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Move "blatantly unlawful" claims LCC
Ryanair has called on the European Commission to block what it calls "state aid" to Lufthansa over the German carrier's acquisition of a stake in Austrian Airlines.
Lufthansa has reportedly offered €360,000 for the 41.6% stake and asked the Austrian government to take over the airline's €500m debt.
The Irish carrier said the EC must "prohibit the blatantly unlawful €500m state aid which the Austrian Government intends to grant to Lufthansa."
It also accused the Austrian government of "giving" its national carrier to Lufthansa and said it would appeal against any decision to allow the "aid" to go through.
Posted on 19 Nov 2008 by admin
Jet Airways has decided to stop flying between Brussels and Bangalore
Jet Airways has decided to stop flying between Brussels and Bangalore in southern India.
The move to abandon the route is part of the Indian carrier's bid to restore profitability.
But the decision will come as a shock to many people as Jet only inaugurated it a few weeks ago.
Raja Segran, the carrier's VP for Europe and the Americas, confirmed to ABTN that the route will cease by January 12 next year.
Posted on 19 Nov 2008 by admin
Airline to end southern India route next February
KLM is to suspend its service from Amsterdam to Hyderabad.
A statement by the Dutch carrier said it was "suspending the service in response to financial results of this route and local market developments."
KLM launched the route in October 2005 and now flies between Amsterdam and Hyderabad four times a week with MD-11s.
The carrier's final flight from Amsterdam will be KL873 on January 31 which will return from Hyderabad as KL874 on February 1.
Posted on 17 Nov 2008 by admin
Troubled airline again hit by strike
The EC gave conditional approval to the €375m takeover of Alitalia by a consortium of businessmen.
But EC transport commissioner Antonio Tajani said the near bankrupt airline would have to repay a €300m rescue loan from the Italian government.
Mr Tajani ruled that Alitalia had already received state aid in previous rescue attempts.
But he said the sale of Alitalia's profitable assets to the CAI onsortium would be legal.
Posted on 13 Nov 2008 by admin
Thanksgiving holiday period will drop about 10 percent from last year
The number of passengers traveling with U.S. airlines over the Thanksgiving holiday period will drop about 10 percent from last year as a weak economy hits consumer spending and carriers cut back flights.
Thanksgiving remains the busiest travel time for U.S. airlines, but the 2008 season will see a decline in passengers for the first time in seven years, according to the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the trade body for the leading U.S. airlines.
Posted on 13 Nov 2008 by admin
Flights to Chicago will cease on January 14, while those to Las Vegas and the Caribbean will terminate after Easter 2009. The move will Virgin as the only carrier offering direct flights between the UK and Las Vegas (out of London Gatwick). In a memo to Bmi staff (which has been posted on several internet forum sites) CEO Nigel Turner said:
"The Manchester long haul operation began in 2001 due to our inability to access the Heathrow-USA market. The UK Government had indicated in 2000 that they were prepared to agree a deal with the USA to open Heathrow gradually to competition, but lobbying by BA and Virgin at the last minute hoodwinked them into changing their minds, leaving us with only Manchester services to the USA for our aircraft.
Posted on 10 Nov 2008 by admin
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