Neues von Fluggesellschaften

Die Iberia-Fuehrung hat einen neuen Strategieplan erstellt, mit dem
die Betriebskosten in den naechsten drei Jahren um bis zu 600 Mio.
Euro gesenkt werden sollen. Die Airline leidet unter steigenden
OElpreisen und der immer aggressiver werdenden Konkurrenz der
Billigflieger. Im ersten Halbjahr halbierte sich der Gewinn auf 29,2
Mio. Euro. Einsparungen bei den Lohnkosten seien unumgaenglich, wolle
man nicht in die Verlustzone geraten, so Praesident Conte. Das Boden-
und Kabinenpersonal soll fuer die naechsten drei Jahre auf
Lohnerhoehungen verzichten. Die rund 2.000 Piloten muessen sich auf
mehrere Nullrunden einstellen. Ausserdem sollen die Ticketpreise
steigen. Auf die Billigfliegerkonkurrenz will man durch Gruendung
oder Kauf eines Low-Cost-Carriers reagieren. Mit diesem sollen die
Slots ins Barcelona neu besetzt werden, die durch Streichung
unrentabler Fluege frei werden. Bei den Gewerkschaften stiessen die
Plaene auf entschiedene Ablehnung.
 
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Baby auf Aeroflot-Flug in die USA geboren

16.09.05
Eine Hochschwangere hat auf einem Aeroflot-Flug von Moskau in die USA über dem Ozean ein gesundes Baby geboren. Wie die russische Fluggesellschaft am Donnerstag in Moskau mitteilte, setzten bei der Frau am Vortag auf dem Flug nach Los Angeles unerwartet die Wehen ein. Weil die nächstgelegenen Militärlandeplätze in Kanada für das Flugzeug Boeing 767 zu kurz waren, setzte der Kapitän den Flug nach Los Angeles fort. Stewardessen halfen der Frau bei der Geburt.

Die Mutter habe die Maschine am Ziel ohne Hilfe mit dem Kind auf dem Arm verlassen können, meldete die Agentur Itar-Tass. Für Aeroflot sei es die erste Geburt über den Wolken seit fünf Jahren gewesen.
 
Yemenia negotiates buying ten Boing (787) Yemen Times Staff


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Yemenia started the first round of talks with Boing manufacturing company to buy ten Boeing planes to support the growing requirements of its international fleet.

The negotiations were headed by Captain Abdulkhaliq Saleh Aqadhi, Chairman of Yemenia and executive manager, with a company’s delegation headed by Mr. John Mathiot, Regional executive manager for the Middle East and Africa.

Yemenia’s desire to modernize its fleet by making a deal to purchase 10 Boeing(787), was discussed in the meeting. Yemenia’s plan came within the strategic program that was approved by its board for modernization, and upgrading of services.

Mr. Saleh Al-aoaji Deputy board manager and Amin Al- haimi Deputy Trade manager participated in this meeting which was held lately in Dubai.

Captain Abulkhaliq said that the meeting came after a series of negotiations between Yemenia and Boeing following the offer that was introduced by Boing on their new highly technical (787).

Captain Alqadhi added that these negotiations are the first step towards carrying out their comprehensive economic and services modernization to achieve the company’s ambitious plans through the coming 10 years.

Yemenia owners, (51% Yemeni and 49% Saudi), are eager to promote their carrier, to be one of the successful carrier’s regionally and internationally, Captain Al-Qadhi said.</FONT>
 
Emirates Takes Delivery of its 80th Aircraft

Emirates has taken delivery of its 80th aircraft with the arrival of a new Boeing 777-300ER

The aircraft is Emirates' fifth Boeing 777-300ER from a total of 30 that the airline has on firm order. The remaining 25 Boeing 777-300ERs will be added to the airline's fleet by the end of 2007.

The Emirates fleet is forecast to reach 100 aircraft by the end of 2006. Emirates' order book, worth almost $30 billion in list prices, consists of orders for 93 aircraft including 45 Airbus A380s (two of them freighters), 25 Boeing 777-300ERs, 20 Airbus A340-600 HGWs, one A340-500 and two A310-300F freighters.
 
Saudi Arabian Airlines has rented 2 Airbus A300s from FlyAir for Hajj and Umrah flights. They've also rented 15 pilots and co-pilots and 47 hostesses and stewards.
 
JAL & Malev Hungarian Airlines Announce Codeshare Agreement

Japan Airlines and Malev Hungarian Airlines have announced a codeshare agreement that will come into effect Oct. 30, allowing JAL to place its flight numbers on daily flights operated by Malv between Frankfurt and Budapest.

The new codeshare agreement with Malev Hungarian Airlines increases to 28 the number of airlines with which JAL has bilateral partnerships.
 
Embraer Delivers First Embraer 170 to Finnair


Embraer yesterday delivered the first of 12 Embraer 170s to Helsinki-based Finnair. Embraer expects to deliver four aircraft to Finnair this year and eight in 2006.

Finnair also has taken options on eight additional aircraft, which may be convertible to other members of Embraers E-Jets family.

"The Embraer 170s compelling economics will allow us to lower costs on existing routes as well as to extend our route network to destinations that were previously not economical to serve with larger equipment." said Keijo Suila, Finnair President and CEO, in a statement.

Finnair expects to put its first Embraer into service in October.
 
DHL landet ab 2008 in Leipzig/Halle

23.09.05
Der Verlagerung des DHL-Luftfrachtdrehkreuzes von Brüssel zum Flughafen Leipzig/Halle steht nichts mehr im Wege. Das Logistikunternehmen der Deutschen Post World Net, DHL, und der Flughafen unterzeichneten bereits am Mittwoch ein entsprechendes Abkommen, wie beide Unternehmen am Donnerstag in Schkeuditz in der Nähe des Flughafens mitteilten. Damit werde eine vorerst auf 30 Jahre bezogene Partnerschaft besiegelt. Ab 2008 will das Frachtunternehmen den mitteldeutschen Flughafen mit täglich 50 Frachtflugzeugen als europäische Drehscheibe nutzen, um pro Nacht bis zu 2000 Tonnen umzuschlagen und weltweit weiter zu transportieren. Damit entstünden 3500 Arbeitsplätze direkt bei DHL, sagte der Geschäftsführer der DHL Hub Leipzig GmbH, Michael Reinboth. Im Umfeld wird mit weiteren 7000 Stellen gerechnet.
 
Waehrend viele Experten damit rechnen, dass die chronisch defizi-
taere Alitalia bald vom europaeischen Himmel verschwindet, erinnert
die FAZ an einen "denkwuerdigen Auftritt einiger Alitalia-Manager’ in
Frankfurt. Waehrend die "technikversessene Lufthansa’ seit 2004 mit
ihrem FlyNet um Premiumkunden wirbt, erklaerten die Alitalia-Ver-
treter, die italienischen Geschaeftsreisenden hielten saemtliche
Kommunikations- und Unterhaltungsangebote fuer ueberfluessigen
technischen Firlefanz und wollten nach einem anstrengenden Arbeitstag
lediglich Ruhe, eine gute Mahlzeit, guten Wein und gute Musik im
Kopfhoerer. Der Autor vermutet, die Passagiere wuerden nach Inter-
und Intranet am Himmel verlangen, weil sie sich so der Erde naeher
fuehlen koennten.
 
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Der britischen Regierung werden heute die Vorschlaege der Zivil-
flugbehoerde vorgelegt, einen Fonds anzulegen, der Passagieren beim
Zusammenbruch einer Airline Hilfe bieten soll. Dazu ist eine Steuer
von einem Pfund je Flug vorgesehen. Der Vorschlag wurde gemacht, weil
immer mehr Urlauber ihre Reisen selbst im Internet zusammenstellen
und so nicht wie bei Pauschalreisen abgesichert sind. Aber auch
Geschaeftsreisenden kaeme das Vorhaben im Ernstfall zu Gute.
 
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The SAA Director for South America announced yesterday in Sao Paulo that GRU-JNB is ranked nowadays as number 4 in profits just after JNB-ATL, JNB-JFK and JNB-FRA.

Also, GRU-JNB route shows a huge increase of 39% from last year and from january to august 41,549 pax has flown SAA in this route, an average of 173 pax per day.

SAA has identified that Brazil has potential for a second daily flight which could be started in medium term cenario. The Director stated that studies are in their final stage for this new format (2 flights).

Good news for Brazil-Africa market, which is growing at high levels on the last years.

As SAA is a Star Alliance partner, no doubt GRU will receive this possible second flight.
 
Air Canada, Pilots Reach Agreement to Resolve Boeing Order Issues

Air Canada on Friday announced it has reached an agreement with its pilots that could see its order for Boeing 777s and 787s back on.

In a statement, the airline said it has reached an agreement with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) to submit outstanding issues related to the order to binding arbitration. "Subject to a satisfactory outcome," the airline says, it will go back to Boeing to re-order the aircraft.

Air Canada in April announced it had ordered 18 Boeing 777s, plus
purchase rights for 18 more, and firm orders for 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. But the airline cancelled the order in June when its pilots failed to ratify the tentative agreement on work terms for the new aircraft.

At the time of the order cancellation, it was believed the down vote was due to continued discontent among pre-merger Air Canada pilots who were unhappy about how the pilots group from Canadian Airlines was merged into Air Canada's. ACPA on Friday announced that these issues will be addressed through mediation.


Schade, es bleibt also bei den Amigurken statt Airbussen! :(
 
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Virgin Atlantic Increasing Cape Town Service

Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday announced that it is increasing its twice-weekly service between London Heathrow and Cape Town to five per week for the winter season.

The current scheduled twice-weekly service will increase to three flights per week between Dec. 7 and Jan. 25, 2006 and will then increase to a five-times weekly service from Jan. 29, 2006 until the end of the peak winter season on March 25, 2006.

"Since we launched our Cape Town route in December 1999, there has been a high demand for this destination from both leisure and business travelers," said Steve Ridgway, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic, in a statement. "We would love to add more services in the future to meet this demand."
 
SilkAir Taking Over SIA's Shenzhen and Surabaya Routes

Starting Oct. 30, SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines (SIA), will take over from Singapore Airlines the operation of flights between Singapore and Shenzhen in southern China, and between Singapore and Surabaya, Indonesia.

SIA says that the transfer of operations, which is still pending the necessary regulatory approvals, will "better optimize the Singapore Airlines Groups resources."

Frequencies between Singapore and Surabaya will more than double, as SilkAir plans to operate double-daily flights to the Indonesian city. SilkAir also intends to launch a six-times weekly service between Singapore and Shenzhen, an increase over the existing four flights a week.

Singapore Airlines will mount supplementary flights over the year-end to cater to the traditionally higher demand during the holiday period.
 
SIA, Asiana Sign Codeshare Agreement

Starting Sept. 28, Singapore Airlines and Asiana Airlines' will be codesharing on the airlines' flights between Seoul and Singapore, the airlines announced last week.

Initially, the cooperation applies only to flights between the two cities, but the airlines say they plan to progressively expand codeshare cooperation to include trans-Pacific flights beyond Seoul, domestic destinations in South Korea, intra-travel in North Asia and flights beyond Singapore.
 
Icelandair, Sterling parents in merger talks

Sterling owner Fons Eignarhalsfelag and Icelandair owner FL Group could announce a merger as early as this week.

Reportedly, FL Group, which also has a 13.8% stake in easyJet, is interested in acquiring Sterling, the Denmark-based low-fare airline that is itself is in the process of absorbing Maersk Air, which recently was acquired by Fons.

Fons, in turn, is controlled by investors Palmi Haraldsson and Johannes Kristinsson, both previously large shareholders in Icelandair. In addition to Sterling/Maersk, they control low-fare startup Iceland Express. According to Reuters, they said they will be forced to sell Iceland Express if they agree to swap their interest in Sterling for shares in FL Group.
 
Malaysian carriers to trim capacity during Ramadan

AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines and MAS parent PMB took a historic first step toward rationalizing domestic capacity with the announcement in Kuala Lumpur Monday that the two carriers will cooperate to reduce domestic capacity between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15 to address "low travel demand" during the Ramadan period. "We hope that this is a start for greater cooperation which will mutually benefit MAS and AirAsia in reaching our respective objectives. We applaud PMB and MAS for taking the first step towards a healthy and responsible cooperation to resolve excess capacity and unproductive competition during a period of exceptionally low traffic demand," AirAsia Berhad Group CEO Tony Fernandes said. "Malaysia Airlines welcomes cooperation with AirAsia," MAS Executive Director Tengku Azmil Zahruddin Raja Abdul Aziz said. "Both airlines have agreed to a joint effort to address the low demand during Ramadan period whilst conserving fuel resources. Despite the limited cutback on both MAS and AirAsia domestic routes, we believe that the move will not materially affect the convenience of passengers carried on both airlines."
 
Mesaba, Pinnacle Taking Aircraft Out of Service


Bye bye to Mesaba's Avros
Two regional affiliates of Northwest Airlines, Mesaba Aviation and Pinnacle Airlines, have announced that Northwest has decided to remove some 50 regional jets from service. The removals will include the entire 35-aircraft fleet of Mesaba's Avro RJs.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Mesaba parent company MAIR Holdings announced that Northwest's winter schedule sees nine Avro RJs removed from service -- in violation of the company's contract with the bankrupt major. Northwest also has served notice to terminate leases on the entire 35-aircraft Avro fleet effective Dec. 20. Later this year, Mesaba will begin operating the smaller Bombardier CRJ regional jet.

Meanwhile, Pinnacle Airlines says it has received a request from Northwest to remove 15 of its 139 Bombardier CRJs from service. The airline says it expects to operate 11 percent fewer block hours accordingly and will seek to lower staff levels through attrition and voluntary staff leave, but possibly also layoffs.
 
Air France, KLM Continue Network Alignment

Air France and KLM are continuing to align their networks with the winter 2005/2006 schedule, the airlines announced last week.

In Europe, KLM is taking over Air France service between Amsterdam and Bordeaux, which will be operated twice daily using KLM cityhopper's Fokker 70s, while Air France will begin operating Paris Charles de Gaulle Eindhoven flights using ATR-42s. KLM will suspend Rotterdam/London City flights.

Air France will suspend Paris/Kuwait service, with passengers carried instead by KLM through Amsterdam. KLM will suspend service to the Equatorial Guinean capital of Malabo, which will continue to be served by Air France.
 
Adria Airways Opens New Cargo Route between Ljubljana and Sarajevo

On Sept. 23, Adria Airways began operating a new cargo route between Ljubljana and Sarajevo using leased cargo aircraft.

Flights take place three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and offer connections to Adria's passenger flights to other European destinations, including single-day connections to Lufthansa.

Adria has leased a Turbolet cargo aircraft for the route. The aircraft can transport 1.5 tons of freight. Adria says it plans to expand its cargo operations to other routes, in particular to destinations in southeast Europe.
 
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