Airline News - Europe.Nov 6, 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 is eyeing an expanded short-haul network. It announced this week additional frequencies and new destinations for its European network that will bring to 65 the number of short-haul routes it will operate for summer 2007. It will launch a five-times-weekly Cork-Manchester service in March and three-times-weekly service from Cork to both Madrid and Prague. Beginning in June it will commence new Dublin routes to Newcastle and Milan Malpensa and a thrice-weekly service to Athens. Flights from Dublin to Budapest, 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. , Lisbon, Prague, Venice and Zurich will increase to daily. It will also expand frequencies from Dublin to Barcelona, Berlin, Bologna, Dubrovnik, Krakow, Madrid, Naples, Nice, Rennes, Riga and Seville and from Cork to Birmingham, Faro Faro, town, Portugal Faro (fä`rō), town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are and London Heathrow. Nov 3, 2006 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus intends to add 26 long-haul flights per week following delivery of two new A330s in May and June that will boost its long-haul fleet to nine aircraft. "The arrival of two new long-haul aircraft next year marks the first phase of the long-haul expansion plan and gives Aer Lingus the opportunity to develop its presence in the US market," 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. Dermot Mannion Dermot Mannion is the Chief executive officer of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline. Mannion was born in 1958 in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, one of eight children (four brothers and three sisters). He attended school at St. said in a statement. Nov 3, 2006 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus, which is the target of a hostile takeover Hostile Takeover A takeover attempt that is strongly resisted by the target firm. Notes: Hostile takeovers are usually bad news, as the employee moral of the target firm can quickly turn to animosity against the acquiring firm. by Ryanair, currently serves four destinations in the US and one in the Middle East. The announced expansion for next year contains an increase in frequencies on its current network, including boosting Dublin-New York JFK to twice-daily and Shannon-JFK to daily. Its Boston service will increase from 11 flights per week to two flights daily (one from Dublin and a second from Dublin via Shannon) and its flights to Chicago O'Hare will rise from daily to twice-daily (one nonstop from Dublin and the second from Dublin via Shannon). Dublin-Los Angeles will go from five flights weekly to a daily service and Dublin-Dubai from three to four weekly flights. Nov 3, 2006 Estonian Air Estonian Air is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from Tallinn, Estonia. Estonian Air will suspend Talinn-Paris 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. flights for the winter and restart the thrice-weekly service on March 25 aboard a 737-500. Nov 1, 2006 HLX HLX Hapag Lloyd Express (German airline) HLX High Luxury , Hapagfly HLX and Hapagfly plan to announce a new name for their joint airline operation this month. The carriers will offer a joint summer schedule that they estimate will increase collective capacity by 25%. The new airline will operate flights to 16 countries with a fleet of 56 aircraft. Nov 2, 2006 Lufthansa Lufthansa will launch a thrice-weekly service from Munich to Pusan via Seoul from March 27 aboard A340-300s. Nov 3, 2006 Malev Malev will launch twice-weekly Budapest-Bangkok service from Nov. 15 aboard 767-200ERs. Nov 2, 2006 Swiss International Swiss International will introduce scheduled services between Geneva and Valencia, Spain's third-largest city, on March 10. A thrice-weekly service will initially be provided. With the start of the 2007 summer timetables, on March 25th, Swiss plans to add a fourth frequency. As host to the America's Cup, the world's most famous and prestigious yachting competition, Valencia will be a prime focus of the sports community next summer. Nov 3, 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). said it plans to add six new routes from Basel, comprising five weekly flights to Barcelona, four weekly flights each to Nice, Prague and Budapest and three weekly services each to Manchester and Warsaw. Nov 2, 2006 TAP Portugal TAP Portugal nears Portugalia acquisition. TAP Portugal hopes to conclude today, or by the end of this week at the latest, the purchase of PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Portugalia Airlines that has been six years in the making, CEO Fernando Pinto told the European Aviation Club in Brussels. 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