--=======1B997CA8======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6AA38A7; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi to all, further news from Italy: AIR ALPS, today has start the three times a day (on weekdays), 2 on the=20 weekends from Rimini to Rome FCO, christening "Riviera di Rimini" plane=20 OE-LKD. Do328/110 D-CPRP yesterday was ferried to AMS in basic Minerva c/s.= =20 for painting FAIRLINE, the new low cost airline from Graz today has operated its first=20 flights from Graz to Milan Malpensa and Rome. 30 Euro one ways is the basic= =20 starting fare and in the next days new flight to be commenced from Florence. LIVINGSTON AVIATION GROUP is ready to employ new flight attendants for=20 Lauda air and Livingston spa. The two airlines with base in Milano=20 Malpensa, has the necessity of flight attendants and "flight coordinator" .= =20 Interested candidates has to send a detailed curriculum to Livingston=20 Aviation Group, strada provinciale 52, numero 6, 21010 Vizzola Ticino (Va)= =20 or via e.mail to nanetti@xxxxxxxxx MERIDIANA plans to close the 2003 with a net profit of 200000 =80, a turn=20 around of 339 million of =80 despite the 333 million of =80 produced in= 2002.=20 The financial position is net and positive for 18,1 million of =80. In 2004= =20 Meridiana will plan to have a passenger growth of +10,4%, and increased=20 capacity of +12,9% and a turn around of +10%. In term of fleet will=20 increase the numeber of the plane in service from 21 to 25. From April 4=20 A319's will join the fleet and replace the four Whisperjets based in=20 Florence. In the current yera will start the MD80's phase out with 5 plane= =20 pour years, 8 or 9 are A319 and the further 12 or 13 A320's. The investment= =20 consist in 350 million of =80. Today Meridiana CEO Giovanni Sebastiani declares also that talks with=20 Alitalia currently are in a stall phase and specifying that for the moment= =20 the airline proceeds alone. ' ' the negotiation - Sebastiani has said - is= =20 not concluded, but in this Alitalia moment it has the problem, the much=20 most serious one, than to understand that what wants to make biggest' '.=20 Sebastiani has also expressed its opinion on the vicissitudes which it is=20 found to make forehead the flag carrier, hoping that it can resolve them in= =20 negative case could be a serious problem for the Country. With effect Feb. 2nd. 2004 Meridiana inaugurate the new route Rome=20 Fco-Milan Lin, 12 times a day (6 on each way), with fares in the range from= =20 9 to 139 =80 one way. If the flight is in delay more then 20 minutes late= the=20 schedule, Meridiana refunds the 20% of the fare and if the customer=20 purchase 10 coupons at 139=80 flexible fare a coupon with destination Olbia= =20 is free. With effect March 28th. 2004 will easy link France (Paris) with=20 Sicily (Palermo & Catania) with a five weekly flight. With effect July will= =20 links Madrid from Florence, daily. SKY WORK is planning to add a Do328-110s to its fleet of business jet to=20 start four times weekly service between Berne and Nice as well as charter=20 flights to Elba and Olbia. VOLARE GROUP. ex A321/200 I-PEKM will be ferried on Jan. 16th. 2004 from=20 DUB to SNN for pianting and successfull delivery to Kibris THY, Turkey, now= =20 regs EI-DDS, new TC-???. WELCOME AIR will operate weekly summer charter flights during 2004 from=20 Trapani to Bolzano with Do328. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco --=======1B997CA8======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-6AA38A7 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.553 / Virus Database: 345 - Release Date: 18/12/2003 --=======1B997CA8=======--