Hi to all, further news from Italy, ALBANIAN from March 28th. 2005 will operate the four weekly flights=20 differently from the first press release for the route from Turin to=20 Tirana. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday instead of the past communicated= =20 (tu-th-sa-su) LV 252 TIA-TRN 14.00-16.00 MO-WE-FR LV 253 TRN-TIA 17.00-19.00 MO-WE-FR BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES has proposed to SAB - Societ=E0 per l'Aeroporto di=20 Bologna to built a new hangar as maintenance facility for the fleet=20 composed by B737s and B767s. Plus in future for the B7E7's where also=20 Boeing is interested to have an overhaul facility certified in South Europe= =20 for the new jetliner. With 9 jetliners (5 B737/400s and 4 B767/300ERs) Blue= =20 Panorama looks with interests the airport of Bologna due to the=20 geographical positive position, for the positive territory in order to=20 collect traffic not only from the region but also from the nearest regional= =20 areas while Tuscany, Veneto and Marche. It has start up five destination in= =20 the long haul and further ones are expected soon in the leisure and=20 business sector of traffic. Its close also to open the new Bologna-Shanghai. Its confirmed the intention to quote the airline at the stock exchange=20 before the end of the year or in the first months of the next one. Advisor= =20 BNL is on the way to evaluate the best solution and Franco Pecci is on the= =20 way to wait the informations from the advisor. Surely the stock exchange=20 join will be advanced from a increase stake capital for 40-50 million =80. BRITISH AIRWAYS will give up the route Genoa-London LGW with effect March=20 26th. 2005. DELTA AIR LINES with effect May 1st. 2005 until Sept. 30th. will add the=20 second seasonal daily flight from Rome FCO to Atlanta with B767/300ERs. Its= =20 expected to resume seasonally the route Rome FCO-Cincinnati. EUROFLY today is reported on Corriere della Sera that is looking to modify= =20 its strategy in order to evaluate better especially the next months due to= =20 the Tsunami event in the Indian Ocean that has reduced from 7 to 3 weekly=20 the rotations scheduled at the moment from Italy to Maldives. Eurofly have= =20 the 60% of share market on the route. Its on the way to reduce of the 5% in= =20 agreement with the trade unions temporary the salaries in order to haven't= =20 an hole of 20 million =80 of losses. Its postponed at the moment they thinks= =20 the start up of the all leisure flight Milan Mxp-New York JFK but are=20 confirmed the seasonals from Bologna, Naples, Palermo to New York T4. About= =20 relations especially on that long flights with Alitalia, Augusto Angeletti,= =20 CEO in Eurofly and in the past until three years ago the pilot trade union= =20 leader in Alitalia he reports that there are no interested manifested from= =20 Alitalia baout partnership on long haul operation to US and to other=20 markets. That management and the old one has maintained the same aplomb in= =20 order to be disregarded about the Eurofly new strategies and the possible=20 shares with the Italian flag carrier. Alitalia continue ion its way says=20 Angioletti, has miss to create a global transnational airline with KLM. It= =20 has not applied the new business plan in the past and after ownership=20 change in Eurofly they hasn't approved that the new plan appointed from=20 Angeletti has allowed for Eurofly to close in profit. Eurofly at the time=20 being is in the hands of Spinnaker private equity fund composed from 60% by= =20 Banca Profilo and 30% from Camuzzi Holding. ITALI Airlines will present probably in late February, beginning of March=20 the new corporate identity showing the new addition, the Do328JETs and the= =20 MD82s. MALEV code sharing with Alitalia the flight to and from Milan Mxp with=20 effect March 26th. 2005 it will give up its operations from Budapest to=20 Milan Mxp. Alitalia will grant the route with three flight a day operated=20 from MD82s. SOLINAIR its reported to be in talks with the Consortium that owns the=20 airport of Marina di Campo for operate the flight with public service=20 obligation funds achieved from the consortium that owns the islander=20 airport and the Region Tuscany. Routes operated from May to September from= =20 Pisa to Elba and Milan Mxp to Elba five times a week, day of non operations= =20 are tu and we from June 14th. to September 15th. The Milan Mxp-Elba starts= =20 from 139=80 plus taxes. Additionally could be served the route to Florence.= =20 19 seater Let410 turboprops is the equipment planned to serve the route.=20 Can be used also Dornier 228. Siena-Milan Mxp six times a week from mo to=20 sa and from su to fr from Milan Mxp to Siena are involved to operate the=20 route with fares starting from 39=80 one way plus taxes. TRANSAVIA is on the way to open four new stops in Italy and an undisclosed= =20 fifth today unknown or intentionally maintained secret. Alghero, two times a week served via Calvi. Lamezia, Palermo both weekly=20 and Catania two times a week. WINDJET was hit from a fraud, someones now jailed has bought around 100=20 tickets with cloned credit card codes. That's all for today, Best Regards, Marco