Airline News - Europe.Jun 18, 2007 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 yesterday launched daily Paris CDG-Seattle flights aboard an Airbus A330-200. Jun 12, 2007 Air France Air France retires its last Boeing 737 After 25 years of Boeing 737 operations, SkyTeam member Air France has retired its last example of the type from service. The airline said it operated its last Boeing 737 flight yesterday aboard a -500 on its Paris CDG-Turin route. Jun 12, 2007 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. Austrian Airlines Group 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. Alfred Oetsch said Austrian is facing growing competition on its routes to Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. and that in order to defend its critical Focus East strategy and "keep our position strong," it will "consider whether to buy or take shares in one of the carriers in Eastern Europe." He did not provide further details, but airlines from countries like Romania, Bulgaria or Moldova may be among the most likely targets. Jun 13, 2007 Finnair Finnair's Asian traffic has grown 30% year-over-year and is expected to maintain that rate through year end. Last month, 70% of passengers inbound from Asia connected on Finnair's European network. The airline is considering opening a fifth Chinese destination and is targeting South Korean service as well. Having ceded its Singapore flights to codeshare partners, it will focus principally on China, Japan and India, although it continues to fly to Bangkok. A third Indian city may be added if services to Mumbai and Delhi are successful. Jun 12, 2007 Silverjet Business Class-only operator, Silverjet, says it remains confident its model will continue to succeed despite a slew of new entrants onto the market. Jun 14, 2007 Swissair A three-judge court has acquitted 19 executives and consultants accused of fraud in the collapse of Switzerland's former national carrier, Swissair, and ordered the government to pay them compensation totalling more UK[pounds sterling]1m. Jun 14, 2007 Ukraine International Airlines Ukraine International Airlines (Ukrainian: Міжнародні Авіалінії України, Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny Ukraine International Airlines said IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. extended its IOSA IOSA Iata Operational Safety Audit IOSA Islands' Oil Spill Association (San Juan County, WA) IOSA Internet and Open Source in Archaeology IOSA International Oil Scouts Association IOSA International Organizational Studies Association registration for another two years until June 17, 2009. In 2005, UIA UIA Universidad Iberoamericana (México) UIA Union of International Associations UIA United Iraqi Alliance UIA University of Antwerp UIA Union Internationale des Avocats became the first CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S carrier to complete IOSA certification. Jun 15, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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