--=======70F71067======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3FA84136; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi to all, further news from Italy AIR BALTIC will open Milan Mxp, three times a week from Riga with effect March 30th. 2004 served from a B737/500's. Tu-Th-Sa are the day of operations. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES continues despite the future Thai Airways two times a week opening also during the summer season to operate the two times a week flight from Milan Mxp to Bangkok with B767/300ER every thursday and sunday. Rumors reports a possible code share between the carriers. In fact Thai is cleared from the bi-lateral agreements to operate to Milan Mxp only a maximum of pair of flights a week. With an agreement with Blue Panorama the boost of business for Thai allow to serve 4 times a week the destination with a consequent revenue for Star Alliance. Alitalia at the moment didn't serve the route from a couple of years. EASY JET will operte from Rimini the flights to London STN operted from Bologna from May 3rd. to July 2nd. 2004. GEE BEE AIR has been up to Air One to receive the clearance to operate the routes with government fund aids to grant the social links from Sicily to Lampedusa and Pantelleria from PMO. The routes approved from the Italian DOT are Palermo-Lampedusa, Catania-Lampedusa and Palermo-Pantelleria. At this time Gee Bee Air served these legs with a single F50, tow more to be added and are reported in Greece for overhauls and spraying like reports the offer presented in the past to obtain the licence to fly on. That's all for today, Bets Regards, Marco --=======70F71067======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3FA84136 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 06/02/2004 --=======70F71067=======--