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Gol launched a new fare structure featuring four categories--Comfort, Flexible, Scheduled and Promotional--with varying features and prices. Comfort is available on Varig-branded flights to Bogota, Caracas and Aruba and includes more comfortable seating, a mileage bonus, check-in and boarding priority and lounge access. Flexible allows for flight changes and offers boarding priority, lounge access and a mileage bonus, Scheduled "offers the best prices for those booking in advance" and Promotional is for those "seeking to take advantage of offers and obtain the lowest prices," Gol said.
SAS Group expects a first-quarter loss before taxes and nonrecurring items of approximately SEK1 billion ($137.7 million). It reported an SEK889 million loss on a similar basis in the first quarter of 2009. The company said its pre-tax loss through the first two months of 2010 was SEK960 million, widened from SEK420 million in the year-ago period. It lost SEK719 million on currency fluctuations year-over-year. Revenue dropped 15.3% to SEK5.89 billion as yield was down 12.2% when adjusted for foreign exchange fluctuations.
Air China plans to deepen its cooperation with Shenzhen Airlines, in which it plans to acquire a majority stake, through the April 8 launch of a shuttle service between Beijing and Shenzhen. CA's CNY682.1 million bid to increase its share in Shenzhen to 51% still awaits government approval
Aer Lingus released its full 2009 financial results yesterday, three weeks after a preliminary announcement, and reported a €130.1 million ($175.2 million) loss that represented an 18.4% deterioration from the €109.9 million deficit suffered in 2008.
Serbian government is looking at ways to make money-losing flag carrier Jat Airways more attractive to investors, such as assuming debt or funding redundancies, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said. The government intends to launch a tender next month in an attempt to revive the airline, Reuters reported. It is hoping to sell a 51% stake. Jat lost €23.5 million ($31.5 million) last year ( ATWOnline, March 23).
Wataniya Airways took delivery of its fifth 122-seat A320 Sunday and will use it launch thrice-weekly Kuwait City-Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen service on May 2. Istanbul will be Wataniya's ninth destination overall and first in Europe. The sixth A320 is scheduled to arrive in June.
Jazeera Airways reported a net loss of KWD8.2 million ($28.2 million) in 2009, reversed from a KWD4.5 million surplus in 2008, as it navigated what Chairman Marwan Boodai called "a year of contradictions." Revenue slipped 5.5% to KWD46 million. Boodai said the LCC "chose to stay the course" last year as it negotiated the economic downturn and increasing capacity in the region by focusing on boosting its market share. He claimed that by the third quarter it was the largest operator in Kuwait.
OnAir yesterday announced its intent to terminate its inflight phone service contract with Ryanair following 13 months of a "proving period of service operation" on 50 737s. "The two companies did not reach a mutual agreement on the process and timing leading to the full deployment" onboard Ryanair's fleet of more than 230 aircraft, OnAir said, calling the inability to reach an agreement "disappointing." It did not provide a timeline for termination of the service.
El Al reported a $76.3 million net loss for 2009, widened from a $41.9 million net loss in 2008, and new President and CEO Elyezer Shkedy vowed to "ensure" this year is "a turning point" by focusing on cutting costs and developing new revenue sources. VP-Finance Nissim Malki blamed "many factors" for the company's lackluster performance last year, including "the influence of the war in the southern border" in December 2008/January 2009, the global financial crisis and "a severe slowdown in cargo markets."
Viva Macau's air operator's certificate was revoked by the Macau Civil Aviation Authority Sunday owing to continuing flight delays and cancellations resulting from the carrier's inability to handle its fuel expenses. The LCC suffered at least 10 delays or cancellations Friday and Saturday, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Macau International.
British Airways said yesterday that the second flight attendants' strike, scheduled to run through Tuesday, cost the carrier £11 million ($16.4 million) over the weekend but will have no impact on its full-year earnings. BA estimated that the Unite union's March 20-22 walkout had a £21 million impact on its bottom line ( ATWOnline, March 23).
Assn. of Asia Pacific Airlines' 17 member carriers transported 14.2 million international passengers in February, a 16.9% increase year-over-year. Traffic measured in RPKs rose 14% to 46.8 billion against a 2.4% increase in capacity to 65.87 billion ASKs, lifting load factor 8.1 points to 79.2%. Cargo demand in FTKs grew 29.8% to 4.35 billion while capacity was up 10.2% to 6.35 billion, resulting in a 10.3-point jump in load factor to 68.5%.
ANA blasted Japan Air Lines over plans to use public funds to update its fleet and raised concerns over unfair competition. ANA President Shinichiro Ito told
Shandong Airlines reported net income of CNY302.3 million ($44.2 million) in 2009, nearly quadrupling its prior-year earnings of CNY81 million. Operating revenue rose 6.3% to CNY5.37 billion and expenses were up just 2.6% to CNY5.1 billion. The carrier said "cost savings" and "improvement of efficiency" were key to the improved result.
Aer Lingus cabin crew represented by Impact week voted 92% in favor of the airline's cost-savings proposal following discussions at Ireland's Labor Relations Commissions. Impact said it received "deeper clarification into a number of areas," adding that "cabin crew branch committee has said that they are very pleased with the outcome of the ballot." Aer Lingus three weeks ago said its €97 million ($129.2 million) cost-cutting initiative was being held up by its flight attendants, prompting it to announce 230 redundancies
Austrian Airlines received word from the Russian Ministry of Transport Friday that its traffic rights will be extended until July 1. "We are confident that we can finish negotiations with Russian authorities in a positive way and that the summer schedule will be confirmed to its complete period through Oct. 30," an OS spokesperson told
Noting that 2009 was marked by the "extraordinary circumstances" surrounding its re-launch as a private carrier, the integration with Air One and a "thorough reorganization of company procedures, commercial policies, industrial organization and network layout," Alitalia Group closed the year with a net loss of €326 million ($434.3 million) on revenue of €2.92 billion.
Copa Airlines parent Copa Holdings said the secondary offering of 1.8 million Class A nonvoting shares held by Corporacion de Inversiones Aereas resulted in $99.9 million in proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions. Copa did not receive the proceeds.
Highland Airways, based at Inverness, entered administration Wednesday owing to "ongoing liquidity issues." All flights have been suspended ( ATWOnline, Jan. 26).
Chile President Sebastian Pinera completed offloading his ownership stake in LAN Airlines by selling an 8% share to Chile's Solari and putting the remaining 3.3% up for sale on the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, the country's main stock exchange
Japan Airlines announced yesterday that it will ground its freighter fleet after more than half a century of operations and continue its cargo business "solely" through utilizing belly space on its passenger flights.
Air Berlin yesterday said it is expecting a "noticeable increase" in 2010 profit compared to the €9.5 million loss suffered last year, while it simultaneously announced the sale of 11 aircraft to two separate parties.
China Southern Airlines plans to introduce 35 new aircraft this year, increasing its total fleet to 400 by 2011, according to GM Tan Wangeng. He noted that the Guangzhou-based carrier will phase out older MD-90s and 757s. It is scheduled to take delivery of its first A380 and 787 in 2011. It has firm orders for five A380s and 10 787s.
