Airline News - Europe.Nov 27, 2006 Aeroflot Aeroflot aims for greater domestic share with Siberian consolidation. Aeroflot is looking to consolidate the domestic airline industry further. Aeroflot East will operate both short- and long-haul routes. "First we have to bring the new carrier to Aeroflot standards. The program should be fully working within two years," Okulov said. SU already operates subsidiaries Aeroflot Don in Rostov and Aeroflot Nord in Arkhangelsk. It also has opened branches in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, city, United States Saint Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 238,629), Pinellas co., W Fla., on Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico at the southern end of the Pinellas peninsula; settled in the mid-1800s, inc. 1892. and Magadan. It has a total market share in Russia of 60% on international routes but just 12% of the domestic market. "By 2010 we want to have a 30% share within Russia," he noted. Nov 22, 2006 Aeroflot Aeroflot will focus on enhancing instead its domestic presence. "This year we will grow 9% on international routes and 16% on the domestic network," Okulov said. "So we see our biggest growth within Russia, where we currently serve 25 destinations and where we want to increase our transport activity by 25%." That aim is behind the launch of a new regional carrier called Aeroflot East, which will be based in Khabarovsk and combine smaller carriers Dalavia Far East Airways and SAT Airlines. "We realized that foreign carriers have increased their activities in Russia by 14% and in the Far East by 18%. As a result, airlines from Russia have lost market share," he explained. Nov 22, 2006 Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Air France KLM close to launching new leisure carrier. Air France KLM Group expects to decide on Wednesday whether it will launch a new carrier focusing on the medium-haul leisure market. Nov 20, 2006 British Airways British Airways launched a review of its uniform policy on Friday after coming under heavy criticism for refusing to allow a staff member to wear a Christian cross over her uniform. Check-in staffer Nadia Eweida was told in October she must not display a small necklace crucifix. She was instead instructed to hide it under her blouse or cravat cravat /cra·vat/ (krah-vat´) a triangular bandage. . The 55-year-old, who argued she should be entitled openly to proclaim her Christian faith, lost an internal appeal against the decision on Monday. The decision attracted widespread criticism from politicians and religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. , who said earlier on Friday the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. was reviewing its "whole attitude" towards the airline. Walsh said BA would study ways staff could openly wear symbols of faith, such as small lapel badges, while remaining consistent with the airline's brand and employment legislation. Nov 24, 2006 British Airways British Airways will launch service from London Gatwick to Port of Spain Port of Spain, city (1990 pop. 50,878), capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the industrial and commercial center of the country. From 1958 to 1962, Port of Spain was the capital of the dissolved Federation of the West Indies; in 2005 it became (thrice-weekly via Barbados aboard 777s), Dresden (daily aboard 737s) and Sarajevo (thrice-weekly aboard 737s) from March. At the same time, it will suspend flights from LGW LGW London, England, United Kingdom - Gatwick (Airport Code) LGW Laser Guided Weapons LGW Linux Gaming World (website) LGW Launch Gross Weight LGW Logical Gateway LGW Line Gateway LGW Local Gateway LGW Lan Gateway to Athens, Kiev, Newcastle and Riga. BA reached a codeshare agreement with Caribbean Airlines, which will place its code on BA flights to Port of Spain, Barbados and Antigua. Nov 21, 2006 Iberia Iberia will operate twice-weekly Madrid-Algiers flights beginning Jan. 7 aboard an Airbus A319. Nov 20, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa will launch daily Munich-Denver service on March 31 aboard an A340-300 and add a second daily Frankfurt-Detroit flight on March 25 aboard an A330-300. It also will offer thrice-weekly Munich-Seoul-Busan service beginning March 27 aboard an A340-300. It already flies daily to Seoul. Nov 22, 2006 Silverjet Silverjet said it remained on track to launch its low-fare business class airline in January as it unveiled maiden results. The first flight from London's Luton Airport to 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 Newark Airport is planned for January 25, 2007. The company reported a pretax loss pretax loss A loss reported before tax benefits are considered. of GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.06 million (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $2 million) for the six months to September 30. Nov 22, 2006 Transavia, Air France KLM Transavia, launched in 1965 and which and has reported a profit for 28 consecutive years, has experimented with several models. In 2005 it merged its basiqair.com brand for low-fare flights and Transavia for charter flights into transavia.com. It is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of KLM and operates 31 737NGs. In 2005-06 it posted a net operating result of [euro]32 million ($41 million) on revenues of [euro]468 million. Nov 20, 2006 Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines Virgin Atlantic Airways and Singapore Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement to cover Virgin's flights from San Francisco and Los Angeles to the UK and Dubai beginning Dec. 1 and SIA's service between London Heathrow and Singapore via Sydney from Jan. 1. Nov 21, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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