August 2009 - Posts
Scandinavian flag carrier SAS will introduce on sundays 90 seater Bombardier CRJ900s on Bologna-Copenhagen. The route is proposed with winter timetable 2009/10 six times a week, f which five with 50 seater CRJ200s operated by partner airline Cimber Air and once a week with stretched CRJ900s.
Abandoned the route Brescia-Rome FCO, by Sept 7 2009 Italiatour Airlines continues to go with Brescia Crotone non stop onn three times a week basis. Flights are available on tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays with 98 seater Avro RJ85s. Tickets can be bought at 49€ one way plus taxes.
Egyptair is to develop Catania in summer season 2010. One more weekly flight (1 to 2xweek) on Catania-Cairo operated on friday in additon to the saturday rotation. Confirmed are services to Luxor (monday) and Sharm el Sheikh (sunday) both operated by EMB170s.
In the history of this route the common fact is the fail to run with profit the flights. By Sept 7 2009 there are no flights scheduled from Brescia to Rome Fiumicino. Italiatourairlines is the last carrier to cease flights. About 10 airlines in the last 10 years, enclosed moneymaker Ryanair, have stopped the flight after to have not found anyway to get profits.
Currently a clear script "not available" is present when peoples tempts to book flights from Bologna to Geneva. Dreams to fly to Switzerland are disappeared like a new flight toward this important European gateway. Route Bologna-Geneve open for sale by last June 2009 is at this time considered dropped. Planned thrice a week and non stop on monday, wednesday, friday by Oct 26 2009 with DHC8/Q400s turboprops. Bologna continue to be in the list of destinations present in booking engine.
Two new destinations in Eastern Europe expands the availability of connections from Ryanair base in Rome Ciampino. Today Giulia Gambacciani, sales and marketing executive in Italy have announced the new opening of non stop flights from Rome to Wroclaw by Oct 27 2009 and Bratislava by Nov 3 2009, both thrice a week.
Rome Ciampino - Wroclaw
Eff. Oct 27 2009
18.00-20.10 tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays
Wroclaw - Rome Ciampino
20.35-22.45 tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays
Rome Ciampino - Bratislava
Eff. Nov 3 2009
17.20-19.05 tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays
Bratislava - Rome Ciampino
19.30-21.15 tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays
Budget carrier Belle Air of Albania will open new direct flights from Tirana to Turin. They're twice a weekn on tuesdays and saturdays by Oct 27 2009. Booking are already available at www.belleair.it
Tirana-Turin
07.10-09.00 tuesdays
18.10-20.00 saturdays
Turin-Tirana
10.00-11.50 tuesdays
21.00-22.50 saturdays
New 7th B737s jet based in Manchester will be useful to launch new services to Venice by March 3rd 2010. Four flight a week is the proposed schedule on tuesdays, fridays, saturdays, sundays and fares starts from 29,99£ one way including taxes.
Positive comments comes from Philip Meeson, boss at Jet2.com said,
“Manchester Airport is an extremely important base for us and we are
committed to providing people in the North West with unrivalled choice
when it comes to their holiday destination.
“It is fantastic to be able to offer people flying from Manchester a
number of brand new holiday destinations direct from the region. No
other airline currently operates a scheduled service to Kos and Venice
and we are confident that these will be extremely popular routes.
“We have a great understanding of what the people of Manchester want
from their holidays - fantastic leisure destinations, low fares and a
friendly service. This is proving to be a winning formula which seems
to be working this summer with August being a bumper month for
bookings. With the new routes we have just announced, we will continue
giving people what they want.”
Andrew Cornish, Managing Director of Manchester Airport commented:
“This news is a real boost to holidaymakers travelling from the North
West. Manchester Airport is renowned for serving a wide range of
destinations and the additions of these scheduled services to Kos, and
Venice mean that we are continuing to offer people in the region and
further afield an unprecedented choice when it comes to their holiday
destination. The fact that Jet2.com is continuing to expand its
services from Manchester is extremely encouraging to the airport and
the region as a whole.”
In the batch of routes today announced as dropped by Ryanair from Manchester, two of them involves Italian gateways. By Oct 1 2009 will disappear Bergamo and Cagliari from network of suitable routes in the departure from 2nd major gateway of UK.
Bergamo is granted every day and Cagliari is twice a week. Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara reports about Manchester refused to lower its charges. Routes will be closed/switched to closest airports such as East Midlands, Leeds/Bradforf and Liverpool.
Italian press yesterday reports that In the last days Bergamo airport managing company SACBO had ask to the civil court of Bergamo to impound three planes in operations with MyAir and in the hands of a lessor company. Handling fees not paid in an amount of 1 million € have forced SACBO to ask this action in order to defend his rights up to MyAir and in this case to the lessor. In fact in 1976 a specific law was issued in order to grant the creditors of debts matured by subjects where in this case planes are in property of a lessor. The lessor must respond in full of debts matured by the subject that use his planes. In this case the three planes involved are CRJ900s now in parking at Venice airport.
Slovakian regional carrier Danube Wings will open its 2nd gateway in Italy with new route Kosice-Bergamo operated three times a week by Oct 25 2009 on tuesdays, thursdays and sundays with 70 seater ATR72s.
Sales are just going on and one way ticket costs from 88€ one way and they can be booked at www.danubewings.com
Time schedules:
Kosice Bergamo
10.00 12.30 V5 4882 tuesday & thursday
14.00 16.30 V5 4880 sunday
Bergamo-Kosice
13.00 15.30 V5 4883 tuesday & thursday
17.00-19.30 V5 4881 sunday
Danube Wings is expanding in Italy after the recent openings of Bologna-Bratislava, Bologna-Poprad and than Bologna-Crotone.
Too much costy and not profitable, Mistral Air have recently phased out the pair of BAe146/200QTs in fleet from a long time. Ceased the contract with TNT, they has returned I-TNTC and I-MSAA and now they are in storage in Norwich, UK. New company policy is to go with cargo and mail again but with profiit. BAe146s wan't considered money makers in the last times. Mistral Air now owned by Poste Italia, the Italian Post service is on the way to have further planes in fleet.
Romanian budget airline Blue Air today operates its latest rotation on Bucuresti-Pisa chartered on behalf for Flyonair of Pescara. Planned to be thrice weekly it has suffered the lack of demand. Punctually reduced now is arrived the end of this route.
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Danube Wings salutes the landing of Ryanair on Bologna-Bratislava by coming Oct
27 2009. “Its now confirmed by
Ryanair, that Danubewings operates attractive routes and that also big airlines
are focusing on Danubewings” – this is the declaration made us from Arpad
Agosc, airline marketing manager. He continues “Danubewings is a regional
airline offering connections and also fair price policy”. Of course the
Slovakian airlines knows that “Ryanair is a competition ,but we believe,
that they can bring more passengers also on our flights. „ – stated the
competitor on route to Bologna.
Danube Wings is now proposing a new concept of
flying, value for money, but applying the interesting opportunity of full
contained fares without hidden costs like registered baggage or administrative fees on credit card payments.
They offer free in-flight service with sandwiches and no-alcoholic or alcoholic
beverages.
Alitalia is together with MTV during rock concert in Genoa for celebrating the music channel birthday on Sept 12 2009. Two ad hoc flights are scheduled on Sept 11 & 13 2009 and 10 round trip tickets are in competition for this concert. The 10 winners can travel with a companion and they'll fly with all MTV team, singers and MTVs VIP.
During flights MTV cameramen will film on the ground and in-flight in the most significant moments. These images will be showed also during the concert. Winner will have free entrance to the backstage, meet the stars and to be as guest to the after party with stars and VIP. Winners and companions have free accommodation in a 4* hotel and can fly back to Rome in the following day.
Winners and companion are awarded to go also in Barcelona to the MTV Music Week by Sept 25 until 27 2009 with free flights and accommodation in a 4* hotel.
Alitalia have tailored dedicated fares to the events for families and teen agers on its domestic and international routes of the airline network. The Italian flag airline is with MTV Day with target to be aknowledged such as friendly carrier for youngers and teen agers. Music and MTV are two privileged multimedial vehicles for keeping in touch new generations.
This promotion is inside to a wide project with final end users the yourngers anmd teenagers of which Alitalia have in her planning more further ad hoc initiatives.
Prizes for MTV Day and the Music Week
Barcelona are extracted on September the 7th. Competiition can be joined simply
register through the site or www.alitalia.it www.Mtv.it/Alitalia
where he also published the rules of the competition.
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