Airline News - Europe.Aeroflot Aeroflot became the 10th member of SkyTeam Friday during a ceremony in Moscow at which 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 Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jean-Cyril Spinetta called the alliance's expansion strategy "simple," saying it is "committed to serving the destinations our customers want to travel to most." SkyTeam carriers now will operate nearly 15,000 daily flights to 728 destinations in 149 countries. Aeroflot and SkyTeam signed an MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. in May 2004 and the airline passed its IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. Operational Safety Audit last October. By the end of 2007, Aeroflot will complete construction of the new Terminal 3 at Moscow Sheremetyevo. It operates 302 daily flights with a fleet of 81 aircraft. The airline has come a long way from its Soviet heritage and today operates a mixed fleet of both Airbus and Boeing types plus modern Ilyushin and Tupolov aircraft. In October 2005, Aeroflot successfully passed the International Airline Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA IOSA Iata Operational Safety Audit IOSA Islands' Oil Spill Association (San Juan County, WA) IOSA Internet and Open Source in Archaeology IOSA International Oil Scouts Association IOSA International Organizational Studies Association ), confirming its high operational standards. Also in 2005, the airline received an award for Onboard Service Improvement Excellence from Skytrax, a leading research and consultancy firm for the airline and air transport industry. By the end of 2007, Aeroflot will complete reconstruction of its passenger terminal at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Aeroflot began operations in 1923. http://www.aeroflot.co.uk Apr 17, 2006 Air Greenland Air Greenland is the regional airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with international services to Copenhagen and Baltimore . It offers concessional air services to all communities in Greenland and operates charter, taxi and special flights, Air Greenland plans to open the first route between Greenland and the US in May 2007. No decision on a US destination has been made, but the leading candidate is a weekly route between Kangerlussuaq and Baltimore/Washington International Airport. The company's financial report for 2005 shows a profit after tax of DKK DKK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Danish Krone. 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. 40.8 million ($6.6 million) on turnover of DKK869.7 million. Air Greenland operates one A330-200, one 757-200, six Dash 7s and several smaller aircraft and helicopters on its domestic network. International flights will be operated out of Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq, as well as charter flights throughout Europe. Apr 13, 2006 AirBaltic AirBaltic launched twice-weekly Riga-Simferopol service yesterday aboard 737-500s. Apr 12, 2006 Alitalia, Jat Airways Jat Airways is the national airline of Serbia and the former national carrier of Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade. It operates scheduled domestic, regional and international services to over 40 destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as charters and wet Jat Airways and Alitalia begin codesharing between Belgrade and Milan with three daily flights from April 24 using Alitalia Express Alitalia Express is an airline based in Rome, Italy and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alitalia. It operates regional scheduled services and charter flights on behalf of Alitalia. Embraer 170s. Apr 20, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) American Airlines and KLM are increasing their fuel surcharges. AA will add $10 each way on most transatlantic and transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. routes, excluding Japan, effective immediately. KLM will add [euro]5 per stretch on all long-haul segments effective April 15. Surcharge on intercontinental flights will rise to [euro]45 but remain at [euro]15 per segment on European routes. Apr 13, 2006 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines reduced frequencies from Vienna to Tehran from five to three weekly flights owing to lower demand attributed to the worsening political climate. Apr 21, 2006 Bance Air Bance Air is an airline you probably have never heard of, possibly because it does not exist as such. It is the name of a new carrier being proposed by Anglo Indian businessman Dave Bance, to operate Boeing 777s between Heathrow and non-metro destinations in India. At the present time the UK - India bilateral allows for three British carriers (BA, bmi & Virgin) and three Indian (Air India, Jet and Air Sahara, which will shortly become part of Jet). A number of established Indian carriers are thought to be keen to take over the Air Sahara slots. Bance Air has no authority at the London end. Apr 16, 2006 Bmi Mumbai, probably the most popular Indian destination from the UK, is from today to be served daily by bmi from Heathrow. It follows the airline's successful introduction of its first ever long haul services from LHR LHR Love-Hate Relationship LHR Lahore (Pakistan) LHR Laser Hair Removal LHR Lawyers for Human Rights LHR Left Hand Reverse (door opening convention) LHR Lung-To-Head Ratio LHR League for Human Rights last May, initially four times per week. bmi is unique in offering onboard chefs in its business class. With the step up of BM frequencies all the carriers serving the former Bombay offer daily flights. Air India, British Airways, Jet Airways and Virgin Atlantic, and now bmi. http://www.flybmi.com Apr 23, 2006 Bmi Bmi will consolidate its operations at Manchester into Terminal 3 effective June 1. It currently operates its long-haul flights and a regional route to Toulouse out of Terminal 1. Apr 20, 2006 British Airways British Airways passenger on a domestic flight you had better get yourself ready for a major change in the way you check in. From tomorrow Aprill 25 you can only tell the airline electronically that you are ready to go to the gate. Passengers from that date can only check-in at ba.com or at an airport kiosk. Signs are in place at all British airports giving step-by-step instructions and how to drop off bags. Apr 23, 2006 British Airways announced a "radical shakeup shake·up n. A thorough, often drastic reorganization, as of the personnel in a business or government. Noun 1. shakeup " in its short-haul fare structure in an apparent attempt to stay competitive with LCCs such as Ryanair and easyJet. One-way fares for flights within the UK and Europe were reduced by up to 50% to more than 65 destinations. Prices start at [pounds sterling]29 ($51.76) and BA will allow travelers to change their flights up to midnight on the day prior to departure for [pounds sterling]30. "This is not a short-term gimmick but a long-term commitment to our millions of customers to offer irresistible low fares every day of the year. There are no hidden extras," Commercial Director Martin George said. Apr 21, 2006 British Airways has refurbished and improved its lounge services within Heathrow's Terminal 1 and Terminal 4. There are now more seats in the Gate 1 Lounge within T4 perhaps more important an additional 12 computer VDU's have been added in the Combiz area. A new range of hot food has also been introduced. The Terraces Lounge at Gate 10 in the terminal now has a new serving area offering a choice of soup and rolls from 1200 and a cold buffet between 1600 and 1900. Extra computers have also been put into the lounge. The first class Concorde Room lounge in Terminal 4 now features a separate dining room, extra seating and a canape service between 1700 and 1900. In Terminal 1, the Terraces International Lounge is now offering soup and rolls from 1200 and a cold buffet from 1600 to 1900. First class passengers in Terminal 1 will find 20 extra seats, a dedicated mobile-free room and a canape service between 1700 and 1900. http://www.ba.com Apr 16, 2006 Walsh urges EC to move quickly to bring airlines into ETS ETS Educational Testing Service (nonprofit private educational testing and measurement organization) ETS Emergency Telecommunications Service ETS Electronic Trading System ETS Engineering (&) Technical Services . British Airways CEO Willie Walsh yesterday urged the European Commission to move forward with plans to bring EU airlines within the emissions trading scheme "as soon as the technical details can be resolved and political agreement reached." Apr 13, 2006 Flyfirstclass Flyfirstclass is quietly moving ahead with plans to offer four services per week service from Stansted to Bermuda. The embryo airline is unable to give a firm date for service introduction but says approval by the Bermuda authorities and the British CAA Caa See CCC. is moving ahead, the island an Overseas Territory of the UK. Professional advisers have been appointed in the UK and the Y7 two-letter code and under the Flyjet banner. Chosen aircraft is a Boeing 767 configured for only 90 passengers in three classes - first, business and suite. Gourmet dining is promised, part of the luxury standard for all classes of service. British Airways recently increased their twice-weekly Gatwick service to daily with a Boeing 777. http://www.flyfirstclass.biz Apr 23, 2006 Iberia Iberia will launch weekly Madrid-Cancun service from May 2 using A330s. Apr 21, 2006 Icelandair, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Icelandair and SAS signed an interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in agreement. Icelandair will double its frequency to Copenhagen to four daily flights this summer. Apr 17, 2006 KLM KLM increases surcharge to offset fuel cost: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines says it will raise its fuel surcharge $6.05 each way on all long-haul flights. This comes after American Airlines announced a surcharge increase on trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific routes. Apr 13, 2006 Lufthansa Regional, Cirrus Airlines Cirrus Airlines, a Lufthansa Regional partner, will start a twice-weekly Munich-Kiel service from May 2 aboard Dash 8s. Apr 13, 2006 Malev Hungarian Malev Hungarian Airlines will re-launch a Budapest-London Gatwick route from May 1 with two daily flights. Malev flies to Heathrow twice-daily. Apr 13, 2006 Olympic Airlines Olympic Airlines Chairman Petros Papageorgiou resigned and will be replaced by Elias Karatzalis, an attorney and Olympic board member, according to a statement from the Greek Transport Ministry cited by Reuters. Papageorgiou was appointed in March 2004 but opted to leave because he opposed the Greek government's plans for Olympic, according to the report. Apr 21, 2006 Scotariways Scotariways celebrated last week 20 years of calling itself "Britain's smallest proper airline". That could possibly be challenged but the former Suckling suckling In mammals, the drawing of milk into the mouth from the nipple of a mammary gland. In human beings, it is referred to as nursing or breast-feeding. The word also denotes an animal that has not yet been weaned—that is, whose access to milk has not yet been Airways has not changed much over the last decade. No new aircraft and no new routes. But it is a real success story, still run by husband and wife team Roy and Merlin Suckling. This year the airline, which now has the backing as a majority shareholder of Brian Souter of Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. , will transport 230,000 passengers on a route network that links Southampton with Amsterdam four times daily (plus reduced frequencies at weekends); London City to Edinburgh (nine times daily) and London City to Dundee (four times daily), all with a dedicated fleet of seven Dornier 328 aircraft. ScotAirways Merlyn Suckling, Jerry Froggett (commercial manager - right) celebrate 20 years of flying with Chris Butler, Managing Director of BAA Southampton Airport. http://www.scotairways.com Apr 23, 2006 Silverjet Silverjet is the latest (proposed) attempt to offer a business class only service from London - 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 . Unlike Eos and Maxjet, who operate between Stansted and JFK, the new startup will fly from Luton - Newark. Even more different is the fund raising, which will take the form of a [pounds sterling]25m 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. within the next three months. The normal form is for the airline to raise capital through major investors and then go for a listing when up and running. Two 100-seat Boeing 767s would be acquired and it is likely that the AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. will be held by an established operation; rather in the same manner easyJet was launched. Luton's short runway will be fine for a lightly loaded 767 and the airline expects to offer a helicopter service into either Battersea Heliport heliport, airport designed exclusively for helicopter traffic. , or a site near Excel, suitable also for London City Airport London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a STOLport. . Start date is proposed towards the end of the year." The possibility of new services from another north London airport is having the effect of raising the visibility of the two established incumbents. http://www.london-luton.co.uk Apr 16, 2006 Sterling Airlines Sterling Airlines is revamping the UK arrangements for the former Maersk Gatwick operation. Flights remain the same. The big change is that the operation will be run as a GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. by the long established Aviareps organization who have acquired the Danish carrier's London street level sales office in Grosvenor Gardens near Victoria Station. The airline's affable general manager Barry Prior continues. Customers for Aviareps client airlines, including six flying from Gatwick and three from Heathrow, will now have access to a central London ticket sales point and walk-in customer service office. http://www.sterling.dk http://www.aviareps.com Apr 23, 2006 Swiss International Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). was formally inducted into the Star Alliance in ceremonies in Zurich Friday as the 17th member. "With Swiss, our alliance has gained a high-quality airline with a strong brand. We now provide more choice to our customers, especially on key European and intercontinental business routes," said Star CEO Jaan Albrecht. Swiss CEO Christoph Franz called joining Star "a major milestone. . .It creates a comprehensive network of air services and connections for our passengers that truly spans the globe." South African Airways South African Airways (SAA) is South Africa's largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg. It is also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens (SAL) will be inducted into the alliance today, at which point the 18 members will offer in aggregate15,500 daily flights serving 842 destinations in 152 countries. Swiss's Zurich base is the 11th European hub served by a Star member. Apr 10, 2006 TAP Portugal, Aegean Airlines TAP Portugal and Aegean Airlines agreed to codeshare on flights from Lisbon to Athens via Rome and to Thessaloniki via Munich and Frankfurt. Apr 18, 2006 |
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