--=======734C72E======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3DD0293C; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi to all, this is the first message after my holidays spent in Sal Island, following= =20 there are various new news from Italy: AIR DOLOMITI is reported to commence to operate for Lufthansa the legs=20 Munich-Toulouse and Munich-Lyon startin March 28th. 2004. ALPI EAGLES didnt commence the routings off to Tunis from Naples/Venice and= =20 has deployed the planes on multi weekly to Nice again from Venice and=20 Naples. Its favourite the extension connection to Catania and Palermo.Route= =20 Venice-Budapest is available from May 1st. 2004. AIR ONE, the 2003 has been closed with 4951774 passengers carried (charter= =20 & regular flights) with +21,8% in spite of 2002, Turn around was 409m 208=20 million of =AC. The gross operative at 20,838 million of =AC with +31,2%.=20 Positive is the opertive incame with 5,712 million of =AC. Paassenger= carried=20 on regular flights amounts to 4493105 -23,7%, in the charter market 461050= =20 pax carried with + 12,4%. Load factor from 52,4% in 2002 to 57,8% in 2003.= =20 In the first period of 2004 the increase is steady to +20%. In 2003 AirOne= =20 has activate the new routes Turin-Lamezia and Pisa-Catania. Started the new= =20 route with government aids to specific destinations from Trapani to Rome=20 FCO, Milan Lin, Pantelleria, Lampedusa, Catania, Bari, Venice. 27 Boeing=20 737s are in service today serving 23 airports in 13 regions both services=20 are domestic. The airline has 2100 peoples employed enclosed the EAS=20 handling company. New daily flight with ATR42/300 from Albenga to Rome FCO. Increase from one to two daily flights from Pisa to Catania starting June=20 1st. 2004 with a night stop plane in Pisa. Is reported in use an A321 wet-leased from Livingston Energy Flight. Four B737/800 in leasing from SAS are reported returned to lessor. VOLAREWEB will add Bologna in its network startin July 4th. 2004 with a=20 daily rotation with A320/200. The list of the new summer routes is: Milan Lin-Lampedusa from 06.06.2004 seasonal Venice-Bari from 28.03.2004 Venice-Olbia from 28.03.2004 Rome-Lamezia Terme from 28.03.2004 Bergamo to Olbia from 01.06.2004 Venice-Valencia from 15.07.2004 Venice-Athens from 14.05.2004 Venice-Ibiza from 10.06.2004 Venice-Palma de Mallorca from 12.06.2004 Milan-Palma de Mallorca from 04.06.2004 Rome FCO-Ibiza from 12.07.2004 Naples-Zurich from 03.04.2004 Olbia-Zurich from 03.04.2004 Bari-Barcelona from 13.07.2004 Catania-Barcelona from 07.06.2004 Cagliari-Paris ORY from 02.06.2004 Bergamo-Tallin from 13.05.2004. Was been reported that had returned to lessor the A321/200 I-PEKN leased=20 from SALE on March 15th. 2004 currently in storage at Bournemouth, UK. With effect June 14th. 2004 add the two times a week Milan=20 Mxp-Venice-Shanghai Pu Dong with A330/200 on Monday and Thursday: Pudong Volare VA7968 19:00 11:25 1--4--- 14/06 30/10 332 AZZURRA AIR is reported ceased operations. AIR EUROPA adds from March 28th. 2004 the new route Milan Mxp-Barcelona=20 with B737. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES at Bangkok had present the new direct flight=20 Bangkok-Milan Mxp to 350 invited and it has announced the new third weekly= =20 flight starting June 29th. 2004. BRITISH AIRWAYS from May 3rd. To July 2nd. 2004 due to Bologna Airport=20 closure the flight partially are modified with re-positioning in nearest=20 airports still served from British Airways. One daily flight is moved daily= =20 from Bologna to Verona, and another from Bologna to Pisa. MINERVA AIRLINES, the airline that has ceased operations in late October=20 and with various talks just in progress with Alitalia mangement from the=20 extraordinary commissars could be that will be purchase entirely from=20 Alitalia after that the agreement for a partnership has been not signed=20 between the parties. This is the probably scenery after that Alitalia has=20 postoponed to March 30th. 2004 the terms for a possible agreement with=20 Minerva via a letter of intent recently mailed to Minerva administrators.=20 In fact the probably purchase of Minerva is in the scenery to transfer all= =20 the props fleet to the airline and maintain in jet operations Alitalia=20 Express, these are the facts reported from rumors. The plane that probably= =20 will constitute the company fleet are 5 ATR42/300, 4 ATR72/200 and 6=20 ATR72/500. Plus, with this new fleet situation cease the interests=20 regarding the Do328. One of them is still in Trieste and the lessor,=20 Millenium Leasing has not retired the plane despite that the contract is=20 expired on last Monday. The probably retirement could be the way for ENAC=20 Italian civil aviation authority to retire the AOC but if Alitalia purchase= =20 Minerva this problem is avoided. Rumors reports also that Alitalia has=20 transferred to Minerva 1,2 million of =AC that Minerva expected from the= past. AUSTRIAN AIRLINES will add the fifth daily flight from Milan Mxp to Vienna= =20 with effect April 19th. 2004 with a 50 seater Canadair CRJ. MERIDIANA has received the first A319/100 in the first decade of March,=20 landed in Olbia. Press reports that it pay 158000 USD per month as leasing= =20 rate. A little bit more compared For the Bae146/200 in leasing at 150000USD= =20 per month. The economical advantage arrives from the capacity of 132 seats= =20 instead of the 84s of the Whisperjets. Currently the eight MD80 where in=20 the past before the September 11th. 2001 the leasing rates was 250000USD=20 per months is now 70000 per month. The Italian DOT has assigned the Sicily insular routes from Lampedusa to=20 Catania/Palermo and Palermo to Lampedusa. The offer presented from=20 Meridiana to own the service amount at 7.857.258 Euro, Air One has offered= =20 7996813 Euro, 139258 more then Meridiana. The service to be granted from=20 March 29th. 2004. Unknown is the type of aircraft and plane used for these= =20 routes. Starting March 12th. 2004 has activate the four times a week flight from=20 Turin to Cagliari ceased from Alitalia on March 1st. 2004. The route is=20 operate on Mo-Fr-Sa-Su and from March 28th. 2004 will be daily. RYANAIR launches the new route Rome Cia-Prestwick from April 29th. 2004 LAUDA AIR ITALY & EAST AFRICAN SAFARI AIR has signed a code sharing=20 agreement for the flights from Italy to Kenya three times a week operated=20 and Lauda is the new marketing carrier of the african airline. AXIS AIRWAYS with effect April 2nd. 2004 operates not only the experimental= =20 flight to Paris CDGfrom Pescara but also the Charleroi-Pescara, The flights= =20 are available via Air Service Plus in Italy. SKYSERVICE confirms with effect May 3rd. 2004 for the second summer season= =20 to resume trieste such as stop of the weekly flights from Canada operated=20 with A330/300. Venice operations granted from Skyservice: Toronto Skyservice 5G701 17:00 ------7 02/05 20/06 333 Toronto Skyservice 5G713 17:40 1------ 21/06 04/10 333 Toronto Skyservice 5G713 17:40 1------ 18/10 18/10 333 Toronto Skyservice 5G709 18:00 ---4--- 10/06 10/06 333 Toronto Skyservice 5G709 18:00 ---4--- 24/06 30/09 333 Toronto Skyservice 5G709 18:00 ---4--- 14/10 14/10 333 GERMANIA EXPRESS starts regular low cost flights from Rimini to Berlin with= =20 effect April two times a week,and daily except Saturday and Sunday from May= =20 to the end of October. Weekly seasonal rotation on Sunday are planned to=20 Munich and Hamburg. ISRAIR operates a weekly charter regular flights from Venice to Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Israir 6H362 23:20 03:15 -2----- 29/06 30/10 757 CROATIA AIRLINES operate a weekly charter regular flight from Venice to= Split: Split Croatia Airlin OU1393 11:30 12:45 1------ 26/07 06/09 AT4 PULKOVO AIRLINES operate a weekly charter regular flight from Venice to=20 St.Petersburg San Pietroburgo Pulkovo Aviati=20 FV6752 13:30 17:40 -----6- 19/06 28/08 TU5 T.M.A. OF LEBANON will operate the seasonal usual weekly charter flight=20 from Beirut to Venice with A320/200 probably leased from Lotus Air of Egypt. Beirut Trans Mediterr TL4158 13:00 16:30 ----5-- 02/07 17/09 320 BMI operates a weekly charter regular flight from Newcastle to Venice with= =20 effert May 2nd. 2004: Newcastle British Midland BD7474 11:25 12:40 ------7 02/05 26/09 = 320 EU JET starti a regular flight weekly from Manston to Venice with effect=20 June 20th. 2004: Manston Eu Jet 1C254 09:40 10:40 ------7 20/06 30/10 100 ASTRAEUS operate a weekly regular charter flight from London LGW and=20 Manchester to Venice: Londra Gatwick Astraeus 5W256 12:20 13:25 ------7 02/05 30/10 73G Manchester Astraeus 5W480 11:45 13:10 ------7 02/05 26/09 73G QANTAS AIRWAYS has planned its traditional time to time rotations in Venice= =20 for this coming summer season to support cruise ship tours in departure=20 from Venice to the Mediterranean Sea. Londra Heathrow Qantas Airlin QF6049 13:10 14:20 -----6- 19/06=20 03/07 744 Londra Heathrow Qantas Airlin QF6067 13:10 14:20 --3---- 01/09 ONLY= 744 Londra Heathrow Qantas Airlin QF6067 13:10 14:20 ---4--- 15/07 ONLY= 744 Londra Heathrow Qantas Airlin=20 QF6067 13:10 14:20 ------7 08/08 ONLY 744 LUXAIR resumes the seasonal weekly flight from Luxembourg to Venice: Lussemburgo Luxair LG6542 15:00 16:20 ------7 09/05 30/10 ER4 SPANAIR operates a weekly seasona=F2l charter flight from Madrid to Venice: Madrid Spanair JK2708 14:50 17:15 1------ 10/05 11/10 320 AIR PULMANTUR operate a weekly charter flight from Madrid to Venice durino= =20 the summer season every Monday from April 12th. 2004 to October 30th. 2004= =20 with B747/200 Madrid Pullmantur Air PLM501 16:45 19:10 1------ 12/04 30/10 742 FUTURA operates a weekly seasonal charte flight from Venice to Malaga Malaga Futura Intl. FH5218 11:25 14:00 1------ 14/06 30/08 738 ONUR AIR operates a pair of weekly regular charter flight from Istambuol to= =20 Venice with MD88s an A321s Istanbul Onur Air A.S. 8Q546 18:15 21:50 1------ 03/05 30/10 M88 Istanbul Onur Air A.S. 8Q446 18:30 22:10 1------ 05/04 30/10 321 TACV Transporte Aereos de Cabo Verde on behalf for Atitur it operate with=20 effect April 3rd a new weekly charte flight from Rome FCO to Ilha do Sal=20 via Las Palmas with B737/300. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco=20 --=======734C72E======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3DD0293C Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.631 / Virus Database: 404 - Release Date: 17/03/2004 --=======734C72E=======--