Pakistan International Airlines

Pilots Protest Hits PIA Flight Schedule

Monday, April 20, 2009 at 1:02 pm

KARACHI: PIA’s domestic and overseas flights suffering delays due to the go-slow’ campaign of the pilots.
Secretary General of the Pakistan Airlines Pilots Association (PALPA) Arif Majeed has vowed to continue the protest till approval of their demands.
Peshawar to Jeddah flight of the national airlines PK-735 was cancelled due to the protest campaign of the pilots.
PIA management taxied the passengers to Islamabad airport from Peshawar by buses for onward travel to Jeddah, sources said.
of launching a propaganda campaign against them, saying they are not on strike, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.

Finnair Cargo

Maunu Visuri has been appointed Managing Director of Finnair Aircraft Finance Oy as of 1 May 2009. Visuri currently holds the position of Deputy Managing Director in Finnair Aircraft Finance Oy. The current Managing Director, Colin Molloy, will retire at the end of April. Finnair Aircraft Finance is responsible for Finnair's aircraft procurement and aircraft lease agreements. In Finnair Group, Finnair Aircraft Finance falls within the area of responsibility of Deputy CEO Lasse Heinonen.

Jade Cargo International

Lufthansa Cargo and Jade Cargo International are extending their cooperation from 30 March 2008, when the summer timetable goes into effect. Lufthansa Cargo will then be responsible for marketing the airfreight capacity of its Sino-German cargo subsidiary on routes from Europe to Asia. The Blocked Space Agreement (BSA) will apply to all Jade Cargo International’s routes ex Europe and will be valid throughout the forthcoming summer timetable and the 2008/2009 winter timetable. Under the terms of this new cooperation agreement, the successful marketing and sales partnership between Jade Cargo International and Swiss WorldCargo will be transferred to Lufthansa Cargo

Allegiant Airlines

Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) will start Myrtle Beach-Huntington, WV twice-weekly service starting on 30 April 2009.

In addition,the company will also start MYR-Allentown flights starting on 3 May 2009.

Traffic reported for Allegiant Air
June 04, 2009
Allegiant Air reported preliminary passenger traffic results for May 2009 including a 25.8% increase in passengers carried.
The airline recorded 381,141,000 revenue passenger miles (RPMs), up 23.9% from May 2008's figure of 307,656,000. The airline increased the capacity by 22.9%, creating 420,546,000 available seat miles (ASMs) compared with last May's 342,140,000 ASMs.

Qantas Airways Old Agreement

Boeing and Qantas Airways today announced a final agreement for the order of 31 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners. The order is valued at US$2.3 billion at Boeing list prices.This is the largest single 737 order placed by Qantas for the Next-Generation 737. The airline previously ordered 38 737-800s in increments over the past six years.Today’s order brings the airline’s order total with Boeing to 51 airplanes during 2007, including an order posted last month in which Qantas contracted for 20 787-9 Dreamliners, which the airline initially announced in July.

FlyDubai orders 50

FlyDubai orders 50 Next-Generation 737-800s
Boeing and Dubai’s recently launched low-cost airline FlyDubai today announced an order for 50 Next-Generation 737-800s at the Farnborough Air Show. Valued at approximately $3.74 billion at current list prices, the order will be added to Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries Web site at the next regularly scheduled update. FlyDubai has substitution rights to convert its 737-800 orders to 737-900ERs (extended range) in the future.
The Dubai government initially formed FlyDubai in March. Since then, the airline has been building a business model based on flexible flight operations with a high degree of interactivity with its customers, giving them greater control in booking flights and tailoring their in-flight services. The low-cost airline’s operations will be entirely separate from Emirates Airline and Group.Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer CEO Jim McNerney hosted a ceremonial signing and press conference held at the air show.