More Routes -- More Airlines For EuropebyAir FlightPass Program.Business Editors PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 Gandalf Airlines Gandalf Airlines (IATA: G7, ICAO: GNF, and Callsign: Gandalf) was a regional airline based at Orio al Serio Airport near Milan, Italy. It operated a fleet of Dornier 328 aircraft in both jet and turboprop versions to a number of European destinations: based in Milan, Italy has joined the EuropebyAir FlightPass program. Bill Wolf, president of EuropebyAir announced that, "Gandalf Airlines becomes the 26th air carrier in Europe to join the FlightPass program since it was launched three years ago. Gandalf operates schedule service from Milan to Germany, Spain and to other cities in Italy. "We believe that Gandalf's Milan - Barcelona service will be especially popular as traveling between Italy and Spain is in heavy demand and alternative transportation is expensive and inconvenient in·con·ven·ient adj. Not convenient, especially: a. Not accessible; hard to reach. b. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs: inconvenient to have no phone in the kitchen. . "Departing from Milan's Orio airport, Gandalf also flies to Pisa and Rome in Italy and to Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin and Cologne Cologne (kəlōn`), Ger. Köln, city (1994 pop. 962,500), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine River. It is a commercial, financial, and industrial center, a rail and road junction, and a river port. in Germany where connections to other airlines participating in the FlightPass program can be made to destinations throughout Europe." Wolf further said, current member airline, "PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Portugalia will begin service from Lisbon to Malaga and from Lisbon to La Coruna La Co·ru·ña A city of northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean west of Oviedo. Perhaps predating Roman times, it was the point of departure for the Spanish Armada (1588). Population: 224,000. on June 17, 2001. These routes are not currently served by any other airline. Also another member airline, Spanair, has begun new service to La Coruna from Madrid and started service from Madrid to Santander, Spain." PGA Portugalia was recently elected Best Airline of Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. in a study of 2.7 million passengers conducted by Airline Quality in association with Sky Trak, an aviation research company. Airlines were evaluated on factors such as the efficiency of ground service, catering quality, comfort of aircraft and security. The Europebyair.com FlightPass is the only air travel pass offering 150 destinations throughout Europe, including top destinations like Athens, London, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Moscow and Venice. Each FlightPass costs $99 U.S. plus tax. FlightPasses have no blackout A complete loss of power. See brownout. dates or extra charges for changing reservations. EuropebyAir also offers discount transatlantic fares, hotel accommodations and car rental services throughout Europe. For additional information please visit www.europebyair.com or call the EuropebyAir reservations department at 888/387-2479. Europebyair.com logos are available for press purposes at www.europebyair.com/logos/. |
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