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29.08.2010
Bremenfly (8B/Berlin Schönefeld) has moved its operational base from Bremen to Berlin Schönefeld and has added a second ex-Olympic Airlines B737-400 to its fleet.
Brit Air (DB/Morlaix) has announced that it plans to close its crew bases in Nantes and Paris CDG concentrating on Air France (AF/Paris CDG) regional services from Lyon, Paris Orly and Rennes. The routes from Nantes and Paris CDG currently served by Brit Air will be transferred to Régional (YS/Nantes) while the latter will transfer its Lyon operations to Brit Air in return. Brit Air has added two ex-Atlasjet Airlines (KK/Antalya) and ex-Voyageur Airways (VC/Sudbury) CRJ-900s.
British Airways (BA/London Heathrow) and Iberia (IB/Madrid) have signed their merger agreement and are planning to complete the transaction by the end of 2010 after receiving approval from shareholders. The European Union has already approved the merger. The two carriers will continue to operate as separate carriers that will both be subsidiaries of International Airlines Group. BA shareholders will receive 56% of the stock in IAG with 44% being held by Iberia shareholders. IAG has been structured in a fashion where additional acquisitions and mergers would remain possible and British Airways has announced that it expects IAG to be actively looking at additional acquisition opportunities. In other good news, American Airlines (AA/Dallas/Fort Worth), British Airways, Finnair (AY/Helsinki), Iberia and Royal Jordanian (RJ/Amman Queen Alia) have been granted antitrust immunity by the US Department of Transportation and the European Commission allowing them to operate a joint venture and codeshare services on transatlantic services without restrictions. This is considered a major breakthrough for the oneworld alliance as AA and BA had so far not been able to fully cooperate on their key routes between the UK and US because authorities had denied them antitrust immunity several times because of the large percentage of traffic the two carriers would have controlled out of London Heathrow to the US. AA and BA have to give up slots in Gatwick and Heathrow as part of the deal though to allow other carriers to launch or add flights to Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and New York JFK/Newark, the markets where the two carriers dominate most from the point of view of the authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. BA has meanwhile also announced new routes being added between September and December:
London City-Chambery: 3x weekly seasonal EMB-190 service starting on December 18 (operated by BA CityFlyer (CJ/London City))
London City-Copenhagen Kastrup: 2x daily EMB-170 service starting on September 12 (operated by BA CityFlyer)
London Gatwick-Cancun: 2x weekly B777-200ER service starting on November 3
London Heathrow-Gothenburg City: 2x daily A319-100 service starting on November 28
British Airways has also started codesharing with Meridiana fly (IG/Olbia) on the London Gatwick-Florence route served twice daily by the Italian carrier. Its routes from London Gatwick to Antalya, Izmir and Paphos will not be served between October 31 and March 27 and become seasonal summer only services. BA is also considering dropping Business Class from its short haul services operating from London Gatwick. Iberia has exercised options for five additional A320-200s and has sold the delivery positions to its new sister carrier BA. The latter has also just taken delivery of its first of six B777-300ERs. BA has retired its last B737-500 but still operates 19 B737-400s from its London Gatwick base. British Airways has entered into an exclusive agreement with CitationAir by Cessna (White Plains) to offer PrivateConnect branded connections to any destination in North America with business jets from several US gateways served by BA.
Brussels Airlines (SN/Brussels) is planning to lease its two first A320-200s next year that will operate on charter services on behalf of Club Med. It has already taken delivery of two additional ex-Kayala Airline and ex-Meridiana fly (IG/Olbia) A319-100. It has also wet-leased a Dash 8-400 from Augsburg Airways (IQ/Augsburg) for its Brussels Ntl-Hanover route. Brussels Airlines has given up its Brussels Ntl-Frankfurt Intl route on March 28 in favour of the eight daily codeshare services operated by parent Lufthansa (LH/Frankfurt Intl). It has however launched several new routes to Africa thanks to the fifth ex-Malaysia Airlines (MH/Kuala Lumpur Intl) A330-300 now being in operation since July 5 adding Accra, Cotonou, Lomé and Ouagadougou to its network by rerouting its services to the region:
Brussels Ntl-Abidjan-Cotonou-Brussels Ntl: weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Abidjan-Lomé-Brussels Ntl: weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Accra-Monrovia-Brussels Ntl: 2x weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Cotonou-Abidjan-Brussels Ntl: weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Lomé-Abidjan-Brussels Ntl: weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Monrovia-Accra-Brussels Ntl: 2x weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Ntl-Ouagadougou-Abidjan: 2x weekly A330-300 service
Brussels Airlines has started codesharing with its four North American Star Alliance partners Air Canada (AC/Montreal Trudeau), Continental Airlines (CO/Houston Intcl), United Airlines (UA/Chicago O’Hare) and US Airways (US/Phoenix). Air Canada operates a four times weekly Brussels Ntl-Montreal Trudeau-Toronto Pearson service, Continental operates a daily B767-400ER service from Brussels Ntl to New York Newark, United operates a daily B767-300ER services to Chicago O’Hare and Washington Dulles and US Airways operates daily B757-200 services to Philadelphia. Brussels Airlines has also started codesharing on the Hainan Airlines (HU/Haikou) A330-200 services from Brussels Ntl to Beijing and Shanghai Pu Dong and on the twice daily services between Brussels Ntl and Helsinki operated by Star Alliance partner Blue 1 (KF/Helsinki).
Bukovyna Airlines (BQ/Chernovtsy) has added two ex-Bulgarian Air Charter (1T/Sofia) MD-80s, a MD-82 and a MD-83. The MD-83 has immediately been wet-leased to Zagros Airlines (Iran) (IZG/Abadan).
Bulgaria Air (FB/Sofia) has launched several new routes this summer already:
Sofia-Milan Malpensa: 3x weekly BAe 146-200/-300 service has started on March 29 (operated by Hemus Air (DU/Sofia))
Sofia-Skopje: 3x weekly BAe 146-200/-300 service has started on June 20 (operated by Hemus Air)
Sofia-Zurich: 3x weekly BAe 146-200/-300 service has started on March 29 (operated by Hemus Air)
It has also signed a codeshare agreement with Air France (AF/Paris CDG) for the Sofia-Paris CDG route where both carriers offer one daily flight at present. It has retired its last B737-500s.
Bulgarian Air Charter (1T/Sofia) has acquired eight additional ex-Alitalia (AZ/Rome Fiumicino) MD-82s from the administrators of the old Alitalia.
Calima Aviación (CMV/Las Palmas) has launched charter and ACMI operations with a single ex-Aerosvit Airlines (VV/Kiev Borispol) B737-400. It currently operates the aircraft on behalf of Air Algérie (AH/Algiers).
Cargoitalia (2G/Milan Malpensa) has added a third ex-Finnair (AY/Helsinki) MD-11F freighter that will be used for a new Milan Malpensa-Shanghai Pu Dong route.
Cargolux (CV/Luxembourg) has added its 15th ex-Air France (AF/Paris CDG) B747-400F freighter. It has also agreed to wet-lease another B747-400F from World Airways (WO/Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Intl) for one year.
Carpatair (V3/Timisoara) has launched a variety of new services to Italy but has terminated routes from Timisoara to Oradea and Pescara:
Bucharest Otopeni-Bologna Marconi: 4x weekly Fokker 70 service has started on May 17
Bucharest Otopeni-Milan Orio al Serio: 6x weekly Fokker 70 service has started on May 17
Bucharest Otopeni-Venice Marco Polo: daily Fokker 70 service has started on May 17
Bucharest Otopeni-Verona: 4x weekly Fokker 70 service has started on May 17
Craiova-Milan Orio al Serio: 2x weekly Saab 2000 service has started on May 25
Craiova-Rome Fiumicino: 3x weekly Saab 2000 service has started on May 24
Cassiopea Line (Salerno) is a new start-up funded by local investors planning to resume scheduled services from Salerno to Milan Malpensa.
CCM Airlines (XK/Ajaccio) is launching new routes to Italy in 2011:
Marseilles-Florence: 2x weekly ATR 72-500 service starting on February 17
Marseilles-Venice Marco Polo: 3x weekly ATR 72-500 service starting on February 14
Central Charter Airlines (3B/Ostrava) and Central Charter Airlines Slovakia (CCS/Bratislava) are new subsidiaries of the Central Connect Group that also owns Central Connect Airlines (3B/Ostrava). Central Charter Airlines operates a single ex-Thomson Airways (BY/London Luton) B737-300 and its Slovakian sister carrier operates an ex-Air China (CA/Beijing) and an ex-Bulgaria Air (FB/Sofia) B737-500.
Central Connect Airlines (3B/Ostrava) has given up its Ostrava-Munich route on March 28. It has launched twice weekly seasonal Saab 340 service from Ostrava via Brno to Zadar between June 3 and September 26.
Chalair Aviation (CE/Caen) has started operating its routes from Bordeaux to Brest and Rennes and between Rennes and Basle/Mulhouse on its own terminating a franchise agreement with Airlinair (A5/Paris Orly) on March 28. It has however then given up its Rennes-Basle/Mulhouse route in mid-May. Chalair will add new routes in fall:
Lille-Brest: 2x weekdaily Beech 1900 service starting on September 27
Lille-Rennes: 2x weekdaily Beech 1900 service starting on September 30
Cimber Sterling (QI/Sonderborg) has announced several new routes from its Danish bases and has added a second ex-Binter Canarias (NT/Las Palmas) ATR 72-500 again:
Aalborg-Antalya: weekly seasonal B737-700 service has started on March 28
Aalborg-Chania: weekly seasonal B737-700 service has started on May 21
Billund-Antalya: 2x weekly seasonal B737-700 service has started on March 28
Billund-Dublin: 4x weekly CRJ-200 service has started on March 31
Billund-Palma de Mallorca: weekly seasonal B737-700 service has started on May 9
Billund-Prague: 3x weekly CRJ-200 service has started on April 29
Copenhagen Kastrup-Amsterdam: 2x daily B737-700/ATR 72-200 service starting on November 1
Copenhagen Kastrup-Antalya: 3x weekly B737-700 service has started on March 28
Copenhagen Kastrup-Bastia: weekly seasonal B737-700 service between July 6 and August 17
Copenhagen Kastrup-Bordeaux: 2x weekly B737-700 service has started on July 5
Copenhagen Kastrup-Belgrade: 2x weekly B737-700 service has started on March 29
Copenhagen Kastrup-Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen: 2x weekly B737-700 service starting on November 2
Copenhagen Kastrup-Madrid: 3x weekly B737-700 service has started on March 29
Copenhagen Kastrup-Sofia: 2x weekly B737-700 service has started on April 1
Copenhagen Kastrup-Tel Aviv Ben Gurion: 3x weekly B737-700 service starting on November 1
Copenhagen Kastrup-Thessaloniki: weekly seasonal B737-700 service has started on June 22
Copenhagen Kastrup-Zurich: daily B737-700 service starting on November 1
It has given up plans to lease two additional B737-700s and has also returned two CRJ-200s to the lessors. Cimber has terminated services on its Copenhagen Kastrup-Wroclaw route on March 26.
Cirrus Airlines (C9/Saarbrücken) has announced it is considering launching services linking Graz and Zurich in cooperation with codeshare partner Swiss (LX/Zurich).
City Airline (CF/Gothenburg Landvetter) has added three instead of just two ex-SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK/Copenhagen Kastrup) MD-87s, has already taken delivery of two additional ex-Flybe. (BE/Exeter) ERJ-145s and will add two more ERJ-145 aircraft from the same source later this year. It has been sold by its founder Lars Magnusson to the senior management of the carrier. City Airline is also continuing to build up its hub at Gothenburg Landvetter airport:
Gothenburg Landvetter-Bergen: 6x weekly ERJ-145 service has started on April 19
Gothenburg Landvetter-Stavanger: 5x weekly ERJ-135/-145 service has started on April 19
Gothenburg Landvetter-Umea: 2x daily ERJ-135/-145 service has started on May 17 (replacing one-stop via Stockholm Västeras)
It has however not launched previously announced routes from Gothenburg Landvetter to Athens, Milan Malpensa and Riga. Very short lived routes from Stockholm Västeras to Gothenburg Landvetter and Umea have already been cancelled again on May 16 and the new City Airline owners seemed to have abandoned a strategy to set up joint ventures with local businesses in smaller Swedish cities. It had previously announced that it was planning to add Borlänge, Karlstad, Malmö, Norrköping and Orebro to its network through such joint ventures.
Cityline Swiss (ZM/Lugano) is a new virtual carrier that is planning to start scheduled services with a MD-83 operated by its Hungarian sister carrier CityLine Hungary (ZM/Budapest). It has already postponed the launch of operations and has changed the proposed network several times this summer but is currently planning to start operations on September 20:
Marseilles-Pau: 6x weekly MD-83 service starting on September 20
Marseilles-Rome Fiumicino: 6x weekly MD-83 service starting on September 20
Rome Fiumicino-Dortmund: 3x weekly MD-83 service starting on November 1
It had previously announced a plan to launch services from Angouleme to London Gatwick, Lyon and Marseilles.
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