Low Cost Airline News - Europe.Nov 20, 2006 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 KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Air France KLM Planning Low Cost Carrier. Air France KLM is looking to create a low cost carrier to benefit from the growing leisure market, the company said on Friday. Nov 17, 2006 Centavia Centavia, Serbia's first 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. , ceased operations after just a few months of service. Austria Press News Agency reported that Serbian authorities did not grant permits for Centavia to operate scheduled flights to Montenegro, Croatia, Switzerland and Germany, a major setback for the fledgling airline. The carrier said both of its BAe 146s have been returned to their lessor. Nov 14, 2006 EasyJet EasyJet will fly Munich-Edinburgh daily starting April 4. Nov 17, 2006 EasyJet EasyJet profits, A319 orders soar. EasyJet celebrated a 59.5% surge in fiscal year profit to [pounds sterling]94.1 million from [pounds sterling]59 million last year with a massive aircraft order encompassing 52 firmed options on A319s scheduled for delivery between 2008 and 2010 and 75 new options on A320 family aircraft. Nov 15, 2006 FlyMe, Astraeus Sweden's FlyMe had agreed to take the 51% stake in Astraeus in September, but the deal fell through when it did not receive UK CAA Caa See CCC. approval in a specified time. The Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. issued a release Tuesday warning FlyMe for "announc[ing] a business transaction in such a way that it seemed to be signed and sealed, despite this not being the case." Nov 16, 2006 Jet2.com Jet2.com will add service from Belfast International to Ibiza, Malaga, Palma Palma or Palma de Mallorca (päl`mä thā mälyôr`kä), city (1990 pop. 325,120), capital of Majorca island and of Baleares prov., Spain, on the Bay of Palma. , Milan Orio al Serio Orio al Serio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,671 and an area of 3.0 km². , Pisa and Toulouse from spring 2007, bringing to 12 the number of destinations its serves from BFS BFS Bundesamt Für Statistik BfS Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German: federal office for radiation protection) BFS Bowling for Soup (band) BFS Bankable Feasibility Study BFS British Fertility Society . Nov 13, 2006 Niki Niki will increase MTOW MTOW Maximum Take-off Weight MTOW My Type Of Woman of one of its A320s to 77 tons from 75 tons so it can operate nonstop service from Vienna to Dubai. "That will give us 45 extra minutes of range," founder Niki Lauda told this website. Niki plans to operate at least eight charter flights to Dubai beginning Dec. 21. Partner Air Berlin will feed the service from several German destinations. Nov 13, 2006 Ryanair, Aer Lingus Ryanair extends deadline for faltering Aer Lingus bid. Ryanair extended the deadline for its offer for Aer Lingus to Dec. 4 from Nov. 13 as it conceded that fewer than 0.1% of EI shareholders have accepted its [euro]2.80 ($3.60) per share bid. Nov 15, 2006 Transavia.com Transavia.com will stop its four-times-weekly Amsterdam-Genoa service from Dec. 3 owing to disapointing traffic. Nov 13, 2006 Vueling Airlines Vueling Eyes 2007 Profit, Fleet Expansion. Spanish low-cost airline Vueling should move sharply into profit for the first time in 2007, and it added on Friday that its upcoming listing on the Madrid bourse bourse (b  rs), term applied to a European stock exchange. The first international bourse was established in Antwerp in the 16th cent. would help it buy aircraft and set up a new hub outside Spain. Nov 17, 2006 Vueling Airlines Vueling Airlines, which has positioned itself as a "new generation" carrier rather than an LCC, launched a Web-based frequent-flier program dubbed Punto. Members can earn points on both tickets and gift vouchers and use them to pay for Vueling flights. Nov 13, 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 Nov 13, 2006 |
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