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Hi to all,
further news from Italy,

CLUB AIR expected to start some days agfo the route Paris-CDG Bari, 6 times=
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a week with BAe146s has reduced the weekly flights to three and it operate=
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the route on mo-we-fr. Services are handled in Paris at Terminal 3
BRI-CDG 6P120 mo-we-fr  07.25 10.10
CDG-BRI 6P121 mo-we-fr 11.10 13.55

EUROFLY, the schedules of the service Bologna-New York-Bologna are:

Schedules:

BLQ-JFK 1040-1345 CY A330/200 Mo-Fr
BLQ-JFK 0800-1105 CY A330/200 We
JFK-BLQ 1540-0540 CY A330-200 Tu-Th-Su

A 282 seater Airbus A330/200s will be on that route with 26 in business=20
class and 256 in economy. IFE installed on both the classes to watch film,=
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play games, listen music. To be able to make satellite phone calls and to=20
have an intercom function where a traveller sat in its seat will digit the=
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number of the seat of another friend sat in other part of the cabin=20
connecting them without to walk around the cabin.


MY AIR its EI-LTE and not EC-LTE the A320's reregistered and now on the=20
ground at Venice awaiting start up operations planned on Dec. 17th. 2004.
In these days as declared to a major italian newspaper in the economy=20
section also Merrick Adelstein , Chairman of the airline declare that=20
MyWays the airline with brand MyAir, its in the hands of LTE/Volar for the=
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99,667%, plus Mr. Toto De Toni with 0,167% and Cesare Longo at 0,166%. They=
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declares to have 3 million =80 as company stake and further 4 of banks=
 credit=20
lines.
150 is the today workforce employeed with intention to go to 200 very soon.=
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50000 are the tickets sold until now. If the Italian CAA will not agreed=20
the AOC, operation will be conducted with the LTE/VOLAR AOC.
its also reported on that article that new changes of ownership recently=20
was been made in Lte with the increase stake capital and it is reported=20
that the ownership now is in the hands at 60% from TriskelTour, 10% each=20
from Edgardo Badiali, Marcello Crestani, Marco Martinelli and Aviation=20
Finance Llc.

NEOS AIR today at 1300LT at Milan Malpensa from Keflavik is expected the=20
landing of the first B767/300ER wet leased for the winter 2004/5 in order=20
to satisfy the needs required from some charter operator after the Volare=20
Group financial collapse.

SKY EUROPE, news about the summer 2005 with the new schedules with effect=20
today available for bookings, some additions, some dropping flights in=20
order to meet the rela situation of the demand:
Rome  FCO :
- BTS from 4 to 6 weekly
- BUD without change
- WAW reduced from daily to 5 a week
- KRK increased from 3 to 10 weekly flights

Bergamo BGY :
- BTS from 7 to 6 weekly
- BUD wihtout changes
- WAW continue to be dropped
- KRK from 3 to 4 weekly

Venice VCE :
- BTS without changes
- BUD reduced from 7 to 6 weekly

VOLARE GROUP:
The operations could be resumed before Christmas especially in the long=20
haul with a B767s and the desperate conditions of the tour operators that=20
has agreed contracts for 12 million =80 to the financial troubled airline.=
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This is reported yesterday in an article appeared in a major italian=20
newspaper where the pool of operators is headed from the new=20
one        MyGo that is controlled from the family of the former CEO of=20
Volare Vincenzo Soddu. With that funds Rinaldini the extraordinary=20
commissar will hope to resume flight operation together with some banks=20
credit lines for allow to 4 A320s to restart operations again before=
 Christmas.
It also reported that some clouds stays on the future because the managers=
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entitles has experiences for the savage of companies but without in the=20
aviation market as know how and experience - that's reported on the article.
The routes for the new short haul jetliners are planned with origin Venice=
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and Milan Mxp. Venice was hit heavily from the crisis off Volare with=20
around 18% of the flights handled was lost..as the same a potential of the=
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25% in term of capacity offered and the situation between trade union and=20
handling company are very critics. The new operation could save everything=
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and the commissar and the general manager are peoples that comes from the=20
area and there are vearious financial actions in progress to allow the take=
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off.
Plus there is also the troubles of the confidence that customer will gave=20
to the airline after the informations that 170000 ticket selled for the=20
period especially Christmas to the customers where declared from Rinaldini=
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as paper without value after that him has delivered the administrative=20
paper to the court of Busto Arsizio. In fact the owner of that tickets will=
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have to request the refund to the Court with the sure situation to will not=
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see the money of them.

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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