Hi to all, further news from Italy AIR ALPS is on tthe way to discuss with the banking world to find a way to= =20 solve the critical situation created especially from the elevated costs of= =20 the handling airport services and from the manpower. AIR SERVICE PLUS, the Pescara based paper operator will operate only the=20 twice weekly Pescara-Paris during the winter season on friday and sunday.=20 Dropped the flights to Charleroi. FLYBABOO, will confirm in the winter the operations to Florence (four a=20 week) and Venice (six times a week). Geneva-Prague its a new destination=20 daily served from Oct.11th. 2004 and Geneva-Valencia is upgraded to four=20 weekly. MYAIR AIRLINES, escaped from Volare Group and now newly on the way to open= =20 soon a new airline with various sistership business company. Edgardo=20 Badiali, Merrick Adelstein plus a commercial and operative team still=20 working for the start up of MYWAY the brand that will fly in Italy and=20 Europe as low cost airline. Badiali is 48 years old south Switzerland aviation expert from Bellinzona=20 and in the past marketing manager in Volare Group. Il will be the new=20 operations manager and he is surrounded from the major number of the old=20 management of Volare Group. The followers of the past chairman Vincenzo=20 Sodd=F9. The president could be Carlo Bernini, a previous Department of=20 Transport minister in the past eighties. Founded at Padua in July 2004 as limited company with only 10000=80 of=20 capital, after moved to Milan with new shareholders whi=F2le Filippo CArr=E0= =20 and Maria Cacco. The next step is the upgrade to share company with 20=20 million of =80 spilled from italian and swiss investors that at the moment= =20 has collected the half part of the capital. Merrick Adelstein, ex finance manager in Volare Group will cope the new=20 position in MyWAY. Its reported tha Vincenzo Sodd=F9 chairman in the past in= =20 Volare Group isn't involved with the new venture. But there are=20 similarities about the name given to the different brand, in fact if MyWay= =20 and MyAir are the new airline names, My Tour is the tour operator where one= =20 of the Soddu's sonis president and in the board are present one of the=20 Soddu's daughters and again Merrick Adelstein. MyWay has collected in total the commercial and engineering staff, plus=20 pilots and various dozens of technicians. The business plan reports the intention to cover the market in the future=20 free after the change of commercial strategy from Volare Group. In the fist= =20 phase with regular flights where the origin is at Milan Malpensa and Milan= =20 Orio to Catania/Palermo/Bari and Naples. From Milan Orio and Malpensa are=20 also planned international flights to a pair of destinations In the=20 weekends are planned also charter operations. In the first phase the fleet is base on 4 180 seater A320/200's with a=20 livery fully red. Before the middle of December 2004 are scheduled in=20 delivery three airplanes and the fourth at mid January. Regarding alliance, Mr. Badiali still on the way to looking to replace=20 Volare when at the end of the deal will expire the agreements with Hapag=20 Lloyd, Air Polonia and Windjet. The second phase in the second year of flight operations plans to double=20 the fleet and the opening of new bases in the North Italy probably at=20 Venice and Bologna with an option to improve the process if Volare Group=20 couldn't able to survive due to the today financial situation very poor and= =20 with the necessity to have 30 million =80 in a very short time to grant for= =20 the future the continuity. www.myair.com will be the new web site portal of the new low cost airline. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco This is an aviation bulletin with the intention only to well known the=20 Italian aviation scene