Airline News - Europe.Mar 19, 2007 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 finishes eventful year in the red A tumultuous year that featured an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. , an attempted takeover by Ryanair and an announced withdrawal from oneworld ended on a down note for Aer Lingus as a lengthy list of exceptional items resulted in a [euro]69.9 million ($91.9 million) full-year loss compared to a 2005 profit of [euro]88.9 million Mar 14, 2007 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. , London City London City may refer to:
British Airways announced an expansion of its operation at London City, which it retained as part of its deal to sell BA Connect to Flybe. BA's new CityFlyer subsidiary will operate 250 weekly flights from LCY LCY Local Currency LCY Loose Cubic Yards (earth moving engineering equipment) LCY London, England, United Kingdom - London City (Airport Code) , a more than 73.6% increase from its current program of 144, to six UK and European destinations beginning March 26 aboard 10 RJ100s. It will launch new four-times-daily service to Glasgow International and Zurich and also will fly to Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Madrid and Milan Malpensa. CityFlyer, which has a new AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. , will offer a single-class configuration on domestic routes and a two-class layout on European routes. 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. press reports, BA expects it to turn a profit in the second year of operation Mar 15, 2007 British Mediterranean Airways Airline flies daily empty flight to keep London slot British Mediterranean Airways has been flying an empty plane round-trip between Heathrow and Cardiff on a daily basis in an effort to keep its slots at the London airport There are several airports that may be referred to as "London Airport": London, United Kingdom
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 will launch service from Dusseldorf to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. (five-times-weekly from May 3) and Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. (twice-weekly from May 3). It also will unveil a new livery when it takes delivery of its 12th A330, a -200, in May. Design will remain red and white, with a touch of silver added, and feature a larger logo on the tail. The new look "stands for the transformation of the former vacation carrier into an airline with standard routes and extremely attractive price-to-performance ratios for vacationers and business travelers." Mar 16, 2007 Lufthansa Lufthansa Plans Private Jet Service to the Middle East and tAsia Pacific. German flag carrier Lufthansa is eying expansion of its Private Jet service to the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region as demand for the top-end service, operated as a joint venture with Europe's largest business jet operator NetJets Europe, continues to soar. Mar 21, 2007 Lufthansa Lufthansa's domestic schedule will rely entirely on e-ticketing by April, it said yesterday. It currently is at 96%. Passengers on a domestic flight connecting to a foreign destination still will have access to paper tickets, albeit with a higher service charge. Mar 14, 2007 SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Scandinavian Airlines SAS is offering passengers the opportunity "to offset carbon dioxide emissions from air travel by paying [voluntary] compensation" via its website. Compensation fees are not set but the airline noted that a typical Scandinavia-Europe roundtrip would cost [euro]4.50 ($5.93) for the passenger to offset his share of emissions generated. Mar 15, 2007 SAS Scandinavian Airlines SAS Scandinavian Airlines will discontinue its Copenhagen-Shanghai Pudong service from April 8 and focus its Chinese service on Beijing, which it will serve with 10 flights per week by September. In addition, it will launch Stockholm Arlanda-Beijing flights on March 25. It also will start thrice-weekly CPH-Dubai flights on Oct. 31 aboard A340-300s. Mar 12, 2007 Silverjet Silverjet urges open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . yes Business class carrier looks to EU ministers' open skies decision to kick-start its European expansion. Mar 15, 2007 Virgin Atlantic, British Airways U.K. carriers oppose plans for European emissions tax U.K. airlines are criticizing a European proposal for "green taxes" intended to combat climate change. Virgin Atlantic is urging lawmakers to boost spending for the development of cleaner planes and fossil-free fuels. Meanwhile, British Airways called the taxes "an extremely blunt instrument in terms of reducing carbon emissions." Mar 12, 2007 VLM Airlines, British Airways VLM Airlines is not talking with British Airways about a possible sale of the regional carrier that is currently the largest operator at London City, owner Jaap Rosen Jacobson told AirguideOnline, putting to rest speculation that arose following BA's launch of CityFlyer. VLM 1. (architecture) VLM - Very Large Memory. 2. (networking) VLM - Virtual Loadable Module. accounts for about one-third of all aircraft movements at LCY. "There has been no negotiation with BA on this subject," Jacobson said. "I'm not saying a sale of VLM might not happen. One never knows. But there has been no contact with BA regarding VLM." Jacobson, who controls Panta Holdings, the Dutch holding comprising ACMI specialist Denim Air and Antwerp-based VLM, did not want to confirm he held negotiations with BA regarding BA Connect. Industry sources told this website that BA had talks with Panta when it was seeking to offload its loss-making regional business last year. 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