Airline News - Europe.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Sep 11, 2006 Air Berlin, LTU LTU Luleå Tekniska Universitet (Luleå University of Technology; formerly Luleå Tekniska Högskola) LTU Lithuania LTU La Trobe University (Australia) LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH , TUI tui: see honeyeater. (Telephone User Interface) The combination of Touch-tone input from the telephone keypad coupled with speech output from the connected voicemail or IVR application. The recently volatile German airline landscape, which has been altered by Air Berlin's acquisition of dba and TUI's decision to merge Hapagfly and Hapag-Lloyd Express Hapag-Lloyd Express (previously also marketed as HLX.com) was a no-frills, high-frequency, express airline based in Hanover, Germany. It operated services within Germany and to destinations in Europe. . LTU German Airlines MD Juergen Marbach was quoted by several German sources as saying that Condor and LTU, which is owned by dba's former owner, the mercurial mercurial /mer·cu·ri·al/ (mer-kur´e-il) 1. pertaining to mercury. 2. a preparation containing mercury. mer·cu·ri·al adj. Hans Rudolf Woehrl, would make ideal partners. An LTU spokesperson would not comment on the speculation, but industry insiders say the airlines' networks and business models are complementary. TUI said following the AB/dba merger that it will evaluate partnerships with other carriers. Sep 4, 2006 Alitalia Alitalia said it was forced to cancel 105 domestic and 74 international flights yesterday because of a 24-hr. strike called by four trade unions. Sep 8, 2006 BMI BMI body mass index. BMI abbr. body mass index Body mass index (BMI) A measurement that has replaced weight as the preferred determinant of obesity. BMI is breathing a sigh of relief as a threatened strike by pilots at its low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. Bmibaby has been averted. This follows the pilots' union reaching a deal on pay which members must now vote on. The proposal reportedly includes a 2.4% pay rise and guidelines on settling pay from next year. However, Bmi is still in talks with pilots at its regional and long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. businesses over a similar dispute. Action at Bmibaby would have hit flights from a number of airports including Nottingham East Midlands The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It consists of the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire. and Cardiff. A strike at BMI would affect services from Heathrow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Belfast. Sep 10, 2006 British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. British Airways passenger luggage left at Heathrow to be declared legally lost. A daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin mountain of baggage that has been piled at London's Heathrow Airport since the Aug. 10 security scare is almost gone, British Airways officials say, but the problem isn't solved quite yet. Passengers whose bags haven't been returned by Thursday will be allowed to make a claim against the airline, however, the carrier will continue to attempt to trace bags for 45 days from the date of travel. Sep 4, 2006 British Airways British Airways teamed with Google to launch an interactive service on its website allowing passengers to "zoom in on their destination of choice" electronically using Google Earth A 3D mapping program from Google that covers the entire globe from satellite images. Requiring a download for Windows, Mac and Linux desktops, a street address can be searched, and the views can be zoomed down to the individual building all the way up to a satellite's view of the globe. . Sep 4, 2006 Elysair Business-class startups take off with travelers. All-business-class airlines that offer fares at regular prices are becoming popular with travelers as airport security increases. Startup Elysair plans to offer business-class only service between 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 and Paris by the end of this year. Sep 8, 2006 Flight Support Flight Support, the UK's newest ground handling company, based on the Isle of Man Noun 1. Isle of Man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea Man British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic , has purchased Manchester Handling, giving it a presence at Britain's third largest airport. It has also won a new contract to provide ground support to Scottish low cost carrier flyglobespan.com at both Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airports, effective November this year. On 2 November, Flyglobespan commences long haul flights from Manchester to Cape Town and Toronto. From Liverpool Airport it launches Prague and Tenerife. New York follows in May 2007. Manchester Airport becomes the third base in the Flight Support stable, taking its workforce at Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester, to some 100-plus. Sep 10, 2006 KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) KLM will adjust its service to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba over the next year in response to what it called "changing market conditions." From summer 2007, all flights will be aboard MD-11s instead of the present mixed fleet of 426-seat 747-400s and 282-seat MD-11s. The MD-11s will be "radically modernized" in the coming months to bring the product in line with the World Business Class and economy class standards of KLM's new 777s and A330s. Frequencies will be reduced. Aruba will be served four-times-weekly, twice in combination with Bonaire and twice with St. Maarten. Bonaire also will be served five-times-weekly to and from Ecuador. Daily flights to Curacao will be nonstop. Sep 4, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa will make a long-awaited announcement on the purchase of long-haul aircraft before year end, a spokesperson confirmed. The decision could come soon: Der Spiegel reported the LH supervisory board Supervisory board The board of directors that represents stakeholders in the governance of the corporation. will sign off on a deal at a meeting later this month. The carrier is in talks with both Boeing and Airbus and also has had discussions with Embraer and Bombardier about regional jets. According to the magazine, the contract will involve more than 100 planes but LH declined to confirm that or any other details, including rumors that it is considering buying medium-haul equipment to replace older 737s and A320s and around 60 BAe 146s and Avro RJ85s. Sep 6, 2006 Lufthansa, Thomas Cook Lufthansa remains in negotiations to sell its 50% stake in tourism firm Thomas Cook, including leisure carrier Condor Airlines, to co-owner KarstadtQuelle. Lufthansa board member Stefan Lauer confirmed discussions but told journalists last week in Frankfurt that "they are a long way from being finished." The German retailer has been after LH's holding in Europe's second-largest tourism company for some time. The unit returned to profitability last year, but LH has said Cook is not a core business. KarstadtQuelle could pay [euro]800 million for the share, Der Spiegel reported. Condor operates 14 A320s, one 757-200, 13 757-300s and nine 767-300ERs. LTU has a fleet of nine A320s, four A321s, eight A330-200s and four A330-300s. Sep 4, 2006 VLM Airlines VLM Airlines is increasing its flights from London City to Amsterdam this month. The airline, which currently operates nine return flights each weekday to the Dutch capital, will offer 12 flights each weekday from September 18. VLM 1. (architecture) VLM - Very Large Memory. 2. (networking) VLM - Virtual Loadable Module. is also increasing its weekend services on the route, offering a return flight each Saturday for the first time, and adding a third return service every Sunday. The airline's Amsterdam service has grown considerably with passenger numbers for April - August 2006 up 131% from the same period the previous year. Over 51,000 passengers were carried on this route during the first eight months of 2006. Sep 10, 2006 VLM Airlines VLM Airlines will launch an 11-times-weekly Antwerp-Manchester service beginning Oct. 30. It will add three F50s to operate the flights, bringing its fleet to 19 F50s Sep 7, 2006 |
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