09-May-2008 UNITED KINGDOM :
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.com confirmed that they will commence the first ever transatlantic flights to New York, from Leeds Bradford Airport. Jet2.com will have New York flights on sale from GBP579.98 including taxes. Jet2holidays.com will offer four-day Christmas shopping breaks direct from Leeds Bradford to Newark Airport from GBP699.
08-May-2008
SAS announced plans to add a fuel surcharge on domestic and European services, effective immediately, to mitigate rising fuel costs (Reuters, 07-May-08). SAS will add a EUR10 charge to domestic services in Sweden and Denmark and an EUR8 charge on services to Norway. On other European services, a EUR15 charge will be implemented.
08-May-2008
Aer Lingus announced plans to increase long-haul surcharges by up to 30% on services to the US, effective 14-May-08 (The Irish Times, 07-May-08).
08-May-2008
easyJet CEO, Andy Harrison, has predicted Europe’s weaker carriers will “downsize and disappear”, as the “laws of the jungle” play out under extreme fuel prices and continued expansion by the leading LCCs. Mr Harrison stated airlines that operate older, less fuel-efficient fleets and have higher cost bases are vulnerable.
08-May-2008
Airbus and Latecoere have terminated negotiations regarding the sale of the Airbus sites in Meaulte and Saint Nazaire Ville since a viable solution could not be finalised within the required time frame, in particular due to the current difficult financial environment.
08-May-2008
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered Europe's first two Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and its leasing customer, Spanish carrier Futura International Airways, based in Palma de Mallorca.
08-May-2008 FRANCE :
Traffic rose by 2.6% on capacity up by 5.4%, with Apr-08 being the first month of the launch of the Summer program. The load factor stood at 80.0% (-2.3 points). The group carried 6.4 million passengers (+1.5%).
08-May-2008
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, signed a SkyTeam Alliance Associate Adherence Agreement (SAAAA) agreement with the Romanian airline TAROM, indicating the airline is on the track to join the alliance as an Associate airline.
