Airline News - Europe.For more airline data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Condor Airlines Condor Flugdienst is an airline based in Germany. It is Germany's largest holiday airline, operating services to the Mediterranean, Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean. Condor Airlines, the German leisure carrier jointly owned by Lufthansa and tour operator Karstadt/Quelle, denied rumors that it will take over certain long-haul services on behalf of Lufthansa in markets where yields are too low for LH to operate profitably. "We can operate flights for Lufthansa as we did in the past. But so far there are no discussions about that," said MD Ralf Teckentrup. May 12, 2006 Condor started a new low-cost product in Munich called Cityfliegen on April 1, operating two A320s to up to 11 destinations in Italy, France, Belgium, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. and Hungary. Fares start from [euro]29 one way including taxes. "So far bookings are what we expected," Teckentrup told this website. "After the summer, we will see what this project will means for Condor's future." Expansion of Cityfliegen to other destinations has not been ruled out. May 12, 2006 Emerald Airways Emerald Airways, based at Liverpool, has gone into administration following the suspension of its Air Operators Certificate by the CAA Caa See CCC. . KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen have been appointed with a view to selling it as a going concern. "However, in order to achieve a sale, it is imperative that the AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. suspension is lifted, so we will be working with the Civil Aviation Authority Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt over the coming days to achieve this." Emerald has a fleet of over 30 freight and passenger aircraft used on scheduled and ad-hoc services throughout the UK and Europe. The firm, which employed approximately 200 staff, had an annual turnover of [pounds sterling]25m. http://www.emerald-airways.co.uk May 14, 2006 FlyBE Airlines FlyBE Airlines CCO (Chief or Corporate Compliance Officer) The executive person in charge of compliance issues, regulatory requirements, internal controls and managing audits within an enterprise or organization. Mark Rutter said the turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a has "played a great role in transforming [FlyBE's] business," noting that the UK carrier has firm orders for 45 Q400s. "We have a unique and defendable low-cost model" based largely on operating Q400s on flights of 105 min. or fewer, he said. May 11, 2006 Monarch Monarch, best known as one of the UK's longest established charter airlines (1968), is developing at an astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. rate as a scheduled airline. Figures for April show a 40% rise over last year and 260,000 passengers carried. May looks like being even busier with the airline last week adding a third daily service to Malaga from Manchester and the single daily flight to Lisbon from Gatwick doubled. Lanzarote gained services from both Birmingham and Gatwick. Other new flights since the beginning of the month include both Gatwick and Manchester to Menorca and Palma Palma or Palma de Mallorca (päl`mä thā mälyôr`kä), city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. joined to Birmingham and Luton. http://www.flymonarch.com May 14, 2006 Silverjet Silverjet, the embryo business class airline operation out of Luton, has taken a further step forward with a successful IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. raising [pounds sterling]25.3m from institutional and other investors. The airline plans to commence operations later this year with a twice-daily Boeing 767 service between London and Newark New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , each aircraft configured with 100 inclined flat beds. A start date will be confirmed once negotiations over aircraft are complete. Silverjet's anticipated average fare for the London - New York route is [pounds sterling]999, which is substantially below current average fares for business class travel and compared with the levels charged by Maxjet, a similar operation out of Stansted - JFK. Silverjet plans to use a private terminal at Luton, bypassing the busy central area. http://www.london-luton.co.uk May 14, 2006 Star Europe Star Europe is a new German charter airline, not to be confused with the alliance (which includes Lufthansa) of similar name. It received its AOC in a record three months and is part of the Avion Group, which includes Air Atlanta Icelandic and Excel Airways of the UK and is listed on the Reykjavik Stock Exchange. Avion recently acquired Star Airlines, based at Charles de Gaulle, the second largest charter airline in the French market. Star Europe will take off with a fleet of three Airbus A320 aircraft, the first flights will be operated for Germanwings. http://www.aviongroup.com May 14, 2006 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Airways increased its London Gatwick-Las Vegas 747-400 service to daily from May 6. May 9, 2006 Vueling Airlines Vueling Airlines will commence a daily Barcelona International-Granada service on June 29 aboard an A320. 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