Airline News - Europe.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Belarus, the former Soviet country between Poland and Russia, is threatening to ban overflights by western airlines. President Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Lukashenko (Belarusian: Алякса́ндар Рыго́равіч said he might ban the flights in response to sanctions against Belarus in connection with his disputed reelection re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re . He suggested airlines could go over neighboring Baltic states Baltic states, the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, bordering on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Formed in 1918, they remained independent republics until their involuntary incorporation in 1940 into the USSR. They regained their independence in Sept. or the Ukraine to the south. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community have barred Lukashenko in response to claims of rigging in his March reelection. May 26, 2006 Check-In rules have been highlighted by a judge in Bradford. He dismissed a prosecution brought by a family against Jet2.com after not making their flight due to arriving late at check-in. They had already missed a train from Yorkshire causing the delay. The judge ruled that the family had not allowed enough time to check-in for the flight. The family were forced to pay court costs court costs n. fees for expenses that the courts pass on to attorneys, who then pass them on to their clients or, in some kinds of cases, to the losing party. and the airline's costs of [pounds sterling]300. May 26, 2006 Aer Arann Aer Arann is a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland. It operates scheduled and charter services to eight destinations in Ireland, two in France and ten in the United Kingdom, as well as Jersey. Aer Arann launched thrice-weekly flights to Nantes from Cork and Manchester aboard ATR 72s. May 26, 2006 Air Malta Air Malta is the national airline of Malta, based in Luqa. It operates services to around 50 destinations in Europe and North Africa. The airline's hub and base is at Malta International Airport, Malta. Air Malta last week introduced a voluntary redundancy voluntary redundancy n (BRIT) → despido voluntario voluntary redundancy n (Brit) → départ m volontaire (en cas de licenciements) system "following extensive consultation and negotiations with the four unions representing Air Malta's employees." The option will be available for four months and is open to workers with at least seven years at the airline. Details were released on its website. The deal is part of the 2004 Rescue Plan agreement that the carrier said "has paved the way for a restructuring exercise without the airline engaging itself in forced redundancies." May 23, 2006 Alitalia Alitalia's E38m bid for collapsed Volare Volare is the Latin and Italian word for the verb to fly; adding an acute accent on the final e (volaré) it is also the Spanish word for I will fly. has been thrown out by an Italian court. Rival Air One has instead been given the go-ahead to purchase the airline, which has prized slots at Milan's Linate Airport Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) one of the two major airports of Milan, Italy along with Malpensa International Airport. Due to its proximity to Milan compared to Malpensa, it is mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights, with over 9. . Alitalia, which wanted Volare to boost its domestic business, has estimated it would lose E125m in revenues by 2008 if Volare went to Air One. Volare collapsed last year. Alitalia said its acquisition of Volare remains valid despite the state council's ruling and it "is confident that these irregularities can be resolved soon, as they do not challenge the validity of Alitalia's offer or the administrator's decision that it was the highest." Alitalia bid [euro]38 million ($48.8 million) for the group, bettering Air One's offer by [euro]10 million. Alitalia's acquisition of Volare is also subject to approval by Italy's antitrust authority, which has until May 28 to either clear the deal or decide on a more detailed examination. Alitalia's acquisition of the assets of bankrupt Volare Group was suspended yesterday by Italy's top administrative court, AFX AFX atypical fibroxanthoma. reported. The state council supported an appeal by Air One, which argued that the flag carrier should not have been allowed to bid for Volare because of its precarious financial position and for antitrust reasons. Volare Group, which includes charter carrier Air Europe and LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. Volareweb, was put up for sale in November by a government-appointed administrator. The state council also noted there were "violations" in the way the auction for Volare was conducted. May 25, 2006 Alitalia Alitalia[sup.1]s trade union SULT, which represents about one-third of Alitalia's flight attendants, yesterday called a 24-hr. strike for June 17. May 25, 2006 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. Austrian Airlines will add a third daily Vienna-Moscow Sheremeteyvo service, operating Monday-Thursday, from June 5. It launched thrice-weekly flights to Ekaterinburg in April, bringing its weekly Russian service to 52 flights. May 23, 2006 Austrian Group Austrian said its Internet bookings for the January-April period rose 62% over the year-ago period thanks to a more user-friendly website featuring more languages. May 23, 2006 Baltia Airlines Baltia Airlines is set to launch flights from 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 JFK to St Petersburg in Russia. Using a Boeing 747, the startup hopes to break the monopoly enjoyed by Delta Air Lines, which is the only other US carrier offering service to Russia. Baltia is traded on Nasdaq and in Frankfurt. After JFK - St. Petersburg, other New York routes will include Moscow, Riga, Kiev and Minsk. Baltia Air Lines' mission is to be the number one airline between the US and eastern Europe. May 26, 2006 British Airways British Airways on June 3 adds three additional departures out of Seattle-Tacoma International and Heathrow London. The extra 747-400 flights for the summer will operate on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and give the route 10 departures. May 26, 2006 Excel Airways Excel Airways is launching in Ireland to offer long haul and short haul charter flights to major European, north African and US holiday destinations. The operation is being run by Bill Smith and Carol Anne O'Neill, who were both senior executives at Irish holiday group FalconHolidays/JWT. Services start in May 2007 with routes including Florida, mainland Spain, the Balearics, Canary Islands, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt. The company says it expects to carry in excess of 65,000 passengers in the first year. May 26, 2006 Flyglobespan Flyglobespan will launch its first transatlantic service, to Orlando Sanford, on June 2, according to its website. It plans to operate a Manchester-Cape Town flight from November. Meanwhile, it will abandon its 737-800 Glasgow-Amsterdam service June 5 owing to low traffic. It started the route March 24 and recently reduced frequency from daily to four-times-weekly. May 23, 2006 Lufthansa Systems Lufthansa Systems also announced it will operate the global wide area network of LSG Sky Chefs LSG Sky Chefs is the brand name of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, which specializes in airline catering. It is a subsidiary of the German airline Lufthansa AG. Its primary business function is to prepare and deliver meals, beverages and snacks to aircraft for domestic and and provide all WAN services for the catering company, connecting more than 140 LSG Sky Chefs sites worldwide. May 23, 2006 Lufthansa Systems, AirBaltic Lufthansa Systems said AirBaltic will implement its ProfitLine/Yield Rembrandt as its future revenue management solution. May 26, 2006 Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik signed an agreement with Bombardier to provide a Total Support Program for operators of 50/90-seat CRJs. LHT LHT Long Haul Trucker (bicycle) LHT Long Holding Time LHT Long Haul Transmission LHT Lord High Treasurer LHT Low Harmonic Technology (Siemens) LHT Long Haul Terminal (Alcatel) will offer support packages for APUs, landing gears, wheels, tires, brakes and rotables. Operators also have the option for a repair and overhaul program on CF34 engines from Lufthansa Technik Aero Alzey. May 24, 2006 Malev, German Regional OLT Malev and German Regional OLT launched flights between Debrecen and Budapest this month using OLT's Saab 340s operating with Malev flight numbers. In addition, OLT announced it is creating a subsidiary called Civis Air to make it possible for its aircraft to operate with Hungarian crew and be maintained under a Hungarian registration number in Debrecen. Civis to expects carry more than 50,000 passengers to/from Debrecen by 2010. OLT's fleet consists of 16 Saab 2000s, Saab 340s, Metroliners, Cessna 404s and Cessna 208Bs. It also operates twice-daily flights between Budapest and Ljubljana on behalf of Malev. May 22, 2006 SN Brussels Airlines SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) was a former national airline of Belgium, which mainly operated from Brussels Airport. SNBA was the trading name of the Belgian airline Delta Air Transport. SNBA was a full-service airline, connecting Brussels with the rest of Europe. SN Brussels Airlines this week unveiled new inflight amenities on A330-300s that operate from Brussels to 13 African destinations. The first of three aircraft to be retrofitted at a cost of more than [euro]10 million ($12.8 million) is already completed and the remaining two retrofits will be finished by the end of June. SN said the biggest enhancement is new business class seats that are equipped with massage tools and can be transformed into flat beds. Also upgraded for both classes are audio and video equipment. May 26, 2006 Spanair Spanair is extending its "punctuality Punctuality Fogg, Phileas completes world circuit at exact minute he wagered he would. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days] Gilbreths disciplined family brought up to abide by strict, punctual standards. [Am. Lit. guarantee" for all domestic flights to Dec. 31. Under the program, business class passengers receive a free ticket and economy class passengers a 25% discount on their next ticket if the aircraft pulls back from the gate more than 15 min. after the scheduled departure for reasons attributed to the airline. May 26, 2006 |
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