Low Cost Airline News.Air Berlin Air Berlin is to further develop its UK domestic network by introducing scheduled flights between Stansted and Belfast City. This will be in direct competition with easyJet who operate to Belfast International and certainly will appeal to business travelers as well as leisure passengers. The airline features Stansted as a connecting hub and expects to build up the route on the very successful model developed for Glasgow and Manchester. Last week it introduced a Stansted - Alicante route (and also mysteriously delayed its German Stock Exchange launch). http://www.airberlin.com May 7, 2006 Air Berlin increased its April traffic 24.8% year-over-year to 971,480 passengers as load factor grew 8.8 points to 83%. May 2, 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 is relocating its two-gate Minneapolis-St. Paul operations from the main Lindbergh Terminal, home to Northwest Airlines and other Major carriers, to the Humphrey Terminal on May 18 in order to "further streamline our operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales ." AirTran flies from MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. to Atlanta five times daily, Chicago Midway four times daily, increasing to five on May 9, and Orlando International daily. May 5, 2006 AirTran Airways flew 1.2 billion RPMs in April, a 32.9% rise over the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 22.5% to 1.53 billion ASMs and load factor rose 6.2 points to 78.8%. All are April records. May 3, 2006 AirTran shares slide on Q1 results. A first-quarter loss sent shares of AirTran Airways lower last Thursday and Friday. President Bob Fornaro said profitability will improve during the summer months, adding strong bookings indicate yields will rise. May 2, 2006 EasyJet EasyJet has launched a service from Gatwick to the Croatian city of Split, the country's second largest city and a major tourist attraction Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" . The four-times weekly service expects to carry almost 30,000 passengers during the first six months of operation, with over 10,000 seats sold before the inaugural took off. easyJet is the largest budget carrier at Gatwick offering 39 routes to 13 countries throughout Europe with over 800 flights per week during the peak summer periods. Throughput last year was over 5.3m passengers. http://www.easyjet.com May 7, 2006 t EasyJet's [pounds sterling]28.9 million loss 'ahead of expectations'. EasyJet posted a net loss of [pounds sterling]28.9 million ($52.9 million) for the six months ended March 31, widened from the [pounds sterling]15.4 million deficit in the year-ago period yet a figure that "encouraged" 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. Andy Harrison, who said "successful cost reduction and revenue improvements, especially in ancillaries, have largely offset the considerable hike in fuel prices and the effect of Easter moving from the first half in 2005 to the second half in 2006." May 4, 2006 Gol Gol received authorization from Brazil's National Agency of Civil Aviation to operate 21 weekly flights to Santiago. The Brazilian 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. said it is beginning preparations for 737-800 flights to the Chilean capital, which would become its seventh international destination. May 1, 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 baggage handlers may be first in company to unionize. JetBlue Airways baggage handlers could soon decide whether or not to unionize. The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has petitioned the National Mediation Board The National Mediation Board is a three-person board created in 1934 by an act amending the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151–158, 160–162, 1181–1188) to resolve disputes in the railroad and airline industries that could disrupt travel or imperil the to hold an election. A JetBlue spokeswoman said the company does not believe third-party representation is in the workers' best interest. May 3, 2006 JetBlue focuses on short-haul routes: JetBlue Airways plans to expand short-haul flights with the Embraer 190. High fuel prices are pushing the airline to reduce flying on long-haul routes. May 3, 2006 JetBlue gets approval to bid on airwaves. The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. will allow JetBlue Airways and Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications, Inc. to bid on U.S. wireless airwaves. The May 10 auction will also feature seven other bidders. May 2, 2006 LTU LTU Luleå Tekniska Universitet (Luleå University of Technology; formerly Luleå Tekniska Högskola) LTU Lithuania LTU La Trobe University (Australia) LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH German Airlines LTU German Airlines unveiled a new strategy focused on long-haul routes and business travelers. The carrier will concentrate on its Munich and Dusseldorf hubs, where partner DBA will provide feeder services for domestic routes. DBA acquired a 60% share of LTU in February. 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. the new plan, which LTU hopes to begin implementing late this year, it will add one A330-200 to its fleet per year. It currently operates seven A330-200s, four A330-300s and 15 A320s/A321s. LTU said it is seeking to cut annual costs by [euro]45 million ($56.8 million) this year and is in talks with unions representing its workers on potential cost-saving plans. It said reduced costs also could come from increased synergies with DBA and greater operating efficiency. May 2, 2006 Niki Niki plans to start using Vienna Airport as a hub early next year when the Austrian LCC launches daily flights to Moscow. "Air Berlin will feed us with flights from six German destinations to Vienna and on to Moscow. This is just the beginning for us to Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. ," founder 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 in Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Mallorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. . Air Berlin owns a 24% stake in Niki, which soon will decide which Moscow airport Moscow Airport may refer to:
Ryanair Ryanair transported 3.4 million passengers in April, a 29% increase over the year-ago month. Load factor rose 4 points to 85%. May 5, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines flew 5.73 billion RPMs in April, a 19.3% increase over the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 7.3% to 7.47 billion ASMs, raising load factor 7.6 points to 76.7%. May 3, 2006 Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines will launch twice-daily Detroit Metro-Boston service aboard A319s Aug. 15. The carrier added its 16th A319 Thursday. It will take nine additional A319s this year and will operate an all-Airbus fleet by fall. May 1, 2006 Thai Airways Thai Airways is to launch a new airline to compete with LCCs on regional routes to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. According to the carrier's new president, Apinan Sumanaseni, who spoke to the Bangkok Post, the airline will be called Euarng Luang, which means Royal Orchid, and will be positioned differently from Nok Air, Thai Airways' own LCC, in that it will target the market between budget and premium. May 4, 2006 Thomas Cook Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) today launches a seasonal Brussels-Tivat service, operating weekly aboard an A320 through Sept. 29. May 5, 2006 Wizz Air Wizz Air launched services from Ljubljana to Brussels Charleroi and London Luton this week. The airline said it expects 80% load factors on the routes this summer. May 5, 2006 Wizz Air will launch thrice-weekly Katowice-Lubeck service on Sept. 18. May 1, 2006 |
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