Airline News March 2005.NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board proposes expanding safety reporting requirements, but airlines object. Some large airlines object to moves by the National Transportation Safety Board to expand requirements for reporting safety incidents, such as engine failures, electronic cockpit display failures and anti-collision alerts. The Air Transport Association has said that some of the proposed changes are "neither necessary nor beneficial." Investigators want to broaden the rules as commercial air travel grows at a record pace. Mar 30, 2005 New screening machines will sniff passengers for explosives. Airports are adding screening machines that will sniff travelers for explosives, USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. reports. The machines are the size of phone booths and cost $100,000 each. They will be installed at 150 commercial airports within the next year and help lessen the need for pat-down searches, the Transportation Security Administration said. Mar 28, 2005 China may seem a strange place to establish a resort hotel but the world is moving on. Hilton International, a British company, will later this year open the Sanya Resort & Spa, a low-rise beachfront beach·front n. A strip of land facing or running along a beach. adj. Situated along or having direct access to a beach: beachfront hotels; beachfront property. Noun 1. resort in what has been hailed by tourism officials as the budding "Hawaii of China". Located in Yalong Bay Yalong Bay (亚龙湾, sometimes 牙龙湾), is a 7.5km beach located southeast of Sanya City, Hainan Province, China. It is also known as the Yalong Bay National Resort. on the southernmost tip of Hainan Island and separated from the mainland by 15 miles of the South China Sea, the luxury resort will be Hilton's first Worldwide Resort in the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China and will form an important part of the growing network of seven Hilton hotels
Mar 21, 2005 Monaco has quickly followed France in selling its wonders to the British holiday and conference market except that this time they chose posh Mayfair rather than the Tower of London Tower of London, ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it was a royal residence in the Middle Ages. . Amongst the hotels, spas and facilities putting on displays was Heli Air, who continue to run one of the longest established and most popular scheduled helicopter operations, that between Nice airport and the Monaco helicopter base. There are up to 25 services each day usually in five passenger turbine Ecureuils. The one way fare is E73. Nice is now a very popular UK destination with flights from Belfast, Birmingham, Gatwick, Heathrow, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Newcastle,Nottingham and Stansted. Our website photo shows (left to right) Karen Rice, Banks Sadler; Berenice Wurz - Monaco Convention Office London; Michel Bouquier, President - Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority; Marianne Huve- Allard, FTSE Group FTSE Group is a British provider of stock market indices and associated data services. FTSE operates the well known FTSE 100 Index and FTSE 250 Index as well as over 60,000 other indices, including 600 real-time indices. and Charlotte Bally, Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard (Euronext: RI) is a French company producing alcoholic beverages. Their most famous product, Pernod Anise (40% alcoholic volume) and Ricard Pastis, are both pastis, and often referred to as simply Ricard or Pernod. - World Travel. http://www.monaco-tourisme.com Mar 21, 2005 France is making a big effort to ensure that it continues as a major holiday destination for the British. 13.4m visited the Republic last year, probably a little less than Spain, which has not published figures, that number thought to be around 1m more. For reasons that we cannot make out the French regions chose the Tower of London for a press workshop last week where representatives were on hand to articulate (usually in perfect English) about their corner of France. Good food and plenty of wine helped to brighten a dour early March day. If there was any criticism it was that the transport contractors, typically 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 , Eurostar and the ferry companies did not have desks. http://www.fncrt.com Mar 14, 2005 Oneworld, the airline grouping led by American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the and 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. , has won the race between the three airlines to go completely electronic as far as interlining in·ter·lin·ing n. An extra lining between the outer fabric and regular lining of a garment. interlining Noun the material used to interline parts of garments is concerned. Clients can now travel with the convenience of just one e-ticket reference throughout the combined network served by the alliance's eight member airlines - American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas, Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (HKSE: 0293 ) is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 104 destinations worldwide. It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main base at the Hong Kong International Airport. [1]. , Iberia, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , Finnair and 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, - and their 17 affiliates. Passengers have no traditional paper ticket to lose or risk having stolen, checking-in is quicker and smoother, and they have access to the speed and convenience of new automated features, such as self-service or Internet check-in, helping eliminate queues at airports. http://www.oneworldalliance.com Mar 14, 2005 Star Alliance reaches agreement for minihub in Paris. The Star Alliance has signed an agreement with Aeroports de Paris which will allow the airline alliance to build a minihub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, Air Transport World reports. The alliance will build the hub in Terminal 1, where 12 of the 15 airline partners will be located. Mar 9, 2005 FAA deadline for replacing insulation looms. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control is requiring airlines to replace insulation on certain planes made by McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It merged with Boeing in 1997 to form The Boeing Company. by June 30. The total cost for the 719 planes is estimated at $368.4 million. Mar 7, 2005 Galway, on the far west coast of Ireland, and about 50 miles of not very good roads north of Shannon, is to have direct London flights for the first time. Euromanx will introduce a new twice weekdaily (plus once on a Sunday) service at the start of the summer season on Monday 18 April flown by an Avro RJ70. This will be the airline's second route from LCY LCY Local Currency LCY Loose Cubic Yards (earth moving engineering equipment) LCY London, England, United Kingdom - London City (Airport Code) , the Isle of Man Noun 1. Isle of Man - one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea Man British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic based airline taking over the London City London City may refer to:
Mar 6, 2005 IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. has issued traffic figures for January which shows a 7.9% increase over the same period in 2004, with cargo improving by 15.5%. Asia- Pacific growth was stunted at 2.5% in the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy. Overall passenger capacity rose by 7.8% leaving the global passenger load factor at 73.5% for January. With the exception of Asia Pacific and the Middle East, traffic gains have lead capacity expansion. Asia-Pacific, Middle Eastern and European carriers are reporting increasing profit numbers while the US industry continues to experience severe difficulties. This is particularly true as US domestic yields suffer severe pressure. Redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. of US domestic capacity to international routes and the continuing weakness of the US dollar are largely responsible for the 11.8% rise in traffic by North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. carriers. http://www.iata.org Mar 6, 2005 China has overtaken Japan as the largest air travel market in Asia and is second only to the US in terms of total scheduled departing seats, 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. a new report from the ITTC ITTC Information and Telecommunication Technology Center ITTC International Towing Tank Conference consultancy division of Airclaims, which is headed by Peter Morris, former IATA chief economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the . Mar 4, 2005 Running low on fuel, GlobalFlyer persists, may reach destination March 3, 2005. GlobalFlyer, the experimental airplane that its pilot intends to fly around the world nonstop, was short on fuel Wednesday, but its pilot continued flying across the Pacific instead of landing in Hawaii. Pilot Steve Fossett James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944 - missing September 3, 2007) is an American aviator, sailor and adventurer. Fossett made his fortune in the financial services industry and is best known for many world records including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a said tailwinds were running higher than expected. He hopes to reach Salina Salina (səlī`nə), city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed to slavery, inc. 1870. , Kan., his destination, today March 3rd. Mar 3, 2005 GlobalFlyer pilot successfully finishes solo flight Solo Flight was a flight simulator game for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit microcomputers, released in 1983. It was later released for the IBM PC. The game was created by noted game designer Sid Meier, and published by MicroProse Software, Inc. around the world. GlobalFlyer pilot Steve Fossett completed the first solo nonstop flight around the world at about 2 p.m. Thursday March 3, 2005. Fossett, a millionaire adventurer, also holds the record for flying around the world alone in a balloon. He is attempting to break several aviation records. The GlobalFlyer flight took 67 hours. Mar 3, 2005 Aegean Airlines, Olympic Airlines Olympic Airlines may be bought by rival Aegean Airlines, following the disclosure that it is weighing up the value of the troubled Greekflag carrier. Aegean,which competes with Olympic on domestic and international routes, submitted abid last month focused on Olympic's flight operations. It is reported that five companies have entered the race for Olympic,including the one-time British Airways subsidiary DBA,which is now privately owned.http://www.olympic-airways.gr Mar 28, 2005 Air Canada Air Canada has adjusted its domestic schedule to add flights between major cities after Canadian low-fare carrier Jetsgo shut down operations on Friday stranding passengers. Jetsgo President Michel Leblanc Michel Leblanc is a Canadian "serial entrepreneur" responsible for starting up several failed airlines. Among those are Québecair, Royal Aviation(sold to Canada 3000 in 2001 when bankrupt also) and, the most recent airline to go bankrupt, Jetsgo on March 11, 2005. said the airline deeply regretted having to shut down and would seek bankruptcy protection. Air Canada is busy adding new daily flights to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Halifax as the March vacation break for college students is underway. Air Canada also will be adding 10 one-way flights per week to its Rapidair shuttle in the Toronto-Montreal-Ottawa corridor. "We are making these schedule improvements where we see demand increase for Air Canada services as a direct result of the withdrawal of Jetsgo," said Ben Smith, vice president of network planning. Mar 14, 2005 Air France Air France is boosting itsservice 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. this summer by offering three new destinations. Belgrade will have a daily flight; Ljubljana in Slovenia will have twodaily flights; and Zagreb will also have two daily flights, including oneoperated by Croatia Airlines Croatia Airlines is the national airline and flag carrier of Croatia, based in Zagreb, and a regional member of the Star Alliance. It operates services to domestic and international destinations. . Thissummer the networks partners Air France and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) are coordinated due to a regularservice of 15 round trips per day between Paris Charles de Gaulle and AmsterdamSchiphol, forming Europe's. Servicebetween the French regions and Amsterdam give these areas full access to the KLMnetwork, thus supplementing Air France's capacity. Air France also code-shares with KLM to a number of long-hauldestinations including Aruba, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , Bahrain,Bonaire, Jakarta, Curacao, Guayaquil, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. , Lima, Manila, Quito,as well to 15 European destinations http://www.airfrance.com Mar 28, 2005 Air India Air India (formerly Air-India, Hindi: एअर इंडिया) is the national flag carrier of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. Air India is to introduce a three times weekly service from Birmingham to Amritsar and onward to Delhi on 15 May. The three class Boeing 777 will also operate to Toronto. Under an agreement that dates back over many years Air India also has a daily service to JFK from Heathrow, this time using a Boeing 747. http://www.airindia.com Mar 21, 2005 Air Jamaica Air Jamaica suspended flights to Grenada, St. Lucia and Barbados until April 16 in an effort to comply with local safety regulations. There is concern in some quarters that the suspended service will impact travel during the busy Easter holiday. The decision came a month after Air Jamaica pulled half its 20 planes out of service and canceled several U.S. and Britain-bound flights after a U.S. Federal Aviation audit raised questions about the airline's maintenance schedule. The airline's new board of directors is leading a major restructuring plan that includes cutting employees' salaries, trimming staff size by 10 percent and reducing or eliminating some flights. Mar 23, 2005 Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... Air New Zealand appointed a star chef from one of Los Angeles' top restaurants as the airline's new menu consultant on flights originating from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Govind Armstrong, executive chef and partner of the trendy Table 8 Restaurant, will help develop a completely new menu for Air New Zealand's Business Premier Class and Pacific Premium Economy Class travelers. The new menu options are expected to become available this summer, coinciding with the unveiling of Air New Zealand's new long-haul service. Mar 4, 2005 Airbus Airbus to start testing emergency escapes on A380 this summer. In an emergency, all 853 passengers on an Airbus A380 superjumbo jet must escape from the plane in 90 seconds. Airbus will test emergency evacuations this summer at a plant in Hamburg, Germany, the Wall Street Journal reports. The A380 is set to complete its first flight test in April. The A380 escape process features rubber slides made by Goodrich that stretch out 53 feet, longer than the usual 40 feet. Mar 22, 2005 Airbus Airbus coy about A380's appearance at Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International . Airbus said it has not decided if it will exhibit its A380 superjumbo jet at the Paris Air Show in June, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is one of two daily newspapers in Seattle, Washington, United States, the other being the Seattle Times. History The P-I, Seattle's first newspaper, was founded on December 10, 1863 as the Seattle Gazette reports. However, a source at Boeing said Airbus has reserved space for the giant plane. Boeing will display its 777-200LR, the jetliner with the longest range in history. Mar 16, 2005 Airbus Airbus A318 & A319 could soon be operating out of London City Airport London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a STOLport. which has a problem with the departed BAe/AVRO series, the only large aircraft currently approved for the 1200m strip, a former wharf. According to the airport the aircraft is technically OK for landing and take-off but there is a problem with the apron, which was never designed for such a large, and tall aircraft. LCY currently is looking at expanding stand space at the western extremity of the boarding gates. If the smallest of the A320 family were approved it could open up the airport to European operators of the aircraft who have not considered LCY. Iberia and Madrid would be a perfect route. The smaller Embraer 170 is also expected to be approved soon for the airport. http://www.airbus.com http://www.londoncityairport.com Mar 14, 2005 AirTran AirTran to add six new cities in 2005, nearly double fleet by 2008. AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from will add up to six cities to its route map this year, the Charlotte Observer reports. The airline already announced plans to fly to Charlotte and Indianapolis this spring. Chief executive Joe Leonard For the baseball player, see . Joe Leonard (born August 4, 1932, San Diego, California), is a retired American motorcycle racer and racecar driver. Leonard won the first AMA Grand National Championship Series in 1954 and won it again in 1956 and 1957. also said AirTran will nearly double its fleet by the end of 2008. Mar 11, 2005 Alitalia Alitalia's hopes of financial restructuring have been hit by objections from rival carriers including British Airways and Lufthansa over a measure of packages. The objectors are demanding the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community block the plan, whichthey say constitutes illegal state aid. Budgetcarriers are also asking for the EC to throw out the plan. http://www.alitalia.com Mar 28, 2005 Alitalia Alitalia seems to be getting itself even further into the mire mire (mer) [Fr.] one of the figures on the arm of an ophthalmometer whose images are reflected on the cornea; measurement of their variations determines the amount of corneal astigmatism. mire n. with the cancellation last Wednesday of 88 flights due to yet another strike. This was the third action by the SULT union since February, its leaders trying to negotiate for better contracts for cabin crews after rejecting an agreement signed by larger unions that cut salaries in an attempt to prevent layoffs. Just how long Alitalia can continue with the downward spiral remains to be seen, even the Italian travelling public giving the carrier a miss. http://www.alitalia.com Mar 21, 2005 American Airlines American will resume it seasonal nonstop flights from New York-JFK to Rome April 3 2005. It will fly the route daily through October with 767 aircraft configured with 30 seats in business class and 189 in economy. American flies to four other major European cities direct from New York- Brussels, London, Paris and Zurich. The flights to Rome will depart JFK at 5 p.m. and arrive at 7:15 a.m. They leave Rome at 10:35 a.m. and arrive at JFK at 2:05 p.m. Mar 29, 2005 American Airlines American Airlines begins non-stop service between its Miami hub and Hamilton, Bermuda. American's non-stop flight A non-stop flight in the aviation industry refers to any flight which does not involve any intermediate stops. Many laymen mistakenly assume that a "direct flight" is similar to a "non-stop flight". from Miami to Bermuda begins March 2 2005, and service from Bermuda to Miami will start on Thursday, March 3. Initially, there will be two weekly flights in each direction on Boeing 737 aircraft; starting June 10 there will be five weekly flights in each direction. American's Wednesday and Sunday schedule between Miami and Hamilton, Bermuda: Flight # 308 departs 5:00 p.m. and arrives 8:35 p.m. From Hamilton Bermuda to Miami, Thursday and Monday: Flight #1325 departs 9:25 a.m. and arrives 11:00 a.m. All times shown are local. Mar 2, 2005 American Airlines and Continental American Airlines and Continental have each tentatively won one of the hardest fought route battles in the US, securing the right to fly from the US to China from 2005 and 2006, the first new awards to China for passenger airlines in more than 20 years. The new services stem from an agreement last year between the two governments allowing an increase of flights. The Department of Transportation announcement follows an aggressive lobbying campaign. American Airlines marshalled the support of 26 senators, seven governors, 24 mayors and 38 airports, while Continental and Delta submitted at least 10,000 employee letters to underpin their application. United Airlines and Northwest are the established carriers between the US and China. http://www.aa.com http://www.continental.com Mar 6, 2005 Barclaycard Business Travel UK[sup.1]s Barclaycard Business Travel has come up with some statistics which indicate that nearly one third (28%) of professionals need to use the internet to purchase their travel. This is a significant increase from the previous year's survey when just 2% were required to book travel in this way. The research from the ninth Barclaycard Business Travel Survey shows that over half (53%) have purchased business travel online during the past 12 months. Of these 77% have booked flights online - an increase of 11% on 2003, 73% have booked hotel accommodation online and 34% have booked rail online. http://www.companybarclaycard.co.uk Mar 21, 2005 bmi Riyadh is the surprise second destination for bmi from Heathrow. This follows British Airways decision to pull off the route and the award of four return flights per week to Mumbai for the former British Midland British midland may refer to:
`dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. soon afterwards. bmi will use one of their three class Airbus A330s on the Riyadh route, taking an aircraft normally based at Manchester. The MAN aircraft will be replaced by a two class Icelandair Boeing 757, complete with flight deck crew, bmi supplying the public contact cabin staff. This aircraft will be used on the Manchester - Washington route. On Riyadh competing carrier Saudia is a 'dry' airline. http://www.flybmi.com Mar 14, 2005 bmi Bmi is now getting geared up for the launch of services to Mumbai (India) later in the spring, its first long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. flights out of Heathrow for several decades. With minor administrative details still to overcome final arrangements have not been confirmed for the planned four times weekly flights with a three class Airbus A330 as used on the airline's successful North American and Caribbean service. bmi has also reported a [pounds sterling]2.1m pre-tax profit for the financial year ending 31 December 2004 compared to a pre-tax loss of [pounds sterling]9.8m in the previous 12 months. http://www.flybmi.com Mar 6, 2005 Boeing Boeing expects to equal Airbus sales in two years, executive says. Randy Baseler, vice president for marketing for Boeing's commercial airplanes unit, expects the aviation recession to end in two years, Reuters reports. At that point, Boeing will match its European rival Airbus in the number of aircraft deliveries, Baseler said. Airbus has delivered more jets for two consecutive years. Mar 28, 2005 Boeing The first Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner, the world's longest range commercial airplane, completed its first flight on March 8 2005 and began a test program that will lead to its first delivery in January 2006. The newest 777 took off from Everett, Wash., Paine Field Paine Field, also known as Snohomish County Airport (IATA: PAE) is located in Everett, Washington. History Constructed in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project, the United States Army Air Corps leased the airport in 1940 and named it at 10 a.m. local time. After approximately three hours, it landed at 1:02 p.m. at Seattle's Boeing Field Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport (IATA: BFI, ICAO: KBFI) is a two-runway airport owned and run by King County, Washington. . Capts. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann and Frank Santoni flew the airplane, which carries the distinctive new blue Boeing livery. Darcy-Hennemann is the 777-200LR project pilot and Santoni is the chief 777 program pilot for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas . Mar 8, 2005 Boeing Boeing to overhaul 737 with new technologies in next decade. A Boeing executive said the company will overhaul its family of 737 narrowbody jets during the next decade. Randy Baseler, vice president of Boeing's Commercial Airplanes unit, said the company will apply the new technologies of its 787 to its single-aisle planes. There is no firm launch date for the new 737. Mar 2, 2005 British Airways British Airways has switched over to a summer schedule and has added 13 new European flights for the summer. It will be operating an average of 631 daily flights between Britain and the Continent, as well as 372 daily flights within the UK and 60 across the Irish Sea Irish Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), 130 mi (209 km) long and up to c.140 mi (230 km) wide, lying between Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel and (on the south) by St. George's Channel. . It is awaiting approval for London-Heathrow to Shanghai flights to operate five times a week. It has instituted new flights from London-Gatwick to Salonika, Greece; Split, Croatia; and Vilnius, Lithuania. On May 1 it will begin flying to Bucharest, Romania, and on June 2 to Sofia, Bulgaria. BA's CitiExpress will launch two new flights from Bristol daily to Milan and six per week to Zurich. Its franchise partner GB Airways starts new flights from London-Gatwick to Heraklion, Crete, on May 3 and from Manchester to Dubrovnik, Malta, Paphos and Tenerife May 16 2005. Mar 30, 2005 British Airways British Airways was perhaps a little undiplomatic to invite Liverpool's Spanish star Josemi to a reception at Manchester Airport For City Airport Manchester, UK, see . For the United States airport, see . Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is a major airport in Manchester, UK. It opened to airline traffic in June 1938. ! However the airline wanted to make the headlines for the introduction of flights to Malaga (and Malta, Dubrovnik, Paphos plus Tenerife). BA franchise GB has established a base at Manchester and will use two class Airbus A320 aircraft on all services. On the website you can see Josemi joining BA girls Natalia Hockings (left) and Laura Cave with a traditional Spanish panata. http://www.ba.com Mar 21, 2005 British Airways Rod Eddington Sir Roderick Ian Eddington (born 1950, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian businessman. He is currently a director of News Corporation, continuing his long association with that company. , who retires as British Airways chief executive at the end of September, has been asked by the UK government to advise on the long- term impact of transport decisions on the country's productivity, stability and growth. The announcement was made during the Budget speech last week and was perhaps the only item in the whole financial treatise not to involve money. Rod will be unpaid. It's fine news for the air transport industry who nove has someone on the "inside" regarding government. It can only be a good thing. http://www.ba.com Mar 21, 2005 British Airways, Qantas SIingapore, Changi Airport's oneworld lounge, operated on a joint basis by British Airways and Qantas, has just undergone a major re-vamp. To start with it is three times bigger than the previous offering (which in itself was fine - but seemingly always busy) and now has seating for 400 passengers. The entrance foyer is dominated by a six metre long artwork, Verdant ver·dant adj. 1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth. 2. Green. 3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive. Veil 2004 - from the Green Space series by renowned Australian artist Janet Laurence Janet Laurance (1947 – ) is a Sydney based Australian artist who works in mixed media and installation. Her work has been included in major survey exhibitions, nationally and internationally and is regularly exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne and Japan. . The lounge itself now has 20 fully appointed shower suites, reached through a spa-like entrance way complete with water feature and courtesy internet cafe The high-tech equivalent of the coffee house. However, instead of playing chess or having heated political discussions, you browse the Internet and discuss the latest technology. CDs, DVDs, games and other "cyber stuff" are also generally available. style PC bench overlooking the terminal. The new buffet area and self-serve bar offer complimentary beverages and light refreshments throughout the day; and there is a dedicated television/entertainment zone featuring large plasma television screens and oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. sofas and lounge chairs for maximum comfort. http://www.ba.com http://www.qantas.com Mar 6, 2005 BusinessJet Class BusinessJet Class, a private jet charter company, is now a preferred supplier of Travelsavers. It is participating in the "Affluent Traveler Program." Many of Travelsavers' 2,850 member agencies are experts in luxury travel. George Khairallah, president of BusinessJet, said, "We continue to enhance the skill set and field of travel knowledge among Travelsavers agencies by providing online training, very competitive pricing and generous commissions, as well as override incentive plans." More information is at www.businessjetclass.com. Mar 28, 2005 CityJet CityJet, the Air France owned BAe 146 operator based in Dublin, will take over from FlyBe the Birmingham - Paris franchise route at the end of this month with the start of the summer programme. Air France plans six return flights per day and will move to Birmingham's T2. CityJet also flies under a franchise agreement with AF from London City to both Dublin and Paris Orly. http://www.cityjet.com Mar 14, 2005 Continental Airlines Airlines attempt third fare increase within a month's time. If an increase in fares led by Continental Airlines sticks, it will become the third fare increase in less than a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. Continental on Friday lifted round-trip domestic fares by $10. Several other airlines matched the move over the weekend. Mar 21, 2005 Continental Airlines MANCHESTER is to gain a second service to New York's Newark Airport, arguably a better arrival point than JFK. Continental Airlines is to take the unusual step on 10 June of replacing its current wide-bodied Boeing 777 operation with two Boeing 757 services all year round. The revised operation gives nearly 50% extra seat capacity in the winter (and 21% in the summer). The choice of departure/arrival times will be of real benefit to passengers. OAG's Airline of the Year 2004 points out that in its BusinessFirst section the 2 + 2 layout is identical to the previous accommodation in a 777 but with the centre seats removed. British Airways also offer single Boeing 767 service to the less attractive 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 Kennedy Airport. http://www.continental.com Mar 14, 2005 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. Czeck Airlines CSA Czeck Airlines is set topart-privatise after 2006 with an initial public offering of its shares. Chairman Jaroslav Tvrdik said the airline's general meeting will agreeto the plan. However, the partialsell-off will take place after the company had put a plan in place to coveraccrued losses and a financial restructuring is complete. These factors should allow the privatisation process to begin next year. http://www.csa.cz Mar 28, 2005 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines said last week that it will replace its inflight food sales in April with an expanded snack selection. First class passengers on all flights and economy travellers on flights of 90 minutes or more will receive such snacks as crisps, peanuts and crackers. Economy class patrons on services of more than 3 hours 30 minutes will be presented with snack pack of crackers, cheese, cookies and raisins. Delta said it would continue to offer complimentary meal service to first class passengers on flights longer than3 hours 30 minutes. These are tough times with the US legacy carriers and if you are the type that gets hungry on flights the maxim is "buy sandwiches on the ground". The airline is following American Airlines and dropping pillows in the back cabin too. http://www.delta.com Mar 21, 2005 Delta Air Lines, Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection, Song Customers flying Delta Air Lines, the Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection and Song to, from or through Boston now have a more convenient and comfortable travel experience as the doors officially open at the new, state-of-the-art Terminal A facility at Boston[sup.1]s Logan International Airport For the Logan airport in Billings, Montana, see . Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS) in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the Town of Winthrop, Massachusetts), is one . Mar 16, 2005 Detroit Metro Airport Detroit Metro Airport lowers landing fees for airlines. Rising passenger traffic prompted Detroit Metro Airport to lower landing fees for airlines, the Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. reports. Concession revenue has climbed because more people are passing through the airport, officials said. The fee was lowered from $3.39 to $2.95 for every 1,000 pounds of aircraft. The change should save airlines $5.8 million. Mar 25, 2005 Dornier The proud history of Dornier, founded in 1910, could be about to come to an end. Last Tuesday Last Tuesday is a Christian melodic punk rock band hailing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They played their final show on March 10th, 2007. Last Tuesday was formed in 1999 in Harrisburg, P.A. an auction began of what remains of the inventory of the company including the only 728 airframe completed and German insolvency practitioners Pluta had been appointed by the district court at Oberfaffenhofen to look after the affairs of AvCraft Aerospace GmbH, a successor company closely involved with the turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a and jet versions of the 328 commuter aircraft. Most of the 345 staff have been laid off and Martin Prager of Pluta says he is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new investors. Since taking over, Avcraft, which is closely connected with the US company of the same name, has delivered 13 whitetails and built two complete aircraft. Cash flow seems to be the major problem, three aircraft ordered, completed, but not delivered to Chinese airline Hainan, a cause of contention. The 328 has been a success from an operational point of view, the turboprop variant the backbone of Scot Airways in the UK and the jet version also used by Southampton-based Club 328. http://www.pluta.net Mar 14, 2005 Easyjet Easyjet has come out very early to announce three new routes from its Berlin Schoenefeld base. Starting on 21 September 2005 it will fly to Gatwick, Milan and Rome, bringing the number of destinations from what will eventually become Brandeburg International to 27, more than Luton and Stansted and only one less than the 28 currently offered from Gatwick. Berlin is now easyJet's largest base outside of the UK and with the delivery of the airline's 100th aircraft at the end of this month, Schoenefeld will account for 10% of easyJet's total operations. With 70 daily flights, easyJet expects to carry over 3m passengers to and from Berlin in 2005. These new routes are in addition to the five already announced that will begin operations from Berlin this summer to Belfast, Maastricht-Aachen, Olbia, Pisa and Valencia. http://www.easyjet.com Mar 6, 2005 Embraer Embraer has delivered the 900th example of the ERJ ERJ Embraer (stock symbol) ERJ European Rubber Journal ERJ Embraer Regional Jet 145 family, an ERJ 135 for Luxair. The aircraft, the Luxembourg carrier's second, will be used on its four times daily service between the London City Airport and its home base. The airline is an established ERJ operator with eight 145s in the fleet, and has in recent times also taken delivery of Boeing 737-700 equipment. The 145 made its first commercial flight in December 1996. By December 2006 the 1,000th example should also be making its living. http://www.embraer.com http://www.luxair.lu Mar 6, 2005 Emirates Emirates introduced on March 15 2005 its new Dubai-Seoul service to Korean media and travel trade partners in Seoul. The airline's new daily non-stop service to South Korea's capital and top economic center will start May 1, 2005 and will support the strong demand for air links between the two cities, and boost trade and tourism exchanges between them, said Ghaith Al Ghaith, Emirates' Executive Vice President Commercial Operations Worldwide. Mar 14, 2005 Emirates Emirates is escalating its services between Dubai and Kuwait from the current 11 to 16 flights every week, powered by strong growth in demand and preference for its operations. Starting April 1 2005, Emirates will serve Kuwait with three flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; two flights on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and one flight on Tuesdays. The new additional service flight EK 859 will depart Dubai every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 8:35 p.m. to arrive in Kuwait at 9:15 p.m. Flight EK 860 will return from Kuwait at 10:25 p.m. to reach Dubai at 1:00 a.m. the next day. The schedule has been carefully planned to enable busy executives to return home after attending business meetings and conferences all day. Mar 8, 2005 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. , airBaltic Estonian Air and fellow minnow minnow, common name for the Cyprinidae, a large family of freshwater fish which includes the carp (Cyprinus carpio), and of which there are some 300 American species. The European minnow is Phoxinus phoxinus. airBaltic, which are owned just under 50% by 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. , are tobecome totally under the control of the Scandinavian giant as the airline looksat ways of expanding its eastern Europe network through the relatively cheaphubs of Tallinn and Riga. As thingsstand both carriers will keep their identities and join the Star Alliance http://www.estonian-air.com Mar 28, 2005 EuJet EuJet passengers on can now sign-up to Jet-text, a free SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. service that alerts them about any alterations to their flights. It is believed to be a first for the UK's low cost airline industry. The Kent-based airline introduced the new system last week, just in time to be useful when the UK's most south eastern county was struck by snow blizzards. Passengers need to register their mobile number with the call centre. Importantly the service enables EUjet to track if the message has been delivered and when it was read. Under the new EU regulations the airline has to prove it has contacted the customer. The product has been developed by Mkodo, a leading mobile services specialist. http://www.mkodo.com http://www.eujet.com Mar 6, 2005 Germanwings Berlin Schoenefeld has a new tenant airline. Germanwings has chosen the easyJet base as a hub for its own ambitious plans for growth. Eight new routes will be introduced on 5 June: Ankara, Dusseldorf, Istanbul, Moscow, Munich, Split, Stockholm and Zagreb. Schoenefeld is already a destination from Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart, its two existing hubs. Also new from Cologne/Bonn for this summer are Ankara, Birmingham Dubrovnik Moscow and Verona. http://www.germanwings.com Mar 14, 2005 Icelandair Icelandair, will resume flights from New York's JFK International Airport on March 11, 2005. Icelandair offers nonstop flights to their hub in Reykjavik, Iceland with nonstop connections to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , Germany, Holland and France. Passengers may Take-A-Break in Iceland for up to seven nights on their way to or from Europe's hottest destinations, at no additional airfare. Mar 9, 2005 Jet Blue Jet Blue, one of the most successful of the new breed of US domestic carriers, could be adding the very competitive New York JFK - Boston route to its ever-expanding portfolio. The airline is due to take delivery of its first Embraer 190 in the autumn, the 100-seat aircraft ideal on short sectors such as Kennedy - Logan International. Currently both American Airlines and Delta serve the route with flight timings of just one hour in the less busy periods. http://www.jetblue.com Mar 14, 2005 Jetsgo Jetsgo looks like being gone and has closed its operation. The Canadian no frills This article is about the marketing concept. For other uses, see No-frills (disambiguation). No-frills or no frills is the term used to describe any service or product for which the non-essential features (called frills) have been removed. carrier, which was first established in 2002, shut shop last Thursday and is unlikely to be seen around again. The carrier flew a mixture of MD83 aircraft and recently acquired Fokker 100s to about 30 destinations in Canada and the US. Thousands of passengers were stranded including it is thought 600 from the UK. http://www.jetsgo.net Mar 14, 2005 Korean Air  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Korean Air will be adding Prestige Plus business-class seats and cocoon- style first class seats to its aircraft later this year, along with new in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass. systems and Internet outlets. In October, all of its front-line staff, flight attendants, pilots and mechanics will have new uniforms designed by Italian fashion designer Gianfranco Ferre. Korean Air is spending more than $1 billion on its makeovers, and says it aims to be one of the top 10 passenger airlines by 2010. Mar 28, 2005 LAN Airlines LAN Airlines S.A. NYSE: LFL (formerly Lan Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is the principal Chilean airline and one of the largest in South America, with flights to Latin America, Canada, United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. LAN Airlines, in conjunction with Argentine investors, has initiated negotiations to acquire an airline in Argentina in order to operate domestic and international passenger, mail and cargo services. The airline will use the name of LAN ARGENTINA LAN Argentina is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an affiliate of LAN Airlines and operates scheduled domestic services from Buenos Aires to Córdoba and Mendoza and international services to Miami. Its main base is Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires. and will be part of the LAN airline alliance. For additional information call 866-I-FLY-LAN or visit www.lan.com Mar 14, 2005 London City Airport London City Airport should be close to 2m passengers for the year by the end of December. With the Dockland Light Railway now officially to open on 15 December the airport is set to boom with a target of 3.5m for 2010. Train time to Bank is 22 minutes and Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in just 10 minutes. Currently 50% of passengers arrive by taxi but this ratio is expected to drop with the coming of the train. 13 airlines now serve the airport with 23 routes. Work starts on the DLR DLR Dollar(s) DLR Dealer DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) DLR Docklands Light Railway (London, UK) DLR Dynamic Language Runtime extension under the Thames to the east of the airport in June, in three years' time LCY finally linked to south east London South East London is a name commonly given to the south eastern part of London, England on the south side of the River Thames. Definition of the area South east London is made up of the following London boroughs which are Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark and Kent. The airport says that space has now been established for a terminal extension on land freed up by the new railway, eliminating a need to expensively expand over the water. The airport has also noted that 40% of British Airways passengers are now checking in electronically, half from their office or home, the balance on the self-ticketing machines provided in the terminal. http://www.londoncityairport.com Mar 14, 2005 London[sup.1]s Heathrow London[sup.1]s Heathrow[sup.1]s terminal 5 has passed the halfway mark on schedule and on budget. The impressive new terminal building, British Airways new home from 2008, now has its final roof section in place. Each span of the roof is 117m. Also in place is the new control tower, 87m high and reputed to cost [pounds sterling]50m. It will become operational in 2006. http://www.baa.com/main/airports/heathrow/terminal_5_frame.html Mar 14, 2005 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. International Short-staffed TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). , airlines blamed for long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. at LAX. Officials at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX say they are unable to shorten long lines because airlines and the Transportation Security Administration are short-staffed, the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). reports. At a hearing before City Council members, airline officials said new technology will reduce the lines. A recent report said long lines are a grave terrorist threat and recommended finding ways to shorten them. Mar 31, 2005 Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles airport considers mail-back program as ban on lighters approaches. Officials at Los Angeles International Airport said they are considering a program that will allow passengers to mail prohibited items home. Some other airports already offer such a service. The upcoming ban on cigarette lighters has pushed the issue to the forefront for the Los Angeles airport. Mar 19, 2005 Lufthansa Private Jet Lufthansa seems to be in an innovative mood. Established with its business class only operation across the north Atlantic, the German carrier has come up with a new product, Lufthansa Private Jet, operated for LH by specialist NetJets. From the beginning of the summer schedule long haul passengers arriving at Munich can connect to the personalised service which serves more than one thousand local airports around Europe. Flights can be booked up to 180 days or up to 24 hours prior to flight departure. Costing clearly depends on the flight time to the final destination and the aircraft type used, but once the initial aircraft has been booked extra passengers are only charged up to E300. You can book the aircraft in the reverse direction from the local airports too. http://www.lufthansa.com Mar 14, 2005 Moscow Domodedovo Airport Moscow[sup.1]s Domodedovo Airport has another resident airline, Iberia. The Spanish national carrier has launched daily non-stop scheduled flights between Madrid and Moscow and will offer business class clients the use the new Oneworld facility run by British Airways. Two class Airbus A319 aircraft will be used on the service with a flight time of 5 hours 10 minutes. The new route opens up Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. from Russia and also gives access to the CIS countries There are two lists concerning CIS countries:
Mar 21, 2005 New York Airports New York has posted figures of 94m passengers for its three airports last year, for the first time topping the pre-9/11 numbers. JFK led the way with 37.5m passengers in 2004, representing an 18% increase over 2003. LaGuardia Airport LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough had 24.4m passengers, an increase of 8.7%, while Newark Liberty Airport recorded an 8.3% increase with 31.9m passengers in 2003. International traffic, which increased 15% in 2004, was expected to exceed the pre-9/11 pace this year. Mind you this only places New York third as the world's aviation hub (and mostly domestic), easily beaten by London (120m) and Tokyo (98m) with Paris well behind with 70m passengers for its two major airports. http://www.panynj.gov Mar 6, 2005 Paris Charles de Gaulle airport Paris[sup.1] Charles de Gaulle airport terminal 2F is to have a new roof. The futuristic building, mainly used by Air France, which partly collapsed last May killing four people, will be rebuilt using a domed structure. The lower levels are largely unaffected and the work, scheduled to be completed by 2008, should cause minimum further disruption. Last month the French government said it planned to press ahead with partially privatising Aeroports de Paris which also operates Orly. http://www.adp.fr Mar 21, 2005 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways (Arabic: القطرية) is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. It operates a hub and spoke network based in Doha, linking 81 international destinations. Qatar Airways has announced details of flight schedules to its new summer destinations of Tunis and Algiers, the route joining the airline's growing network on 2 May 2005. The airline will operate three flights from its operational hub of Doha to Tunis, the service continuing on to Algiers. These two new capitals will strengthen the airline's presence in the North African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. North African adj. & n. Adj. 1. market where it already serves Cairo, Luxor, Khartoum, Tripoli and Casablanca. http://www.qatarairways.com Mar 6, 2005 SAS SAS will have flat beds on its long-haul Business Class service to Asia and the US from next year. In response tocustomer demand, the design and construction of the seat have been developed toprovide a higher degree of comfort and seclusion seclusion Forensic psychiatry A strategy for managing disturbed and violent Pts in psychiatric units, which consists of supervised confinement of a Pt to a room–ie, involuntary isolation, to protect others from harm . Fourteen seats have been removed from the original 60-seat configurationin the Business Class section of the A340 aircraft to create space for a 46-seatlayout. This reduces to a 34 seat layout in the smaller A330aircraft. http://www.scandinavian.net Mar 28, 2005 Skyeurope Airlines Skyeurope Airlines, headquartered in Bratislava (Slovakia), and which claims to be central Europe's first low cost low fare airline, is to increase capacity for the summer season 2005. Four additional Boeing 737s will join SkyEurope's fleet which currently comprises 13 aircraft. The additional capacity will coincide with an increase in frequencies to most of the existing destinations as well as with the launch of ten new routes: Athens and Copenhagen (from/to Bratislava and Budapest), Barcelona (from/to Budapest and Krakow), Manchester (from/to Bratislava and Krakow), Nice (from/to Bratislava and Budapest). SkyEurope is now in its fourth year of operation and in summer will serve a total of 41 scheduled routes to 22 destinations in 14 countries. http://www.skyeurope.com Mar 6, 2005 Song Mimicking JetBlue, Song adds expensive in-flight entertainment systems. While its parent Delta Air Lines cuts back on perks, low-cost unit Song has added expensive in-flight entertainment systems, the New York Times reports. Song competes with low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. JetBlue, which already features in-seat monitors with live television. Meanwhile, other U.S. airlines are testing ways to improve their entertainment systems without spending much money. Mar 15, 2005 South African Airlines Washington is to gain a direct flight to Johannesburg following South African Airlines decision to introduce a four times weekly Boeing 747 service from July. The three class aircraft will route via Accra. SAA (Systems Application Architecture) A set of interfaces designed to cross all IBM platforms from PC to mainframe. Introduced by IBM in 1987, SAA includes the Common User Access (CUA), the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) and Common Communications already serves the USA with daily flights from its major hub to New York's JFK and Atlanta Hartsfield. Flat beds in both first and business class will be a feature of the operation. http://www.flysaa.com Mar 21, 2005 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) South African Airways will begin flying to Washington-Dulles Airport in July with direct service to Johannesburg. It plans to operate four flights a week. It currently operates daily flights from New York- Kennedy and Atlanta-Hartsfield airports. Phillip Bekker, senior vice president of the Americas for SAA, said, "Our North American routes have shown tremendous growth and the addition of a third service between North America and South Africa provides an ideal opportunity for expanding our global route network." The airline expects to see heavy business and government traffic from Dulles. It will use a 747-400 on the route, which means it is returning three classes of service on its flights to Johannesburg. Both Business and First classes have a lie-flat seat. New York and Atlanta flights use A340s with a Premium Business and Economy classes. Mar 15, 2005 Southwest Airlines Large passengers thinking of flying on that most successful of airlines Southwest might wish to think again. Whilst it has had a "customer of size" policy since 1980, requiring a larger passenger unable to fit in one seat to pay for two it is only in recent times been really implementing it. The airline says it can no longer ignore complaints from slimmer passengers and has begun enforcing the policy more vigilantly requiring passengers to pay for the extra space even if seats were available on the same flight. A refund is made available if it actually takes off with empty seats. With one-fourth of Americans now classified as obese it is a problem. US Airways, Northwest Airlines and America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International all can require an overweight passenger to pay for two seats but say they do everything they can to find a pair of empty adjoining seats on the plane at no additional charge. Each case is an individual judgment call. There are no scales at the check-in counter (as there were many years ago). The test appears to be whether a passenger can sit in one seat without lifting the armrest. In 2000, a California judge ruled that Southwest's policy was "reasonable and not discriminatory" after a woman weighing 300 pounds sued. The woman's civil rights were not violated, the court said. We wait to see what happens this side of the water. http://www.southwest.com Mar 21, 2005 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). will serve 74 destinations around the world in its 2005 summer schedules - four more than in last year's summer timetable period. Swiss will operate to 47 points in Europe and 27 intercontinental destinations. The 2005 summer timetable period runs from March 27 to October 29. Swiss will be offering an attractive network of services to 74 destinations in 41 countries in its 2005 summer schedules. The Swiss International European network will extend to 47 points in 22 countries, while intercontinental services will be offered to 27 destinations in 19 countries. Five new destinations will be served in Europe, four of them receiving seasonal service between mid-June and mid-September. Twelve further destinations will enjoy direct services from Switzerland on flights with LX flight numbers operated by partner airlines under code share agreements. Swiss and its partners will thus offer an extensive network of air services to all six continents, together with all the benefits of the attractive Swiss TravelClub mileage program. Mar 18, 2005 Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (Group) has reported a result from operating activities (EBIT EBIT See: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes EBIT See earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). ) of minus CHF CHF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc. 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. 122 million for 2004 on total income from operating activities of CHF 3 642 million. For the previous year SWISS recorded an EBIT before restructuring costs of minus CHF 498 million. The 2004 EBIT result includes impairments of CHF 174 million and non-recurring income of CHF 163 million. SWISS posted a consolidated net loss of CHF 140 million for the 2004 business year, which compares to a net loss of CHF 687 million (including restructuring costs) recorded for 2003. Mar 11, 2005 TAP Air Portugal TAP Air Portugal has become the 16th member of Star Alliance. By adding Lisbon to its European hubs, Star Alliance now offers tenstrategically placed connecting airports across the continent. TAP also brings some very unique destinations and routes into thenetwork, such as Madeira and the Azores on its domestic Portuguese services, andalso the Cape Verde Islands Noun 1. Cape Verde Islands - a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde - an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal , Guinea Bissau, Luanda, Maputo and Sao Tome andPrincipe in Africa. Lisbon servesthe cities of Fortaleza, Natal, Recife and Salvador non-stop thus cuttingtravelling time from Europe to north-eastern Brazil by many hours. http://www.tap-airportugal.com Mar 28, 2005 Thai AirAsia Thai AirAsia, the sister company of Southeast Asia's leading low fare airline AirAsia, will start services betweenBangkok and Xiamen on April 25 2005. Thelaunch of flights means the carrier is the first low fare, no frills airline inAsia to gain entry into the People's Republic of China. The carrier already has an extensive operation in south-east Asia, butsees China as a very important future market. http://www.airasia.com Mar 28, 2005 VIirgin Blue VIirgin Blue in Oz, which launched itself very much in the Richard Branson mould, is now majority owned by the very successful Australian transport group Patrick Corp after an aggressive take-over campaign. Virgin Group holds a stake in Virgin Blue of about 25%. Chief Executive Brett Godfrey stays in place for the present. Virgin Blue has said that annual profits could fall by 15% due to sluggish demand and a price war with Jetstar, the no-frills offshoot of Qantas. http://www.virginblue.com.au Mar 21, 2005 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic[sup.1]s latest exploit is unlikely to make any difference to its airline operation but the now global carrier has put its resources behind last week's first ever solo flight around the world without refueling by legendary aviator and record breaker Steve Fossett (he of the solo balloon flight around the globe). Flying from Kansas to Kansas the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (FAA: N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett flew a solo nonstop airplane flight around the world in a time of 67 hours 1 minute from February 28, 2005 until March 3, 2005. completed the circumnavigation cir·cum·nav·i·gate tr.v. cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing, cir·cum·nav·i·gates 1. To proceed completely around: circumnavigating the earth. 2. in 67 hours, 2 minutes and 38 seconds. Sir Richard Branson, friend, supporter and fellow adventurer was at Salina Airport, Kansas, to meet the returning hero. The GlobalFlyer's take of weight was 22,100lbs including 18,100lbs of fuel. The pioneering aircraft, easily the world's most efficient jet plane, was built and designed by Burt Rutan Scaled Composites, the company who also led the recent SpaceShipOne project. Branson also somehow managed to get his replica Caley Flyer involved with the homecoming, part of his campaign to acknowledge the Yorkshire baronet baronet British hereditary rank of honor, first created by James I in 1611 to raise money, ostensibly for support of troops in Ulster. The baronetage is not part of the peerage, nor is it an order of knighthood. as the world's first true aviator. http://www.virgin.com/atlantic Mar 6, 2005 Washington Dulles Airport Former Navy aviator takes the helm at Washington Dulles April 1 2005. Former Navy aviator and airport management veteran Christopher U. Browne will take over as manager of Washington Dulles International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County and Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. on April 1. In a Q-and-A session with the Washington Post, Brown said he looks forward to the challenge of running Dulles and overseeing a $3.5 billion expansion. He also said the number of passengers traveling through Dulles could double during the next 10 years. Mar 24, 2005 Washington Dulles Airport Manager of Dulles Airport ruminates on changes over 28 years. After 28 years at Washington's Dulles Airport, manager Keith W. Meurlin will retire this month. He has overseen important modernization efforts and manages a $93 million budget. In the first half of a Q-and-A session with the Washington Post, Meurlin said the most important change at Dulles is the number of passengers it serves; last year it was the fastest-growing airport in the country. He also discusses security, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the 15th anniversary of the Concorde. Mar 17, 2005 Washington Dulles International Airport New Dulles manager expects passenger numbers to double during next decade. Next month, Christopher U. Browne will take the top job at Washington Dulles International Airport. In the second of a two-part Q- and-A with the Washington Post, Browne said he expects the number of passengers using Dulles to double during the next ten years. Browne previously worked at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. , which closed for three weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He says National is now as safe as any other airport in the country. Mar 28, 2005 Copyright (c) 2005 Pyramid Media Group, Inc. / AirguideOnline.com. All rights reserved. |
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