--=======20A111CB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-76107491; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi to all, further news from Italy, AIR ALPS on Jan. 29th. 2003 has carried its 750000th. passenger from the=20 start-up, 241000 are the passenger carried in 2003 with 42,5 million of=20 Euro as turn around. AIR TRANSAT will operate a new weekly charter flight from Montreal to Rome= =20 from May 7th. 2004 to October 2004. Operations are granted witn a 363=20 seater Airbus A330/200 (21C, 342Y). Auratours is the GSA for Italy. GANDALF AIRLINES is reported negative the financial situation at Jan. 30th.= =20 2004 per 12,77 milioni of Euro (-12,32 milion of =80 at Dec 30th. 2003). LIVINGSTON AVIATION GROUP. has selected EADS Sogerma Services to provide a= =20 complete support package for its Airbus 330-200s. The support package=20 includes line maintenance and engineering, component support (including=20 access to a pool of spare parts and associated repair work) and airframe=20 maintenance for Livingston Aviation Group SpAs three A330s, the first of=20 which entered service in December 2003. "EADS Sogerma Services currently=20 represents the best choice available on the market in terms of quality of=20 the services offered, experience and reliability" said Ezio Colombo, V.P.=20 Technical Ops., Postholder Maintenance Lauda Air SpA "This said, we are=20 happy to start this co-operation with EADS Sogerma and we are confident=20 that it will be a positive one for both of us". "This is a strategic win for EADS Sogerma Services, which has put its full= =20 resources into the support package for Livingston Aviation Group SpA"- said= =20 Jean-Luc Monceaux, EADS Sogerma Services Senior Vice President of Sales &=20 Marketing - "Factors that contributed to our selection included the=20 companys flexibility, quick reaction capability and our thorough knowledge= =20 of the Airbus aircraft family". The five-year contract is the second of its type signed by Livingston=20 Aviation Group SpA with EADS Sogerma Services. The first covers a full=20 support package for the holdings three Airbus 321-200s, which began=20 operations in mid 2003. EADS Sogerma Services has created a line=20 maintenance station at Livingston Aviation Group SpA'ss Milan Malpensa=20 Airport operating base to oversee the total fleet support package. This=20 provides an on-site presence to ensure top-level service for the airline as= =20 it grows its network of short, medium and long-haul flights (both regular=20 and charter). The line maintenance stations responsibilities cover full=20 operational support, including dispatch authorization for each flight.=20 Component support for Livingston Aviation Group SpA's A330s and A321s will= =20 be provided by EADS Sogerma Services in cooperation with SAS Component as=20 part of a cooperative partnership arrangement established by the two=20 companies in 2002. The first A330-200 is being used by Livingston Aviation= =20 Group SpA on long-haul routes from Italy to destinations in the Caribbean=20 area, the Indian Ocean region and the Far East. Its other two A330s are=20 scheduled for delivery in July and November 2004 respectively, with the=20 wide-body Airbus aircraft replacing the three Boeing 767-300ERs which are=20 being currently operated on long-haul routes by Lauda Air SpA. By January=20 2005, Livingston Aviation Group SpA will become an all-Airbus operator,=20 using the A330-200s configured with business and economy class seating for= =20 long-haul flights and the A321-200s flown on short and medium-range=20 services with a single-class economy cabin layout. SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS with effect March 28th. 2004 will replace the=20 A330/200's with A340/200's on Milan Mxp-Jo'burg. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco=20 --=======20A111CB======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-76107491 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.574 / Virus Database: 364 - Release Date: 29/01/2004 --=======20A111CB=======--