Airline News - Europe.Oct 16, 2006 ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative Europe and the Assn. of European Airlines created the European Strategic Partnership for Aviation Security to address shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
security that benefit both industry and the traveling public alike," the two industry bodies said in a joint statement. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ACI Europe DG Olivier Jankovec, "too often, new security measures, rather than address what is probable, address what is possible. Such a method is untargeted, inefficient and unsustainable. Any new security rule should focus specifically on the threat or risk that needs to be eliminated, taking account of the impact on passenger mobility and convenience, operations and cost." Oct 11, 2006 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus is Ireland's national airline. Based in Dublin, it operates 41 Airbus aircraft serving Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East. The airline is 28% owned by the Irish government; it was floated on the Dublin and London Stock Exchanges on 2 October 2006, Aer Lingus Pilots Buy Defensive Stake. Aer Lingus pilots, under the name Irish Airline Pilots Pensions, have accumulated a 2.12% stake in EI as part of an effort by employees of the recently privatized Irish carrier to block a takeover by Ryanair. According to a submission to the Irish Stock Exchange The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) (Irish: Stocmhalartán na hÉireann) is Ireland's stock exchange, formed through the merger of the Cork and Dublin exchanges, both of which have existed as far back as 1793. yesterday, the pilots bought 9.8 million shares at [euro]3.04 ($3.82) each. Ryanair made a cash bid of [euro]2.80 per share last week. Its offer is conditional on securing at least 50.1% of the carrier. It currently holds 19.2% while the Irish government has 28% and the Employee Share Ownership Trusts about 12%. Oct 11, 2006 Air Malta Air Malta called the fiscal year ended March 31 "a very difficult one" and said its operating loss operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. increased to MTL MTL In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Maltese Lira. 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. 6.4 million ($18.6 million) from MTL5.7 million in the year-ago period. Revenues fell 2.6% to MTL99.2 million. The airline said its operating result "would have shown a marked improvement" if not for "significant" fuel cost increases. Passenger numbers decreased 2.4% to 1.9 million. It will take delivery of two new A320s in February and March, by which time it will be operating an all-Airbus fleet of 14 aircraft. Oct 10, 2006 Air Malta Air Malta will launch twice-weekly service to Liverpool and Venice on May 4. Oct 10, 2006 Atlantic Airways Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200 skidded, overran o·ver·ran v. Past tense of overrun. the runway and caught fire at Stord Airport in southwestern Norway yesterday morning, killing three of 12 passengers and one of four crewmembers, the Faroe Islands carrier said. The flight was a charter operation contracted by Norway's Aker Kvaerner engineering company. It originated in Stavanger and was stopping at Stord to pick up passengers on its way to Molde. The accident was under investigation yesterday. The runway reportedly was wet from rain although landing conditions were otherwise normal. Oct 11, 2006 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines to Start Chicago Flights in April. Austrian Airlines announced it will commence nonstop service roundtrip from Chicago to Vienna in April 2007. Oct 15, 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 will reduce its fuel surcharge effective Oct. 16 by $2 per segment on European routes and by $7 on long-haul flights. Oct 13, 2006 Icelandair Icelandair will begin service to Bergen, Norway, with 3 flights a week and to Gothenburg, Sweden, with 2 flights a week and offer 4 flights a week from Halifax, Canada, starting spring 2007. Icelandair will also increase the number of flights to Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Helsinki and include new afternoon flights from Boston and New York-JFK. For (800) 223-5500 and online at www.icelandair.com Oct 12, 2006 LTU LTU Luleå Tekniska Universitet (Luleå University of Technology; formerly Luleå Tekniska Högskola) LTU Lithuania LTU La Trobe University (Australia) LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH German Airlines LTU German Airlines said it is expecting its annual loss to be [euro]25 million ($31.3 million) in 2006, higher than the [euro]10-[euro]15 million forecast by majority owner Hans Rudolf Woehrl this summer but still an improvement over the [euro]40 million lost in 2005. However, it still is planning to cut costs further by outsourcing its MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. 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. and IT services. Oct 13, 2006 LTU German Airlines LTU German Airlines will launch six-times-weekly Dusseldorf-Istanbul service for its summer 2007 schedule and will operate daily services to Malaga, Alicante and Lisbon and a twice-weekly flight to Valencia. Oct 13, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa's winter schedule will include a new thrice-weekly Frankfurt-Kolkata service beginning Dec. 1 and a daily FRA-Cape Town flight in addition to the codeshare service operated by 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) . Both routes will be served with an A340-600. In all, LH's winter schedule will comprise flights to 183 destinations in 78 countries, representing a 3.3% year-over-year increase in capacity. The winter timetable runs to March 24, 2007. Oct 13, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa's long-haul additions include a new daily Munich-Sao Paulo flight and more weekly frequencies to what will become a daily Munich-San Francisco service. In Europe, LH will operate flights to four new destinations from Hamburg: Moscow, Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Mallorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. , Valencia and London City. It also will codeshare on flights to Innsbruck and Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. operated by Austrian Airlines and 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). respectively. It will serve Palma de Mallorca and Valencia from both Hamburg and Dusseldorf and offer a six-times-weekly Stuttgart-Geneva and a weekday Nuremburg-LCY service. Oct 13, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa's will reduce the fuel surcharge on intercontinental flights to [euro]52 ($65.20) from [euro]62 on each segment effective Oct 16. It also announced the appointment of Andreas Bartels as the a director and head of media relations. He comes from Deutsche Bank. Oct 13, 2006 Malev Hungarian Malev Hungarian Airlines said it will add 10 new e-ticket destinations in the US as part of an agreement with future oneworld partner American Airlines. At present, Malev e-ticketing is available to 28 cities from Budapest. Oct 13, 2006 Silverjet Silverjet Ready to Take Off. Silverjet Airlines is all systems go for its inaugural flights between 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 and London on Jan. 25. Oct 15, 2006 Silverjet, Elysair European carriers to launch trans-Atlantic business-class flights. Two European carriers will launch business-class-only trans-Atlantic flights. The U.K.'s Silverjet plans to start flights from Luton airport, north of London, to Newark in January. French start-up Elysair will begin operating flights in December between Paris's Orly airport and Newark. Oct 13, 2006 Swiss International Swiss International Air Lines is to install new seats on its seven Airbus A319 and four A321 aircraft. With the completion of the work next spring, the entire Ssiss Airbus A320-family fleet (25 aircrafts) will be equipped with these new and lighter seats. Swiss continues to enhance the inflight product on its European flights. From mid-October onwards, all the company's Airbus A319 and A321 aircraft will receive new seats throughout their cabins. Oct 15, 2006 Tarom, Bulgaria Air Tarom may be partially privatized soon, according to Romanian media reports indicating that the government is planning to float 49% of the carrier. But the government said the move is not a high priority and that it is taking care to avoid the fate that befell Bulgaria Air, whose privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned process faced several delays Tarom operates a fleet of five 737-300s, four 737-700s and seven ATR 42s and has grounded two A310-300s. Oct 10, 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 Oct 9, 2006 |
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