Hi to all, further news from Italy, MERIDIANA will offer from mid June a week charter flight regular till=20 September from Florence to Monastir. NEOSAIR operate its regular weekly regular flights also during this summer= =20 season: Milan to Palma de=20 Mallorca/Rhodes/Heraklion/Chania/Skiathos/Thira/Tenerife/Sal/Ibiza/Malaga Verona to=20 Rhodes/Heraklion/Chania/Skiathos/Thira/Tenerife/Sal/Ibiza/Malaga/Lanzarote/L= as=20 Palmas Rome FCO to Chania/Sal, Bologna to Chania. Both operated with B737/800. SNOWFLAKE with effect Oct. 31st. 2004 drops the routes=20 Bologna/Venice-Stockholm. WINDJET, one year ago the start up (June 18th. 2003), 6 A320's in service,= =20 close to one million pax carried, an A330 planned from May 2005. These are= =20 the topics of that airline that after the start up phase now heads in the=20 2004 with the positive first third of this year closed with a load factor=20 that growths until the 76%. Catania, Palermo to Rome/Milan/Forli' are the=20 destination of the domestic network. 40=80 is the medium average fare one= way=20 in the domestic flights. 3 of the 6 A320's are now operated in the charter= =20 market with flights mostly to the Central Europe such as Prague, Budapest=20 but also to Paris and to Spain. During April/May for example up to 90=20 charter flights were operated to Budapest. Sharm el Sheikh is also one of=20 the must as leisure destinations from various airports in Italy. The future sees from the winter season the beginning of the foreign=20 operation to Vienna, Prague, Barcelona, MadrId. Plus two further two=20 undisclosed destinations, one of them in Germany - said Antonino=20 Pulvirenti, chairman of the carrier. In May 2005 a new shape will be introduced with a 300 seater A330 to long= =20 haul undisclosed destination at the time being them are yet to bel=20 evaluated. But is sure that operations commence from Palermo and not from= =20 Catania due to the short runway. The first four ship will be repainted soon with the second livery that meet= =20 better the imagine of the airline, now simply and easy to remind. "Rome and Forl=EC are market where we are able to offer the allowance for a= =20 day round trip at low fare. Unfortunately for Milan due to the lack of=20 spaces and slots we are able to fly only once a day, but with our low=20 fares allows to abate the cost of the accommodations" declares Stefano=20 Rantuccio, CEO of the airline. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco