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AirlinesSABENA RECEIVES FUNDS, BUT LINKED TO COST REDUCTIONS
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, The Belgian flag carrier Sabena, which have experienced several financial problems since Swissair Group, at which belongs for 49,5%, refused to further finance its activities, now has... more
AirlinesRYANAIR FIRES TWO PILOTS
DUBLIN, Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary sacked two of the airline pilots. One of them, Martin Duffy, was dismissed because he refused to sit in a cockpit "jump seat" for a flight on which he was off duty.... more
AirlinesDELTA, BRITISH EUROPEAN SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE CODESHARE SERVICE FROM LONDON TO JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND NORTHERN IRELAND
ATLANTA, "Delta Air Lines and British European today announced they have signed a marketing agreement to pursue joint cooperation in marketing and other services. The agreement includes providing codeshare... more
Airlines1,2% REDUCTION IN AIRLINE REVENUES FOR JUNE
USA, According to ATA report, the airlines of the United States have suffered a 1,2 % reduction in revenues in the month 2001. Passengers number is reduced by 2,4%; load factor for this month has registered... more
AirlinesAOM/AIR LIBERTE': ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT THERE ARE NO FEASIBLE RECOVER PROJECTS
PARIS, FRANCE, According to Marc Rochet, French regional airlines Aom/Air Liberté president, there are currently no feasible projects to recover the two debt-burdened carriers. This pessimistic declaration... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT DENIES INTEREST IN AER LINGUS
MOSCOW, Russian Aeroflot denied the rumours reporting it was interested in taking over irish low-cost carrier Aer Lingus. On the other hand, the carrier confirmed thatit is in talks with other irish carriers.... more
AirlinesSABENA AND BELGIAN GOVERNMENT REACH ACCORD
BRUSSELS, The financially troubled Swissair yesterday found an agreement with Sabena and belgian government to give the airline funds assuring a financiali life in return for releasing the commitment to... more
AirlinesBOEING DELIVERS 100TH NEXT-GENERATION 737 TO CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
SEATTLE, The Boeing Company yesterday delivered the 100th Next-Generation 737 airplane to Continental Airlines. Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines chairman and CEO, was present to receive the airline's... more
AirlinesAUSTRALIAN LAW FIRM SUES THREE AIRLINES
AUSTRALIA, Australian law firm Slater & Gordon has started a legal action against three airlines, Qantas, British Airways and Klm over blod clots suffered by some passengers on long-haul flights. Also... more
AirlinesSKYWEST REPORTS JUNE TRAFFIC
USA, SkyWest Airlines flew 153 million RPMs in June, up 33% over the year-ago period. Capacity increased 22.5% to 233 million ASMs and load factor climbed 5.2 points to 65.5%. more
AirlinesFOR AOM/AIR LIBERTE' ''ALL IS OPENED''
PARIS, FRANCE, According to a Aom/Air Libertè French regional airlines, which have given their financial balances to Creteil court, there are yet some possibilities to recover the activity of the two... more
AirlinesDELTA EXPRESS TO BEGIN NONSTOP SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK'S JFK AND WEST PALM BEACH; FARES AS LOW AS $84 EACH WAY
ATLANTA, "Delta Express, Delta's low- fare airline, will begin offering customers nonstop jet service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and West Palm Beach on November 1, 2001. Delta... more
AirlinesARKHANGELSK AIRLINES TRAFFIC UP
MOSCOW, Arkhangelsk Airlines has reported an 11,6% growth of traffic passenger in the first half of the year, compared with 2000. cargo trsaffic rose by 44,7%, said Arina Krivitskaya of Arkhangels... more
AirlinesLAN CHILE S.A. MONTHLY TRAFFIC REPORT FOR JUNE 2001
SANTIAGO, "Lan Chile S.A., Chile's largest domestic and international airline, reported its preliminary June monthly and accumulated traffic statistics and punctuality indicators. The Company reported... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH TRAVELCITY
USA, According to German newspaper Handelsblatt, Lufthansa have signed in USA an agreement with on-line travel agency Travelcity, in order to enlarge it presence on Internet. more
AirlinesAIR CANADA LAUNCHES NEW ROUTE TORONTO-JACKSONVILLE
TORONTO, Air Canada ha begun to operate a new route between Toronto and Jacksonville, Fla, using 50-seat CRJs. It is a daily nonstop service. more
AirlinesALBANIAN AIRLINES TAKES DELIVERY OF THE FIRST BAE 146
ALBANIA, Albanian Airlines yesterday began to operate the first BAe 146, delivered to the carrier last July 12. The airline will use the aircraft on flights from Tirana to Frankfurt, Bologna and Rome. more
AirlinesCATHAY POSTPONES NEW ROUTE TO NY
HONG KONG, Tony Tyler, corporate development director for Cathay Pacific, said the airline will delay the launch of its nonstop flights between New York and Hong Kong, originally scheduled to begin Sept... more
AirlinesTRANSPORT RECORD FOR VARIGLOG
BRAZIL, The last July 6th, a MD-11 aircraft operated by Variglog has transported, for the first time for this kind of aircraft and on this route, 132 passengers and about 24 tons of merchandises on Tokyo... more
AirlinesHAWAIIAN AIRLINES LEASES 9 BOEING JETS
SEATTLE, Hawaiian Airlines Inc. today said it is to lease nine wide-body Boeing Co. 767-300ER jets from Boeing Capital Corp. and Ansett Worldwide Aviation Inc. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in early... more
AirlinesQANTAS LOAD FACTOR DECREASE
AUSTRALIA, A spokesman of the Australian airline Qantas h declared that in May 2001, the carrier load factor fell 2.1 percent to 69 percent, respect to the same period of year 2000. At the same time global... more
AirlinesAIR CANADA REPORTS JUNE TRAFFIC
MONTREAL, "Air Canada flew 1.4 per cent fewer revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in June 2001 than flown by Air Canada and Canadian Airlines together in the same month of 2000, according to preliminary traffic... more
AirlinesFINNAIR'S TRAFFIC UP IN JUNE
HELSINKI, Finnair flew 1.1 billion RPKs in June, up 8.1% over the year-ago period. Capacity rose too, by 5.6% to 1.4 billion ASKs. Load factor went up 1.8 points to 76.3%. more
AirlinesAEROFLOT EYES AER LINGUS
MOSCOW, Russian Aeroflot is considering a 300 million bid for the irish low-cost carrier Aer Lingus. Valery Okulov, Aeroflot's ceo, recently indicated that he was in takeover negotiations with an unnamed... more
AirlinesSINGAPORE AIRLINES CONFIRMS A380 ORDER
FRANCE, Singapore Airlines has signed a firm contract for 10 A380-800s, confirming its earlier announced commitment for the purchase of the 21st century jetliner. Singapore Airlines will also be the first... more
AirlinesVANGUARD AIRLINES REPORTS JUNE TRAFFIC
KANSAS CITY, "Vanguard Airlines, Inc. reported traffic for the month of June 2001 of 97.5 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Capacity was 130.1 million available seat miles (ASMs). June load factor... more
AirlinesAIR INDIA TO LAUNCH NEW CHENNAI-HONG KONG SERVICE
NEW DELHI, Air India is to begin a new route from Chennai to Hong on July 26. The direct service is to start with induction of fourth dry-leased A-310 from Gecas. The airline is also studying for kickstarting... more
AirlinesCATHAY RESUMES SOME FLIGHTS
HONG KONG, Cathay Pacific said it will operate 130 of its 144 scheduled services today. Cathay's Director of Corporate Development Tony Tyler said in the statement that "the situation seems to be improving... more
AirlinesRYANAIR TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICE DUBLIN-EDINBURGH
DUBLINO, Irish Ryanair said it will start a new service from Dublin to Edinburgh on August 30. The route will raise a new copetition with british no frills rival's Go, which last week announced it was... more
AirlinesIBERIA RESUMES FLIGHTS
MADRID, Spanish Iberia has resumed national and international flights after a temporary suspension was announced last night following the resignations of 99 of its pilots belonging to the Sepla, the union... more
AirlinesEXPRESS AIRLINES I RELEASES JUNE 2001 PASSENGER TRAFFIC
MEMPHIS, "Express Airlines I reported an increase in Passenger Load Factor for June 2001. The regional airline, which does business as Northwest Airlink, reported that 66.7% of its seats were filled-a... more
AirlinesISRAEL MOVES TOWARDS EL AL PRIVATIZATION
TEL AVIV, Israeli government is trying to raise the issue of El AL's privatization again, after the carrier continued to report high losses in the last months. Some local investors are reported to be interested... more
AirlinesAMERICAN EAGLE TO TAKE FIRST DELIVERY OF NEW 44-SEAT REGIONAL JET
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, BRAZIL, "American Eagle, regional affiliate of American Airlines, and the world's largest regional airline, announced today that it is accepting delivery of its first 44-seat regional... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT BACKS IN BLACK
MOSCOW, Russian state-airline Aeroflot finally returned to the black reporting net income of $8.6m for 2000, having a breath after scoring losses for $59.6m in 1999. A rise in revenues and a sharp reduction... more
AirlinesUS AIRWAYS TO ADD ANTIGUA SERVICE FROM PHILADELPHIA
ARLINGTON, "US Airways will add its fourteenth Caribbean destination from Philadelphia with the introduction of Saturday nonstop Antigua service on Dec. 8, 2001, subject to Antigua government approval.... more
AirlinesDELTA EXPRESS INAUGURATES NEW CHICAGO-FORT LAUDERDALE NONSTOPS WITH LOW FARES AND DOUBLE FREQUENT FLYER MILES
ORLANDO, "Delta Express, Delta's low-fare airline, is celebrating its new Chicago O'Hare-Ft. Lauderdale nonstop service with a remarkably low $74 walk-up one-way fare for travel through July 31, 2001.... more
AirlinesANA RESUMES FLIGHTS TO MALAYSIA
JAPAN, All Nippon Airways is to resume flights to Malaysia from July 23, offering a three times a week service between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur via Bangkok using Boeing 777-200 aircraft. The airline will... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE
ZURICH, Swissair's chairman Mario Corti said in a statement that the airline secured a bridge loan over one billion francs from three major banks. So it will continue its activity in attempt to restore... more
AirlinesMONTENEGRO AIRLINES TO OFFER NEW ROUTE TO ROME
ROME, Montenegro Airlines is to offer a new route from Rome Fiumicino, starting next September. The carrier already operates flights from Rome Ciampino. The new route will be flown with a 102-seat Fokker... more
AirlinesNEW PRESIDENT FOR TAM
BRASIL, Daniel Mandelli Martin, 48 years old, is the new chairman for brazilian TAM. He replaces Rolim Amaro, deceased few days ago in a fatal helicopter crash in Brazil. more
AirlinesMIDWAY ANNOUNCES ITS TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR JUNE
USA, Raleigh-Durham International Airport bases carrier Midway Airlines announced that June passenger traffic increased 54 percent over June 2000, capacity increased 58 percent, and load factor reduced... more
AirlinesBRITISH EUROPEAN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH BAE
LONDON, British European, confirming an MOU signed last March, has signed a definitive contract with BAe Systems for up to 20 Avro RJX-100s. The order is valued at $600 million. The aircrafts will have... more
AirlinesIBERIA PILOTS REFUSE AIRLINE OFFER
MADRID, SPAIN, Is probably that Spanish airline Iberia pilots will enter again in strike, after their Sepla union refuses the airline 26% increase in payments, According to carrier sources, which is facing... more
AirlinesFRONTIER AIRLINES ORDERS TWO AIRBUS PLANES
DENVER, Frontier Airlines said it has converted two Airbus A319 aircraft purchase options into firm orders. Planes are to be delivered in May and June 2002. The airline expects to operate 36 to 45 Airbus... more
AirlinesSIGNED CODE-SHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA SOUTHERN AND KLM
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, Between China Southern Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has been signed a cooperation agreement on the joint Beijing-Amsterdam and Shanghai-Amsterdam codeshare routes.... more
AirlinesCOMAIR RECOVER MOST OF ITS FLIGHTS
USA, U.S. regional airline Comair, owned by Delta, has resumed at today service from 60 cities, after the strikes which have paralized it for near three months. Airline now operates 30 aircraft and offer... more
AirlinesCATHAY PACIFIC TRY TO RECOVER FLIGHTS AFTER PILOTS STRIKE
HONG KONG, Far East Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific airline is trying to recover itsa flights after the strike of its pilots. Airline plans to operate 114 of its original schedule of 143 flights of today... more
AirlinesUKRAINE'S AIRLINES TO MERGE
KIEV, Ukraine Transportation Minister Valery Pustoivenko said three ukrainian companies, Air Ukraine International, the privately owned Aerosweet, and the state-owned domestic carrier Ukrainian Air Lines... more
AirlinesCANADA LENDS MONEY TO NORTHWEST
MONTREAL, Canadian government is to lend Northwest Airlines 80% of the $1.68 billion cost to purchase 75 CRJ440 regional jet aircraft from Bombardier Aerospace, reported Canadian International Trade Minister... more
AirlinesNORTHWEST PLANS TO BOOST FLIGHTS AT NARITA
USA, Northwest Airlines' CEO Richard Anderson said the company is planning to increase the number of services in and out Tokyo Narita airport next year, as the new runway will be built. "We have always... more