Hi to all, further news from Italy, AIR DOLOMITI will receive 5 BAe146/300 with effect April/May 2005and a=20 sixth is planned on late 2005. ALITALIA/AIR ONE/MERIDIANA yesterday hasn't found an agreement for the=20 public service obligation affaire from Sardinia. In gfact the government=20 degree was blocked from a decision of the administrative court of Lazio=20 with an opposition made from Alitalia. ALITALIA will increase from Feb. 1st. 2005 the route Shanghai Pu Dong-Milan= =20 from 3 to 5 flight a week. After the opening of the Eu of the suspicious regarding the formula used to= =20 have the saving to continue to go is at risck the increase of the capital=20 to place in the market from 1,2 billion =80. The banks are critic to conduct= =20 an operation where the commission is on the way to inspect about the=20 operation conducted from the government some months ago to save the=20 airline. The increase will risk to be delayed until the autumn. ALPI EAGLES will operate these seasonl flights from Vneice on the summer=20 season 2005: VCE-Alghero, five times a week VCE-Lamezia Terme, five times a week VCE-Brindisi, twice a week Both from May 30th. to Sept. 18th. 2005. The route Bari-Venice from the late evening is moved on the afternoon. BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES has start on Jan. 13th. 2005 the first flight from=20 Italy to Vietnam. The route is Milan Mxp-Bologna-Ho Chi Minh=20 City-Bangkok-Milan Mxp-Bologna, weekly , with B767/300ER. The flights are=20 operated until April 28th. 2005. It has start the weekly Milan Mxp-Venice-Shanghai Pu Dong from Jan. 11th.= 2005. Looking the summer the airline is looking to have leisure direct flights to= =20 the Noroeste of Brasil from May 2005 The new routes it cover the lowered=20 demand for example to Cuba and generally in the Caribbean. This winter=20 season Blue Panorama flies 10 times a week to Cuba. The new flight Rome-Mexico City-Cancun will commence in May 2005 due to=20 they are for example 300 pilgrims that every week comes in Italy to go to=20 the meeting of the Pope John Paul II. From the words of Franco Pecci,=20 chairman of the airline it has confirmed to go ahead with caution oj the=20 way to purchase or lease new B767s. At the time being the advisor BNL=20 affirms that there are interests from private equity funds with interests to purchase part of the stake in Blue Panorama, the property= =20 could considerate to sell a part of the airline in the quantity of the 20%. CIMBER AIR will give up the the route Milan Mxp-Billund on Jan. 30th. 2005.= =20 This is the third negative experience on that leg in three years. CLUB AIR is interested to resume from May 2005 the route Sofia-Verona and=20 in summer the route Verona-Athens. Both with BAe146. ESTONIAN AIR will operate from Bergamo Milan Orio the flights to Tallin,=20 two times a week from March 30th. 2005. EUROFLY has leased an ex Volare Airlines jet A320/200s I-EEZK, in the past= =20 I-VLEA. FINNAIR in next summer season operates: annuals Helsinki-MXP : AY 793/794 (mo, th, fr, sa, su with A319) AY 795/796 (daily except sa with 319) Helsinki-FCO : AY 781/782 (daily ex mo with 321) AY 783/784 (mo with 321) AY 785/786 (su from 03APR05 TO 29MAY05 and from 03SEP05 with 320) Helsinki - VCE : AY 771/772 (fr with MD80) AY 773/774 (mo with MD80) seasonals Helsinki-VRN : AY 2269/2270 (su from 21MAY05 to 17SEP05 with B757/200) Helsinki-NAP : AY 2273/2274 (su from 15 MAY05 to 24JUL05 with MD83) Helsinki- RMI : AY 2235/2236 (fr from 15 MAY 05 to 31JUL 05 with MD80) AY 2237/2238 (su from 20 MAY 05 to 02 SEP 05 with B757/200) INTERSKY will move the Friedrichshafen-Treviso three times a week budget=20 flight to Venice. Will launch a Zurich Elba seasonal fweekly flight every=20 saturday from April 2md. 2005. MERIDIANA with effect Feb. 1st. 2005 will open three flight a day from=20 Cagliari to Rome Fimicino/Milan Linate with launch fares starting from 37=20 and 47=80 respectively one way These fares are one way, without taxes and=20 further charges and are benefits for residents, originals and students of=20 Sardinia. The same fares are applied also on the routes from Olbia to=20 Milan/Rome. For the routes from Cagliari to Bologna, Florence, Turin,=20 Naples and Verona. From Olbia and Bologna, Turin (via Cagliari) and Verona= =20 (via Rome), are available best fares for residents and birth in Sardinia=20 from 57 euro one way and excluded taxes and additional charges. NORWEGIAN will resume from the summer season the three times a week flight= =20 from Oslo to Pisa. To Venice with two weekly flights. RYANAIR, from a declaration of the head of the handling company of Trapani= =20 is ready to sign the contract to serve London and Trapani in Sicily. The=20 head of the airport has also declared to interests Ryanair in order to=20 have direct flights in the domestic market to Pisa, Forl=EC, Genoa, Naples,= =20 London and Frankfurt. VOLARE, the trade union has requested a meeting with the commissar Carlo=20 Rinaldini in order to have update about the situation. Two months was past= =20 from the suspension of the flight operations and also there are no replies= =20 from the management in order of the business proposals presented from=20 various investors such as Meridiana, Air One and Camuzzi Holding. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco