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Hi to all,

this is the first message after my holidays spent in Sal Island, following=
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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=
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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=
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Venice-Budapest is available from May 1st. 2004.

AIR ONE, the 2003 has been closed with 4951774 passengers carried (charter=
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& 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=
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pax carried with + 12,4%. Load factor from 52,4% in 2002 to 57,8% in 2003.=
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In the first period of 2004 the increase is steady to +20%. In 2003 AirOne=
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has activate the new routes Turin-Lamezia and Pisa-Catania. Started the new=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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rate. A little bit more compared For the Bae146/200 in leasing at 150000USD=
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per month. The economical advantage arrives from the capacity of 132 seats=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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flight to Paris CDGfrom Pescara but also the Charleroi-Pescara, The flights=
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are available via Air Service Plus in Italy.

SKYSERVICE confirms with effect May 3rd. 2004 for the second summer season=
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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=
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effect April two times a week,and daily except Saturday and Sunday from May=
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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=
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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=
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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=
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the summer season every Monday from April 12th. 2004 to October 30th. 2004=
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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=
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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

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