Low Cost Airline News - Europe.Oct 30, 2006 Air Berlin Air Berlin will establish its own pilot training school in cooperation with Technic Flight Consulting Kaufer. Future flight cadets can earn their commercial pilot licenses in 24 months. Oct 26, 2006 Air Berlin Air Berlin announced the launch of a thrice-weekly Nuremberg-Moscow Domodedovo service from Dec. 21 using 737-700s. Oct 25, 2006 Air Berlin Air Berlin said joint check-in facilities with dba will be available from Nov 2. "The integration of dba into our company is completed. Now we have to repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. the aircraft," Air Berlin 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. Joachim Hunold said in an statement. AB acquired dba two months ago. Oct 25, 2006 Air Berlin Air Berlin signed a 10-year contract with Snecma covering 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. on the CFM56-5Bs powering its A320s. The Berlin Tegel-based LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. eventually will deploy a fleet of 100 A320s. Oct 25, 2006 Clickair, Groundforce Groundforce announced five new ground handling contracts. Its deal with Clickair covers the provision of all ramp handling services to March 2009 at Lisbon and Porto. Oct 24, 2006 EasyJet EasyJet expects its profit for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 to be "slightly ahead" of its previous guidance of 40%-50% growth. The LCC transported 3.01 million passengers in September, up 9.8% from the year-ago month. Load factor rose 0.1 point to 86.5%. Oct 24, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair officially launches bid as rival boards squabble squab·ble intr.v. squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle. See Synonyms at argue. n. A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter. . Ryanair yesterday confirmed to the Dublin and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. its takeover offer for 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, . Oct 24, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair was forced to postpone introduction of flights from Marseille and Frankfurt Hahn to Morocco owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de a delay in execution of the Euro-Mediterranean air transport agreement between the EU and Morocco. The deal would give EU carriers unrestricted third and fourth freedom rights as well as the right to operate from any point in Europe to any point in Morocco including co-terminal operations. Originally expected to come this month, the signing has been pushed back to Nov. 17. Oct 24, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair's flights from Marseille to Fez Fez: see Fès, Morocco. , Marrakech and Oujda and from Hahn to Marrakech and Fez were scheduled to commence later this month but now will not start until Dec. 1. However, services from London Luton to Fez and Marrakech will launch as planned on Oct. 31, as they are covered by a bilateral agreement between the UK and Morocco. Ryanair announced in May a five-year agreement with the Moroccan government to develop up to 20 routes, delivering almost 1 million passengers annually by the end of the period. Oct 24, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair says Offer Document provides 'unique opportunity'. The board of Ryanair Holdings will publish and post its Offer Document to Aer Lingus shareholders today, maintaining its cash bid of [euro]2.80 per share that values the Irish flag carrier at approximately [euro]1.48 billion, a total the LCC said is "significantly higher" than the [euro]1.16 billion 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. value. Oct 23, 2006 Ryanair, Aer Lingus Ryanair yesterday again encouraged Aer Lingus employees to accept its [euro]2.80 per share offer for the flag carrier as press reports surfaced that EI CEO 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. told union representatives, "We have no option but to further reduce costs. Do you want us to do it or Michael O'Leary to do it?" Ryanair already has promised job cuts if its bid is successful, but it said that bid is worth an average payment of [euro]60,000 per employee. The Aer Lingus Employee Share Ownership Trust owns 12.58% of the airline. Oct 27, 2006 Wizz Air Wizz Air announced it will add from its Warsaw base thrice-weekly flights to Oslo Torp and Durham Tees Valley from July 28. It will launch weekly services to Bourgas from June 2 and Corfu from May 29. The carrier will base a third A320 in Warsaw. Oct 25, 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 23, 2006 |
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