Low Cost Airline News.Discounters raise fares, face more competition. Discount carriers are increasing prices to offset higher fuel expenses. They are also facing more competition from legacy airlines, which sometimes offer lower fares. Apr 25, 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 High fuel prices hurt AirTran in Q1. AirTran Airways posted a first-quarter loss, citing higher fuel prices. The airline said it will continue to expand and has converted options into firm orders for Boeing 737-700s. Apr 28, 2006 AirTran's rise in Atlanta. AirTran Airways operates mostly short-haul flights around the Southeast and is adding to its 15% market share in Atlanta. A Delta spokeswoman said the airline plans to "compete vigorously" after it emerges from bankruptcy, and noted nowhere is this commitment stronger than in Delta's hometown of Atlanta. Apr 24, 2006 ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, is an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter ATA Airlines appointed John Kelly as VP-maintenance and engineering. He most recently was MD-line maintenance operations at Northwest Airlines' Detroit hub. Apr 26, 2006 Eurofly Eurofly is launching spring and summer flights from several Italian cities to 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 using A330-200s. The Italian 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. plans thrice-weekly flights from Rome and Naples and twice-weekly flights from Palermo and Bologna. Apr 26, 2006 Iberia Iberia, at long last, confirmed it will launch a low-cost airline to compete with the ever-growing herd of LCCs operating to and within Spain. The still nameless no-frills carrier will be based at Barcelona International Airport Barcelona International Airport (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL), also known as El Prat, is the main airport serving Barcelona, Spain. It is located 10 km away from the centre of Barcelona, in El Prat de Llobregat. and is due to launch in October with five aircraft. The aim is to increase this number to 30 by the end of 2008, when a listing will be considered. It will be a standalone company with independent management "so as not to contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. the new airline with Iberia's higher cost structure," according to Iberia, which will provide [euro]24 million of [euro]50 million in startup capital. Four other Spanish companies will participate in the venture: Cobra, a subsidiary of leading construction and services group ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ; Nefinsa, holding company of the Serratosa family that also holds 96.8% of Air Nostrum; Spanish tourism group Iberostar, and private equity fund Quercus. Last fall at a Royal Jordanian/oneworld event in Amman, Iberia Chairman and 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. Fernando Conte said that the airline still was analyzing all options, including buying into an existing budget carrier and not necessarily one based in Spain. He also said the new LCC would not be a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. . Apr 28, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue reports Q1 loss, may increase fares. JetBlue Airways Chief Executive David Neeleman said the airline must increase its average ticket price, and hopes to sell fewer discounted tickets on each flight. The company on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss. "The trends in this industry are to have higher average fares all around," Neeleman said. Apr 26, 2006 JetBlue signed an agreement to implement the latest Septimo version of TRAX. Apr 26, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest blogs to connect with customers. Southwest Airlines has launched its own online blog in which employees will write about their jobs and the travel industry. "There was a growing online community having conversations about travel and Southwest," said company spokeswoman Linda Rutherford. "We could watch that conversation, or become part of it." Apr 27, 2006 Spanair Spanair is starting flights from Zurich to Madrid (twice-daily) and Barcelona (daily) on May 1 using MD-87s. It also plans to launch thrice-weekly flights between Madrid and La Palma on May 16. Apr 26, 2006 Wizz Air Wizz Air starts thrice-weekly service between Targu Mures Mu·re·  or Mu·reul and Budapest on July 14, marking its entry into the Romanian market. Apr 28, 2006
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