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Right now there are 6543 entries in our database. << back || page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 || next >> 25.02.2009 Transavia Airlines (HV/Amsterdam) and Martinair (MP/Amsterdam) will be merged into a single company later this year after KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL/Amsterdam) has taken full control of Martinair. The two carriers will continue to operate using separate brands and distribution channels. Transavia will increase its presence in Copenhagen with additional new routes: Copenhagen Kastrup-Montpellier: 2x weekly B737-700 service starting on May 21 Copenhagen Kastrup-Naples: 3x weekly B737-700 service starting on April 21 Copenhagen Kastrup-Pisa: 3x weekly B737-700 service starting on May 21 Paris Orly-Olbia: weekly seasonal B737-800 service starting on April 12 Trawel Fly (Milan Orio al Serio) is planning to start operations in June with a single B737-300 operating scheduled and charter services from Milan Orio al Serio and Naples: Milan Orio al Serio-Catania: 3x weekly B737-300 service starting on June 15 Milan Orio al Serio-Crotone: weekly B737-300 service starting on June 20 Milan Orio al Serio-Heraklion-Rhodes: 2x weekly B737-300 service starting on June 15 TUIfly (Germany) (X3/Hanover) will cut the number of routes served from Zweibrücken this summer season and stop serving Hurghada and Tenerife Sur from April 28. Hans-Rudolf Wöhrl has shown interest in taking a stake in TUIfly. He had previously acquired dba and LTU Intl Airways (LT/Dusseldorf Intl) and then sold the two carriers to Air Berlin (AB/Berlin Tegel) after a restructuring. TUIfly owner TUI though has now for the first time officially confirmed talks with Air Berlin about a possible closer cooperation or merger between the two carriers. Turkish Airlines (TK/Istanbul Ataturk) has leased four additional A321-200s that have not been taken up by Kingfisher Airlines (IT/Bangalore) and has announced additional new routes: Eskisehir-Brussels Ntl: 2x weekly A319-100 service starting on March 31 Istanbul Ataturk-Benghazi: 3x weekly A321-200 service starting on May 5 Istanbul Ataturk-Canakkale: 3x weekly A319-100 service has started on January 19 Istanbul Ataturk-Mashad: 3x weekly B737-800 service starting on March 15 Istanbul Ataturk-Usak: 3x weekly A319-100 service has started on January 12 It has delayed the launch of its planned new three times weekly Istanbul Ataturk-Lviv route to June 15. THY has entered into a codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner Singapore Airlines (SQ/Singapore Changi) for the Istanbul Ataturk-Singapore Changi route earlier this month. It will not resume its seasonal Adana-Berlin Schönefeld and Adana-Frankfurt Intl routes this summer season. Ukraine International Airlines (PS/Kiev Borispol) is planning to buy back 6% of its own shares from lessor AerCap and to sell the shares to other shareholders thereafter. It will operate a weekly seasonal B737-500 service from Simferopol to Munich between June 13 and September 19. Ural Airlines (U6/Ekaterinburg) has launched weekly A320-200 service between Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk on February 15. It will also launch daily A320-200 service between Moscow Domodedovo and Novosibirsk on March 1. Ural has announced plans to retire its An-24s, Il-86s and Tu-154s in 2010 when it is scheduled to take delivery of its first of ten Superjet-100s it has on order. It has leased a seventh ex-Iberia (IB/Madrid) A320-200 and will add an ex-Thomson Airways (BY/London Luton) A320-200 later this year. UTair (UT/Khanty-Mansiysk) has added more new routes to its growing network from Moscow Vnukovo: Moscow Vnukovo-Barnaul: daily B737-500 service has started on February 9 Moscow Vnukovo-Omsk: daily B737-500 service has started on February 10 Moscow Vnukovo-Rostov: daily B737-500 service has started on February 7 VIM Airlines (NN/Moscow Domodedovo) has returned its two Tu-154Ms to the lessor and has wet-leased two B757-200s to Eram Air (IRY/Tabriz). Virgin Atlantic (VS/London Heathrow) is planning to cut up to 600 jobs this year to increase its productivity. It will temporarily suspend its London Heathrow-Mauritius services between April 24 and November 13. Virgin has entered into a limited codeshare agreement with South African Airways (SA/Johannesburg Intl) for the London Heathrow-Cape Town route served by both carriers. Virgin Atlantic only serves the route in the UK winter season/South African summer season. Vladivostok Air (XF/Vladivostok) has dropped its Moscow Vnukovo-Frankfurt Hahn route from its network earlier this winter season. Vueling Airlines (VY/Barcelona) and Clickair (XG/Barcelona) will merge in spring after the two carriers have received approval from the European Commission for the proposed merger. The new combined carrier will still be called Vueling Airlines with Iberia (IB/Madrid) holding around 40-45% of the shares Vueling and codesharing on all Vueling services. Clickair will give up its Barcelona-Frankfurt Intl route on March 27. It will however also introduce new services: Madrid-Malta: 3x weekly seasonal A320-200 service resuming on April 2 Malaga-Las Palmas: 4x weekly A320-200 service starting on March 29 Valencia-Malta: 2x weekly seasonal A320-200 service between July 2 and September 13 (Clickair) WDL Aviation (W1/Cologne/Bonn) has added a second ex-Cityjet (WX/Dublin) BAe 146-300 to its fleet. Welcome Air (2W/Innsbruck) has given up its Gothenburg Landvetter-Kristiansand route. Welcome Air and its sister carrier Tyrol Air Ambulance (TYW/Innsbruck) have been acquired by Swiss charter operator Lions Air (LEU/Zurich) earlier this year. White (WHT/Lisbon) has added a third ex- Alba Servizi Aerotrasporti (AFQ/Milan Linate) A319-100(CJ) to its VIP division fleet. It will also lease a first ex-Tiger Airways (TR/Singapore Changi) A320-200. Windjet (IV/Catania) has given up plans for a seasonal Bologna Forli-Olbia service this summer. It has however announced weekly seasonal triangle services from Catania and Palermo via Nantes-Lyon back to Sicily. Weekly A320-200 services from both airports in Sicily will start on April 10 and April 11. Wingo (Tampere) will inaugurate six times weekly service from Tampere via Turku to Stockholm Bromma on March 16 using AviTrans Nordic (2Q/Stockholm Bromma) Saab 340s. Wizz Air (W6/Budapest) has reacted to the financial problems of SkyEurope Airlines (NE/Bratislava) by very quickly setting up a new base in Prague: Cluj-Bologna Forli: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on June 13 (replacing route to Bologna Marconi announced earlier) Katowice-Bologna Forli: 2x weekly A320-200 service starting on March 30 (replacing route to Bologna Marconi) Kiev Borispol-Antalya: 3x weekly seasonal A320-200 service starting on May 14 (operated by Wizz Air Ukraine (WU/Kiev Borispol)) Prague-Brussels Charleroi: 3x weekly A320-200 service has started on February 19 Prague-Eindhoven: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on June 27 Prague-London Luton: 3x weekly A320-200 service has started on February 18 Prague-Madrid: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on July 11 Prague-Malmö: 4x weekly A320-200 service starting on July 12 Prague-Milan Orio al Serio: 3x weekly A320-200 service has started on February 19 Prague-Naples: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on July 11 Prague-Paris Beauvais: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on June 27 Prague-Rome Fiumicino: 4x weekly A320-200 service has started on February 18 Sofia-Venice Treviso: 3x weekly A320-200 service starting on June 27 Warsaw-Bologna Forli: 2x weekly A320-200 service starting on April 1 (replacing route to Bologna Marconi) Wizz has given up its Wroclaw-Dortmund route last month. Wizz Air has also given up plans for a new route linking Bucharest Baneasa and Bologna Marconi in the meantime as no competition with Windjet (IV/Catania) routes out of Forli reportedly was one of the conditions of a new favourable agreement between Forli airport and Wizz. Wizz Air Ukraine has announced plans to launch new routes from Kiev Borispol and Simferopol to Moscow this summer season if it is able to secure slots and traffic rights. XL Airways France (SE/Paris CDG) has been put up for sale by its Icelandic owner, investment bank Straumur. It has entered into a codeshare agreement with Windjet (IV/Catania) covering all services between France and Italy operated by both carriers. Zapolyarye Airlines (NL/Norilsk) has added a second Tu-154B2 to its fleet. 20.12.2008 British Airways (BA/London Heathrow) will give up its London City-Warsaw route on January 5. 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