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News of October 2006


New Milan Malpensa-Amsterdam route from October 31

28 October 2006

EasyJet, the leading low-cost airline on the European market, will inaugurate its new Milan Malpensa-Amsterdam route on October 31. Daily flights are planned, with two ones very day starting on 15 December 2006.

The new flight is part of a further expansion from the Milan Malpensa airport set in motion by the company a few months after the inauguration in spring. The winter schedule, in addition to the new Milan Malpensa-Prague flight (from 15 December 2006), also calls for a sizeable increase in frequency for connections to the main European capitals.

source: AGI online


Alaska Air boosting service to Mexico

28 October 2006

Alaska Airlines said Friday it is adding five nonstop Mexico routes from the West Coast and increasing the frequency of some existing routes, boosting its capacity to Mexico by 22 percent this fall.

The airline will add nonstop service between Los Angeles and La Paz, Portland, Ore. and both Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, San Francisco and Cancun and Seattle and Cancun.

fuente: msn


WestJet triumphs with best quarter performance in its history

27 October 2006

CanadaĆ¢??s low-fare airline WestJet has managed its best quarter in history, reporting record net earnings of $52.8 million, an increase of 74.5 per cent compared to $30.3 million in the third quarter 2005.

source: m-Travel


New U.S. low-fare airline Skybus orders 65 Airbus A319s

27 October 2006

Skybus, a new low-cost/low-fare airline based in Columbus, Ohio, has signed a firm contract for the purchase of 65 Airbus A319 aircraft. In terms of number of Airbus aircraft, this is among the largest single orders ever by a U.S. carrier. The airline has not yet announced its engine selection for the single-aisle aircraft.

source: Techwhack


Top ten destinations for 2007

27 October 2006

In a wide-ranging global survey of holidaymakers’ likes and dislikes, the Pammukkale in Turkey came out as the world’s top destination for 2007. This is the complete list:
1 – Pamukkale, Turkey
2 – Parga, Greece
3 – Ayr, Scotland
4 – Campeche, Mexico
5 – Marrakech, Morocco
6 – Naxos, Greece
7 – Puno, Peru
8 – Soller, Spain
9 – Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
10 – Fez, Morocco

source: Travelbite.co.uk


Ryanair ‘is least liked airline’

26 October 2006

Ryanair has been voted the world’s least liked airline because of cramped seating, unfriendly staff and delays.

Online travel service TripAdvisor said it polled 4,000 of its users on a range of subjects from airlines and airports, to worries and holiday hotspots.

Ryanair was not the only low-cost carrier singled out for criticism, with Easyjet voted the second worst. British Airways was picked as the best airline.

Ryanair countered that it consistently topped customer-service indicators.

source: BBC News


Aer Lingus to cut jobs

26 October 2006

Aer Lingus has warned staff that it will make job cuts as the airline attempts to fight off a hostile takeover bid from rival Ryanair.

Dermot Mannion, chief executive of the Dublin-based company, told employee representatives yesterday that cost-cutting plans will have to be stepped up after Ryanair pledged to slash Aer Lingus’s cost base in the event of a takeover.

source: Guardian Unlimited


US Airways reports loss after hedging

26 October 2006

US Airways Group Inc., formed last year from the merger of US Airways and American West Airlines, on Thursday posted a net loss for the third quarter after fuel hedging and merger-related costs.

The airline said the loss amounted to $78 million, or 88 cents per share, compared with a loss of $99 million, or $5.74 per share, for American West a year earlier. For accounting purposes, America West was treated as the acquiring company.

source: Reuters


First French airport dedicated to the low-cost air traffic

25 October 2006

In Marseille the first airport for the low-cost flights will open. It will be independent and will be built near the “Marseilles Provence”‘s airport. About 3,5 million passengers might pass every day. Ryanair wants to the new airport became its only hub in France, like base to launch its challenge to Air France-KLM, which has already provided to have recourse and threatens legal acts against the Irish airline with the accusation of social dumping.

source: AvioNews


Oasis launches world’s first long-haul budget airline flight from Hong Kong

25 October 2006

Oasis Airlines, which promotes itself as the world’s first long-haul budget airline, is making its inaugural cut-price flight from Hong Kong today.

One of Oasis’ two leased Boeing 747 jumbos was due to be airborne at 1:00 pm with a full complement of more than 300 passengers bound for London’s Gatwick Airport.

source: lse.co.uk