Hi to all, further news from Italy: ALITALIA, after the announced new different company where the activities=20 will be switched. A new name compare today in the news with the appearance= =20 of AZ Sales Worldwide is the new sales division created to get impulse to=20 the marketing and sales plus to consolidate the customer relations. Reduced= =20 the intermediate decisional levels to expedite the internal processes With= =20 base in Roma has also a remote office in Milan. ALPI EAGLES, 2nd quarter is closed with interesting results. 64.18% is the= =20 load factor compared to the 56.34% in 2003. Routes that has allowed that=20 growth was especially the North-South Italy and the international legs=20 Venice-Athens/Barcelona and Naples-Nice/Athens/Barcelona. EAST AFRICAN SAFARI AIR, tonight operatin flight S9 1458 after the take off= =20 from Rome FCo on the way to go to Zanzibar has declared to land in=20 emergency due to fire to an engine ten minutes later the take off.. The=20 fire extinguishing system installed in the engine was turn on from the=20 captain with positive effects and the landing was quite without troubles=20 after the fuel dumping procedure.165 passenger aboard and 10 crew members,= =20 no injuries. The aircraft is reported it has shown an engine vibration=20 failure on the previous flight. Passenger was de-boarded at Rome FCO=20 (flight is Milan-Rome -Zanzibar) and checks has been performed to=20 investigate about the failure reported. After ground check the technicians= =20 has reported the aircraft airworthiness and passenger was after boarded.=20 East African Safari awards the frame inspection to KLM and the engines to=20 Lufthansa Technik. GERMANWINGS at the end of October will not give up the route=20 Bologna-Cologne. Four times a week on mo-th-fr-su CGN-BLQ 1430-1600,=20 BLQ-CGN 1630-1800. JETX has launched a new promotional campaign, booking from Aug 2nd. 2004=20 thru 10th. for the flights in the range from Sept. 1st. to 30th. the=20 starting fare is 4,99=80 one way without tax. Forli to Paris/Ibiza/Olbia.=20 Pisa and Trieste to Olbia and Paris. On www.jetx.it is the web site where=20 the reservations and bookings can be made. NEOSAIR after the delivery of the fourth B737/800 with winglets and soon=20 will be based at Bologna as the ship has been christened. The carrier is on= =20 the way to evaluate the option to conduct also long haul operations and the= =20 preferred ships are the B767's and A330's. Not yet is know when the new=20 sector of operation will be start. The ownership of Neos is in the hands of= =20 the same holding that control Alpitour/Francorosso/Viaggidea and other=20 brands. In the past absolute leaders of the market, today in a top position= =20 but probably is the necessity to continue on that policy to have the direct= =20 control (risks enclosed) of the various operations on the long haul without= =20 to contract hours wirth carrier that at the end not give the right benefits= =20 to the holding. SNOWFLAKE has extended to Nov. 14th. 2004 the operations on= Bologna-Stockholm. VOLARE GROUP has returned to lessor the B767/300ER TF-FIA. Occasionally now= =20 a Luzair L1011/500 is in service and for the peak season from a week is in= =20 service an European B747/236's. Operation with Jumbo's continue thru the=20 first days of September. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco