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  • Biofuels for airliners

    Boeing is working on "green" fuels including fuel from algae. A spokesman thinks we are within 5 years, using the same engines now in use, for a fuel blend that is 20 to 40 per cent "green." That’s a very short time frame for such a breakthrough.
    One of the main questions is "can we find plant sources that don’t compete with food sources". One project is testing the viability of bio jet fuel from the Babassu tree in Brazil.

  • KD Avia build hub and spoke

    KD Avia will start direct flights 3 times a week from Amsterdam to Kaliningrad. Brussels will also have 3 flights a week starting as from the 27th of July and Dusseldorf will have daily flights as from 15 th of June to Kaliningrad.

    From Kaliningrad there are excellent connections to different destinations in Russia.

    KD Avia has an excellent national and international network. The connecting time for national destinations such as Samara, Omsk, Novgorod, Kazan, Volgograd, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, St. Petersburg and Moscow is mostly less than 2.5 hours.


  • SAS reopened its service to Sondre Stromfjord (Kangerlussuaq)

    Last Monday morning SAS reopened its service to Sondre Stromfjord (Kangerlussuaq) after more than four years’ break.
    There are now non-stop SAS flights to Greenland out of Copenhagen Airport. Last Monday morning at 7.50 am, an Airbus A-319 took off heading north west to Sondre Stromfjord - or Kangerlussuaq in the Greenlandic language.
    The flying time to Søndre Strømfjord is 4 hours and 50 minutes. Until early June, there will be flights on Mondays and Fridays, but from early June, the service will be upgraded to three weekly frequencies (Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays).

  • Solomon gets interim aircraft

    Australian start-up SkyAirWorld has experienced a delay in getting its air operator’s certificate (AOC), which means its wet-lease customer Solomon Airlines has turned to OzJet for a temporary wet-lease on a Boeing 737-200 so it can maintain services.
    Solomon Airlines was originally planning to start using an Embraer E-170 from SkyAirWorld on 1 May but SkyAirWorld has yet to receive its AOC, says Napoleon Padabela Solomon Airlines general manager of operations.
    SkyAirWorld “still has yet to get the AOC. The aircraft has to be certified [in Australia ] so they have to do some proving flights”, says Padabela, adding that it has been doing proving flights and the Australian authorities have been processing the AOC application.

  • LAN + TAM = better value for passengers

    LAN Airlines (including LAN Peru, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador) and TAM of Brazil have decided to formalize a commercial alliance.
    The agreement aims to develop partnerships in routes operated by these companies in South America, broadening the passengers’ options to fly to several destinations throughout the continent and allowing clients of the LAN alliance to travel the routes operated by TAM, with multiple hour and frequency options. One of the benefits passengers will enjoy with this commercial alliance is the ability to travel with a single ticket from the beginning to the end of the route, in addition to the possibility of using the companies’ VIP areas.

  • SAA due for another transformation ?

    SAA is waiting for the minister of public enterprise, Alec Erwin to approve its restructuring plan before it makes it public.
    New head of communications at SAA, Robyn Chalmers, told journalists yesterday that Erwin was expected to make a decision on the new plan this month, but this wasn’t guaranteed.
    "The board have approved a restructuring business plan. It is sitting with Erwin. There is no timetable on when the shareholder will approve the plan. But we hope it will be this month," she said.
    She said that the new business plan is an exciting prospect, as it would lead to the transformation of SAA.
    "It will also be painful as there will be potential retrenchments," she said.

  • More Wizz between UK and Bucharest

    Wizz Air, a budget airline that operates in various eastern European countries, has announced an expansion of its services between the UK and Bucharest.
    Holidaymakers and property investors from Liverpool be able to fly to Bucharest from John Lennon Airport from October 1st 2007 using Wizz Air, with services scheduled for three times a week.
    Meanwhile, the airline has revealed plans to increase the frequency of its existing flights between Bucharest and London Luton, with services increasing from three times a week to six times a week by July 14th 2007.
    The company also offers flights between Transylvania-Tirgu Mures and Budapest, Rome and Barcelona.

  • Aero Asia operations suspended

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan has, with immediate effect, suspended operations of the Aero Asia Airlines due to issues relating to safety.
    Aero Asia operates on three domestic and three international routes.The airline said it had temporarily suspended operations.

    “We are in search of newer aircraft and modern-day technology in order to improve our product,” Haider Jalal, managing-director of the airline, told a news conference.

    “We have decided to suspend our operations temporarily with effect from May 19, till further notice.”

    (Note: Not to be confused with highly succesful and still flying airline Air Asia..ed)

  • Flybe to buy 15 more turboprop aircraft

    Flybe has signed contracts to acquire 15 additional Bombardier Q400 high-speed turboprop aircraft. Flybe’s Q400 fleet will increase to 60 airplanes and has taken options on another 15 Q400 series aircraft.
    The value of the firm orders, based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft is approximately $394 million U.S.

  • Continental to mark 25 years of service to Manila

    This July, Continental Micronesia will celebrate 25 years of service to Manila.
    Continental Micronesia is headquartered in Guam and operates a Pacific hub from the A.B. Won Pat International Airport. A wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Airlines, Continental Micronesia offers more than 260 departures each week between 23 cities throughout the Pacific Rim, the Micronesian Islands and Hawaii with a fleet of 13 next-generation Boeing 737 narrowbody and 767 widebody aircraft. In addition, Continental Micronesia and its code share partner Cape Air operate 90 weekly commuter service flights between Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  • All-business airline targets Middle East

    US-based MAXjet Airways is floating on the London Alternative Investment Market in order to fund new routes from London to destinations including the Middle East.
    MAXjet is the all-business class airline that currently operates routes from London Stansted to New York, Washington and Las Vegas.

  • Alternative Airlines & Vietnam Airlines

    To celebrate the launch of Alternative Airlines, the new traveller-friendly online booking site, special fares have been loaded on behalf of Vietnam Airlines.
    The site now offers great prices to Vietnam and Australia, as well as very competitive regional sector fares between Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

    For travel between Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, return flights start from £190 fully inclusive. Restrictions apply and only a limited number of flights are available.

    Alternative Airlines provides a great way to book your flights for Indo China with great add-on fares from Vietnam to Cambodia and Laos for visits to the World Heritage sites of Angkor Wat and Luang Prabang.

    Bookings are also available on all domestic sectors including travel between Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue and Phu Quoc.

  • Saudi Arabian Airlines is to buy up to 60 new aircraft

    Saudi Arabian Airlines is looking to buy up to 60 new aircraft and establish a low-cost subsidiary.
    SAA also announced a service expansion including an increase in flights to Dubai to 44 weekly from 30 and added frequencies to London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Madrid, Frankfurt, New York JFK and Washington Dulles and new seasonal services to Vienna, Athens and Munich.

  • Oman pulls out from Gulf Air.

    The government of Oman announced on Saturday it had withdrawn from the Bahrain-based airline, Gulf Air. Founded in 1974, Gulf Air was owned equally by the governments of Bahrain and Oman, after Qatar and Abu Dhabi withdrew in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
    Over the next two years, the airline will reduce the number of its aircraft to 28 from 34 and become an all Airbus fleet.

  • Afrijet gets AOC to European countries

    Nigeria’s Afrijet Airline has secured an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of the European Union to enable it fly to all destinations in Europe. This status makes Afrijet the only airline in Africa to secure dual AOCs, that of Nigeria and European Union.
    Managing Director of Afrijet Airlines, Capt. William Berry Noelle, said the vision to register Afrijet Europe as a sister airline was driven by the need to ensure that passengers of Afrijet Nigeria were taken to any European destinations from Lyon, France and Madrid, Spain, being the routes approved for the airline by the Nigerian authorities.

  • ARIK buys Boeing

    Arik Air, the Nigerian airline, has become the first carrier from that country to order aircraft direct from a manufacturer for more than 25 years. Launched last year, Arik Air expects to have 16 aircraft in operation by June serving up to 11 domestic routes. The airline is playing a leading role in contributing to the improvement of Nigeria’s aviation infrastructure as a whole and last week the airline took delivery of two brand new Boeing 737-700s.
    The airline has made a commitment for three Boeing 787-9s (the same long range model highlighted by Virgin Atlantic last week), two 777-200 LRs and two 777-300ERs.

  • United takes minority stake in Aloha

    Aloha Airlines and United Airlines announced a new partnership yesterday in which the larger carrier would become a minority equity partner in Aloha, with a seat on the isle firm’s board of directors.
    Chicago-based United Airlines will now share flight codes with Aloha Airlines on all of its mainland-Hawaii and Japan-Hawaii flights. Both companies declined to disclose United’s actual stake in Aloha. Aloha’s marketing partnership with United goes back to the early 1990s. Both have done business in Hawaii for 60 years.

  • Jet Airways ties up with Brussels Airlines

    Jet Airways on Friday announced the creation of its European hub in Brussels, which will provide enhanced connectivity between India and Europe, Africa and North America. Jet Airways will work closely with Brussels Airlines and will offer its customers seamless connections to/from Europe, USA, Canada, Africa and India.
    Jet Airways will work closely with Brussels Airlines and will offer its customers seamless connections to/from Europe, USA, Canada, Africa and India. Jet Airways will launch daily non stop services from Brussels to Mumbai, New York (Newark), from August 5, 2007 and later this year will also offer daily non stop services from Brussels to Delhi and Toronto. In the future, Jet Airways plans to operate a total of ten daily flights via Brussels connecting cities in India and cities in USA and Canada. Subject to government approval, Jet Airways plan also to operate from Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Chennai to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York (JFK), via its Brussels hub.

  • TAM Plans Direct Flight between Salvador, Brazil and Paris

    Brazilian airline, TAM will begin operating a weekly direct flight between Salvador and Paris beginning August 9.
    The route will be operated with the modern Airbus A330 aircraft, equipped with business and economy classes, with arrivals and departures on Thursdays. When operations begin, TAM will be the only airline to offer regular flights between Salvador and Paris.
    This is the third international route offered by TAM from Salvador. The company already operates a weekly flight between Salvador and Miami (USA), with arrivals and departures on Sundays. It also operates a daily route to Buenos Aires (Argentina), with a stopover at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo.

  • Kingfisher to scoop up Air Deccan?

    Sources in India say that Kingfisher Airlines is in talks to either acquire a controlling stake or buy out Air Deccan.
    The Indian airline industry has witnessed a growth of nearly 20% in the last five years, primarily led by low-cost carriers like Air Deccan, SpiceJet and IndiGo. These airlines are steadily taking away market share from full service carriers like Jet Airways and Indian Airlines and experts believe this trend will continue.

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