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Hi to all,
further news from Italy,

ALPI EAGLES immediately will replace Volare on route Venice-Timisoara and=20
Venice-Bucuresti with F100. Bari-Venice and an increase on Naples-Milan=20
Linate are the routes with major development to cover the hole leaved from=
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Volare.

ALITALIA today operate a special charter flight to lift in Italy the=20
passengers stranded from Volare in Maldives.

BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES has start to lift in Italy the passenger in the past=
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carrier from Volare and some crews of the grounded airline and temporary in=
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the Caribbean during rest.

EUROFLY, today has presented the new three times a week long haul flight=20
Naples-New York JFK with A330/200 in operations from June to September 2005=
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as seasonal. Flight will leave the USA on monday-wednesday-friday and be=20
back from Naples to New York JFK on tuesday-thursday-saturday. In 2006 is=20
estimated to extend the operations from May to October. Agreement with=20
italian and US tour operator are in talks to grant the maximum success of=20
the venture. Promotional campaign will do on medias as TV and newsmagazines.

MERIDIANA is reported interested to open routes from Florence to the East=20
Europe in 2005 with destination Warsaw, Budapest, Prague.
Could be that a fifth A319's is evaluated to be leases for this purposes.

VOLARE GROUP, grounded the fleet, suspended the selling of the ticket via=20
web site. Hundreds of passengers in the airports. That's the result for the=
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suspension of the flights of the third major italian carrier. In financial=
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difficulties from various months, unfortunately the tentatives to save from=
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the stop of the operations wasn't impossible. Yesterday various was the=20
jetliners impounded in various airports in Italy and in Europe. Some=20
lessors has informed the airline about the intention to take over the=20
airplanes. Air One and Alitalia has allowed in these hours to transport the=
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passenger without any possibility to fly aboard of its airplanes paying a=20
reduced fare ticket. About 300 million =80 is the amount of the estimated=20
debts. Up to 1400 employees now await the future. Yesterday the order=20
around 6pm to stop the selling of tickets and to cease the flight=20
operations. The Welfare minister today in a meeting with the trade union=20
and the airline representatives has granted the maximum efforts to resolve=
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the situation. Its an option the possibility that  the board will declare=20
the status of insolvent and after the airline will be headed from a=20
commissar entitled from the government to try to seek the solution to save=
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the carrier.  Unfortunately the opportunity to inject money for further 60=
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million =80 from the shareholders was not able to be defined. Founded in=
 1997=20
as charter flight carrier, Volare has started a linear climb until the=20
purchase of Air Europe from SAir Group. With various slots in heredity from=
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Air Europe was continued the low fare operations after modifying the=20
carrier as low cost carrier with brand Volareweb. The long haul operations=
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as charter regulars and scheduled regular flights continued by Air Europe=20
Italy in the long haul. Medium haul charter  by Volare Airlines.


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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