Hi to all, further news from Italy, AIR ALPS is reported to increase from 20 to 26 million =80 the stake= capital.=20 It plans to increase to 50 million =80 the 2004 turn around with +18% thene= =20 the 2003. 310000 are the forecaste passengers carried in 2004. AIR MADAGASCAR has in the last days open the weekly rotation from Milan Mxp= =20 to Nosy Be with a board more then 200 pax both with final destination the=20 VentaClub resort recently open. Flights are classified as regulars but most= =20 of the traffic are holidayers. AQUAIR is anew proposed carrier that has start to fly on past friday with a= =20 demonstration flight with an hydro. The joint venture proposed from Air=20 Navigando of the group Itlia Navigando, Aquair and the Como Flying Club has= =20 operated test flights from Rome to Ponza Ilsand in in the Tyrrenian Sea,=20 Naples to Ischia, Capri and Procida and on saturday to the inspection to=20 the hydroport of Sapri. At the moemnt the carrier offer regular chartered flights from Sicily and=20 Calabria to the Eolian Isliands such as: 55 minutes from Panarea to Palermo 25 minutes from Catania to Panarea 18 minutes from Reggio Calabria to Lipari At the moemnt the fleet is based on 4 seater Cessna C206H Stationair=20 seaplane. In 2005 is planned the addition of 15 seaters the Dhc6/300= seaplane. In 2006 is planned a network to link both the island of the Eolian Island=20 with fares starting 20 to 30=80 one way depending from the leg. Sight seeing= =20 and touristic flights are also planned to be offered to visit these 7=20 islands positioned north to Sicily. In the business plan there is also a new long range network for the future= =20 based on a passenger version of the Beriev BE200 with flights from Lipari=20 island to Milan in Italy. Paris, London, Frankfurt are the destinations=20 scheduled to bes erved in Europe with the soviet sea plane fitted with 72=20 seat and equipped with landing gear for operations from port of call and=20 the shape allows to land only on the water fields close to the islands.=20 Probably could be the first enterprise that inetedn to fly with these birds= =20 on commercial flights. The operations could be only with daylight rules and not during the all= 24hrs. Short term plans sees only in 2004 chartered flights with that single=20 engine sea plane Cessna C206H Stationair. Cruise speed is more then 200Km/h iFrom Catania to Lipari 35 mins is the=20 journey time and Stroboli island to Naples takes 70 minutes. Endurance is max. 2hrs with three pax a 30 mins with 4, with kids 5 pax are= =20 allowed to be seated and the baggages are allowed to be a boarded only=20 after check. 2005 will offer regular flights, first leg is Catania to Eolie from 0530 to= =20 21:00 LT in June, 170=80 is the price of the leg and ad hoc charter=20 operations are also available. Plus also for transfer IT Groups . The venture have its web site at www.aquair.it AZZURRA is reported officially to be put in bankruptcy from the cout of=20 Busto Arsizio. Only 140 up to 460 is the workforce involved. They are=20 wihout salaries from December enclosed the assistance contributions. The=20 judge has in the past forced to return regular the situatuion to the=20 shareholders to increase the stake capital with new funds injection. But=20 nothing of them was invested. 60 persons is the number that has presented=20 the instance to put in receivership the airline. EUJET, two days awaiting a departure this is the situation that 61=20 passengers has past since saturdays awaiting a flight to Zakynthos. Continues failures occurred to the F100's has create a lot of trouble in=20 the flight operations. 500=80 in a form of a bonus has been offered from the= =20 tour operator to each one as compensation for the troubles lived. RYANAIR reports an increase in the first period of the new financial year=20 2004/5 in various italian regional fields20% more at Ancona, 69% in Brecia,= =20 117% in Alghers, thanks also to the new legs to Hahn and Girona. That's all for today, Bets Regards, Marco =20