Airline News - Europe.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jul 31, 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 served Luton from Reims and recently transferred operations to Vatry, has been grounded and is now being run by the "administrateur judiciaire", the official receiver. The airline was an ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex 42 operator. http://www.airturquoise.com Jul 29, 2006 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Group confirmed its intention to end its nine-times-weekly services to Australia by March. The move could include en route destinations Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as well. High fuel prices made the Australia routes uneconomical and the airline does not think the current 80% load factor can be improved. It also may close one of its three North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. destinations (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, Washington Dulles and Toronto). It said it will focus on serving fewer destinations with more frequencies and that every route in the network will be investigated. Jul 26, 2006 British Airways British Airways has started to introduce a new video on demand system throughout the fleet. The first aircraft to be fitted is a Boeing 767 used on the Heathrow to Detroit service. The kit will be rolled out across the fleet over the next two years. Using an onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. menu passengers will be able to choose from around 100 films and TV programs, 50CDs as well as radio channels and audio books. A dedicated 'Sky-flyers Kids' section will cater for younger customers and there will be a greater selection of foreign language films available on all routes. http://www.ba.com Jul 29, 2006 Highland Airways Highland Airways flies to and from and within the Western Isles are to be further improved with the news last week that Highland Airways is to link Benbecula with Inverness, and increase frequency on its Stornoway - Inverness services. The enhancement includes the addition of a new lunchtime rotation between Inverness and Stornoway on Sundays to provide more comprehensive weekend travel options between the two centers. The times of existing flights will be varied slightly as a result of the additional rotations. The independent Scottish airline already has week daily flights between Inverness and Stornoway and from Stornoway to Benbecula. The Inverness-based carrier will introduce the service enhancements on 4 September 2006. Fully pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. Prestwick-built Jetstream 31 aircraft are used on all routes. http://www.highlandairways.co.uk Jul 29, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa will launch thrice-weekly Frankfurt-Kolkata service from Dec. 1 aboard an A340-300. It is the carrier's sixth Indian destination. Jul 27, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa will start a daily Munich-Sao Paolo service on Sept. 13 using A340-300s. Jul 26, 2006 National Air Traffic Services NATS, (formerly "National Air Traffic Services Ltd."), is the United Kingdom's main air navigation service provider. A full member of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, NATS is also a shareholder in European Satellite Services Provider NATS NATS National Air Traffic Services NATS National Association of Teachers of Singing NATS Naval Air Transport Service NATS National Aerospace Technology Strategy NATS Nissan Anti-Theft System NATS Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science , National Air Traffic Services, is to be strengthened at board level with two significant appointments The Rt. Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, the former Chair of the campaigning group Freedom to Fly, and Air Vice-Marshal Andrew White, before retirement responsible for managing all military air traffic control. NATS is in fact a bit of a misnomer misnomer n. the wrong name. MISNOMER. The act of using a wrong name. 2. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions. 3.-1. as it not only looks after control of commercial aircraft in UK airspace and parts of the North Atlantic but also provides air traffic control at some 16 UK airports. NATS Holdings Ltd. is made up of the Airline Group Ltd., a consortium of seven airlines with the majority of voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. and 41.9% of the shares; the Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors. with 48.9% of the share capital; BAA plc 4.2% and NATS Employee Sharetrust Ltd. the remaining 5%. http://www.nats.co.uk Jul 29, 2006 S7 Airlines S7 Airlines will use an A310-200 on its services to and from Yakutsk following the resolution of operational issues at the airport. It has been using Tu-154s. Also, S7 will place its code on 10-times-weekly flights between Moscow Domodedovo and Chisinau operated by Air Moldova aboard A320s. Jul 25, 2006 Swiss International Swiss International entered into a reciprocal loyalty program alliance with Jet Airways. Jul 26, 2006 |
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