Airline News - Europe.For more airline data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm May 22, 2006 Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines will launch twice-daily Athens-Samos service May 30 with Avro RJ100s. May 19, 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 City center check-in are gaining in popularity, with the exception of BA who dumped Paddington. Following mention of the new Dubai facility for Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , we are reminded that it is not the only facility provided in a foreign country. With the closure of the Brussels - Charles de Gaulle flights (well, all except one morning special) Air France have come up with a regular Thalys schedule that provides for a check-in at Brussels Midi and a dedicated coach for air travelers. Journey time to CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. is just 70 minutes. May 21, 2006 Air France-KLM Air France-KLM (Euronext Paris: AF, NYSE: AKH) is an airline company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France. Air France-KLM 'confirms' merger with billion-dollar profit. Air France-KLM Group reported net income of [euro]913 million ($1.17 billion) for the financial year ended March 31, a 29.3% increase over the [euro]706 million earned in 2004-05. May 19, 2006 Air France-KLM Air France-KLM's Spinetta outlook was cautious as he said, "The current year has begun with a further sharp rise in oil prices. Nevertheless, our aim is to generate operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. of at least the same level as last year." AF-KLM expects to boost capacity by some 5% this year. May 19, 2006 Air One Air One plans to install Teledyne Controls' Flight Data Interface Management Unit and Wireless GroundLink technologies on the 30 A320s it recently purchased. May 17, 2006 AirBaltic AirBaltic will launch twice-weekly Riga-Tel Aviv service aboard 737-500s from June 5, becoming the only carrier in the Baltics or Scandinavia to offer direct service to Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest . May 18, 2006 Bmi Bmi yesterday launched thrice-weekly London Heathrow-Jeddah service aboard a 767-300ER. The route was abandoned by 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. early last year. Jeddah is bmi's second destination in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. after Riyadh, to which it started flights in September. Encouraged by what it calls "extremely strong demand for the business class product" on the Riyadh route, it boosted the number of business class seats on flights to Saudi Arabia from 24 to 42. May 19, 2006 British Airways Airport slots are always a cause of contention. Figures which show that British Airways 40% domination of Heathrow is far less than by other carriers at major gateways. Lufthansa has 59.3% of availability at Frankfurt and Air France 57.5% at Charles de Gaulle. KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) dominates Amsterdam with 52.9% whilst on the other side of the Atlantic "you aint seen nothing yet". At Cincinnati, Delta is by far and away the airport's main business with 87.2% of what is available and at Newark Continental comes in with 66.1%. Northwest dominates Detroit, Memphis and Minneapolis with the slot situation in the mid-70% and as you might well expect 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 is the major carrier at Dallas-Fort Worth with 80% of the available slots. May 21, 2006 British Airways Barclaycard Business latest research has revealed that British Airways remains the favoured airline for business travelers for the fifth year running. Nearly half of the survey respondents (48%) say they like BA because of the choice of route and airport location, whilst 42% cite affection and trust for the brand. easyJet comes next stealing second place from Virgin Atlantic for the first time and also showing that the reasons for choosing a particular airline vary considerably between service providers. Over half (58%) of those who favour Virgin Atlantic do so because they like the brand while, unsurprisingly, easyJet customers are primarily attracted by low fares (85%). British Airways, with its massive network, remains the undisputed champion amongst employees of larger companies, increasing its share of this market to 54% in 2005/06, way ahead of its nearest competitor, Virgin Atlantic (7%). This, the tenth annual Barclaycard Business Travel Survey, questioned 2,500 respondents (CEOs, company directors, managers and executives), about all aspects of business travel from airlines and hotels to online bookings. May 21, 2006 British Airways British Airways announced last Friday a pre-tax profit of [pounds sterling]620m in the year to 31 March 2006 (2005: [pounds sterling]513m profit). The pre-tax profit for the fourth quarter was [pounds sterling]91m (against a [pounds sterling]6m loss for the same period last year). Net debt at [pounds sterling]1.6bn fell by [pounds sterling]1.3bn during the year, a [pounds sterling]5bn reduction since its December 2001 peak. Willie Walsh, chief executive, noted that the airline's short haul business is now in profit for the first time in ten years. He said that there was more to do. On the subject of staff pensions he commented that he was pleased with the on going dialogue BA was having with staff, trustees and trade unions on this vital issue. "Self-service check-in, both online and at airport kiosks, has been very well received by our customers. We continue to enhance and develop new products and this summer will upgrade our in-flight entertainment and introduce our new Club World flat bed." In announcing the results BA said that market conditions remain broadly unchanged and noted the rise in fuel costs, but not the passenger surcharges. The Board has recommended that no final dividend be paid. May 21, 2006 British Airways Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, continues to fly the flag for the airline. In a document published by the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue The Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) offers a framework for cooperation between the transatlantic business community and the governments of the European Union (EU) and United States of America (US). (TABD TABD Transatlantic Business Dialogue ) previewing the forthcoming EU/US Summit, attended by US president George Bush and Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission The President of the European Commission is the head of the executive body of the European Union. The President leads a college of 27 Commissioners, one from each Union member-state, who hold specific portfolios. , Mr Broughton has called for the US and European governments to recognise the dangers and resist any protectionist pressures that might damage this $3 trillion trade. In the foreword, Broughton and Citigroup 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. Charles Prince said: "The transatlantic economic relationship remains the most integrated and significant relationship in the world, accounting for over half of GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. and one third of global trade. Protectionism threatens future of transatlantic trade". TABD is a group of 30 chairmen and chief executives of some the world's biggest companies. May 21, 2006 City Airline City Airline of Sweden signed an agreement with SAS Ground Services SAS Ground Services is Europe's third largest full-service provider of Airline ground handling and airport related services. SAS Ground services became a limited company in 2004 and are the largest ground handling company in Scandinavia. for ground handling at airports in Birmingham, Manchester, and Zurich and at City Airline's Gothenburg base. May 19, 2006 CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. Czech Airlines CSA Czech Airlines moved its operations at 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 privately operated Terminal 4 from T3. It offers daily service to Prague aboard an A310-300. May 17, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa resumed service to Bahrain Sunday after a 10-year absence, launching thrice-weekly flights from Frankfurt aboard an A330 and six-times-weekly freighter service. May 16, 2006 Luxair Luxair 's restructuring policies for 2006 include adding 70/90-seat RJs to the fleet, which will shrink from 10 ERJs and five 737s at year end 2005 to 12 aircraft at the end of 2006. Route consolidation and codesharing, revamped marketing and fare structures and maximizing traffic from the UK, Spain, Switzerland and Italy also are among Luxair's goals. May 16, 2006 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic never an airline to miss a publicity opportunity, has celebrated 10 years of operations from Manchester. Since its first flight in May 1996 to Orlando it has carried over 1.6m passengers. Later this year it will add a weekly service to St Lucia. In 2005 Barbados was added but the backbone of the operation is the daily (except Sunday) Boeing 747 service to Florida offering the full Virgin Upper Class Suite product. May 21, 2006 |
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