Findo
7th May 2004, 22:16
from Thomas Jaeger's update -
Air France (AF/Paris CDG) has secured 89% of shares in KLM (KL/Amsterdam). The two carriers which are going to operate under a joint holding company have also announced further network changes. They will start codesharing on all routes between The Netherlands and France on June 1 when KLM cityhopper (WA/Amsterdam) will also launch a new twice daily Fokker 50 service from Rotterdam to Paris CDG. Both carriers will add their codes to a big number of European routes. KLM will give up its routes from Amsterdam to Caracas, Casablanca and Turin by the end of this month and replace it with codeshare flights through Paris CDG. Air France will give up its routes from Paris CDG to Bristol and Glasgow Intl by the end of May and is expected to drop Manila from October in favour of codesharing with KLM.
Air Scotland (Glasgow Intl) will inaugurate twice weekly service from Glasgow Intl to Athens on June 11 using its B757-200 wet-leased from Greece Airways (GRE/Athens).
British Airways (BA/London Heathrow) has launched twice daily service from Birmingham to Lyon, daily service from Birmingham to Vienna and a weekly flight linking Birmingham and Nice on May 5 taking up ex-Duo Airways routes using British Airways CitiExpress (TH/Manchester) BAe 146-200s. The UK flag carrier will however give up its Bristol-Dublin route by the end of this month.
easyJet (U2/London Luton) is reportedly considering adding Finland, Norway and Sweden to its network later this year.
Emerald Airways (JEM/Liverpool) will start up to five times daily BAe ATP service between Liverpool and the Isle of Man on May 10.
Transaero Airlines (UN/Moscow Domodedovo) is reportedly planning to add Chicago O'Hare, Manchester and Montreal Dorval to its network later this year
Air France (AF/Paris CDG) has secured 89% of shares in KLM (KL/Amsterdam). The two carriers which are going to operate under a joint holding company have also announced further network changes. They will start codesharing on all routes between The Netherlands and France on June 1 when KLM cityhopper (WA/Amsterdam) will also launch a new twice daily Fokker 50 service from Rotterdam to Paris CDG. Both carriers will add their codes to a big number of European routes. KLM will give up its routes from Amsterdam to Caracas, Casablanca and Turin by the end of this month and replace it with codeshare flights through Paris CDG. Air France will give up its routes from Paris CDG to Bristol and Glasgow Intl by the end of May and is expected to drop Manila from October in favour of codesharing with KLM.
Air Scotland (Glasgow Intl) will inaugurate twice weekly service from Glasgow Intl to Athens on June 11 using its B757-200 wet-leased from Greece Airways (GRE/Athens).
British Airways (BA/London Heathrow) has launched twice daily service from Birmingham to Lyon, daily service from Birmingham to Vienna and a weekly flight linking Birmingham and Nice on May 5 taking up ex-Duo Airways routes using British Airways CitiExpress (TH/Manchester) BAe 146-200s. The UK flag carrier will however give up its Bristol-Dublin route by the end of this month.
easyJet (U2/London Luton) is reportedly considering adding Finland, Norway and Sweden to its network later this year.
Emerald Airways (JEM/Liverpool) will start up to five times daily BAe ATP service between Liverpool and the Isle of Man on May 10.
Transaero Airlines (UN/Moscow Domodedovo) is reportedly planning to add Chicago O'Hare, Manchester and Montreal Dorval to its network later this year