Low Cost Airline News.Adam Air Adam Air, (incorporated as PT. Adam SkyConnection Airlines), is a privately owned airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Indonesian 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. Adam Air agreed to switch to A320s for its fleet and will begin to transition from its 20 737-200s/-300s/-400s/-500s with an initial commitment to lease six A320s. Eventually the airline intends to acquire 30 A320s, Airbus said. Adam Air Chairman Agung Laksono Agung Laksono (born Semarang, Central Java; March 23, 1949) is the head of Indonesia's People's Representative Council (DPR) from 2004 to 2009. He is a member of the ruling Golkar Party. said here, "We needed a better, stronger aircraft, and we believe Airbus can give us those benefits." In its two years of operations, the carrier has built a network of 35 destinations including three international routes, Laksono said. Feb 23, 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 will expand service from Baltimore/Washington International and Chicago Midway, launching thrice-daily flights between BWI BWI abbr. British West Indies and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Wayne County is the name of sixteen counties in the United States of America, some named for the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne:
Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. , Niki Austrian low-fare airline Niki is planning to add A319s to its fleet of four A320s and one A321 in order to access new markets. "Currently we take delivery of our new A320s to phase out leased aircraft. With the A319 from 2007, we can operate nonstop services from Vienna to Barcelona, increase frequencies to 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. and look for new markets in Italy like Milan and also to Amsterdam," founder and majority owner Niki Lauda Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. Early years in racing Born in Vienna to a wealthy family, he was born and raised a Roman Catholic. said. The carrier has two A320-200s on order. It also plans to increase its activities in the Austrian charter market for the winter 2006-07 season, which Lauda said is "underserved from the Austrian Group." Niki expects to fly 1.2 million passengers this year. Feb 22, 2006 Copa Airlines Copa Airlines will launch daily services from Panama City Panama City, city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. to Manaus from June 15, Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros (säntyä`gō dā lōs käbäyā`rōs), city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. , also from June 15, and Port of Spain Port of Spain, city (1990 pop. 50,878), capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the industrial and commercial center of the country. From 1958 to 1962, Port of Spain was the capital of the dissolved Federation of the West Indies; in 2005 it became from July 7, all aboard Embraer 190s. Feb 24, 2006 FlyBe FlyBe will launch the first-ever route to Paris Charles de Gaulle from Norwich International on May 25. The low-cost airline is also boosting domestic flights from East Anglia with a new double daily operation to Edinburgh from May 16 and two flights a day to Manchester on May 25. The new routes add 67,000 seats into the market, taking Flybe's seat capacity at Norwich to 486,000 and consolidating its position as Norwich's largest scheduled carrier. http://www.flybe.com Feb 26, 2006 Frontier Airlines Frontier expands fleet plan with A320 order. Frontier Airlines announced a firm order yesterday for six new A320s and the exchange of eight existing A319 orders for four A318s and four A320s. Delivery of the carrier's first A320 is scheduled for 2008, with deliveries continuing through 2011 by which time it will operate 11 A318s, 49 A319s and 10 A320s. Feb 24, 2006 Jet Airways Jet Airways committed to equip its 10 A330-200s from an order confirmed in October with GE CF6-80E1s. The deal is worth more than $300 million. Delivery of the new aircraft will begin next year. Feb 22, 2006 Jet Airways set an Indian record last Wednesday by flying 36,406 passengers, the most ever by one carrier in a single day. Load factor was 86%. Feb 20, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines have both suggested they may have to raise prices this year to combat rising fuel costs. Indications that [pounds sterling]5 to $10 may be added to fares have been raised by executives concerned they can not sustain cheap prices against large fuel bills. The carriers add they may need to put up fares to stay viable and make money. http://www.jetblue.com Feb 26, 2006 JetBlue Airways will begin four-times-daily 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 JFK-Portland, Maine, service from May 23. Feb 24, 2006 JetBlue Airways will launch daily Washington Dulles-Las Vegas, daily Boston-Phoenix and twice-daily New York LaGuardia-Orlando services from May 3. It will add frequencies to destinations from New York JFK, Newark, Boston and Dulles at the same time. Feb 23, 2006 JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines Fuel prices may spur JetBlue, Southwest to increase fares. Executives for JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines indicated that they will increase ticket prices this year to counteract the higher price of jet fuel. "We need a higher average fare for our tickets," JetBlue Chief Executive David Neeleman said. ''We need to get another five bucks or 10 bucks if we really want to make some money." Feb 23, 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 has appointed Aviareps as its UK GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. , prior to launching Gatwick flights in the summer. The carrier intends to fly five times a week with Boeing 747s to Hong Kong using a low-cost format and prices. The carrier is also intending to serve Oakland, Chicago, Milan, Cologne and Berlin. http://www.oasis-air.com Feb 26, 2006 SkyEurope Airlines SkyEurope Airlines denied forcefully last week any assertion that it is decreasing its service to the Polish market, announcing it will base four of the six new 737-700s it will add this year at Krakow Balice. Rival Wizz Air said it would offer free tickets to SkyEurope passengers left "stranded" by the Slovakian carrier's decision to cancel service from Warsaw to London Stansted and Bratislava and to postpone two additional flights from Poland. Feb 20, 2006 SkyEurope said it will operate 61 weekly flights from Poland to 16 European destinations this summer and that the decisions mentioned by Wizz "are not related in any way to a reduction of SkyEurope's engagement in Poland." It said it is adding service from Krakow to Edinburgh, Birmingham, Brussels, Turin, Naples, Barcelona and Athens in the spring and early summer and shortly will announce additional routes. It noted Wizz has canceled or reduced capacity on at least 11 flights from Warsaw and Katowice. Feb 20, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest plans Denver expansion. Southwest Airlines hopes to expand its presence at Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation). Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA . The airline has requested additional gates and hopes to triple the 13 daily flights it currently operates. Feb 24, 2006 Southwest Airlines announced a further ramp-up of its New Orleans and Chicago Midway schedules as part of 15 new flights announced yesterday. It will launch daily Las Vegas-Orlando service April 28, daily Midway-Orange County service May 25 and daily service from New Orleans to Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Baltimore/Washington International and Midway June 10. It also is adding one daily frequency on the following routes: Midway to Buffalo, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas from April 28; Las Vegas-Orange County from May 25; New Orleans-Houston Hobby, Seattle-Las Vegas and Long Island Islip-Las Vegas from June 10, and Midway-St. Louis from June 11. Feb 24, 2006 Southwest will rebuild New Orleans service, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. says. Southwest Airlines will focus on rebuilding its New Orleans service in 2006, Chief Financial Officer Laura Wright said. The carrier will operate 19 daily flights to New Orleans by March. Southwest operated 26 daily flights to the city before Hurricane Katrina. Feb 23, 2006 Virgin Express Virgin Express is upping frequency for its new Brussels-Palermo route from two to three times weekly. Service will commence March 29. Feb 20, 2006 |
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