court
Aer Lingus flights are expected function according to schedule today, following the actions by cabin crew staff. Aer Lingus take this decision after a Labour Court reach to a verdict in the dispute over... more
AirlinesPhilippine Airlines returns after a five-year absence
Manila, Philippines - Four weekly flights to Manila
After a five-year absence, the first Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR-507 took off yesterday from Manila bringing along to KL International Airport (KLIA) 108 passengers who arrived here at 7.45pm being... more
AirlinesToronto: first El Al flight landing after security threat
Toronto, Canada - Al Qaeda threated the El Al plane?
An El Al flight landed at Pearson International Airport in Toronto early on Sunday. This is the first flight to arrive here after a plane was diverted to Hamilton because of a security threat on Thursday.... more
AirlinesVirgin Express vs Ryanair for the Belgian market
Brussels, Belgium - The Virgin chief addresses to the Ue to restore the market rules
After the Air France case (see AVIONEWS)it’s Virgin’s turn to act against the subsidies received by Ryanair. Virgin chief Neil Burrows has sent a letter to the Ue Transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio to... more
AirlinesEmirates to get eight A-340/500 planes
Dubai, Arab Emirates United - The airline is organizing de luxe no-stop flight
Suites, "room service", anti jet-lag lights are only some of the comforts that travellers will find on board of the Emirates Airbus A-340/500. The airline is about to get eight of these aircraft that,... more
Airlines6 m passengers to be carried by Aeroflot in 2003
Moscow, Russia - The air company carried 5,5 m passengers last year
If in 2002 Aeroflot carried 5,5 m passengers, by the end of 2003, the air company intends to transport 6 m people. The announcement has been made today at a press conference by Aeroflot Commercial Director,... more
AirlinesAzzurra Air on top of the list of favourites for the control of Air Littoral
Bergamo, Italy - The air company from Bergamo wants to create a regional airline at European level
Azzurra Air, part of the Italian Seven Group, seems to be the favourite in the list of those who intends to take the control of Air Littoral, among which appear NGFI and Danavia; all the candidacies will... more
AirlinesKorean Air: new Airbus' buyer
Paris, France - Deliveries fixed for 2007
With the aim of making Incheon's airport one of the major air stations in North-Eastern Asia, Korean Air, which belongs to SkyTeam group, ordered 5 superjumbo A-380 to Airbus, with an option of further... more
AirlinesProfits increase for Klm
Brussels, Belgium - The airline expects to close the year with a break-even
"On the background of a difficult operating atmosphere we keep concentrating on the costs", is what Klm's president Leo van Wijk has declared in an official notice about the company economic budget results... more
AirlinesSigned co-operation agreement British Airways-Swiss International Air Lines
Londra, UK - The new programme starts on October 26
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd and British Airways PLC, signed a new bilateral co-operation agreement. As a result of the contract, the two carriers will provide new services, as well as a joint frequent... more
AirlinesRyanair opens new base in Europe
Brussels, Belgium - The base opens early next year
Ryanair Holdings PLC plans to open a new base in Europe in 2004. The low-cost carrier is considering 10 airports as possible sites for the new base: two in Italy, two in Spain, two in Germany, two in UK,... more
AirlinesAir France-Klm: Alitalia will have to wait
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The Italian carrier lacks of the requested conditions to became a part of French-Dutch alliance
According to a statement released today by Klm's managing director in Amsterdam, Air France and Klm will fully inform European and American antitrust about their merger by the first half of November. The... more
AirlinesStrike at Aer Lingus continues
Dublin, Ireland - 19 flights were cancelled
The airline was forced to cancel 19 flights due to the strike which continues and more delays and cancellations are expected on Monday, October 27, as already published on Tuesday by AVIONEWS. Aer Lingus... more
AirlinesConflict between Aeroflot and Air Canada to be solved
Moscow, Russia - The authorities are working on it
The conflict appeared when Russia didn't allow Air Canada to make transit flights to India via Russia and Air Canada threatened to impose sanctions on the Russian airline company. Boris Alyoshin, Russian... more
AirlinesNiki Lauda is back on track
Vienna, Austria - The former Formula 1 champion steps into the low- cost sector
Niki Lauda is back on track, but this time he changed the scenery as he decided to choose the landing runaway. As to what will be reported tomorrow in an article of Vienna News newspaper, the former Formula... more
AirlinesLufthansa: "Italy is one of ours main reference markets"
Rome, Italy - With the new winter schedule the airline increases frequencies and connections
"Lufthansa strongly believes in the Italian traffic potential", with these words Sven Einfeldt, Lufthansa chief of sales for southern and central Italy explains the improvements in the frequencies and... more
AirlinesLow-fare airlines to replace big planes with smaller jets
Washington, Usa - The competition is stiff
Southwest Airlines thinks about purchasing some smaller jets for the routes where larger planes are not necessary. Presently the airline is successfully using a fleet of nearly 400 new and older Boeing's... more
AirlinesUnited recalling 300 flight attendants
Illinois, Usa - They will return to duty effective December 1st 2003
United Airlines is recalling about 300 flight attendants who were on voluntary furlough. The flight attendants will return to duty effective December 1st 2003, spokesman Jason Schechter said Tuesday. The... more
AirlinesSwiss International Air Lines increases flights out of Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Eight flights per day will connect the Italian capital to Switzerland
The 26th of October, with the starting of the winter timetable, the Helvetic Swiss International Air Lines will increase the flights departing from Fiumicino airport in Rome: Rome-Zurich 4 times per day;... more
AirlinesSouthwest: the low-cost that flies high
New York, Usa - The low-cost carrier gains the sixth position in the US market
Southwest Airlines strenghtens its sixth position in the US carrier market, always improving its outcomes. Infact, the end of the third quarter records a net profit of USD 106m (13 cents per share), that... more
AirlinesSri Lanka included in the schedule of several Indian private airlines
New Delhi, India - Confirmation from the Civil Aviation Ministry awaited
India and Sri Lanka agreed on Tuesday, October 21 that private Indian domestic airlines will extend their operations by including destinations throughout Sri Lanka in their schedules. The decision came... more
AirlinesMore flights for Air India
New Delhi, India - 54 weekly frequencies from Dubai
Air India increases its capacity up to 54 weekly frequencies from the UAE and it leases 4 aircraft for this purpose. Currently, the carrier operates 41 flights from Dubai to 8 Indian destinations, 21 of... more
AirlinesAeroflot to join to SkyTeam?
Paris, France - The agreement within the end of the year
According to some indiscretions made by the French press, the Russian carrier Aeroflot may join to the SkyTeam within the end of the year, a decision strongly desired by Air France, that considers the... more
AirlinesQuarterly loss for the US Airways
Chicago, Usa - It has lost USD 1.69 a share
US Airways Group reported a USD 90m quarterly loss on Tuesday, this being the second quarter operating outside of court protection since it emerged from bankruptcy on March 31, 2003. US Airways, the 7th... more
AirlinesAirAsia set to more than double passenger traffic
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - AirAsia plans to start services to other Asian countries
The chief executive of Malaysian budget airline AirAsia said on Monday that he expects its passenger traffic to more than double this financial year, boosting. AirAsia was on track to increase passenger... more
AirlinesBA cuts first class seats
London, Great Britain - Six first class services will be closed
British Airways confirmed yesterday the closure of first class on six of its services. The routes for which BA is phasing out first class are London-Heathrow services to Montreal, Beijing, San Diego, Denver,... more
AirlinesLufthansa to reduce costs of EUR 1,2 bn
Berlin, Germany - The union disapproves
The Financial Times Deutschland reported that Lufthansa wants to reduce costs of EUR 1,2bn over the next two years, but the plans are not approved by the union. A Lufthansa spokeswoman stated: "In order... more
AirlinesTravellers even more confused by big airlines' changes
Washington, Usa - The airlines are desperately trying to win back travellers
The big companies are making changes in order to determine travellers not to turn to low-cost airlines anymore. The first one was American Airlines very soon followed by Continental, Delta, Northwest and... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines cuts off 18 percent of its flights
Memphis,Usa - 55 employees to lose their jobs
18% of the Memphis flights of Northwest Airlines will be cut off on January 6 from 242 to 198. This move will cost the Memphis-Shelby Airport Authority USD 1.6m a year. The plan is to rationalize its four... more
AirlinesBoeing ends production of 757 jetliner
Chicago, Usa - The production ends in 2004
The Boeing Company announced on October 16 that the production of the 757 jetliner is scheduled to end late 2004. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally stated... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines against British Airways "iron grip" on Heathrow
Houston, Usa - The English airline purchases other four airport slots
Continental Airlines expressed outrage at the newly confirmed reports that British Airways has continued to purchase the limited number of Heathrow slots available. This week the English airline announced... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines expands service in South Florida
Washington, Usa - 20 flights more than last November
In November, American Airlines will increase its service in Miami and Fort Lauderdale because Latin America and the Caribbean offer better potential for recovery than any other area. American Airlines... more
AirlinesAgreement Alitalia-USA for passengers' data bank
Rome, Italy - The "Warrantor of privacy" needs to give his ok
Alitalia, the US Embassy and Enac (national body for civil aviation) agreed on US full access to Alitalia's data bank, without informing the "Warrantor" for the protection of personal information. The... more
AirlinesGandalf risks liquidation
Milan, Italy - Approved asset and liability statement
If there will not be new proposals of intervention on capital stock before the end of the shareholders' meeting, the company will be obliged to be put into liquidation. The company cannot urge investments,... more
AirlinesLufthansa creates Lufthansa Regional
Frankfurt, Germany - The five regional airlines are joint together
Deutsche Lufthansa AG creates the new Lufthansa Regional branch which incorporates five of Lufthansa's separate regional airlines: Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine.... more
AirlinesNew low-cost Australian carrier
Sydney, Australia -The carrier becomes operational in May 2004
Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia's first carrier announced the launching of a new independently-run low-cost domestic carrier on May 2004. The decision was taken to cut off competition from Virgin Blue which... more
AirlinesRyanair: new route between London and Reus-Barcelona
London,UK - 200,000 passengers expected in the first year
Ryanair Holdings announced on Thursday, October 16, that it is going to launch a new route between London and Reus-Barcelona. The carrier is going to operate two flights a day. The first flight is going... more
AirlinesAero Lloyd fails: thousand of tourists can't fly
Frankfurt, Germany - Flight suspended after the announcement of this morning
At least 8500 German tourists can not fly from the airport situated in Germany, Greece and Egypt due to the Aero Lloyd's announcement of bankruptcy gave early this morning. It is one of the main German... more
AirlinesSigned the Air France-Klm agreement (2). The terms are the same announced on September 30th
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The new holding name is Air France-Klm
The deal signed today in Amsterdam between Air France and Klm does not contain new details compared to that announced on September 30th. This has been confirmed by the same Klm in a release diffused just... more
AirlinesAustrian Airlines flight staff on strike
Vienna, Austria - Protests against the future cuts preannounced by the airline
The pilots and the crews of the Austrian Airlines have struck yesterday morning to protest against the future cuts of the flight expenses preannounced by the direction. The ground staff has not joined... more
AirlinesSigned the Air France-Klm agreement
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The partnership approved by the Klm union
Signed today in Amsterdam, as announced yesterday (see Avionews)the partnership deal between Air France and Klm. The Dutch airline company’s unions have approved the operation after receiving a five y... more
AirlinesAir France: no problem for Alitalia to join the alliance
Paris, France - The French airline general manager says that privatization and readjustment are necessary
A few hours before the signing of the agreement between Air France e Klm, the general manager of the Air France, during the exposition dedicated to the 70 years of activity of the French airline, has said... more
AirlinesFinancial problems for Delta Air Lines
Washington, Usa - It is selling planes
Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday that it is selling 11 of its planes and is delaying the delivery of eight more. The company lost USD 168m in the third quarter compared with a loss of USD 330m, for... more
AirlinesKlm-Air France deal: tomorrow the signing in Amsterdam
Paris, France - The date confirmed by the general manager of the French carrier
There are only a few hours of waiting left for the signing of the Air France-Klm agreement. The general manager of the French carrier, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, has confirmed the tomorrow as the date for... more
AirlinesSingapore-Los Angeles the world's longest commercial flight
Singapore - Singapore Airline: no more stopovers
The world's longest non-stop commercial flight will be launched on February 3, 2004, and will connect Singapore and Los Angeles, announced the Singapore Airlines. The flight SQ-20 will take off from Singapore-based... more
AirlinesLoss reduction for Delta Airlines
Rome, Italy - The carrier cut the expenditures
Delta Airlines, third Usa carrier and Alitalia's partner in the SkyTeam alliance, has reduced the third trimester losses to USD 164m (1,36$ per share) with a 7,4% cost decrease and a light rise in the... more
AirlinesFinal Klm-Air France agreement may be delayed
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The world's third-largest airline is about to be created
Dutch airline KLM said on Tuesday that the signing of its final agreement with Air France to create Europe's largest airline may be delayed by one or two days for logistical reasons. This agreement was... more
AirlinesBA major bidder in online auction
London, Great Britain - British Airways buys slot for EUR 18m
In the attempt to expand its presence at Heathrow, the largest European airport, British Airways is the owner of 41% of all the airport slots. The latest purchase concerns slots for landing and taking... more
AirlinesUsa: American Airlines adds several daily nonstop flights
Forth Worth, Usa - The flights will be launched November 1st
American Airlines announced on Monday its intention to operate daily nonstop flights to Miami from Pittsburgh and Indianapolis and another one from Pittsburgh to Dallas-based Fort Worth Airport starting... more