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    Aer Lingus today launches its largest ever summer programme at Cork Airport. A total of 140 weekly departures will operate to the UK and continental Europe, an increase of 44 flights per week. Twenty-two routes will be served directly from Cork including popular destinations such as Alicante, Barcelona, Faro, Lanzarote, Malaga and Nice. full story...

    Russia is planning to tighten its grip on flagship airline Aeroflot by taking control of a 25.8 percent stake owned by tycoon Alexander Lebedev, ridding the carrier of a major independent shareholder, Reuters reported. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...Aeroflot board meeting discusses safety

    Air Baltic - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    airBaltic receives ATW's Phoenix Award

    Today Aaron Karp, Senior Editor of the aviation magazine Air Transport World presented ATW's Phoenix Award to Bertolt Flick, President and CEO of airBaltic. This highly regarded award recognises the fundamental changes that airBaltic has so successfully implemented, despite the exceptional harsh market conditions. full story...
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...airBaltic to launch Manchester - Riga

    Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline, is releasing flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt in summer 2010 for booking now. From May onwards, Air Berlin will be operating a service linking the two cities with up to five flights a day from Monday to Friday. full story...
    Posted Feb 1, 2010 full story...Air Berlin flies from Berlin to Graz

    Air Canada - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    Air Canada reports January traffic

    For the month of January, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 77.5 per cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), versus 78.1 per cent in January 2009, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points. full story...

    Franck Terner has taken over from Alain Bassil as head of the European carrier's aeronautical maintenance division. Alain Bassil will oversee an extended scope of activities within the Air France General Management. full story...

    Air Jamaica employees petitioned Prime Minister Bruce Golding to have pilots and other staff members take over operation of the cash-strapped national airline, instead of going ahead with the sale to Trinidad's Caribbean Airlines. full story...

    Airmalta has registered a EUR31 million annual floss in its financial estimates. The government is now seeking state aid to save the airline from bankruptcy. During a press conference, a bleak scenario for AirMalta was unveiled with current chairman Lawrence Zammit being replaced by Sonny Portelli. full story...

    Air Seychelles is adding a third weekly direct flight from London to Mahe, Seychelles effective 20 April 2010. full story...

    Air Transport Association - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Air Transport Association comments on 2011 budget proposal

    Perhaps the most significant part of the White House 2011 budget proposal is that it did not contain any increases in taxes and fees for airlines and their passengers for the upcoming year. However, the budget reiterated the 2010 proposal to increase the aviation passenger security fee by one dollar per year for three years starting in 2012. full story...

    AirAsia X today appointed Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP) as its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider. Both parties signed an agreement in Singapore today for LTP to provide MRO services for AirAsia X's fleet of eight Airbus aircraft which comprises A330s and A340s for three years beginning March 2010. full story...
    Posted Feb 1, 2010 full story...AirAsia X ending Abu Dhabi service for now

    On the eve of the 2010 Singapore Airshow, AirTran Airways received the Market Leadership Award from the editors of Air Transport World (ATW) at the publication's 36th annual awards ceremony. full story...
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...AirTran Airways reports January traffic
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...AirTran Airways adds nonstop flights between Baltimore and Jacksonville
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...AirTran Airways announces new service to Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Alaska Air - Posted Feb 2, 2010
    Alaska Air Group reports January traffic

    Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 77.7 percent in January 2010, compared to 71.7 percent in January 2009, on a 1.0 percent increase in available seat miles compared to the prior-year period. full story...
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...Alaska Air Group reports 4th quarter and full-year results

    Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco Beijing) announced it has been awarded a five-year contract for heavy maintenance on United Airline's Boeing 747 fleet. full story...
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Ameco Beijing to perform B767 C-check for Aeroflot Russian Airlines

    American Airlines - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    American Airlines reports January traffic

    American Airlines reported a January load factor of 76.2 percent, an increase of 2.4 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 0.4 percent and capacity decreased 2.7 percent year over year. full story...

    American Eagle - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    American Eagle Airlines reports January traffic

    American Eagle reported that January traffic increased 9.1 percent year over year as capacity increased 5.1 percent. January load factor was 63.6 percent, an increase of 2.4 points compared to the same period last year. full story...

    ANA Group filed a revision of its normal international fares with the Japanese government today, for travel between Japan and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...ANA financial results for the first 9 months of FY09

    APG Global Associates has been appointed by Bolivian carrier AEROSUR as their General Sales Agent (GSA) in the following countries: Bulgaria, Central West Africa, China, East Africa, Egypt, Japan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Venezuela. full story...

    Arik Air has expanded its already extensive regional services with the launch of flights between Abuja and Accra, Banjul and Dakar. The new services are Arik Air's first from Nigeria's capital, Abuja to points in West Africa. full story...

    ARINC Incorporated today announced it has received a 42-month extension of its current IT contract at London Heathrow Airport, and will continue as the provider of common-use passenger check-in and departure systems at the airport's Terminals 1 and 3. full story...

    With 16.2 million passengers in 2009, the passenger traffic of Athens International Airport recorded a small decline (-1.5% as against 2008), placing the airport in the 2nd place amongst major European airports with the least passenger traffic decline in the year (European average at -5.9%). full story...

    Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - Posted Jan 28, 2010
    Austin Airport - December 2009 passenger & cargo traffic statistics

    Total passenger traffic for December 2009 was 694,563 down 0.7% compared to December 2008. December 2009 enplanements totaled 353,737, down 0.3%. full story...

    Aviareps - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Aviareps now representing Iceland Express

    Aviareps will act as sales and marketing representative for Iceland Express in Poland. From its subsidiary in Warsaw, headed by Marek Slawatyniec, Aviareps will handle all ticketing, sales and marketing activities within the country. full story...

    Belavia Airlines - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    Belavia enhances services to Italy

    Now Belavia operates flights to/from Italy 6 times a week ( 3 regular flights on the route Minsk- Rome and 3 regular flights Minsk- Milan). In the summer time schedule- 2010 starting from May 30 the frequency of flights will be increased by 8 times a week. full story...

    Bombardier Aerospace - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    Bombardier delivers 100th Challenger 605 jet manufactured

    Bombardier Aerospace today announced the entry into service of the 100th manufactured Challenger 605 jet. With over 800 aircraft manufactured, the popular Challenger 600 series has accumulated over 4,000,000 flight hours with a dispatch reliability of over 99.8 per cent as at September 2009. full story...

    British Airways - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    BA cabin crew dispute back in court

    The dispute over new schedules for British Airways cabin crew is to return to the High Court. The estimated five-day hearing before Sir Christopher Holland in London will resolve whether there should be a permanent injunction preventing BA from imposing cost-cutting proposals. full story...

    Carpatair joins the group of leading airline operators across Europe having Fokker 70 aircrafts in their fleet, and becomes the only airline in South-Eastern Europe operating with jet aircrafts having 70-80 seats. full story...

    Cessna Aircraft Company announced today it is set to deliver the first of five Citation Mustangs ordered by the Singapore Flying College in Australia to support its advanced training program. full story...

    Changi Airport Group - Posted Jan 27, 2010
    Changi Airport Group and Jetstar Group sign air hub deal

    Changi Airport Group and Jetstar signed an agreement today to launch a strategic partnership that will see Jetstar continue to make Singapore Changi Airport its largest air hub in Asia for both short and long haul operations. full story...

    China Eastern - Posted Jan 31, 2010
    China Eastern set to launch flights to Dubai

    China Eastern Airlines is set to launch a new route to Dubai from the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming. it will operate the service three times a week from February 22. full story...

    Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore - Posted Jan 29, 2010
    CAAS steps up efforts to boost growth in aviation industry in Singapore

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) today unveiled plans to drive the development and growth of the aviation industry in Singapore. Following a major restructure of CAAS last year CAAS is also focusing on building a vibrant and sustainable aviation industry that will continue to make a key contribution to Singapore's economy. full story...
    Posted Jan 27, 2010 full story...CAAS and Singapore Airlines partner ror world's first multi-sector green flight

    Continental Airlines today reported a January consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 77.2 percent, 4.0 points above the January 2009 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 78.0 percent, 4.0 points above the January 2009 mainline load factor. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...Continental Airlines announces additional New York - Heathrow flights for summer, winter 2010

    Copenhagen Airports - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Copenhagen Airport hit by wildcat strike

    There is a wildcat work stoppage at Copenhagen Airport today after CPH has informed staff that the operation of the two staff canteens will be outsourced effective 1 March 2010. full story...

    Delta Air Lines this weekend completed the integration of the Northwest Airlines reservation system, including the transition of all Northwest flights into the Delta schedule, migration of Northwest passenger reservations into the Delta system, and retirement of nwa.com. full story...

    Embraer - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Embraer delivers its 100th Phenom 100

    Embraer delivered the 100th Phenom 100 aircraft, last Friday, to JetSuite, a U.S.-based private jet charter company. The commemorative aircraft is the sixth delivered to this customer. full story...

    Emirates, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday added an extra daily connection between its home base of Dubai and the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, bringing the total number to 21 weekly, non-stop flights. full story...

    Etihad Airways - Posted Feb 2, 2010
    Etihad Airways launches Japan services

    Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, commenced operations to Japan today with the launch of its Nagoya-Abu Dhabi service. full story...
    Posted Feb 1, 2010 full story...Bangkok Airways joins Etihad Guest programme as airline partner

    ExecuJet Aviation Group - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    ExecuJet Europe adds five wide-bodied aircraft to management fleet

    The ExecuJet Aviation Group has bolstered its European fleet with the addition of seven new aircraft. Over the past few months the company has added a Challenger 300, Challenger 850, two Global Express, one Global 5000, one Falcon 2000 and a Gulfstream 100. full story...

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a civil penalty totaling almost $2.5 million against American Eagle Airlines for operating flights without adequately ensuring the weight of baggage was properly calculated. full story...

    This loss in the final quarter of 2008/09 clearly had a serious impact on the financial performance for the year, as did the impact of the increased fuel prices in the first half of the year. full story...
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...Flybe offers up to 25% off

    Garuda Indonesia - Posted Jan 29, 2010
    Garuda Indonesia certified as a 4-star airline

    After implementing its business transformation program in 2005, notably across its operations, management & human resources, finance and service standards, Garuda Indonesia is gradually reaping results. Towards the end of 2009, improvements to its services also resulted in an upgrade in its Skytrax rating level from a three-star to a four-star airline status. full story...

    Highland Airways - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Highland Airways reinstates ticket bookings

    The fate of financially troubled Highland Airways now appears to be secure. The Inverness-based firm had placed restrictions on its bookings while talks were held to secure new investment. full story...

    The website www.airportrailwaysoftheworld.com, put together by IARO, is the airport traveller's friend. For every airport with some kind of rail connection, it tells you what kind of connection - Airport Express, regional train or metro. full story...

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that in 2009 intra-Asia-Pacific travel had eclipsed the number of travelers in North America as the world's largest aviation market. full story...

    Iberia - Posted Feb 2, 2010
    Iberia changes luggage allowances

    On March 1st, a new luggage allowance policy will come into force at Iberia. The luggage allowance will be reduced for passengers paying the lowest fares on long haul flights, while the baggage allowance for Business class passengers on flights in Spain and the rest of Europe will be increased. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...Iberia Plus offers more opportunities to upgrade to Business Class

    Icelandair has revised the U.S. and Canadian flight schedule to better accommodate travelers based on projected demand for Summer 2010. The Summer schedule changes will include an additional flight from Minneapolis - St. Paul. full story...

    Just yesterday, just4airlines.com Facebook page attracted its 1000th fan. The fan page was launched in August 2009. full story...

    Today, the JAL Group filed an application with the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism requesting a revision of IATA international normal and PEX airfares applicable for Japan departures to Europe, Middle East and Oceania. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...JAL, Nippon Yusen air cargo talks hit snag
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...JAL announces new Board of Directors

    Jet Airways has won the Customer and Brand Loyalty Award in the Domestic Commercial Airlines Sector, at the third annual Loyalty Awards. This was the airline's third consecutive victory in this category. full story...

    JetBlue Airways - Posted Jan 28, 2010
    JetBlue announces 2009 annual profit

    JetBlue Airways Corporation today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. Pre-tax income was $20 million in the fourth quarter. This compares to a pre-tax loss of $51 million in the year-ago period, which included a special charge of $53 million related to the valuation of JetBlue's auction rate securities. full story...

    Kingfisher Airlines - Posted Jan 29, 2010
    Kingfisher Airlines to launch Kingfisher Xpress

    Kingfisher Airlines, today announced the launch of Kingfisher Xpress, a new Door-to-Door cargo delivery service. The launch is slated for February 2, 2010. Kingfisher Xpress Same Day service will be India's first and only same day delivery by air service, with a money-back guarantee. full story...

    Kuwait Airways - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Kuwait Airways announces upgrades to its website

    Weather updates for all destinations has been launched and customers can view this service by using the Map Route to display the information beside Immigration information for all destinations also available in Our Services ?' Useful information. full story...

    Smiths Detection, Lufthansa Cargo and Covenant Aviation Security, LLC, will provide an all-in-one TSA-approved security solution for the freight forwarding, air cargo shipping and logistics industry in the United States. This was announced today prior to the second Lufthansa Cargo Security Conference in East Meadow, N.Y. full story...

    Singapore Airlines calculated the route of its recent ASPIRE (Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions) flight with FreeFlight, one of the latest enhancements of Lufthansa Systems' dispatch solution Lido/Flight. full story...

    Lufthansa customers can now book codeshare flights with Brussels Airlines to four more destinations in Africa. As part of the extended cooperation between the two carriers, Brussels Airlines will also issue its own tickets to passengers on Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt to Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt, Malabo and also to Luanda. full story...

    Mahan Air - Posted Jan 28, 2010
    Mahan Air makes maiden flight to KLIA

    Iran's second largest airline, Mahan Air, made its maiden landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Thursday. full story...

    Malaysia Airlines - Posted Jan 30, 2010
    MAS offers 6 more UK and Ireland destinations online

    Malaysia Airlines has made it even easier for passengers to book flights online to or from six key destinations in the UK and Ireland. Passengers arriving or departing Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester can now book their flights online at www.malaysiaairlines.com. full story...

    OneWorld Alliance - Posted Jan 29, 2010
    oneworld news for January 2010

    Finnair opens unique sauna in Helsinki lounge. Iberia to open its own flights to Amman and Damascus. Japan Airlines and Mexicana expand code-sharing to more routes. LAN to add San Francisco as its fourth destination in USA. BA to serve two Spanish islands from London City. And more... full story...

    Prague Airport - Posted Feb 1, 2010
    Prague Airport traffic development

    Prague Airport's traffic figures showed in December the best result in 2009. With an increase in passenger volumes by 7.3%, it was the most significant improvement since July 2008 when the negative impact of global economic crises started to affect traffic development at Prague Airport. full story...
    Posted Feb 1, 2010 full story...Prague Airport - network expansion

    Qatar Airways - Posted Feb 2, 2010
    Qatar Airways expands South East Asian operations

    Qatar Airways has begun a major expansion of its online operations in South East Asia including boosting frequencies and upgrading aircraft equipment deployed to the region. full story...
    Posted Jan 31, 2010 full story...Qatar Airways unveils launch dates for new routes

    Regional Express (Rex) had its inaugural flight between Townsville and Mount Isa in North West Queensland last night followed by the inaugural flight out of Mount Isa earlier this morning. full story...

    Rolls-Royce has won a share of an order from Turkish Airlines, the national carrier of Turkey, for V2500 engines to power 20 firm and 10 option Airbus A320 family aircraft. The order is worth up to $170 million to Rolls-Royce. full story...
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Rolls-Royce share of Sichuan Airlines V2500 order worth $100 million
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Rolls-Royce signs Totalcare services agreement with Malaysia Airlines
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...Rolls-Royce share of Jetstar V2500 order worth up to $1.2 billion

    Royal Brunei - Posted Jan 29, 2010
    Royal Brunei Airlines promotions at consumer fair

    Customers visiting the consumer fair can enjoy exclusive promotions and offers from Royal Brunei Airlines from 28th until 31st January 2010 at the Plenary Hall, International Convention Centre, Berakas. Royal Brunei Airlines' booth is located at BP6 & BP7. full story...
    Posted Jan 29, 2010 full story...Royal Brunei Airlines introduces Royal Brunei Holidays
    Posted Jan 27, 2010 full story...Royal Brunei Airlines and Tourism Malaysia in joint marketing

    Ryanair - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    Ryanair's traffic grows 9% in January

    The passenger and load factor statistics for January 2010 for Ryanair show a traffic growth of 9% over the previous year. full story...
    Posted Feb 3, 2010 full story...Ryanair announces 25 new routes
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Ryanair to open new seasonal routes from Cork
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Ryanair slashes up to 30% off all fares
    Posted Feb 1, 2010 full story...Ryanair Q3 loss reduced from EUR102m to EUR11m

    Sabre Holdings - Posted Jan 28, 2010
    Air Malta selects Sabre AirCentre Flight Plan Manager

    Air Malta has chosen Sabre Airlines Solutions' AirCentre Flight Plan Manager to modernize and streamline its airline operations. Air Malta uses a number of other solutions from Sabre's AirCentre Enterprise Operations suite. full story...

    Singapore Airlines - Posted Feb 2, 2010
    Singapore Airlines aspires to greener skies

    Singapore Airlines has successfully completed the world's first multi-sector demonstration green flight, with fuel savings of more than 10 tonnes and a reduction in carbon emissions of more than 33 tonnes. full story...
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Singapore Airlines returns to profitability in 3rd quarter

    SkyWest Airlines is pleased to promote Greg Burton to director ?' internal culture. In his new role, Greg will be responsible for driving internal culture through employee recognition and engagement, leadership development, travel and people programs, as well as employee philanthropic opportunities. full story...

    South African Airways (SAA) is again pleading with passengers to adhere to allocated hand baggage weight restrictions on all flights for their comfort and above all to ensure safe operations. full story...

    South African Express - Posted Jan 28, 2010
    SA Express comment on collusion accusations

    SA Express is not party to any collusion with other airlines pertaining to pricing strategies during the 2010 world cup tournament. full story...

    Southwest Airlines is offering Customers airfares for the next 72 hours starting as low as $30 one-way to/from Denver. full story...
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...Southwest Airlines releases first app for iPhone and iPod
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...Southwest Airlines appoints new member to Board of Directors
    Posted Jan 28, 2010 full story...Southwest Airlines declares 134th consecutive quarterly dividend

    The airline has for the first time introduced the Edinburgh as a destination whilst continuing direct flights to London (Stansted) and Milan plus restoring the seasonal flights to Dublin and Girona (Barcelona). full story...

    After completing the regulatory and antitrust approvals required to create the joint venture announced in October 2009, Synergy Aerospace Corp, majority shareholder of AVIANCA, and Kingsland Holding Limited, owner of Grupo TACA, informed today that they have closed their agreement to officially start its strategic integration. full story...

    TAM Airlines - Posted Jan 30, 2010
    TAM in talks to buy LAN stake

    Brazil's largest airline, TAM Linhas Aereas is in talks to buy a stake in Chile's flagship airline LAN owned by President-elect Sebastian Pinera. full story...

    Thai Airways International insists it will go ahead with its plan to hand over many of its domestic routes to its low-cost offspring, Nok Air, despite negative feedback from passengers unimpressed with the budget airline. full story...

    Russia's first low cost carrier, Sky Express, is pushing ahead with the expansion of its sales channels by signing a new distribution deal with Travelport. As of February 2010 Sky Express flights will be distributed to users of both the Galileo and Worldspan platforms worldwide. full story...
    Posted Feb 2, 2010 full story...Thomas Cook selects Travelport as its GDS partner in the UK

    Starting today, United's Mileage Plus frequent flyers can book one-way flight awards or use a combination of miles and money for a roundtrip flight, hotel stay, or car rental. full story...

    US Airways - Posted Feb 3, 2010
    US Airways reports January traffic results

    US Airways Group, Inc. today announced January traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles for the month were 4.3 billion, down 1.4 percent versus January 2009. full story...

    Wallenborn will provide a full distribution package out of the six hubs which AirBridgeCargo airlines serves in Europe operating Boeing 747 400 full freighters connecting Europe with China, the most efficient transit times over Russian airspace. full story...

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