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AirlinesANA AND VIRGIN TO SIGN A CODE SHARING AGREEMENT FOR TOKYO-LONDON LONG HAUL
TOKYO, The japanese airline All Nippon Airways and Virgin Atlantic will sign a codesharing agreement for routes between Japan and Uk. The agreement will be operative in March 2001. A spokesman of japanese... more
AirlinesWILL AIR FRANCE SUE CONTINENTAL FOR CONCORDE DISASTER?
PARIS, The french airline Air France could sue the american ontinental Airlines in connection with the Concorde crash in july in which 113 people died. From expert's analisys, the cause of the disaster... more
AirlinesTWA OPENS NEW FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D.C., Trans World Airlines, is putting its new non-stop flight between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport(DCA) in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on sale... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA IS PLANNING AN AGREEMENT WITH AIR CHINA
BERLIN, Lufthansa, the german national carrier, is planning an agreement with Air China. According to the Financial Times Deutschland (Ftd) Lufthansa is aiming at a code-share agreement. It would allow... more
AirlinesRIO SUL IS RISING
BRAZIL, Rio Sul, Varig's subsidiary airline, registered a high rise of passenger traffic: over 3 million people last year. The airline expects to rise profits 10% and passenger traffic 12% within the end... more
AirlinesVARIG: NEW FLIGHTS AND PLANES
BRAZIL, Varig, the brazilian airline, began to use MD-11 planes to fly from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. This route is scheduled for 3 non-stop flights per week, included flights leaving from S.Paulo and Porto... more
AirlinesVARIG LAUNCHES "E-VARIG" AND "PLATA"
BRAZIL, Varig allocated a 3-year investment valued 67 million R$ to set up E-Varig, the elctronic commerce project which is hoped to rise 6% airline's profit within the end of the year. "Plata" (Portal... more
AirlinesLOWER PRICES FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS
LONDON, From October 29, on the route London-New York, passengers will be able to choose among four different classes: First, Club World, World Travel Plus and the economic World Travel. The british airline... more
AirlinesUAL FILES FOR US AIRWAYS TAKE OVER IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS, UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, has filed for European Commission approval for its USD$4,3bn takeover of US Airways. The merger, still to be cleared by US regulators, must be reviewed... more
AirlinesRYANAIR TO ORDER MORE BOEING NEXT-GENERATION 737-800S
SEATTLE, Ryanair, Europe's largest low-fare airline, ordered three new Boeing Next Generation 737-800s. The additional airplanes will be used to expand european newtwork and will be delivered in 2002. more
AirlinesAIR NEW ZEALAND IMPROVES PASSENGER NAME RECORD
AUSTRALIA, Air New Zealand adopted a new PNR (Passenger Name Record) for flights around New Zealand and to Australia and United States. Tourist operators will have to insert in passengers PNR the following... more
AirlinesFALL SALES FOR HORIZON AND ALASKA AIRLINES
USA, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airlines decided to reduce their low-cost tariffs on U.S. east coast for all tickets purchased within October 3rd. The offer will be valid until December 14 2000 and includes... more
AirlinesIS GO TO BE WINDED UP?
LONDON, The low-cost britsh airline Go could be wind up probably through the sale of the block of shares. It seems BA is aiming at reducing some european routes to cut costs and employees. Costs after... more
AirlinesBRITISH EYES SWISSAIR
LONDON, According to what reported yesterday by the english newspaper The indipendent BA, after the collapse of talks with Klm, is turning its attention to Swissair, another important carrier in the transport... more
AirlinesVIRGIN EXPRESS: NEW DAILY FLIGHT LINATE-BRUXELLES
MILAN, Virgin Express (Ireland) Ltd, thanks to the decontrol of european air market, will schedule a daily flight Linate-Bruxelles and return starting from October 28. Virgin Express s.a. (Belgium) has... more
AirlinesCHIEF EXECUTIVE VAN WIJK: BRIGHT PERSPECTIVES FOR KLM
AMSTERDAM, Klm chief executive Leo van Wijk said the dutch airline's perpectives to be "bright", even after calling off to merger with British Airways. Van Wijk underlined the economical growth after... more
AirlinesLUFTHANSA WILL BUY 24,9% OF EUROWINGS, THE THIRD GERMAN AIRLINE
BERLIN, Lufthansa is aiming at improving services and flight in North-Rhine and Westfalia, the most crowded land. That's why it will purchase 24,9% of Eurowings, which has a fleet of 42 aircrafts and a... more
AirlinesWESTJET ADDING 47 WEEKLY FLIGHTS
CANADA, Canadian Westjet Airlines announced that, after having purchased the nineteenth Boeing 737-300, will be able to increase its network with 47 new weekly flights to Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay,... more
AirlinesALASKA AIRLINES OFFERS ANY COMPENSATORY AWARD TO VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 261
SAN FRANCISCO, Alaska airline offered to pay any compensatory award to victims of the flight 261. The award will be set by San Francisco's Court which is judging the case of the air crash which killed... more
AirlinesSABENA GAVE NOTICE ABOUT ITS DECISIONS FOR BRUXELLES AIRPORT'S STRIKE
BRUXELLES, Sabena, the belgian national airline, said, about the strike of Bruxelles airport, that despite delays are expected, will fly its aircraft unless the airport will not be closed, in case it will... more
AirlinesBRITISH AIRWAYS AND KLM CALL OFF FOR MERGER
LONDON, The two airlines have broken off talks about a long-planned merger. The Netherlands-based KLM and British Airways disclosed on June 7 that they were in negotiations. Yesterday was released a statement... more
AirlinesOTHER EIGHT A3XX FOR LUFTHANSA?
GERMANY, German national airline Lufthansa that plans to place an order in this year for ten Airbus A3XX super-aircraft, could be interested to order eight further aircraft of the same type. The A3XX,... more
AirlinesWITH EMIRATES PROMOTION TWO TICKETS FOR LIFE
DUBAI, In the 'Tickets For Life' promotion, Emirates airline passengers will have the chance to win two first class air tickets every year for life. Three winners, selected in a draw on December 9 in... more
AirlinesNEW FLIGHT MELBOURNE-HONG KONG
AUSTRALIA, Ansett Australia International will start new no-stop flights from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Thise new service will represent the first step to expand the network after Ansett was taken over by... more
AirlinesANSETT AUSTRALIA: CODESHARE WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA, Australia signed a codesharing flight agreement with Air New Zealand which will start from next October 2. The agreement, after Air New Zealand took over Ansett, will include domestic New Zealand... more
AirlinesUS SENATE OPPOSES US AIRWAYS/UNITED DEAL
USA, The Senate Commerce Committee approved a resolution opposing proposed purchase of US Airways by United Airlines. The resolution, which passed by voice vote and now moves to the full Senate, claims... more
AirlinesDELTA AIR LINES RESUMES FLIGHT PORTLAND-NEW YORK
NEW YORK, The U.S. airlines made up to review its decision of suspending no-stop flight from Portland, Oregon, to New York after it was requested by government members. The carrier decided a week ago to... more
AirlinesAIRFRANCE AND SWISS AIR: ALL THE NUMBERS OF ALITALIA'S VERY LIKELY PARTNERS
ROMA, Air France or Swissair: Alitalia will resolve this doubt within the next weeks when will be revealed the name of the airline which will join a partnership with Alitalia replacing Klm. Swissair, from... more
AirlinesSWISSAIR AIMS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES BY PARTNERSHIP WITH ALITALIA
ROME, Swissair is supposed to plan an alliance with American Airlines, pressing Alitalia to sign the agreement soon. The name of the U.S. airline was spoken in last months even from italian union and Cempella,... more
AirlinesAIR FRANCE CONFIRMS TALKS WITH ALITALIA FOR SKYTEAM
PARIS, Jean- Cyrill Spinetta, Air France chairman, confirmed that the french carrier is negotiating with Alitalia to reinforce Skyteam alliance, which includes Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Korean Airlines.... more