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Oman Air finding its niche

Monday March 15, 2010

Oman Air realizes that it is better to remain a "unique boutique airline, rather than to compete against Emirates and company," CEO Peter Hill told ATWOnline at ITB Berlin. [more]

Air Berlin focusing on new airport, European growth

Monday March 15, 2010

Air Berlin CEO Joachim Hunold told ATWOnline in the German capital that the carrier is focused on European expansion and increasing transfer traffic at Berlin Tegel, especially to destinations in Italy and Spain, as it looks toward the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg International next year. "We are already optimizing our hub structure at Tegel for the summer of 2010, with the aim of generating even more transfer options and further growth in passenger numbers in Berlin," he said. AB is targeting more than 6,000 weekly connections to/from TXL with 22 aircraft operating in six waves each day.

Another source close to the carrier told this website that it already has secured check-in areas at the new airport that will help it increase the number of Berlin transfer passengers from the current 3%-4% to the low double-digits. Hunold said AB already has proven it can run a low-cost hub operation at Palma, where it operates 322 weekly flights and holds a market share of 31%. He said it has not been contacted by any of the three major alliances regarding membership and is focused on strengthening its European network and leveraging its relationships with TUIfly (ATWOnline, Sept. 9, 2009) and its Austrian partner Niki.

Monday March 15, 2010

Aer Lingus applied to the US Port Director at Shannon to commence using the Customs and Border Protection facility for flights to New York JFK from early May. EI said it might extend the service to other US cities following the initial trial phase. It currently flies to JFK and Boston from SNN. British Airways' all-premium A318 flight from London City to JFK uses SNN's US customs and immigration pre-clearance facility.

Monday March 15, 2010

US Airways will launch service from Charlotte to Ottawa (daily from May 31 aboard an Air Wisconsin CRJ200), Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta (each daily from June 5 aboard an A319), and from Philadelphia to Halifax (thrice-daily from June 1 aboard an Air Wisconsin CRJ200).

British Airways will resume six-times-weekly London City-Barcelona service at the end of March, becoming daily in May. New flights from LCY to Majorca and Ibiza will begin in May.

Lufthansa will launch six-times-weekly Dusseldorf-Edinburg service on April 26.

American Eagle Airlines will launch twice-daily service from Dallas/Fort Worth to Augusta and Fayetteville on June 10.

Air France KLM maintains African commitment

Friday March 12, 2010

Air France KLM intends to maintain its strong position in Africa and a strategy of continuous growth despite the economic downturn and increased competition, Senior VP-Africa & Middle East Etienne Rachou told ATWOnline. [more]

Qatar Airways to serve Argentina, Brazil

Friday March 12, 2010

Qatar Airways will launch its first flights to South America when it begins flying to Sao Paulo Guarulhos and Buenos Aires from Doha later this year. Frequency and dates for the 777 services were not announced. QR already has announced plans to start serving Copenhagen (March 30), Ankara (April 5), Tokyo Narita (April 26) and Barcelona (June 7). Its summer schedule from March 28 will feature capacity increases to 15 additional destinations, including third daily flights to both Colombo and Kathmandu.

Friday March 12, 2010

European Commission said "considerable progress has been made in recent months" on a second-stage open skies agreement with the US and that the parties have reached "tentative agreement on a wide range of items." It said it was "confident" that agreement on "a number of important issues" still outstanding can be reached this year. If no second-stage accord is finalized by December, both the EU and US have the right to suspend certain portions of the initial deal that entered effect in March 2008. "However, given the progress already made in the negotiations, Europe considers an agreement in 2010 to be the most likely outcome," the EC said. The sides will convene for an eighth round of negotiations on March 22 in Brussels.

Friday March 12, 2010

Alaska Airlines will launch service from San Jose, Calif., to Kahului (thrice-weekly) and Kona (four-times-weekly) on March 12.

Frontier Airlines will operate Kansas City-Cancun service twice-weekly April 19-May 2 and weekly May 3-Aug. 28.

Jet Airways Konnect will launch daily Delhi-Dehradun flights on March 28 aboard an ATR 72-500.

Air Europa will launch thrice-weekly London Gatwick-Madrid-Miami service on March 19.

Ryanair will launch thrice-weekly London Stansted-Ciudad Real service on May 24.

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