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AirlinesAer Lingus renews its fleet
Dublin, Ireland - Talks with both Boeing and Airbus are running
Aer Lingus could see the replacement of all 27 of its short-haul aircraft, for its fleet renewal. News has been revealed by Irish air company, that confirmed it is in talks with both Boeing and Airbus.... more
AirlinesEUR 7m is the net profit posted by Martinair in first quarter
Amsterdam, Holland - EUR 3m was net profit in the same period last year
In 2003 first quarter Martinair, KLM and Royal Nedlloyd, which each hold 50% stakes in the airline, posted a net profit of EUR 7m, up from EUR 3m net profit in the same period last year. According to a... more
AirlinesVirgin Express could open a new base at Paris-Orly
Paris, France - Decision will be taken within a week
"We are analyzing a last proposal", has declared a Virgin Express' spokesman, about a new base at Paris-Orly airport. Final decision will taken by Virgin Express's majority shareholders, within a week.... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines ready to lay off workers because of Sars, without notice
New York, Usa - The condition of force majeure would permit it
The consequences originated by the Sars virus on the operativity of the airlines are sure very high and adding them to those provoked by the conflict in Iraq throw an alarming shadow for a quick exit from... more
AirlinesRecord order for Us Airways
Arlington, Usa - The suppliers are Bombardier and Embraer
The future of the fleet of Us Airways, the seventh greatest airline in the world, passes through Bombardier and Embraer, which will supply to the Arlington-based carrier at least 170 aircraft in a fairly... more
AirlinesIn Algarve flying with MyTravelLite for GBP 28
Birmingham, UK - The service to begin on June 14
In the attempt to reach its goal of one million passengers a year transported from the international airport of Birmingham, MyTravelLite, English low-cost airline, will operate from the next June 14 the... more
AirlinesNorthwest Airlines asks the permission to fly for Baghdad
Washington, Usa - It's waiting for the governmental authorization
Before the beginning of the war in Iraq no airline had the necessity of a connection with Baghdad, but now that the conflict is over, they are many the operators that feel the chance o billionaire business,... more
AirlinesLufthansa has recorded a loss of EUR 400m in 2003 first trimester
Frankfurt, Germany - News has been revealed by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Body
EUR 400m is the operating loss recorded by Lufthansa in 2003 first trimester. In January the liabilities have been of EUR 80m and in the successive weeks the losses are increased. Data have been revealed... more
AirlinesBranson carries on his war to get the Concorde, accusing BA of unfair behaviour
London, UK - Virgin's boss applies to the institutions
As in every self-respecting soap opera it continues that one between Richard Branson and BA regarding the Concorde story, the supersonic airplane that the English carrier has decided to withdraw in October... more
AirlinesIt was born MenaJet, the first Arabian low-cost carrier
Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia - The Arabia market is an attractive opportunity
It will begin to operate with two A-320s from the next December the MenaJet, the first Arabic low-cost carrier with Sharjah-based, in the United Arab Emirates. Very optimist the director of the baby... more
AirlinesKlm will decide as soon as possible if joining with SkyTeam or Oneworld
Amsterdam, Holland - News revailed by air company's Ceo
Leo Van Wijk, Klm's Ceo, has declared today that the Dutch air company will decide as soon as possible if joining with SkyTeam alliance or Oneworld. Van Wijk has reported that the Dutch carrier has received... more
AirlinesTwo new general managers for Swiss
Basel, Switzerland - They have been named by board of directors May 6
Daniel Weder and Martin Isler are the new two Swiss general managers, designated by Swiss air company's board of directors last May 6. Daniel Weder is the new responsible of Produced Division & Services... more
Airlines3,500 Qantas employees to be laid off by September
Sydney, Australia - The decision after the negative forecasts
Also Qantas has announced today resolutive measures in order to face the crisis caused by the bad general course of the economy and amplified by the Sars emergency plus the consequences of the war in Iraq.... more
AirlinesAlso BA discloses some figures, red as the majority of the operators
London, UK - It weighs a lot the fall in Asian routes
It continues the dance of the numbers that regard all the European and American airlines and the data that come leave many doubts on the possibility of a recovery in the commercial field, at least in the... more
AirlinesSwiss reduces the share capital
Basel, Switzerland - Two new members of the board of directors has been elected
Yesterday Swiss assembly of the shareholders approved, at great majority, a reduction of the share capital and it has elected two new members of the board of directors. The value of every share will be... more
AirlinesFirst six months in loss for EasyJet
London, UK - Passengers increase, but the carrier doesn't make any profit
EasyJet, the greatest European low-cost airline, has given the results regarding its first six months of fiscal year 2002-2003, ended on March 31, it's recorded a loss of GBP 46,9m. The same period of... more
Airlines"Sars Emergency": Asian carriers on the edge of collapse try to cut as much as possible
Honk Kong, China - Employees asked for sacrifices while previous orders are postponed
The Sars spreading and the relative panic that are investing all the world has acquired by now considerable dimensions and its limiting is more and more difficult, putting the airlines in real danger.... more
AirlinesAir Transat dismisses 500 persons
Toronto, Canada - Air company will reduce also the flights capacity in the summer season
It will cut approximately 500 workplaces, the charter air company most important of Canada, Air Transat; 400 are staff employed and 100 work for Air Transat Holidays and Nolitor/World of Vacations. The... more
Airlines"Oiseau de Ciel" own by Sabena solded by public auction for EUR 3,4m
Brussels, Belgium - It's the most celebrates picture of the Belgian painter
Among the works of the collection of the bankrupted Belgian air company Sabena, sold yesterday in Brussels public auction, "the Oiseau de Ciel", an oil on burlap of the Belgian surrealist painter, René... more
AirlinesKlm is the first to communicate the figures for April: passenger traffic falls of 6,8%
Amsterdam, Holland - Worst than ever for the Asian routes, falling of 24%
Klm is the first major European airlines to disclose the figures of the passenger traffic for the month of April and they're not good numbers. Indeed the Dutch carrier reports a decrease of 24% in the... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines tries a growth in the West thanks to its new B-777
Hanoi, Vietnam - Firstly a service for Paris then more important destinations will be served
It is not sure the best moment for an Asian air company to try an expansion of its operativity in the western countries, worried about the Sars virus that is spreading in those regions. But probably... more
AirlinesAccording to press gossip a merger between Swiss and Lufthansa would be probable
Geneva, Switzerland - The only way to create proper structures to face the crisis
The Helvetic airline Swiss wants strongly to change skin and to find alternatives solutions that can give vigour again to the carrier, as that one announced on last Friday about the creation of a low-cost... more
AirlinesBranson insists on Concorde: some ideas proposed
London, UK - He's also inclined for an alliance with BA and Air France
Virgin's Chairman and founder, Richard Branson, is more and more well-disposed to take over the Concorde fleet when this will be withdrawn from the British Airways in the end of October, but the fight... more
AirlinesIran Air has suspended the weekly flight Teheran-Beijing-Tokyo
Teheran, Iran - Decision came for the decrease of the passengers
Said Razeghi, Iran Air manager, has declared that Iranian national air company has temporary suspended one of its two weekly flights with destination Japan, that make a stop over at Beijing. According... more
AirlinesOnly electronic tickets for AA passengers by the end of this year
Fort Worth, Usa - The initiative only for the national trips in the Usa
The papery tickets sold by American Airlines will be completely replaced, by the end of the year, from the electronic ones, in reality already used from 84% of the US passengers in the national travels... more
AirlinesA record loss for United Airlines in the first quarter of 2003
Chicago, Usa - But it's a bad moment for almost all Us airlines
The losses recorded by United Airlines in the first quarter of this year would have been amplified by the war in Iraq and the Sars emergency, but they turn out however to be nearly the triple one of those... more
AirlinesIt was born Swiss Express from Swiss: it will offer a low-cost service
Geneva, Switzerland - Employees and managers' wage to be reduced
Swiss airline has announced today a new carrier has been formed, named Swiss Express, which will offer essentially a low-cost service for short destinations in all Europe. The decision has been taken... more
AirlinesAir India pilots withdraw their protest
New Delhi, India - But the Government will punish whoever blocked the carrier's activity
Although all the pilots of Air India, the Indian national carrier, have withdrawn their protest, the Government will not step back about the disciplinary actions that will be taken in the comparisons of... more
AirlinesUE blocks humanitarian flight for security reasons
Brussels, Belgium - It has been postponed to the next week
The cargo flight of the European Community would have had to leave this morning in order to transport in the Iraqi territory sanitary supplies and other goods, but the flight has been blocked. About... more
AirlinesNow, new low-cost English carrier, accept since May bookings
London, UK - Since July it will serve, with low price fees, 9 European destinations
Now, an other English low-cost airline, will operate as scheduled, that is the next July, but beginning to accept the reservations already this month. The announcement has been given yesterday by Now's... more
AirlinesEasyJet refunds a passenger to have cancelled a flight without any real reason
Liverpool, UK - It didn't send any aircraft to take the place of the broken one
An English court has obliged EasyJet, one of the most important low-cost carrier in Europe, to refund a passenger, and his family, in order to have cancelled a flight in "fraudulent" way. The vicissitude... more
AirlinesThey continue the cuts both to the operativity and to the employees in Lufthansa
Frankfurt, Germany - The turnover in April esteemed falling of 20%
The cuts and the putting in action of new strategies continue in order to contain the costs that would have to allow Lufthansa to remain competitive in this difficult moment for the aviation field. According... more
AirlinesAlso the United's mechanics ratified the new contract, allowing take a breath of air to the carrier
Chicago, Usa - Many bilions of dollars will be saved
Also the mechanics and the baggage handlers of the United Airlines have ratified the terms of the new contract, allowing therefore the carrier to save up to USD 4,7bn in the next six years. Just yesterday... more
AirlinesRichard Branson wants Concorde
London, UK - But BA doesn't step back, the issue concerns all English public opinion
Richard Branson didn't give in, the chairman of Virgin empire, who has asked to have the possibility to buy the Concorde fleet in held by British Airways. As it's widely know, BA has decided its retirement... more
AirlinesIn this week AA will begin to lay off 7,100 workers
Fort Worth, Usa - Unions ask the same sacrifices to the carrier's management
They will begin this week thousands of lay-offs to American Airlines, according to the treaty of concessions stipulated between the unions and the airline after feverish weeks of negotiations, when it... more
AirlinesAA will be soon judged for racism against some citizens of Arabian origin
Washington, Usa - An incident occurred after September 11, denied by the carrier
Immediately after the tragedy of September 11 there have been several episodes of intolerance in the comparisons of citizens of Arabic origin, also in the Usa, defined already more than a century ago the... more
AirlinesNew fares and services for Klm
Rome, Italy - Dutch air company tip to an increase of 10% in Europe
Klm has predisposed a package of fares and new services that, according to Dutch air company, would have to carry to increase of 10% the passenger traffic on the European market. In particular, the carrier... more
AirlinesAmerican Eagle pilots against the decision of their AA colleagues
Washington, Usa - An agreement to which the American Eagle pilots didn't take part
They are really in a flaming temper the 2,600 pilots of the American Eagle, the regional subsidiary of the American Airlines, in the comparisons of their AA colleagues, who have accepted important concessions... more
Airlines"Sars Emergency": Austrian Airlines suspends the flights for Beijing
Vienna, Austria - Decision communicated by air company
"By the light of this period events, for the low demands of travellers for the flights from Vienna to Beijing, Austrian Airlines will suspend in temporary way its route with the Chinese capital since May",... more
AirlinesTwo pilots fired for unsuited attitude: they were almost stripped
Washington, Usa - The accused defended themselves: a hot beverage would have splitted
A strong position that one adopted by Southwest Airlines, one of the most famous American low-cost airlines, that has decided to fire 2 of its pilots who partially would have stripped inside of the cockpit... more
AirlinesIndian pilots suspended because they refuse to fly without guarantee
New Delhi, India - Many flights have been cancelled by the national carrier Air India
A situation of difficult control that one that is taking shape in India, the most thickly-populated Country in the world after China, because of the Sars emergency that seems is appearing also here. More... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines Co fired
Dallas, Usa - The carrier seeks for reconciliation with its workers
He has been fired the Ceo of American Airlines, Don Carty, after the embarrassing confession, released on last week, about the generous bonus granted to the managers once left from the group. A situation... more
AirlinesThe former Minister of Iraqi Information is the new testimonial of the Ryanair
Dublino, Ireland - Al Sahaf is the protagonist of the new advertising campaign
Advertising shows Mohammed Al Sahaf, former Minister of the Iraqi Information, who announces "We are gaining the war, we are striking the Americans", and in an other side said "EasyJet has the lower fees".... more
AirlinesDeep red for American Airlines
Dallas, Usa - Now it's a total clash between the management and the majority of the workers
The American Airlines official data known yesterday are indicative of all the situation of the US air transport that, but least exceptions, presents a dreadful situation. If it is true the Sars, believed... more
AirlinesFlyBe purchases 17 planes from Bombardier with options for another 20
London, UK - They'll be delivered by 2008, a value of EUR 818m
While the greater part of the airlines tightens their belts in order to face what is considered the worst period in the history of aviation FlyBe, English regional carrier, tries to expand, even taking... more
Airlines"Sars Emergency": in Bangkok an aircompany's emergency summit
Bangkok, Thailand - News comunicated by Iata
Iata, International Air Transport Association, has comunicated that the airlines representatives have gathered today in Bangkok, in order to meet the responsibles of the World Health Organization(Who).... more
Airlines"Sars Emergency": Lufthansa suspends flights towards China
Berlin, Germany - News has been announced today by carrier's spokesman
"The link directed from Munich to Hong Kong and Shangai have been canceled, while for the daily flights from Frankfurt towards Hong Kong and Beijing they will be used a smaller aircraft than now". This... more
AirlinesBA will open London-Baghdad route as soon as possible
London, United Kingdom - Connection was interrupted 13 years ago
British Airways has intention to resume the flights on Baghdad, as soon as possible, said Rod Eddington, air company's General Manager. London-Baghdad route was suspended thirteen years ago, before the... more
AirlinesConcorde: the real success starts now
Paris, France - All sold out for the next week, thanks also to extra reduced fees
As many times it has happened in the past, also for the Concorde the real success begins after the announced retirement, that has triggered a race to the ticket, in order to adjudicate a seat, the last,... more
AirlinesAmerican Airlines on bad terms with its workers for golden pension funds to its managers
Fort Worth, Usa - Last week the dependents reduced their wages to help the carrier
The American Airlines was just able to avoid bankruptcy, but new problems with the unions and the workers risk to make damages than whichever bad financial situation, because they undermines the same relation... more