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Hi to all,
further news from Italy,

AIR VALLEE'  will operate an extra weekly flight on sundays from Aosta to=20
Rome in order to grant the maximum flexibility for skiers thta comes from=20
the Central Italy area.  The flights are supported with the commercial=20
promotion made from tour operator while Pierre & Vacances, Eurotravel and=20
ClubMed.

LOT is reported to start a five times a week flights (Monday to=20
Friday)  Milan Mxp-Krakow starting Jan. 31st. 2005 with B737/300.
Could be that operations are granted from the mew low fare arm of the=
 airline.

VOLARE GROUP, Andrea Molinari chairman of the holding and the airlines=20
Volare and Air Europe have resigned today.
Today from trade unions sources also is reported that a share holder of=20
Volare Group  has formally payed at the last minute 5 million =80 to a=
 lessor=20
to grant the continuity and to avoid the impounding of 2 A330's (ILFC is=20
the reported lessor company) and further two ships (A320's??). The pair of=
=20
A330's are the core business in the long haul together with the single=20
B767/300ER I-VIMQ.
This evening an Ansa release has reported that at the end of the board the=
=20
shareholders has decide to go ahead with the reinforcing of the financial=20
situation of the group with in a short time a plan to inject further 90-100=
=20
million =80 to solve the situation in various sides from the suppliers to=
 the=20
amount of debts still present. At the same time is confirmed that Anrea=20
Molinari, CEO in Volare Groups resigns with effect today. On next Nov. 3r.=
=20
2004 the board shall confirms the intention to newly capitalize the group.=
=20
Two day later in a critical situation, source from the company confirms the=
=20
injection of 80-100 million =80. The new solution will provide a various=20
steps relaunch due to the today situation.
Losses that comes from the past managements are reported at the end of=20
March 2004 in 314 million =80, of that 120 were re scheduled with the=20
supplier  and in the major part honored. In September the debts amounts to=
=20
86 million =80 and at the end of the year are scheduled to go down in total=
=20
for 140 million =80. The shareholder appears that they has found a new way=
 to=20
solve the troubles, despites the resigns of Andrea Molinari. The new=20
management has totally changed the policy of the carrier, rationalizing the=
=20
network, with various routes dropped especially from the winter. In eight=20
months Volare Group has carried 3,6 million pax, 30% more then the past=20
year. The load factor increased of 10% p.p.
reaching the 76%.

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

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