| Adria Airways (JP/Ljubljana) has started implementing its restructuring plan and has stored one of its two A320-200s and cancelled its routes from Ljubljana to Banja Luka and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, from Pristina to Dusseldorf Intl and from Vienna to Frankfurt Intl as of October. Adria has also suspended its routes from Ljubljana to London Gatwick, Paris CDG and Warsaw until March. It has received 69.7 million EUR of additional capital from its shareholders and debtors turning debts into shares to avoid bankruptcy. Aegean Airlines (A3/Athens) has given up its Larnaca-Paris CDG route on September 11 as well as its Athens-Berlin Tegel route on January 8 and will not resume its Athens-Bologna Marconi and Heraklion-London Heathrow routes next summer but has announced plans for new seasonal services from Heraklion and Kerkyra:
Heraklion-Brussels Ntl: 2x weekly seasonal A320-200 service starting on March 28
Heraklion-Munich: 2x weekly seasonal A320-200 service starting on March 28
Kerkyra-Brussels Ntl: weekly seasonal A320-200 service between June 1 and September 30 Aeolian Airlines (AOL/Athens) has launched charter operations with a single MD-83 wet-leased from Sky Wings (ND/Athens). It is considering adding scheduled services at a later stage. Aer Arann Regional (RE/Dublin) has announced further network cuts including all routes from Galway (to Dublin, Edinburgh, London Luton, London Southend, Lorient, Manchester, Waterford) that have been suspended as of November 1. It has also suspended its routes from Kerry to Manchester and from Waterford to Birmingham and will not resume its seasonal Waterford-Lorient route next summer. It has however won the public service obligation contract for the Dublin-Kerry route previously served by Ryanair (FR/Dublin). As a result, its remaining network still operated under its own brand and not as an Aer Lingus Regional franchise now only includes the following routes:
Dublin-Isle of Man: 2x daily ATR 42-300 service
Dublin-Kerry: 2x daily ATR 42-300 service (launched on November 3)
Isle of Man-London City: 3x daily ATR 42-300 service
Waterford-London Luton: 4x weekly ATR 42-300 service
Waterford-London Southend: 2x daily ATR 42-300 service
Waterford-Manchester: 4x weekly ATR 42-300 service Aer Lingus (EI/Dublin) is expected to be privatized with the Irish government planning to sell its 25% stake in the carrier. Ryanair (FR/Dublin) has also announced that it would be willing to sell its 29.8% stake in the carrier. Etihad Airways (EY/Abu Dhabi Intl) has been named as a potential investor. It will introduce new routes in 2012:
Cork-Brussels Ntl: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on March 26
Dublin-Stockholm Arlanda: 4x weekly A320-200 service starting on March 25
Dublin-Verona: 2x weekly A320-200 service starting on March 28
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