AIR COLUMBIA soon will change the identity in T.A.I. - Trasporti Aerei Italiani. The ownership will remain in the hands of SOREM, an italian company expertized in fire bombing air activity. AIR EUROPE ITALY will start these regular charter flights: AIR ONE
with effect Dec. 16th. 2002 has reseumed the route Crotone-Rome
FCO on daily basis with B737. With effect June 1st. 2003 until
Sept.30th. 2003 will start the new route Verona -Lampedusa on
twice weekly basis with B737. ALITALIA,
the board has decided to increase the stake capital of 66,6mln
of euro. This imcrease will be through the issuing of 180 million
of ordinary shares, each value is 0,37 euro. ALISEA AIRLINES being not received the second B737's, for some charter flights previously contracted it subcharter to MD AIRLINES with MD80. ALPI EAGLES with effect Dec. 21st. 2002 start a new daily flight from Bergamo to Catania with F100. AMERICAN AIRLINES with effect May 2nd. 2003 will start a new daily rotation from Rome FCO to New York JFK with B767/300ER. BERLIN JET hopes to restart on Feb. 10th. 2003 regular services from Berlin Schoenfeld to Milan operated with MD Airlines MD83. BRITISH AIRWAYS will double the regular flights from Genoa to London with effect June '03. EASY ISLANDS currently in operations only from Sicily to the islands placed in the middle of The Mediterrean, it continue to fly with 2 J32 wetleased from Coast Air , regs LN-FAM, FAV. Nothing was reported concerning the intention to start up the route Cagliari-Palermo with SF340. EUROFLY at Oct. 31st. 2002 has declared a finacial situation composed from a status of net losses of 3.806.339 euro. These level of losses was determined from the long unavailability of long range aircraft between the transfer of the 767's to Alitalia and the late delivery of the Airbus A330's. This fact has reported an expense of 2.438.000 euro. The long out of service status of an A320 has created an extraordinary exopense of 2.100.000 euro. Plus the changement concerning the code sharing agreement signed with Alitalia has performed a non incoming of 2.800.000 euro. FLYBE will operate two daily flights in the next spring from Bergamo to the UK. Once daily from Bergamo to Birmingham and Bergamo to Southampton. KLM
will drop one of the three daily flights on Turin-Amsterdam from
Jan. 7th. 2003 to March 2md. 2003. HAPAG LLOYD EXPREES will establish in January a second new operational base in Hannover. First destinations served are Rome, Venice and Nice. IBERIA with effect March 30th. 2003 will triple the daily flights from Barcelona to Turin with DHC8/300. ICELANDAIR will
start a new weekly ski charter flight from Keflavik to Verona
with B757/200's until March 1st. 2003. ROSSYA AIRLINES ops from Dec. 21st. 2002 a regular new charter flight from Bergamo to Moscow Vnukovo with Tupolev 154 every saturdays. SCANDINAVIAN LIGHT is the new low cost airline sister of Scandinavian
Airline System. The new airline will start up operation from
March 30th. Bologna-Copenaghen Bologna-Stockholm Rome FCO-Stockholm from April 11th. 2003 This new no frills company where the lowest fare starts from 30 Euro one way plus airport taxes will use a fleet of four B737/800. VOLARE GROUP has take in delivery 2 new A330/200's regs I-VLEG and I-VLEH. |
AIR ALPS
has reported an extraordinary year in 2002 with about 180000
passengers carried on 10400 flights. The financial year invoice
is +27% and has joined the value of 28,5 milion of euro. With
effect March from Bolzano until the endo fo november have carried
24000 passengers on 1.400 flights. ALBANIAN AIRLINES with effect Dec. 18th. 2002 until Jan. 12th. 2003
will operate an extra daily flight from Bologna to Tirana with
Tu154M LZ-HMS. BLQ TIA LZ821 1130-1300 1234567 18DEC-12JAN TIA-BLQ LZ820 0900-1030 1234567 18DEC-12JAN ALITALIA has announced by the first months of 2003 about the total refitting of its aircrafts with new blinded cockpit doors. AZZURRA AIR has postoponed until Jan. 12th. 2002 the strat up of the new route Milan Mxp-Rotterdam in sharing with VLM. FINNAIR
has celebrated the 25th year of operations between Rome FCO and
Helsinki. Now four flights a week are operated between the two
capitals. With effect February a fifth weekly flight will be
operated and to be increased until a daily flight from April.
Mialn will be served with 11 weekly flights and code sharing
via Zurich will be available to Venice and Bologna in HOLA AIRLINES is scheduled to serve Bologna from Tenerife South on mondays with effect Dec. 16th. 2003 to the end of March 2003 on charter operations with B737/300 148Y. LAUDA AIR ITALIA from Jan. 1st. 2003 the musical entairnment onboard of its aircrafts composed by ten channels in a range from jazz to the italian singers from the classic to the latins will be performed and proposed from Augusto Enriquez, famous cuban singer. In each seat on Boeing 767-300ER's, in Amadeus Class and Economy Class, with a personal color TV screen and a remote control unit where the passengers are enabled to reach the onboard entairnment system (video, audio, Airshow). RYANAIR will open a new italian hub (2nd) in 2003 and plans to add domestic low cost flights in Italy with effect 2004. STERLING AIRWAYS will add these new flights with effect May 1st. 2003: Oslo to Bergamo
Oslo to Rome Ciampino NB587 OSL 0630-0935 CIA 1035-1350 OSL NB588
(Fri) Will increase frequency from Stockholm
to Bergamo, 3 to 5 weekly flights: Will increase frequency from Copenhagen
to Bergamo, 3 to 4 weekly Will increase frequency from Copenhagen to Rome Ciampino, 2 to 3 weekly from NB515 CPH 1625-1850 CIA VOLARE AIRLINES, the board have decide to order three A319 with
delivery in 2003. Six A320 will be operated from the new Volareweb.com
the new low cost airline with start up operations from April
2003, origin from Milan and Venice to Spain, France, Germany.
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AIR ALPS sixth Do328/100 is D-CHOC and soon will be registered OE-LDF. AIR ONE has put in service another B737/400 regs EI-CZG. ALITALIA
has won the dispute with KLM concerning the damages given from
the alliance broked some years ago. Exactly KLM have to pay as
compensation 250 million of Euro plus the interests. Alitalia
have to return 100 million of Euro to KLM for the Milan Malpensa
expansion. Further 43 million of Euro of extra damages wasn't
been agreed to Alitalia from the court about the positives return
from the phase out of KLM aircrafts. KLM will not present a formal
opposition for this judgement. ALPI EAGLES will insert the NG737's on Venice-Catania, Venice-Palermo, Venice-Barcelona and Venice-Madrid with effect summer timetable 2003. BASIQ AIR will operate with effect April '03 routes from Amsterdam to Bergamo/Pisa/Naples. EASY ISLANDS today has commenced the new route Cagliari-Palermo with 2, J31 (regs LN-FAZ/M). Interesting results recently scored from this carrier especially on the route Palermo Punta Raisi-Trapani Birgi-Pantelleria with 2.696 passenger carried. Althought Cargo market is in the low season has scored 5.670 Kg. Totally in three months Easy Islands have carried 4.416 passengers and 23.666 kg of freight. GANDALF AIRLINES, the board of shareholders have approved the patrimonial
situation. The stake capital amount at a 5.282.893,92 euro, with
5.742.276 ordinary shares, 0,92 euro each. Due to the current
losing situation who is up to one third of the full stake capital
a further increase of the stake capital probably is necessary
to cover the losses. HAPAG LLOYD EXPRESS will commence the daily route Venice-Koln on next 12th of this month. MY TRAVEL LITE has published on its website the new routes to Italy operted with effect March 30th. 2003 and May 1st.2003: Birmingham - Pisa Equipment is an A320. NORDIC AIRLINK, Airtours a swedish tour operator has published the timetable of new direct flights to Italy. These new charter flights from Stockholm Arlanda to Bologna/Rome will commence on March 13th. 2003 on twice weekly basis on Th and Su with MD82/3. Timetable: Arlanda - BLQ Tuesdays 0835 1110 NORDIC
AIRLINK/MD82 Operations are expected to terminate on Dec. 4th. 2003 Arlanda - Rome FCO 1555 1900 NORDIC AIRLINK/MD83
Arlanda - FCO 1555 1900 NORDIC AIRLINK/MD83
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AIR ALPS has received its sixth Do328/100, soon will be introduced from Jan 13th. 2003 on the route Parma-Rome FCO operated on three daily basis. With effect Feb. 2nd. 2003 will be four daily. Flights has suitable connections with Alitalia via Rome FCO and are in code sharing again with Alitalia. AIR DOLOMITI with effect Dec. 1st. 2002 will increase from three to four daily on the route Verona-Munich. Like Verona also Venice, the route to Munich will be increased from four to five daily. CSA with effect April 2003 will open the route Prague-Tallin on four weekly basis. This destination is directly in connections for flights with origin Bologna, Milan and Rome. GANDALF AIRLINES has dropped the route Rome-Parma one week ago. LAUDA ITALY
new c/s MERIDIANA
launch the new operation French Revolution from mondaty Dec.
2nd. 2002 and change totally the rules to fly. Between Dec. 2nd.
2002 to April 15th. 2003 has reserved 10000 seats on the route
Naples-Paris CDG at the |
AEROLLOYD will ops on Dec. 20th and 21st. 2002, Jan. 5th. and 6th. charter flights from Milan Mxp to Catania/Palermo on behalf for SNT WEB (SKY NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES a sister company of Air Sicilia, Free Airways) ALITALIA will resume soon regular flights from Italy to China (Peking and Shanghai, Hong Kong). CLUB AIR has start up to operate on Nov. 24th. 2002 on this timeschedule: VRN-ARAD 6P 436 mo/we/fr 8.30 11.10 BAE
146 non stop VRN-SOFIA 6P 200 mo/fr 9.00 12.10 BAE 146 non stop with effect Dec. 10th. 2002: BARI-BUCAREST 6P 472 tu/th/sa 14.10 18.30
via Tsr BAE 146 GANDALF AIRLINES, the board of shareholders evaluating the finacial
situation of a net loss scored at Nov. 26th. 2002 of 9,9 million
of Euro, soon will met the aorcraft leasing companies plus the
banks to discute the strategies for the future. A small changement
in the timetable has forced to drop the route from Trieste due
to the poor results and the successfull addition of new flights
from Verona to Paris and from Venice in cooperation with Alpi
Eagles. MERIDIANA,
the engineering division of the italian carrier on his facility
of Olbia have started to performance "C" checks on
six Iberia MD87'S. VIETNAM AIRLINES after the start up of diurect flights from Hanoi to Berlin is interested to open also direct flights from Hanoi to Milan. VOLARE AIRLINES, rumours reports interests from Alitalia to purchase a 15% of the shares of this private company. |
AER LINGUS,
with effect today on the major CRS (Amadeus, Sigma-Galileo) the
irish national airline has loaded and opened the reservation
to the new thrice weekly service from Bologna to Dublin with
B737/500 from March 30th. 2003. This route will be operated on
Tuesday-Thursday-Sunday. With effect May 17th. 2003 an additional
weekly frequency will be operated on saturday,again with B737EQV. DUB-BLQ EI510 0720-1050 B737EQV NON STOP
17MAY-26OCT -----6- AIR ATLAS EXPRESS will ops a regular charter flight from Bergamo to Casablanca with effect Dec. 21st.2002 every satiurdays with B737/400, in Italy the representative is Edland Viaggi with offices in Turin, Milan and Rome. AIR DOLOMITI in October has scored a load factor of 57,7% (+7,7 percentual point) and an increase of passsenger carried of +38,9%. In 2002 the load factor is in the first ten months of 55.6% and the passengers transported are more than 908.000. AIR ONE
will launch the new AirOne carnet for frequent travellers, this
new option in the past was been available a single carnet of
10 coupons and one free, now these carnets are five with discounts
that starts from 9% to 15%. AIR VALLEE' with effect Nov. 20th. 2002 will suspend the route Crotone-Rome FCO. Will double the flights between Rome FCO and Aosta, some frequencies, due to overnight limitations will land as scheduled in Turin. With effect Nov. 27th. 2002 will add a daily rotation from Vienna to Turin. Torino FC football team have contracted one Do328JET to carry out the team on the weekends. DELTA AIR LINES with effect May 1st. 2003 will add a dailyrotation Rome FCO-Boston and Rome FCO-Cincinnati. FEDERICO II^AIRWAYS was been recently declared in bankrupt from the court of Foggia. Uncorfirmed voices reports that the financial losses scored amount at around 30 billion of ITL. Do328 being on the ground impounded one in Foggia and another in Bari. KLM will increase from March 30th. 2003 from 20 to 21 weekly flights on the route Bologna-Amsterdam operated with KLM City Hopper F70's. MALEV will increase with effect March 30th. 2003 from six weekly to daily the route Bologna-Budapest being operated with Malev Express CRJ200. MERIDIANA with
effect Dec. 2nd. 2002 will increase from five to six daily flights
in the weekdays from Verona to Rome FCO. The new flight is operated
at 8am. This is the first reply to the introduction of new regular
flights as outsider from Alpi Eagles from Verona to Rome FCO
and successfully from Verona to Palermo/Catania. SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS will upgrade from three to four weekly the Jo'burg-Milan Malpensa with a wetleased BMI A330/200. This type of aircraft is the transition aircraft for the future deployment of the A340's on this route. |
AIR FRANCE will launche with effect Dec. 1st. 2002 a new regular flight from Marseille to Rome with ATR72. AIR INDUSTRIA continue to offer the route Rimini-Naples until Nov. 30th.2002 with the launch fare of 75 Euro plus taxes one way. AIR NOSTRUM has wet-leased from less than one month a British European Canadair CRJ200 G-JEAB. Based at Bologna with airline owner technician it fly regular from Bologna to Barcelona on thrice daily basis. AIR VALLEE' will ops with effect Nov. 27th. 2002 the route Vienna-Turin (daily) with Do328JET. ANGEL AIRLINE with effect Nov. 21st. 2002 will add a twice weekly
charter flight from Rimini to Bucarest/Craiova with a 18 seater
Jetstream 32: Rimini-Craiova-Bucarest: 1300-1640-1700-7.30
Monday Bucarest-Rimini 10.10-12.10 Monday Bucarest-Craiova-Rimini: 10.10-1040-11.00-12.40
Thursday ALPI EAGLES with effect Nov. 15th. 2002 will commence a twice daily flight from Verona to Palermo. With effect Dec. 2nd. 2002 to be commenced a daily rotation from Verona to Catania. ALISEA AIRLINES has commenced a series of winter regular charter flights from Lamezia Terme to the following destination in Germany on behalf of a german tour operator: Saturday from Nov. 2nd.02 to Feb.15th. 2003: BBG/3B4640 Lamezia Terme-Munich Sunday from Nov.3rd. 2002 to Feb. 16TH. 2003 Lamezia Terme-Berlin Schonefeld All the flight are operated with B737/300 148Y. Seasonal outgoing flights are operated
from Milan Mxp to Sharm el Sheikh on saturdays being operated
until the delivery of the second aircraft from Air One. ALITALIA
and AIR FRANCE soon will plans to exchange a quote
of 2-3% of the shares between the airlines. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES will grant a weekly rotation with effect December 2002 from Milan Mxp to Santo Domingo operated on behalf for Hotelplan Italy. BRITISH AIRWAYS with effect Dec. 22nd. 2002 will ops a weekly
(sunday) flight from Birmingham to Turin ops with CRJ700. WIth
effect Jan 13th. 2003 a new thrice weekly rotation woith CRJ200
on Mo-We-Fr. With effect March 31st. 2003 will increase from
four weekly to daily the route Birmingham-Turin (6xCRJ, 1xCR7).
Thrice weekly from Venice to Turin (2xCR7 on Tu-Th, 1xCRJ on
su). Daily from Venice to Manchester with ERJ145. EUROFLY
now has in service its second A330/200 regs I-EEZA. On Oct. 21st.
2002 MD83 EI-CMZ has operated its latest regular revenue charter
flight from Lanzarote-Las Palmas-Bologna. During the past weekend
(Oct. 26-27th.2002) FINNAIR will introduce a weekly flight on saturday from Jan. 4th. to March 8th. 2003 from Turin to Helsinki. GANDALF AIRLINES with efect Oct. 27TH. 2002 has moved from Paris
CDG to Paris Orly West the daily flights operated from Bergamo.
To be granted the code share agreement with Air France. Carlo
Cattaneo is the new head of the board of directors. GERMAN WINGS will reduce with effect Dec.1st. 2002 the first basic fare to 19 Euro one way tax enclosed on the routes Koln-London, Milan, Berlin. IBERIA With effect Feb. 1st. 2003 a new daily flight will be operated from Barcelona to Pisa again with Air Nostrum CRJ200LR. With effect summer timetable the route Pisa-Madrid depending from the load factor will be doubled. MD AIRLINES has suspended the route from Stockholm to Bologna/Rome FCO/Nice/Malaga/Alicante/Palermo after that Destination Europa/Traffic Europa tour operator has been filed for bankrupty on Nov. 7th. 2002. MERIDIANA, rumours reports the intention in future to built a new sister low cost airline based in Rome Ciampino and in the first phase could be able to start up operations with four aircrafts. RYANAIR
with effect February will open a new hub in Italy at Bergamo
Orio Al Serio airport. 5 B737's will be based there and routes
will be opened to Gerona (Barcelona), London Luton and Stansted,
Hahn (Frankfurt), Cahrleroi (Bruxelles) , Lubeck (Hamburg), Beauvais
(Paris). Flights to London will be SIX CARGO / CLUB AIR, this is the first list of charter operations granted from this new charter airline operated on behalf for Valsole Viaggi e Turismo. 6P482 From Nov. 12th. 2002 to March 29th. 2003: Verona-Timisoara-Cluj Napoca on Tu,Th,Su
with BAe146/200 with reported code B5; VRN 1400-1545 TSR SU 146B5 C8 W88 SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS will ops with effect Dec. 2md. 2002 the route Milan Mxp-Jo'burg with an A330 wetleased from BMI. UNITED AIRLINES with effect January 21st. 2002 will cease the route Washington-Milan Mxp. Cease also regular flights to Dusseldorf, Caracas and Santiago do Chile. VOLARE GROUP CEO Vincenzo SODDU' has confirmed the project regarding the launch of the first no frills italian airline VOLAREWEB.COM with a fleet of Airbuses painted with a new orange colour scheme. He says "We are able to continue ahead for ourself because we have the structure and the fares level rightly sized for this market". Volare has increased of more than 20% the business range during this year. Recently an agreement with the flight attendants has been signed continuing on the right way after the similar agreement signed one year ago with the pilots. Volare continue to looks to the best benefits from the cost /prices and quality relation. |
AIR ALPS
with effect September 15th. 2002 will increase from three to
four daily flights on the route Bolzano-Rome FCO, the new daily
rotation added is in late morning, and the success continue with
up to 12500 passengers carry-on from the route start-up. Air
Alps this year has celebrated also the record of the 400000th
passenger carried since the foundation. Aldo Bevilacqua CEO of
Air Alps has established a new profitable agreement signed with
Alitalia to provide to allow the direct connection via Rome of
the Air Alps passengers plus the fare agreements between the
two carriers favourite to fly in the AIR BERLIN plans to launche the new nofrills airlines also to destination outside from Germany and one of the first destination is Milan. AIR DOLOMITI with effect Oct. 27th. 2002 will increase from two to four daily rotatioin with CRJ's from Naples to Verona. AIR EMILIA
is a new third level carrier, presented yesterday in Reggio Emilia,
owned by Ernesto Salsi, a world leader in the engineering and
production of special tools to cut the hard surfaces market.
With further four investors has start to built this new airline.
One Cessna Gand Caravan has been newly purchased from the manufacturer
with an investment of 1,7 AIR INDUSTRIA has start up its operations from Rimini to Naples. Another ATR42/300 has operated its first route from Palermo to Naples. AIR ONE will stop on Oct. 26th. 2002 the seasonal route Lamezia - Bologna. ALITALIA has establiashed a commercial fares agreement with Air New Zealand, throughout the Kiwi airline hub of London LHR. With effect Jan. 1st. 2003 will introduce
the 777'S from Milan Mxp to Tokyo ALITALIA TEAM is reported that since Aug. 1st. 2002 the airline was dissolved, progressively and some aircraft now fly without the Team titles on fuselage. EASY ISLAND, the new islander hoping carrier being that links Lampedusa to Palermo and Palermo to Pantelleria with a Jetstream 31 has carried 850 passengers during August, the owner would to continue to operate the routes daily also during the winter season. The investors that owns this carrier has decided to introduce a second Jetstream 31 to operate regular charter services from Palermo to Malta. EUROFLY,
continues the strikes of the flight crews in hostility with the
airline management and the major shareholder Alitalia in opposition
to the planned sale of the airline to Volare Group. FREE AIRWAYS MD83 EI-CMM is reported in storage at Dinard. GANDALF AIRLINES, a new shareholders turn-around is expected soon,
new investors as Marcello Gabbana and the company Vittoria Alata
are interested to purchase the 12.25% of Gandalfin, a new capital
stake increase also is expected to cover the continues losses
registred until now also in the first JAL will increase from four to five weekly rotations with effect winter timetable from Tokyo to Milan Mxp. IBERIA will resume the route Madrid-Pisa with effect Oct. 27th. 2002 with Canadair CRJ operated by Air Nostrum. MALEV, rumours reports that has delayed to start due to delayed CRJ deliveries from Sept. 16th. to Oct. 27th. 2002 concerning the start up of the routes Bologna-Budapest and Venice-Budapest. MERIDIANA will increase with effect Oct. 27th. 2002 from one to two daily flights from Verona to Naples with MD82 as outsider of Air Dolomiti. MINERVA AIRLINES, after the increase of the company share capital
decided on Aug. 28th. 2002, talks are in course with further
partner to increase and continue the development performed from
itself since the end of the wetlease SKY AIRLINES plans to increase until five weekly rotations before the end of September on the route from Milan Orio to Bratislava with EMB120. STERLING AIRLINES with effect winter timetable will add a thrice weekly regular flight from Milan Orio to Stockholm. Three weekly flights during the winter timetable again to be added from Rome Ciampino to Stockholm. All flights are scheduled to be operated with B737/800. Connections now also are suitable to Oslo from the flights with origin Milan Orio and Rome Ciampino via Copenaghen. RYANAIR with effect winter timetable will double the capacity offered on the legs London Stansted to Milan Orio/Rome Ciampino. |
AIR DOLOMITI, ATR 42/500 I-ADLI carry on near the rear door a large sticker "Riviera di Rimini". AIR INDUSTRIA with effect September 2nd. 2002 will start new
regular flights from Rimini to Naples on daily basis, Naples
to Catania on thrice daily basis, Naples to Palermo on four daily
basis. Flights are no operated from Naples to Catania on saturdaysuntil
Oct. 4th. 2002 due to no slots available AIR ITALY now is the operator of the twos ex Freeairways MD83's EI-CMM/CPB. ALITALIA will launch the first route with B777/243IGW from Rome FCO to New York and not from Milan Mxp. The italian flag airline would to you only to types of aircrafts on long haul routes, beside the B777 another on will be choose in a range of B767, A330 and MD11. ALPI EAGLES with effect Sept. 15th. 2002 will add two B737/700 wetleased from Maersk Air, operations are in ACMI for three months and than the Alpi Eagles pilots will replace the danish. OY-MRI and MRK are rumoured!! BLUE PANORAMA now is certified to operate in ETOPS 120 mins limits on long haul transocean flights. Second B767/300's EI-CZH has joined the fleet and now is available to start overseas operations for various italian tour operators. This aicrafts was delivered three months before the planned scheduled time. CENTREAVIA has postoned the start up fo regular passengers flight from Moscow Domodedovo to Bologna, planned with Yak42D every wednesdays due to reported troubles between the tour operator and the carrier. CITYAIRLINES, will operate with effect Oct. 26th. 2002 a new twice daily flight from Milan Mxp to Goteborg with EMB145/135. CLUB AIR, the new airline of the tour operator Valsole Viaggi will start soon with a couple of BAe146/200 based in Verona. Destinations planned are Sofia, Timisoara, Bucuresti and Cluj Napoca. EUROFLY EXECUTIVE has start on Aug. 27th a new thrice daily executive flight service from Milan Lin to Rome Ciampino with 8 seaters biz jets. GANDALF AIRLINES board of directors has approved the first half
2002 financial results, 26,4 million of Euro is the total invoice
(0,66 billion more than in 2001) 152899 the passengers carried
with a load factor of 51%. GO FLY with effect October 27th. 2002 will mantain from Venice to London STN to daily rotations and also will add new daily flights from Venice to East Midlands and Venice too Bristol on daily basis. HAPAG LLOYD EXPRESS is a new low cost carrier that plans to serve from December 2002 various destinations in Germany from Koln/Bonn. European destinations palnned to be served enclose Rome and Milan. Fleet is composed by eight B737/700. MERIDIANA will drop the intention to commence on Oct. 27th. 2002 the route Bologna-Rome FCO on thrice daily basis, but with effect Oct. 1st. 2002 will resume on twice daily basis the route Naples-Bologna with MD82. The route Naples-Verona will be also upgraded from one to two daily flights with MD82. LUFTHANSA will introduce with effect Sept. 1st. 2002 a B737/500 on place of a CRJ700 on nightsop flight from Bologna to Munich. MINERVA AIRLINES has increase the company share capital to 3 million of Euro, in October will be increased to four million. SKY EUROPE will not operate the route Milan Mx Bratislava from Oct. 9th. 2002, replaced by a four weekly flight Bergamo-Bratislava from Sep. 13th. 2002. Fares launch is 22 Euro one way. STERLING with effect September start a new thrice weekly low cost flight from Copenaghen to Bergamo Orio with B737. SWISS plans to add the fifth daily rotation from Zurich to Rome FCO with effect October 26th. 2002. VOLARE AIRLINES on Sept. 1st. 2002 add two daily flights from Zurich to Rome FCO in code share with Alitalia. Flights to be operated with A320. Launch fare until Sept. 30th. 2002 99 Euro one way in economy and 129 in business again one way. |
AIR INDUSTRIA will ops with ATR42 and Yak40 as presented in its
website at http://www.airindustria.it.
Routes are planned from Perugia to Milan/Turin,Rimini to Olbia/Naples,
Taranto to Milan/Rom, Palermo to Cagliari/Naples, Naples to Catania,
Lampedusa to Trapani/Palermo/Catania, Pantelleria to AIR ITALY/AIR SICILIA after the demise of the fleet of Saab2000 has consequently suspended all the flight operations from Bologna to Palermo/Catania. AIR JET has started two weekly charter rotations from Bologna to Mahon/Palma with BAE146/300 G-BTUY. AIR ONE, updating the previously infos the regs EI-CXP is on -800 instead of -400. The airliner shows the pearled white SAS fuselage basic c/s and the tail blue and the engine nacelles white. ALISEA AIRLINES will start operations on June 1st. 2002 with a leased B737/300 from Islandsflug/Icebird regs. TF-SUN. AZZURRA AIR has leased two B737/700 EI-CXD/E. BLUE PANORAMA, B737/400 EI-CUD is in the first c/s. EI-CUA nad EI-CUN are in the modified c/s like the 767 EI-CXO. BRITISH AIRWAYS/MAERSK AIR will start on May 31st. 2002 the thrice weekly flight Birmingham-Venice. BRITISH AIRWAYS/ BA CITY EXPRESS with effect August 19th. 2002 will add a daily rotation with EMB145RJ the route Manchester-Venice. MINERVA AIRLINES with effect May 26th. 2002 has start a daily rotation from Genoa to Alghero with Do328/100. The route will be ceased on Sept. 15th. 2002. NEOS has take in delivery its second B737/800 I-NEOT. TRANSAVIA EXPORT CARGO AIRLINE has started its weekly cargo rotation from Mwenza, Tanzania to Bologna with fuel stop in Benghazi every friday with IL76. VOLARE AIRLINES with effect June 15th. 2002 will add a daily rotation on Venice-London LGW with A320. |
AIR ALPS
on May 18th. 2002 has start up the flights from Siena to Vienna/Munich.
Next week to be expected the Siena-Olbia. These flights are operated
on weekly basis partially booked by austrian german tour operator
for the beautiful agritourisms accomodations available around
Siena. This is also the new way for the launch of the airport
of Siena. AIR DOLOMITI with effect June 22nd. 2002 will commence a twice
weekly regular flight Bari-Kerkira. Operated on saturday and
sunday, connections are suitable from Bologna, Verona, Venice. AIR INDUSTRIA, updating the previosuly infos, this carrier has acquired four ex Alitalia Express ATR42/300 and various routes to be operated with effect June 15th. Some details reports regular flights from Brescia to Naples/Palermo and Perugia to Milan Linate/Turin. AIR ONE has received further threE B737/400 registered EI-COK/CXP/CXU. A B737/400 is currently under acceptance test in Auckland, this aircraft an es Virgin Blue is now in AirOne c/s and regs VH-VOZ. The airliner is expected in delivery at the end of this week or during the next one. ALICALABRIA was really formed and plans to add in the first time flights from Lamezia Terme, and following from the new airport of Scalea, at the moment in course of construction. Turboprops in the range of 50-70 seats are the right size preferred. ALISEA AIRLINES, has confirmed the start up planned in June 2002 with a leased B737/400. ALITALIA with effect June 15th. 2002 will add a new five weekly regular flight from Albenga to Rome FCO. BA CITY EXPRESS will add a daily Venice-Manchester with effect August 19th. 2002 with Embraer 145RJ. BLUE LINE,soon
will sign an order for three DHC8/400Q. The main operational
base will be in Trapani and flights will BMIBABY plans to link East Midlands and Milan with effect winter timetable 2002/3. CIAOFLY will postpone the start up operations to July 1st. 2002 and the new timetable reports daily routes from Parma to Paris Beauvais and Parma to London Southend, plus the London Southend to Paris Beauvais. CONDOR FLUGDIENST ops regular weekly seasonal flights from Rimini to Munich/Berlin Tegel. DELTA AIR LINES with effect July 1st. 2002 to Sept. 30th. 2002 will add a new seasonal daily flight from Cincinnati to Rome FCO with B767 EUROFLY from May 3rd. has based its once MD83 EI-CMZ at Bologna and is confirmed to operate charter flight to Spain, Greece and Egypt this summer until end October 2002. FEDERICO II AIRWAYS, the new holding AVICOM that has bought the 80%
of the shares is interested to maintain the actual work force
and grant the future links from Foggia to Milan/Rome. The fleet
will be based with two ATR42. FLY MEDITERRANEO the handling and owner of the aiport of Lecce
San Cataldo has confirmed during a press conference about the
creation of a new third level carrier with a fleet composed by
37 seater DHC8/100 to operate and FREEAIRWAYS now has applied the "Air Italy" sticker on fuselage of their airliners. IBERIA
with effect June 3rd. 2002 will triple every day the route LAUDA AIR ITALY expand the activities also in the medium haul
segment with some weekly rotations from Milan Mxp Verona /Bologna
to Ibiza, a weekly rotation from Milano Malpensa to Istanbul-Antalya,
to Sharm el Sheikh and from Milano Malpensa /Verona Catullo to
Mahon. LUFTHANSA will increase from four to five daily flights on the routeBologna-Frankfurt with effect July 1st. 2002 with Canadair CRJ. MERIDIANA with effect June 1st. 2002 will add the twice weekly flight from Perugia to Florence-London LGW. MONTENEGRO AIRLINES has resumed on May 10th. 2002 the twice weekly flight from Podgorica to Rome FCO instead of Rome CIA. A twice weekly rotation will be granted from June to September from Rome FCO to Tivat. PANAIR - COMPAGNIA AEREA MEDITERRANEA will add Parma with effect June 1st. 2002 with a weekly regular flight on saturdays from Lampedusa to Parma with B737/400. SIX CARGO
has signed an agreement with Mistral Air for a five weekly regular
flights during the nights from Milan Lin to Rome FCO and back
with a Fokker 27/500 with a payload granted of 6000Kg pour leg
and a reliability of 100%. VOLARE AIRLINES, the administrative regional court has assigned
the route Cagliari-Milan until now operated and assigned to Air
One. |
AEROPOSTAL is now represented in Italy by Distal Group. In the future probably a joint venture with Blue Panorama Airlines (owned by Distal) will agrred for a direct flight to Venezuela operated by Blue Panorama with its newly delivered B767. AIR ADRIATIC, the new start up croatian carrier with three 158 seaters MD82 and three 50 seater F50 will add Pescara in the timetable with a direct flight in July an August from Brac and Dubrovnik to Pescara. AIR COLUMBIA is interested due to the success scored on the first times from the start up operations to introduce an ATR42 in fleet. AIR ONE has returned to lessor the couple of Transavia B737/300 PH-HVV/T. Soon, will receive in ACMI four SAS B737/800. ALISEA AIRLINES has show its future plans that consist in the
current season to operate with a dry leased B737/300 plus another
one in short term wet lease. In 2003, three are the aircraft
in service, two in dry lease and one in wet lease. In 2004 will
be 3 all in dry lease. BLUE PANORAMA, the first B767/300ER ex LTU was registered EI-CXO and show a new revised c/s with the similar paint scheme style present in the rear part of the fuselage also in the front side. ALPI EAGLES will commence a daily rotation from Milan Lin to Naples with effect May 6th. 2002. Between July 1st. and Sept. 15th. 2002 the route will be suspended. SIX CARGO will add a regular cargo flight from Milan Lin to Zurich on behalf for Chapman Freedom. |
NEW REGISTRATION 1722 A319-112 ALITALIA I-BIMA (4/02) ex
D-AVWP A330-200 VOLARE AIRLINES I-VLEF 12/04/2002 ADA AIR has resumed the twice weekly flight Rimini-Tirana. AIR ONE with effect June 19th. 2002 will increase from weekly to twice weekly the flights on the route Rome FCO - Bologna -Pristina with B737 operated on behalf for Viktoria Tourist. These flights are used to carry to the Kosovo peoples local ethnics peoples. AIR VALLEE will add with effect June 15th. 2002 thru Sept. 15th. 2002 the seasonal routes Aosta-Cuneo-Olbia on saturdays and Aosta-Pescara. ALBANIAN AIRLINES, after the deadline date for the airliners with noise stage II limits, has introduced a Tu154M LZ-HMS with simplified Hemus Air c/s in the timetable and frequently is in operations from Bologna to Tirana. ALPI EAGLES continues to mantain in service one wetleased Italy First ATR42 that at the moment is in service from Palermo to Naples. ALITALIA updating the previosuly infos reported has dropped the route Palermo-Naples. AZZURRA AIR now has in service a leased Maersk Air B737/700 OY-MRK. CIAO FLY
updating the infos is a new no-frills carrier with timeschedule
formed by domestic italian services and international service
from Rimini to Catania/Bruxelles/London Luton/Paris Beauvais/Liege
and Parma-Paris Beauvais /London Luton. CATANIA TO: LIEGE TO: LONDON LTN TO: PARIS BEAUVAIS TO: PARMA TO: RIMINI TO: GANDALF AIRLINES updating the previosuly infos reported in the past hasn't cancelled the route Pisa-Barcelona, but has reduced from twice daily to daily the flights operated on this route. IBERIA updating the infos reported yesterday commence the night stop rotation from Venice to Madrid with MD87 instead of A320 with effect May 2nd. LAUDA AIR ITALY will launch with effect July 2002 two new weekly charter rotations from Milan Mxp to Montego Bay and Milan Mxp to Yangoon-Phuket. LUFTHANSA has celebrated on April 5th. 2002 the 15th. years of operations from Bologna. Lufthansa in 1987 has added Bologna in its timeschedule with a daily commuter services from Bologna to Munich with 28 seater Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia of DLT. Since the start up the success was indefineble and now 5 are the daily flights that links Bologna and Munich, 4 directly owned by Lufthansa and one from Air Dolomiti. Lufthansa has successfully added Frankfurt on July 2nd. 1991 and Dusseldorf in 1999. At the moment Lufthansa has in operation 98 are the weekly flights at the moment operated with LH code from Bologna plus 9 seasonal weekly flights are expected with effect June 2002. MALAYSIA AIRLINES with effect July 1st. 2002 will divide in two ad hoc routes the current operated flights from Rome to Kuala Lumpur via Zurich. MALEV updating the infos reported in the past message begin the Venice-Budapest from July 2nd. with Fokker 70 instead of Canadair CRJ200ER. MINERVA/ALITALIA will resume with effect April 16th. 2002 a daily rotation from Rimini to Milan Mxp. NORTHWEST AL with effect June 2nd will resume the route Detroit-Rime FCO on daily basis. RYANAIR with effect April 4th. 2002 has reduced from two to an once daily from Pisa to Charleroi (Bruxelles) and mostly the flights are operated with B737/200 instead of /800. SAA-SOUTH AFRICAN with effect July 1st will launch a new thrice weekly direct flight from Milan Mxp to Johannesburg. SWISSWINGS with effect April 8th. 2002 due to the ceasing operations has dropped the routes operated in Italy from Geneve to Florence/Venice. TRANSAVIA/KLM has added four weekly rotations from Catania to Amsterdam, four are the weekly rotations from Pisa to Amsterdam with effect March 31st. 2002, plus three more to be added on April 26th. 2002. The routes will be suspended in October 26th. 2002. |
ADA AIR has suspended all the flights from Tirana to Rimini /Ancona with effect April '02, probably connected with the stage II banning aircraft rules. AIR ALPS
will add this summer regular flights from Siena to Munich/Vienna
every satuday with effect May 18th. 2002 and in the same day
on behalf for an italian tour operator the route Siena-Olbia
weekly regular charter. The route Vienna-Banja Luka is operated
again once weekly. AIR DOLOMITI as previosuly reported with effect June 15th.
2002 to Sept. 15th. 2002 will operate daily and not twice weekly
the seasonal routes Bologna-Alghero and Alghero-Verona. From
Mo to Fr. with Canadair CRJ200LR and on Sa and Su with ATR42/500.
AIR FRANCE
with effect March 31st. 2002 will add nineteen weekly flights
from Paris CDG to Pisa with Embraer EMB135RJ. AIR ITALY / AIR SICILIA with effect March 30th. 2002 has started a weekly
regular rotations from Bologna to Lampedusa and from Milan Linate
to Lampedusa. AIR LITTORAL will increase from fourteen to seventeen weekly flights from Nice to Venice all with CRJ with three daily rotations on Fr, Sa, Su. ANGEL AIR has did'nt started the regular charter flight from Bucuresti to Rimini. ALITALIA
has closed the financial year 2001 with a net loss of 907 millions
of Euro. ALPI EAGLES will resume the twice weekly seasonal flight from Venice to Alghero7Lamezia Terme from July 6th. to Sept. 14th. CARPATAIR
confirms timetable operated in winter with three flight a week
from Bologna/Florence/Verona/Bergamo to Timisoara and fiveweekly
from Treviso to Timisoara. A new agreement will be signed with
Air Dolomiti to use the daily rotations of the italian regional
airline via Munich. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS with effect July 7th. 2002 to October 26th. make ad hoc regular stop flights rotation on sundays in Venice on the way to go to London LHR with B747/400. GANDALF
will op a new flight from Trapani to Milan Linate every day with
effect March 31st. 2002, this is the first time that Trapani
is linked with the second major centre of Italy. IBERIA will add a new night stop daily rotation with A320 from Venice to Madrid with A320. LUXAIR will resume the weekly rotation on saturdays from Venice to Luxembourg with Embraer 145RJ with effect May 12th. 2002 to October 26th. 2002. MALEV with the new Regional Malev Express with effect Aug. 1st. 2002 will ops the routes Bologna-Budapest and Venice-Budapest from July 2nd. with Canadair CRJ200ER. MERIDIANA has increased from seven to thirteen weekly flights from Florence to Palermo/Catania. Has increased from 14 to 20 weekly flights from Florence to London LGW. MINERVA AIRLINES hasn increased from seven weekly to ten weekly the rotations on the route Trieste-Naples. The fourth daily flight on the route Milan Mxp-Trieste. A fifth daily flight from Triste to Rome FCO (4xdaily with Alitalia MD82). A new daily flight from Catania to Trieste. QANTAS AIRWAYS has planned ad hoc stops in Venice of the flights to Lomdon LHR on May 28th., June 8th., June 19th., July 13th., August 6th., August 30th. with B747/400. TRANSAVIA will add a weekly rotation from Venice to Amsterdam from 11/06/2002 to 10/09/2002 on tuesdays with B737/800. VOLARE will change with effect March 31st. 2002 its twice letter code from 8D to VA. Very close is expected the delivery of the first A330/200 that shows a new different livery with the basic blue low part of the fuselage and the titles font are the same of the holding company Volare Group.The newest A330's will be introduced to the medium range charter operations especially this summer from Italy to Greece.With effect June 1st. 2002 will add the planned in the past winter daily flight from Venice to Madrid with A320. |
AIR ALPS,
open the new thrice daily flight from Bolzano to AIR DOLOMITI, open the new route Bologna-Bari on daily basis as extension of the route Munich-Bologna with ATR42/500. AIR LITTORAL has in course contact to establish a new code
share agreement with Air One especially for the route out from
Rome to Sicily. The airline wants probably to approach the Star
Alliance group as new partnership but the detail the moment are
unknown, because at the moment inserted in the Qauliflyer alliance.
Other agreements at the present are with Spanair, SN AIR ONE has take on delivery further two B737/400 regs EI-CXH/I. 52 are the extra flights scheduled during Easther holidays period from Alghero to Milan/Rome. ALITALIA has reported a net debt situation in 2001 of up to 900 millions of Euros, more than the 673 planned in the biannual plan approved by the board in November 2001. BRITISH AIRWAYS will increase from seven tp eight weekly flights on the route Genoa-London LGW. CATHAY PACIFIC CARGO soon will use the airport of Milan Mxp for new flights from Hong Kong. ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES increase with effect summer timetable from four to five weekly rotations on the route Addis Abeba -Rome FCO and four are the weekly rotations from Rome FCO to London LHR. EUROFLY,
the advisopr company Lazard has informed about the status of
the sold out of this charter airline, voices reports that the
financial advisor company recommend a partnership with Alitalia,
the italian major carrier has to mantain not less than 20% of
the shares. Five was the offers presented and Volare Group SpA
is the first, followed by Rusconi Family, plus a MERIDIANA
will launch another opportunity to fly in the italian domestic
routes at reasonable and discounted price, infact with effect
April 4th. to June 14th., 150000 seats are available at the special
price of 40 Euros. RYANAIR with effect April 4th. 2002 will reduce the flights from twice to once daily on the route Turin-London STN. Upgrade from one to two daily flights on the Alghero-London STN, Ancona-London STN. TYROLEAN AIRWAYS, with the start up operations from Air Alps has decided to drop the route Bolzano-Rome FCO and Bolzano-Frankfurt with imediatly effect March 31st. 2002. VOLARE AIRLINES add with effect April 20th. 2002 the route Bari-Athens
as extension of the route Milan-Bari. |
ALPI EAGLES
has launched its new frequent flyer program named Blue Fidelity,
as the others this new fidelity plans provide to give free flights
to the frequent customers. CHINA AIRLINES with effect April 4th. 2002 will increase from
two to three weekly flights from Rome to Taipei with A340/300.
The new weekly frequency to be operated on thursday. MALEV has ordered two CRJ200ER and optioned further six CRJ's from Bombardier Inc.. Delivery are scheduled in June and late July. The new carrier Malev Express established and fully owned by Malev wants to build a new regional network. The flights to be operated by Malev Express with Malev flights numbers. They are planning to start flights to Italy (Bologna, Venice), Romania, Ukraine from this summer. Below is the colour scheme adopted for Malev Express. MILLENIUM AIRLINES, the new carrier with irish ownership that wants
to establish a new hub in Florence with a fleet of a dozen Avro
RJ100, plans to establish new routes as Florence-Athens and Florence-Budapest.
Start up is expected in June. |
AEROFLOT has at the moment in storage at Rome FCO a new DC10F registered VP-BDE. AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS plans to expand the network from Italy with further two weekly frequency on the route Rome FCO-Sao Paulo-Buenos Aires with B747 plus the thrice weekly Rome FCO-Buenos Aires with A340. AIR ALPS pland to operate seasonal weekend flights from Bolzano/Bozen to Olbia/Cagliari from April 27th. 2002. From Naples and Lamezia Terme. AIR DOLOMITI add the route Bologna-Bari with effect March 27th. 2002. With effect April 8th. 2002 the new daily route Verona-Madrid with CRJ200LR. With effect April 13th. 2002 a twice weekly seasonal flight from Berlin to Venice with ATR72. With effect May 11th. 2002 a weekly seasonal on saturdays from Cagliari to Verona. The seasonal flights from Genoa -Olbia will be operated from June 1st. The Genoa -Frankfurt to be upgraded from March 31st. 2002 from ATR42/500 to CRJ200LR. The route Amsterdam-Verona will be operated from March 31st. 2002 from Do328 to CRJ200. AIR EUROPE ITALY operate a weekly charter flight from Rimini to La Habana from Oct. 8th. 2002 with B767 on behalf for I Viaggi del Ventaglio-Columbus. AIR LIB operate from May to October a weekly charter from Rimini to Paris CDG with MD83. AIR ONE,
in May has 25 B737 in fleet, now they are 22, with effect June
1st. 2002 add a daily flight from Palermo to Turin, due to the
Alitalia phase-out from the route. AIR SICILIA will open in future new flights from Pisa to Catania /Palermo and Palermo to Verona. ALICALABRIA is a new airline in course of constitution with the target to promote the holiday resorts of the Gulf of Policastro, the proposed operational base is in the new airport in course of built at Scalea, but the first regular operations are from Lamezia Terme, contact are in course with various tour operators and the base size aircraft is a prop in a range from 50 to 70 seats. ALISEA
founde in 1999 as ITALFLY, in 2000 has changed name in ALISEA
AIRLINES and at the moment owned from various sicilian
investors trained by Daniela Prestigiacomo with a share capital
of 103.291 Euros in course of increasing to 2600000 Euros, plans
with effect June 2nd to start the charter ALPI EAGLES until the end of March has in wet lease an Italy First ATR42/300 based in Naples, and currently operate the route Naples-Palermo/Catania. ALITALIA
will receive the first B777 in August 2002, and the following
four aircrafts will be delivery one in each following month.
Alitalia at the moment has ordered five B777/200IGW and one is
in option. At this time are unreported the past spoked B777/300
placed in option. Voices at the moment ANGEL AIRLINES will ops a new weekly rotation with effect mid March on the route Rimini-Bucuresti with a J31 18Y. The route is a chartered regular service operate on behalf for Libra Viaggi. AZZURRA AIR
has decided to modify its operational structure with the addition
of the new sharing codes on the routes operated for Alitalia,
this new asset will start on March 31st. 2002. BASIC AIRLINES operate a charter rotation from Rimini to Amsterdam with B737/800 189Y, from June 1st. to October 26th. 2002. BLUE PANORAMA plans to receive its first B767/300ER on April
15th. 2002. BRITISH AIRWAYS triple with effect March 31st. 2002 the route Pisa-London LGW (2X ARJ100, 1xB737) and Naples-London LGW. The route Verona-London LGW in this summer season is operated only with one daily flight. CARTHAGO AIRLINES is a new tunisian charter carrier that intends to start charter operations from May 2002 with two B737/300 148Y. To Italy are planned charter operations from Milan and Verona to Djerba/Monastir. CROATIA AIRLINES with effect June 30th. 2002 to Sept. 1st. 2002 operate a weekly flight from Bologna to Split and Brac Island with ATR42. DELTA AIR LINES has agreed from 14/03/2002 to start a code sharing with Alitalia on Atlanta-Guatemala City. EUROFLY receive the two ordered A330/200 in May and June, the jetliners are ex Air Afrique at the moment in storage in Paris. Further two A320 will be added in fleet in 2003. The 767's will be transferred to Alitalia. EUROWINGS will resume from Lufthansa City Line the twice daily route Dussseldorf-Bologna, operated with CRJ200LR. The continue to be operated in sharing with Lufthansa and Air Dolomiti. EVA AIR CARGO with effect April 4th. 2002 will add a thrice weekly cargo flight from Taipei to Milan Mxp with MD11F. FREE AIRWAYS will add regular charter flights for this summer season from Zurich to Palermo/Catania with MD83. GANDALF AIRLINES has fully completed the increase optional share capital to reduce the financial troubles. The 2001 was closed with a net losses of 54,9 billions of ITL.With effect March 31st. will drop the route Rome FCO-Parma-Bergamo. HOLA AIRLINES is a new spanish charter carrier that intent to
add charter flights to Europe (Italy enclosed) with two B737/400
with effect June 2002. IRANIAN AIRLINES has planned a twice monthly cargo rotation from Rimini to Mumbai with IL76. LAUDA AIR ITALY, the holding Volante that control the italian
charter airline has sold out the 40% of the shares to I Viaggi
del Ventaglio Group. MALEV, rumours reports the coming foundation of a regional carrier called MALEV EXPRESS with two CRJ200, routes planned are from Budapest to Bologna / Venice / Timisoara/ Odessa/Kiev/Belgrade. MALMO AVIATION with Avro RJ100 has planned charter rotations from Glasgow to Bologna/Rimini/Pisa from July to September. In the same period also from Dublin to Bologna. MERIDIANA
with effect March 20th. 2002 will add the route Palermo-Rome
FCO on four daily basis. The route at the moment is the most
busiest after the Milan Lin-Rome FCO. With the entrance of Meridiana
is the seventh carrier that operate the route after Alitalia,
Air Sicilia in partnership with Volare Group, Alpi Eagles, Air
One, Panair Compagnia Aerea Mediterranea. MILLENIUM AIRLINES is a new proposed airline with two hubs one in Shannon and one in Florence with a fleet of two AvroRJ85 and 8 Avro RJ100. MINERVA AIRLINES with effect March 31st. 2002 drop the routes Rimini-Milan Mxp, Perugia-Rome FCO and Trieste-Naples. The planned Trieste-Palermo did'nt commence at the moment. NEOS
presented today at Milan Mxp has a planned budget of 26 millions
of Euro until October 26th. 2002 and 4200 flying hours are scheduled
to be operated. 70 peoples are employed by the airline. The first
revenue flight was a Milan Mxp-Cap Skirring on March 8th. 2002.
The twice letter code is NO. The airline was founded
after a joint venture from Ifil and Preussag. NORTHWEST with effect April 1st. 2002 will resume the daily flight Rome FCO-Detroit with DC10/40. QATAR AIRWAYS with effect June 16th. 2002 will add four weekly rotations from Milan Mxp to Muscat with A320. REGIONAL AIRLINES from June to September operate a weekly charter flight from Strasburg to Rimini. TAP announce a new morning daily rotation from Milan Linate to Lisnon with effect April 1st. 2002. The route will be operated with A321. THOMAS COOK AIRLINES operate with B737 a weekly charter flight from Bruxelles to Rimini from June to September. VOLARE AIRLINES extend the two daily rotations from Milan Lin to Bari, respectively one to Tirana and one to Athens. The Athens rotation has the nightstop in Athens. WELCOME plans to start a weekly flight from Innsbruck to Naples this summer. |
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AIR SICILIA will present with effect March 1st. 2002 the e-ticket on the all flights operated from the carrier. Freeairways MD83's starts to fly on March 20th. 2002. New flights are planned from Catania and Palermo to Paris CDG. AIR VALLEE drops the routes Reggio Calabria -Bologna/Rome FCO and Rome FCO-Pescara with effect Feb. 17th. 2002. AZZURRA AIR will base a B737/700 at Manchaster and will operate charter rotation on behalf for an UK tour operator for the entire summer season. The carrier intends to operate for Alitalia in joint venture the routes from Milan Mxp not desired from Alitalia. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES will fitt with C12 sleeperette business class
seat and 263 in economy its new drylease B767/300ER, the first
one will be delivered on April 15th. 2002 and the second in October.
100 new job positions will be inserted in the airline staff.
The two twinjets are to be CROATIA AIRLINES will add a new seasonal scheduled route from June 30th. 2002 to Sept. 1st. from Ancona to Split, another second flight will be operated from Ancona to Brac Island. VOLARE GROUP will replace the three B767 with three A330 during the spring 2002 for leisure operations. |
AIR DOLOMITI has reached another newest important results infact
in Koln on Feb. 8th. 2002 further two awards was aggigned by
I.F.C.A. and I.F.S.A., and again Settimocielo is the reason because
Air Dolomiti has got this further recognition. A Gold Mercury
Award was given in the category On Board Service and the 'Overall
Award, as most important world recognition in the all categories,
for the innovation and for the application result of unheard-of
services in air transport hospitality. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES will drylease two B767/300ER with the first aircraft in delivery in May 2002 and the second in October. FREE AIRWAYS will start up operations with two MD83's on March
20th. 2002. GULF AIR drop with effect April 1st. 2002 the route Bahrain -Milan MXP. SKYSERVICE during summer season 2002 from May to Ocotober will operate charter flights from Toronto to Milan/Rome FCO/Venice/ Trieste/Pescara/Bari/Lamezia with A330. SWISS AIR LINES, updating the news releases showed furing the airline presentation held in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago has decided with effect May 15th. 2002 to start up regular flights from Zurich to Bologna/Turin on thrice daily basis with Embraer EMB145 and Saab2000. |
AIR COLUMBIA has start on Feb. 4th. 2002 flights from Pescara
to Rome FCO on thrice daily basis with Swearingen Metro III 19
seater without onboard service. AIR ONE
has leased these aircrafts: AUSTRIAN AIRLINES introduce the fourth daily flight with effect March 31st. 2002 on Milan Mxp-Vienna. VOLARE AIRLINES, the major shareholder has acquired the 49,8% previously in the hand of Swissair for 47,6 millions of Euro. Now has in her hand the 80% of the shares, Volare Group the second italian aviation group with a year invoice of 500 millions of Euro still searching new alliances, and is interested to acquire Eurofly. |
AIR ONE, after the start up on the route Alghero-Milan today has signed with Italian Civil Aviation Authority the agreement to operate on the routes Alghero-Rome FCO and Cagliari-Milan. Meridiana and Alitalia employees in Sardinia now they has high riskes about possible surplus due to the routes dropping. ALPI EAGLES allow to use the web site for online ticketing
at EUROFLY, six are the purchasers interested to buy this airline, the Rusconi's family, Volare Group, Alpi Eagles, Lauda Air and two international tour operators. Eurofly has invoiced in 2000 177,3 millions of Euro and net losses for 18,5 millions of Euro. In the first half of 2001 has invoiced 86,9 millions of Euro and net losses for 3,8 millions of Euro. GULF AIR in February and March mix the flights from Frankfurt with an additional stop in Milan Mxp. IBERIA with effect Jan. 31st. 2002 increase from two to three daily flights on the route Barcelona-Bologna with an Air Nostrum/Iberia Regional CRJ200LR CY50.The timetable is: BLQ-BCN daily 0650-0820 CRJ CY IB8625 BCN-BLQ daily 0905-1040 CRJ CY IB8622 RYANAIR
will add the routes London STN-Milan Orio on twice daily, Rome
Ciampino-London STN on thrice daily, Charleroi -Rome CIA on daily
basis. SRI LANKAN wants to mantain a reasonable traffic in incoming to Ceylon feedering the italian passengers that wants to fly with connceting flights via Paris, London, Zurich. Interesting connection to Maldives are available via Ceylon from Zurich. SWISS AIR LINES will op from April 1st. 2002 to Italy only to Florence,Venice, Rome FCO, Milan and Naples. Seasonal flight only to Olbia. At the moment there no flights planned to Bologna, Genoa and Turin. |
AIR COLUMBIA and not AIR COLOMBIA with effect Jan. 28th. 2002 will add the new route Pescara-Rome FCO on thrice daily basis with Swearingen Metroliner, successfully are planned new flights from Pescara to Milan. AIR DOLOMITI with effect March 31st. 2002 will add the routes
Bologna-Bari operated on daily basis with ATR42/500, Venice-Bari
operated on daily basis with ATR72/500. These two flights has
obviously has final destination Munich. AIR EUROPE ITALY has confirmed the joint venture with Costa Cruises to operate a weekly charter flight from Verona to Pointe a Pitre thru April 20th. 2002. ALITALIA has dropped the route Alghero-Milan, after the start-up operations by Air One, the new carrier cleared from the italian civil aviation authority to operate the route with government financial aids. AIR ONE is
expected the delivery of two B737/800 wet-leased from Transavia
PH-HZI, HZG. DELTA AIR LINES with effect April 1st. 2002 will add the new route in sharing with Alitalia from Milan Mxp to Atlanta. ELECTRA CARGO was seen in an occasionally cargo flight in Pisa on Jan. 23rd.2002 with DC10/30F SX-CVC. EUROFLY has ordered two A330 for the long haul charter flights.On Feb.10Th. 2002 will be opened the offers to purchase the carrier, after that Alitalia has advised about the intention to sold out the airline. FINNAIR plans to double the direct flights from Helsinki to Milan and with effect Feb. 18th. 2002 will operate four weekly flights from Rome to Helsinki and five weekly with effect summer timetable. GANDALF AIRLINES, Italian stoke exchange has approved the increase
of the share capital, the airline will offer new shares with
combineds warrants for the year 2002, 2003, 2004 that will be
quoted in the new stoke exchange market. The airline told that
new increase capital provide for an increase of 4.591.776 new
shares to the nominal value of 1,45Euro offered in option to
the shareholders new 4 shares each pour one oldest at a price
of 5 Euro. LUFTHANSA
in Emilia Romagna still continue to be one of the first must
market and and one of the most important in Italy. This was declared
by Carlo Romeggio, area manger of the german airline. Today,
one passenger up to four travelling to foreign destinations choose
Lufthansa. The total invoice in MEA has resumed Milan as extension of the route Beirut-Rome with effect Jan.20th. 2002. MERIDIANA has declared that is now in crisis status and plan to drop 151 employments in Sardinia, Mr. Sebastiani CEO of the airline has to meet the trade unions next week to resolve the situation. During this time the managers has decide to lower the salaries of a 10%. TAROM will present the new routes from Bologna in a press conference on Jan.30th. 2002. |
AIR COLOMBIA with effect Jan. 28th. 2002 will add the new route Pescara-Rome FCO on thrice daily basis with Swearingen Metroliner, successfully are planned new flights from Pescara to Milan. AIR DOLOMITI has recently presnted in a press conference the
new flight Bologna-Bruxelles. Alcide Leali the airline chairman
and founder has advised about the new expansion of the carrier
that wants to continue to open new flights or increase the frequencies
on the present route in operations to offer the best service
in term of onboard service and frequent flights AIR ONE
has leased a B737/300 regs PH-HVV from Transavia to cover the
expansion of the domestic timetable. Further four B737 are expected
in delivery on Jan. 20th. 2002, in future will be returned to
lessor part of the oldest dryleased aircrafts. AIR SICILIA offer the route Palermo-Pantelleria at 50 Euro one way for adults and 30 Euro to the childrens under 11 yrs of age. AIR VALLEE has at the moment only two Do328JET in fleet, at the moment is unknown the scheduled delivery of the following three airliners ordered. ALITALIA
will drop the route Milan Mxp-Los Angeles with effect March 31st.
2002. GANDALF AIRLINES has planned to introduce in February 2002 the
F50 in its timetable from Brescia to Rome FCO and Rome FCO to
Trapani-Pantelleria. MERIDIANA
has planned to resume the cutted flights with effect Jan. 1st.2002
with effect March 31st. 2002. RYANAIR, rumours reports that in future the airline is interesed to open the route Forli'-Hahn. VOLARE AIRLINES has received its second A321 regs I-PEKN. |
AIR DOLOMITI has started the recruitment of further 60 flight
attendants not certified to cover the expansions planned on the
timetable in future. AIR MOLDOVA has agreed with Lufthansa for a daily connection in Frankfurt to the all passengers with starting departure Bologna, Venice, Milan and special agreements with Alpi Eagles, Air One , Meridiana for a feedering service throughout Rome FCO to Chisinau. Air Moldova has planned an increase from three to four weekly flights from Rome FCO to Chisinau with effect April 2002 with EMB145RJ. AIR ONE has launched the new promotional fares called WEURO starting from 50 until 70 Euro one way, saleables until 5 days before the departure and without refunds and date changeables.These fares are available until March 24th. 2002. CORSAIR has elected Distal ITR Group as new GSA in Italy. Corsair is still in operations with weekly flights from Paris ORY to Rome/Venice. GANDALF AIRLINES with effect January 28th. 2001 has agree with
the local handling agent of Brescia Montichiari to start up a
new thrice daily flights from Brescia to Rome Fiumicino on thrice
daily basis with Dornier 328. The route was recently dropped
by Alpi Eagles after a short operation of only MALAYSIA AIRLINES with surprise will restart the flights between Kuala Lampur and Rome with effect February 28th. 2002 thrice weekly with B777 and followimg with B747/400. NEOS on Feb.28th. 2002 its receive the first B737/800 from Boeing, this airliner in 184Y will be introduced on March 11th. 2002 on the route Milan Mxp-Ilha do Sal, the second airliner will be introduced during the summer with the new introduction of 12 seats in business class. TACV
is extremely worried by the overcapacity on the routes from Italy
to Cape Verde Islands, the airline says that is present a considerable
market because Italy is the first referement market, but the
considerable number of charter flights operated by Italian carriers
probably disturb the start up of a regular weekly flight from
Italy to Cape Verde. TACV hopes to start VOLARE GROUP intend to establish the fleet composed only by Airbus Industrie manufactured airliners, soon duting the 2002 the three B767 and two B777 will be returned to lessor and replaced by five A330. |
AIR VALLEE
with effect Jan. 7th. 2002 add the new route Crotone-Rome FCO
and Rome FCO-Pescara operated on daily basis with Do328JET. ALITALIA and MINERVA has suspenmded one of the two daily flights from Rimini to Milan Mxp. EUROFLY currently has in fleet one MD83 EI-CMZ now in fulll Alitalia c/s and Eurofly red titles, previously painted in Teorema c/s. |
AIR MALTA has temporary resumed the route Palermo-Malta on twice weekly basis until March 29th. 2002. AIR ONE with effect Jan. 21th. 2001 start to fly from Alghero to Milan/Rome FCO and Cagliari to Milan with the aids of the government financial support program for the ethnic travellers. AIR VALLEE
suspend with effect Jan. 7th. 2002 the routes CSA with effect March 31st. 2002 will start a new daily flight from Prague to Venice operate on Mo,Th,Fr,Su with ATR72 and on Tu,We,Sa with ATR42. The route is in sharing with Alitalia. GO-FLY
offer special fares from Milan Lin, Venice, Bologna to London
STN at 30 Euro round trip airport taxes enclosed, from Rome CIA
and Naples to London STN at 40 Euro airport taxes enclosed. This
new interesting promotional campaign is valid if booked from
Jan. 8th to Jan. 23th. 2002 and valid to fly from Jan. 12th.
to March 25th. 2002. MERIDIANA in the 2001 has carried 3,3 million of pax, despite of the traffic lose in the third quarter where in 2000 has carried 1,1 million and in the 2001 only 0,9 million. VOLARE AIRLINES banned now to fly on the routes Cagliari-Milan/Rome has protested and placed opposition to the administrative regional court |