Low Cost Airline News.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 24, 2006 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 AirTran Airways flew 1.30 billion RPMs in June, 25.6% higher than the year-ago month. ASMs increased 25.4% to 1.62 billion and load factor rose 0.1 point to 79.8%. Jul 19, 2006 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways launched a twice-daily Rochester (N.Y.)-Boston service, a daily Indianapolis-San Francisco flight, daily Tampa-Gulfport/Biloxi service and a second daily flight from IND 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. . Jul 19, 2006 Boeing, Lion Airlines Lion Air Lion Air is a low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive domestic network from Jakarta to 35 destinations, as well as services to Singapore and Malaysia. Its full name is PT Lion Mentari Airlines. doubles 737 order. Indonesia's Lion Air exercised options on 30 737-900ERs, taking its orders to 60. The additional 30 aircraft will be delivered between 2010 and 2012. First deliveries from the first order placed last year, which launched the aircraft, are set for 2007. Jul 17, 2006 Clickair The new Barcelona-based Iberia low fare offspring is to be called Clickair and could be flying as soon as October. The investors are Iberia; Nefinsa - Spanish company that owns Air Nostrum Air Nostrum, also known as Iberia Regional, is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain, operating as an Iberia regional partner and an affiliate member of the oneworld airline alliance. the regional feeder to Iberia based in Valencia; Iberostar - the Palma-based tour operator; ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. - a very large Spanish construction company; and the Carulla family of Barcelona, through its investment fund Quercus Equity. Each with 20%. The Airbus A320 has been chosen as the mainstay aircraft, three ex-Iberia are being readied for delivery at this time kitted out with 180 of the latest Recaro seats, in leather. Two more aircraft will come in December and one a month from March. In three years time the fleet size is expected to be around 30 aircraft. Clickair will be a stand alone airline with its own AoC and no Iberia input, although it will codeshare and take over some IB marginal leisure routes. As things stand the carrier will initially fly to Spanish destinations (but not Madrid), Lisbon, Paris and Switzerland, London not being a priority. Senior management positions are currently being negotiated. The website is not up and running today but is expected to be launched later this week. http://www.clickair.com Jul 22, 2006 Frontier Airlines This article is about Frontier Airlines that was founded in 1994. For the company known as Frontier Airlines from 1950 to 1986, see Frontier Airlines (1950-1986). For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service. Frontier Airlines will launch weekly seasonal San Diego-Cancun service from Dec. 16. Jul 19, 2006 Germanwings Germanwings said this week it has taken delivery of 19 new A319s. "Over the next three years we aim to significantly increase our flights from Cologne Bonn Airport Cologne/Bonn Airport (German: Flughafen Köln/Bonn, also called Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen or Flughafen Köln-Wahn) (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK and to develop new attractive destinations," Chairman Joachim Klein said. Jul 21, 2006 Germanwings Germanwings said it will expand its Cologne Bonn hub and base another six aircraft there by 2009. The carrier, which took delivery of the first of 18 new A319s Friday, plans to increase passenger numbers at CGN CGN Compagnie Générale de Navigation (sur le Lac Léman; French, cruise companie on Lake Geneva, Switzerland) CGN Cancer Genetics Network CGN Guided Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Propulsion) CGN Cyber Gaming Network in the next three years by more than 1 million per year to 4.6 million. It will use the new capacity to boost frequencies and add new destinations; it is evaluating cites in France, Israel and North Africa. A second A319 will be delivered in the next few days and the airline will have 14 aircraft based at CGN during the summer schedule. Jul 17, 2006 Germanwings Germanwings said June passengers increased 31.1% year-over-year to 630,000 and load factor rose 2.6 points to 83.4%. Jul 17, 2006 Germanwings Germanwings will base a third A319 at Berlin Schoenefeld from Sept. 15 and start a double-daily service to Zweibruecken. It also will increase frequencies to Munich to five per day. Jul 17, 2006 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). JetBlue Airways, the US budget airline with a reputation for quality service, is to link two US gateways, JFK 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 and Raleigh-Durham Airport, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. (served 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 from Heathrow) with four daily nonstop flights. The carrier will operate its new 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft, offering all-leather seats 36 channels of live TV and more than 100 channels of XM satellite radio. http://www.jetblue.com Jul 22, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue news low-fare, high-frills carrier has been making lots of waves of late. The carrier just upped its gate capacity by a third at JFK. Where there were 14 gates in Terminal 6, there are now 21. This gives the airline the ability to field as many as 185 daily flights from Kennedy. JetBlue moves to new digs in Terminal 5 before the end of the decade. Construction of the 26-gate affair is set to be complete by 2009. Then, the low-fare phenom will be able to loft as many as 250 daily departures from its New York Jul 17, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways has moved all its arrival and departure operations from the North Satellite to Concourse B in Seattle. Jul 17, 2006 Norwegian Norwegian flew 410 million RPKs in June, up 45% from the year-ago month. Capacity increased at the same rate to 498 million ASKs, leaving load factor at 82%. Jul 20, 2006 Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited (Traditional Chinese: 甘泉香港航空有限公司 Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, a startup slated to launch in October, said it hired 213 flight and cabin crew cabin crew cabin n (Aviat) → équipage m this week and appointed Jardine Aviation Services Jardine Aviation Services Limited or JASL, formed in 1980, is a joint venture of Jardine Matheson Group and China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). But Jardines' involvement in Hong Kong aviation began as early as 1946. as its ground handling agent. Jul 20, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair is to introduce six new routes at the start of the airline winter season on 31 October 2006. From Prestwick the low fare airline will offer Eindhoven five times per week and Riga four times weekly, whilst out of Hahn - Balaton, Biarritz, Nantes get three flights and Valencia a daily service. Prestwick now has 23 routes and Hahn 41. For those unfamiliar with northern Hungary <imagemap > Image:HU NUTS 2 for template.png|thumb|400px|Regions of Hungary poly 316 96 320 119 372 148 403 176 427 160 482 191 551 110 551 90 578 90 589 75 664 39 616 41 591 10 492 12 471 52 421 84 378 69 366 89 Northern Hungary poly 315 262 318 403 284 432 298 449 353 435 393 401 , Balaton Airport is located 15 km from the city of Heviz. A bus service runs directly from the airport to the city centre with a journey time of just 25 minutes. Ryanair has also announced the cancellation of its twice-daily service from Vasteras to Luton and a reduction in its Malmo to Stansted from twice-daily to a daily service and a reduction in its Gothenburg to Prestwick service from five weekly flights to three. Ryanair has of course blamed airport taxes on these changes but with Vasteras 65 miles from Stockholm perhaps it is not surprising that the route is not viable. However to its credit the airline now seems to be joining the mainstream of airlines, the route changes happening on 28 October 2006. http://www.ryanair.com Jul 22, 2006 Ryanair Ryanair will launch six new routes on Oct 31. From Glasgow Prestwick it will serve Eindhoven (five-times-weekly) and Riga (four-times-weekly) and from Frankfurt Hahn it will fly daily to Valencia and thrice-weekly to Balaton, Biarritz and Nantes. Jul 21, 2006 Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest Airlines generated a record $2.45 billion in revenues during the three-month period, a 26% increase over $1.94 billion in the year-ago quarter. Expenses climbed 21.3% to $2.05 billion and operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. surged 57% to $402 million from $256 million. Unit costs increased 13.1% to 8.95 cents as fuel expense went up 39.2% to $1.42 per gal. The company realized a $225 million cash benefit during the quarter from its hedging position. It is more than 73% hedged for the remainder of the year at approximately $36 per barrel, and 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. Kelly, has insured "years of price protection that will allow us time to make the necessary changes to maintain our profitability and health." Operating CASM CASM Cost per Available Seat Mile CASM Communities and Small-scale Mining CASM Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine CASM Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Univeristy of Cambridge, UK) CASM Coherent Adaptive Subcarrier Modulation excluding fuel rose 4.9% to 6.68 cents. Jul 20, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest solidifies domestic dominance, doubles second-quarter profits. Reaping the benefits of capacity cutbacks by its legacy competition, Southwest Airlines enjoyed record revenues in the second quarter ended June 30 and more than doubled its net income to $333 million from earnings of $144 million in the year-ago quarter.More good times are ahead, according to 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. Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly (born 9 July 1974 in Drogheda) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played his whole career for Leeds United. , who said the carrier is "excited about our near-term growth opportunities and pleased with our earnings momentum" and that "assuming continuance of the current healthy revenue environment, we expect to easily exceed our 15% 2006 annual earnings growth goal." Jul 20, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest big in blended winglets. Southwest Airlines will install Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets on up to 90 of its 737-300s. The order of 59 firm systems and 31 options follows the airline's commitment in June 2003 to install Blended Winglets on all of its 737-700s. Installations are planned to begin in early 2007. Jul 19, 2006 Southwest Airlines Other carriers follow Southwest's lead. Southwest Airlines has built its reputation on its low fares, the Washington Post's Keith L. Alexander writes. Now the airline is facing tougher competition from airlines offering similar or lower fares, but Southwest insists it still offers the highest number of seats at consistently low fares. Jul 18, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest expands Chicago Midway flights. Southwest Airlines now operates nearly 75% of the flights at Chicago's Midway Airport, The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney Scott McCartney is The Wall Street Journal's travel editor, as well as a regular columnist for the newspaper. Background McCartney currently lives in Dallas, though he is a native of Boston. He attended Duke University and graduated in 1982 with an A.B. writes. The discount carrier's plans to add more routes from Chicago could lower fares throughout the U.S and pressure other carriers. Jul 18, 2006 Spirit Airlines Airline shuts down online Hoffa game. Spirit Airlines shut down an online game depicting the FBI's hunt for Jimmy Hoffa's remains after customers complained. "We never set out to offend anybody," a Spirit spokeswoman says. "It was done all in good fun and topical humor. We got a couple of dozen complaints. Some people thought it was in bad taste." Jul 20, 2006 Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines flew 372.5 million RPMs in June, a 4.1% drop from the year-ago month. Capacity fell 3.6% to 453.7 million ASMs and load factor declined 0.4 point to 82.1%. Jul 17, 2006 Spirit Airlines, Indigo Partners Indigo Partners takes over at Spirit Airlines. Spirit Airlines announced last week that Indigo Partners, the Arizona-based investment firm run by former 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 head William Franke and Oaktree Capital Management Oaktree Capital Management LLC is a US investment management corporation which operates a number of investment entities commonly known as hedge funds of approximately $40 Billion. of California, which already was a Spirit investor, "will provide significant resources for the Company to consolidate its position as the leading 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. to the Caribbean and pursue its long-term growth strategy."Franke has been named Spirit's chairman, a role he also holds at Wizz Air and Tiger Airways. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Spirit Airlines operates 30 aircraft on 130 daily flights to 30 destinations. It is replacing its MD-80 fleet with A320 family aircraft, a process that has cost millions but should conclude in September. It lost $62.1 million in 2005, narrowed from a $93.2 million loss in 2004. Jul 17, 2006 VivaAerobus VivaAerobus is a new Mexican budget airline due to start flying in October. It is part-owned by the Ryan family (49%), founders of Europe's biggest low fare carrier, together with IAMSA (51%) the biggest passenger bus transportation operator in Mexico. Initially the airline will operate Boeing 737-300 with plans to have five 'planes flying by the end of the year and double its fleet to ten in 2007. VivaAeroBus says it will undercut traditional Mexican carriers by up to 50%. The Mexican airline industry has doubled in size in 20 years, from 15m passengers in 1985 to around 30m today. It will announce its first routes within the next eight weeks, the speculation initially perhaps five major Spanish speaking cities in the US. http://www.vivaaerobus.com Jul 20, 2006 |
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