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AirlinesSMALL CARRIERS RESIST TO CRISIS BETTER THAN BIG ONES
WASHINGTON, USA, According to a FAA spokesman, While the big carriers have to dismiss a lot of employees, small U.S. airlines, such as Air Train, Frontier and JetBlue are continuing in their customers... more
AirlinesRYANAIR: RECOVER PASSENGERS, LOWERING TICKET PRICES
MILAN, ITALY, According to declarations of a low-cost airline Ryanair spokesman, the only way to recover the passenger's trust in flight is in lowering prices. THe carrier has reduced its prices soon... more
AirlinesEASYJET: 36,5% PASSENGER INCREASE IN DECEMBER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to declarations of a low-cost British airline Easyjet spokesman, carrier registered an increase of 36,5% in passenger number in month of December, in comparison with the... more
AirlinesEASYJET WILL BUY 75 AIRLINERS FROM AIRBUS AND BOEING
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to a United Kingdom low cost airline easyJet spokesman declarations, carrier is in talks with U.S. plane makers Boeing Co. and French Airbus Industrie about buying... more
AirlinesAA CEO SUPPORTS HIS PILOT'S DECISION ON SECRET SERVICE AGENT
USA, American Airlines CEO, Don Carty declared to "support completely" the decision of a pilot of his airline, who decided to leave grounded a secret service agents, who was flying to Waco, Texas, to join... more
AirlinesCODESHARE AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN BA AND KLM
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A short-term codesharing agreement has been signed by British Airways and KLM, opening possibilities that between the two carriers a more strict agreement could be signed in the... more
AirlinesFIVE AIRBUS A321 FOR VIETNAM AIRLINES
VIETNAM, According to an Airbus spokesman, Vietnam airlines will buy 5 A321 aircrafts in the next month, worth 300 USDm. These aircraft will be used either for regional and long-haul flights. airline... more
AirlinesMESA RETURNS TO DENVER NEXT MONTH
DENVER. USA, Mesa Air Group has recently signed an agreement with Frontier Airlines. It will fly from Denver International Airport to Saint Jose three daily round trips and two round trips to Houston’s G... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE RECORDS HALF OF THE MEDIUM LOSSES OF THE AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of Pierre-Henry Gourgeon, general director of French airline Air France, the carrier registered a loss of 7,5% after Sept. 11 attacks, an half of the medium losses... more
AirlinesDELTA FORCED TO CANCEL 250 FLIGHTS AT ATLANTA AIRPORT
ATLANTA, USA, The U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has been forced to cancel around 250 flights at Atlanta airport, one of the country's busiest airports as snow storms swept across the Southern United States,... more
AirlinesVIETNAM AIRLINES INAUGURATES ITS NEW ROUTE HANOI-MOSCOW
HANOI, VIETNAM, Vietnamite carrier Vietnam Airlines announced it have started its new route no-stop Hanoi-Moscow, operated weekly either with an Airbus A300-600 or a Boeing 767. more
AirlinesCUBANA RESTARTS FLIGHTS TO MOSCOW
AVANA, CUBA, Cuban airline Cubana de Aviaccion restarted its weekly direct flights to Moscow, operated with a DC-10 aircraft. more
AirlinesAIR CHINA MAKES ITS FIRST JOBS CUT
BEIJING, CHINA, According to a Air China spokesman declarations, carrier has laid off some 230 employees - about 2 percent of its work-force - as part of its efforts to meet the global downturn in... more
AirlinesFINAL PHASE FOR OLYMPIC AIRWAYS RECOVER STARTED
ATHENS, GREECE, According to Greek government declarations, has been started the final phase for the recovery of the debt-burdened flag carrier Olympic Airways. Have been started talks with Australian... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE PLANS A PARIS-HO CHI MINH CITY NO-STOP SERVICE
PARIS, FRANCE, Air France is considering to operate a no-stop service between Ho Chi Minh City and Paris within 2002. According to airline's South Area manager in Vietnam, Jean Denis Bour, due to improved... more
AirlinesTOUGH TIMES FOR DELTA: 500 USDM LOSSES EXPECTED
USA, According to a Delta airline spokesman declarations, Atlanta-based carrier had a tough fourth quarter and expects to make losses for about 500 USDm, due to the dramatic downturn in air travel... more
AirlinesAER LINGUS TO REDUCE TICKETS FARES
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Ireland airline Aer Lingus decided to reduce fares on 2,5 million of tickets that will be sold in 2002 to face losses expereinced after Sept. 11 attacks. The cost of a trip for U.S. will... more
AirlinesAIR MAURETANIA STARTS CONNECTION WITH PARIS
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURETANIA, Air Mauretania airline started a new route between Nouakchott and Paris operated with a Boeing 737 aircraft. Airline has also two Fokker F-28, with which it flies to Casablanca,... more
AirlinesSTRICT TALKS BETWEEN VIRGIN EXPRESS AND DAT
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to a Belgium-based low cost airline Virgin Express spokesman, declarations, has been confirmed that there are talks with the backers of DAT, successor to bankrupt national... more
AirlinesNEW POLISH REGIONAL AIRLINE
WARSAW, POLAND, The Polish aeronautical group GTL announced the creation of a new regional airline, named Air Silesian, which would operate flights between Poland and most requested European cities. Flights... more
AirlinesTHAI SHAREHOLDERS RE-ELECT OLD BOARD
BANGKOK, Thai Airways shareholders yesterday reappointed members of the board who resigned on Monday. "The shareholders re-elected 14 members including the airline's chairman, Virabongsa Ramangkura. One... more
AirlinesKOREAN CARRIERS TO BOOST CHARTER FLIGHTS
SEOUL, Korean carriers said they are increasing the number of charter flights due to the rising demand. Korean Air will operate 79 flights from the end of December until the end of January. Destinations... more
AirlinesSAS TO CUT COSTS
STOCKHOLM, Scandinavian SAS announced it could not need to cut jobs if its employees would accept a collective pay reduction in order to trim and save costs next year. Talks with trade unions are tro be... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES INVITES ITS PASSENGERS TO PACK PLENTY OF PATIENCE
USA, Alaska Airlines is asking passengers to pack plenty of patience during this holiday season in light of heightened airport security and to understand that heightened security measures are in... more
AirlinesKHALIFA AIRWAYS TO START NEW ROUTE
MULHOUSE, Algerian Khalifa Airways is to launch a new twice weekly service, on Thursdays and Saturdays, between Bble-Mulhouse and Constantine, in Algeria. The carrier will operate an Airbus A319 on the... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT INKS DEAL WITH SKYNET
MOSCOW, Aeroflot has signed a codesharing and inter-business agreement with irish SkyNet yesterday. SkyNet will start operations next April with a route "between Moscow and Dublin and Shannon, at first... more
AirlinesCHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES EXERCISES OPTIONS FOR EIGHT PLANES
USA, Chautauqua Airlines exercised options for eight 44-seat ERJ-140s. The aircraft are to be delivered next year and will be operated under a codeshare agreement with American Airlines. Chautauqua Airlines... more
AirlinesLANPERU INTRODUCES NON-STOP NEW YORK-LIMA SERVICE
MIAMI, "LanPeru has introduced non-stop service between New York and Lima, Peru, as part of a codeshare agreement with LanChile Airlines. LanPeru flight 5531, operated by LanChile's Boeing 767-300 aircraft... more
AirlinesIBERIA AND AMERICAN EXPAND THEIR CODE-SHARE AGREEMENT
MIAMI, "The expansion of this code-share agreement adds Washington D.C. as a new city for Iberia Airlines, bringing the total number of cities served in the United States to 24. As of the 19th of December,... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR CARES ITS WORKERS
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, To help the workers taken by Swissair to travel to go at work, Swiss airline Crossair decided to give them 500 SFR for month. more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS WILL NOT LEAVE ITS HEATHROW SLOTS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, British flag carrier British Airways announced it will not leave the 126 slots it held on London Heathrow airport, as the U.S. Justice department has requested in order to give green... more
AirlinesMAHAN AIR STARTS AGAIN FLIGHT BETWEEN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
THERERAN, IRAN, With three weekly flights between Teheran and Kabul, the Iranian airline Mahan Air will recover flights between Iran and Afghanistan, ceased in 1996, after Taliban power take over. more
AirlinesAIR LIB WILL NOT DELIVERY ITS BOOKS TO COURT
PARIS, FRANCE, The management of small French airline Air Lib informed that the financial books will not be delivered to court as the airline in not in failing conditions. According to them a strict costs... more
AirlinesAIRBUS DELIVERS THE FIRST AIR FRANCE A330-200
TOULOSE, FRANCE, French airline Auir France taken possession of its first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which is only the first of a sereis of similar aircrafts that will substitute the A310-200s and Boeing... more
AirlinesAMERICA WEST PROMISES TO REDUCE CHECK-IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS
USA, America West Airlines says that between Saturday, December 22 and 29, it will employ all available workers to assure to its passengers the as fast as possible check-in operations in the congestionated... more
AirlinesAMERICAN AIRLINES AND BRITISH AIRWAYS HOPE FOR A RAPID AGREEMENT APPROVAL
USA, American Airlines and British Airways said they were confident that the proposed alliance between them would be approved next year, despite fresh opposition from the US Department of Justice. However... more
AirlinesWHOLE THAI AIRWAYS BOARD OF MEMBERS RESIGNS
BANGKOK, THAILAND, The whole Board of Members of Thai Airways, composed by 15 people, has resigned due to opposition with the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra about carrier management. more
AirlinesKLIA NEW HUB FOR QATAR AIRWAYS
KUALA LUMPUR, Qatar Airways announced that it will make the KL International Airport (KLIA) its Asian and Far East hub from next year. The airline is launching a new route between Doha and Kuala Lumpur,... more
AirlinesASIANA AIRLINES TO LAUNCH NEW PUSAN-GUAM SERVICE
PUSAN, Asiana Airlines is to launch a new service between Pusan and Guam from January 6. The airline will fly the route three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays. Asiana also links Pusan with... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC AND BA TO EXPAND CODESHARE AGREEMENT
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific and British Airways are expanding their codeshare deal to several destinations, from January 7. Cathay will place its code on BA flights from Heathrow to Newcastle, Aberdeen,... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE TAKES DELIVERY OF NEW AIRCRAFT
PARIS, Air France yesterday took delivery of the first of eight Airbus A330-200s ordered from Airbus Industrie. The plane is powered by General Electric CF6-80E1A3 engines and it will be used on Paris-Boston... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES AND CHINA AIRLINES ANNOUNCE CODESHARING AGREEMENT
ATLANTA, Delta Air Lines and China Airlines "announced the signing of a Codesharing Agreement that would lead to Delta codesharing on China Airlines flights to and from Taiwan and China Airlines codesharing... more
AirlinesAIR DOLOMITI TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE TO BRUSSELS
VERONA, Italian carrier Air Dolomiti is to launch two daily flights from Bologna to Brussels, effective from January 7. Air Dolomiti will introduce a special low fare of 181 euros for a round-trip ticket... more
AirlinesKLM TO GET STATE AID
AMSTERDAM, Tineke Netelenbos, dutch Transport Minister, gave her approval to the 26,9 euros financial aid to KLM in order to compensate the airline for the losses following September 11. Transavia will... more
AirlinesSOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO TAKE DELIVERY OF TWO PLANES
USA, Southwest Airlines announced it is to take delivery of two new Boeing 737-800 early next year. The carrier deferred the delivery of 19 aircrafts after September attacks. The two new planes are to... more
AirlinesCROSSAIR SIGNS 500 SFM CREDIT AGREEMENT WITH UBS E CSG
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Swiss airline Crossair signed an agreement with UBS and CSG banks, in order to obtain a credit line of 500 SFm that will partially guaranteed by airline's planes mortgages. Crossair... more
AirlinesSWISS DON'T WANT THAT GOVERNMENT HELP BIRTH OF A NEW FLAG AIRLINE
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, According to a recent survey of "Sonntag Blick" Swiss newspaper, the Swiss citizens changed mind about government aids to creation of a new flag airline no Swissair ashes. In a two-month... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONFIRMS CODESHARE AGREEMENT WITH GANDALF
PARIS, FRANCE, Air France, according to press news, has confirmed its codesharing agreement with Italian carrier Gandalf, based at Orio al Serio airport. As published by Avionews on last Friday, Italian... more
AirlinesBRAATHENS SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE TAKE OVER
NORWAY, Braathens announced that 98% of its shareholders agreed to accept SAS takeover. The deal was previously approved by competition authorities too. SAS said it is now expecting the remainder of its... more
AirlinesBUSH INTERVENES TO DELAY THE 13.000 UNITED MECHANICS STRIKE
USA, President Bush has declared he is thought likely to use emergency powers which can delay 60 days the announced 13,000 mechanics strike at United Airlines. This strike could push the struggling US... more