Airline News - Europe.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jun 26, 2006 Aeroflot Aeroflot said it has enabled its website to allow customers to pay for tickets using credit cards. Jun 20, 2006 Aeroflot, SkyTeam SkyTeam members except for Aeroflot yesterday received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community that the alliance said is a "normal step in a Commission competition investigation." The EC has been reviewing the alliance since its 2000 launch and said yesterday that it "does not raise objections to the alliance as a whole but has concerns about a limited number of routes" on which SkyTeam cooperation "may have a negative effect on competition." It did not identify the routes in question, but said the "more problematic" ones include transatlantic and intra-EU routes and those between the EU and other countries. "In general, the SkyTeam carriers previously competed on these routes separately but currently do not face any significant competition pressure from other carriers," the Commission concluded. SkyTeam will file its reply in the fall--it has 12 weeks to do so. Jun 20, 2006 Air Baltic AirBaltic will start four-times-weekly Riga-Kaliningrad flights on July 2 using F50s, codesharing with Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise was an airline based in St Petersburg, Russia. It operated the Pulkovo Airport and was 100% state owned. It was the third largest airline in Russia. . Jun 21, 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 Air France celebrated the fifth anniversary of Saphir, its information and reservations service for disabled passengers. "The Saphir service is the only one of its kind and one of our biggest achievements," 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 said. "Our ambition in the medium term is to extend access to our international network for our passengers with reduced mobility." The airline has allocated 5,740 Saphir cards, and the 18-strong Saphir staff in Nice handles an average of 300 calls per day and more than 50,000 each year. Not all reduced mobility passengers use the Saphir service. AF carries more than 300,000 disabled passengers on its network each year. Jun 20, 2006 Air France Air France will operate thrice-weekly flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Chennai from Oct. 30 using its own aircraft. It currently codeshares on the route with Delta Air Lines. AF's flights will be aboard a two-class A340 and also will be sold by Delta. In addition, AF will increase capacity to Bangalore from Oct. 30, offering seven weekly flights from 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. instead of five. The Paris-Mumbai route will use 310-seat 777-300s instead of the 270-seat dash 200s operated last winter. In total, Air France's capacity to India will grow by 27%. Jun 20, 2006 Air Turquoise Air Turquoise was a low-cost airline based in France. It operated services to Marseille, Nice and Bordeaux from Reims Champagne Airport. The airline was liquidated on 2 August 2006[1]. History The airline was founded on June 21, 2005. Air Turquoise, the small French regional carrier which serves Luton from Reims on a daily basis, is to move its headquarters to Vatry, in the heart of the Champagne country, at the end of June. This clearly has been done for financial reasons after a falling out with the local Chamber of Commerce in Reims but the airline says that its quality of service, and especially reliability and 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. in bad weather situations, will improve. All services will be moved including the one to London. Vatry is about 40 miles from Reims city center and the airline will initially provide a free shuttle bus to connect with all flights. The airline says that passengers will be delighted with the airport which offers free parking (with video surveillance), 20-minute check-in and an air-conditioned terminal. http://www.airturquoise.com Jun 24, 2006 Alitalia, Meridiana Alitalia and Meridiana signed a codeshare agreement Code sharing is a business term which was first originated in the airline industry in 1990 when the Australian airline, Qantas Airways and the US's American Airlines combined services between an array of US domestic cities and Australian cities. for the Rome-Cagliari route. Alitalia will add its code to Meridiana's flights while Meridiana will lease an AZ aircraft to operate on the route. Alitalia lost the right to fly to Cagliari and Olbia in April because it applied for renewal after a deadline set by ENAC ENAC Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile ENaC Epithelial Sodium Channel ENAC Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (Italy) ENAC Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit . The three-year concession was awarded to Air One and Meridiana. Jun 19, 2006 Eastern Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. Eastern Airways Joins UATP UATP Universal Air Travel Plan (corporate chargecard system for purchase of air and rail transportation) UATP User Acceptance Test Plan (Sprint) Network as New UATP Merchant. Eastern Airways, UK, is the latest regional airline to choose UATP as a form of payment for its corporate travelers. Eastern Airways now accepts all UATP corporate cards and is a part of the UATP global corporate travel payment network. Jun 20, 2006 |
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