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Syphax Airlines orders new Airbus aircraft

Syphax Airlines (Sfax) has ordered three Airbus A320neo and three Airbus A319/A320ceo aircraft. The airline will take delivery of its first A320ceo in 2015, while the new A320neo aircraft are schedule to begin delivery in 2019 according to CFM International.

The airline will also add its first Airbus A330 in April 2013 for new long-range routes to China, Canada, South Africa and the United States.

Finnair to fly scheduled flights to Antalya, Tel Avia and Palma next summer

Finnair (Helsinki) is planning to add new scheduled service to three new destination, namely Antalya (starting June 7, twice-weekly) in Turkey, Tel Aviv (June 7, twice-weekly) in Israel and Palma de Mallorca (June 5, twice-weekly) in Spain next summer. The carrier also announced there will also be more flights to Malaga, Barcelona and Madrid.

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Virgin America launches weekly New York-Palm Springs nonstop flights

Virgin America (San Francisco) as planned, launched new weekly nonstop service between Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Virgin America first launched seasonal flight service into the Palm Springs market in December 2011 with a daily nonstop flight from SFO and a daily “same plane” through flight from JFK to PSP.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Airbus A319-112 N522VA (msn 2811) prepares to land at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Qatar Airways is “interested” in the Czech Airlines privatization

Qatar Airways (Doha) is interested in the privatization of Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) according to this report by Reuters. However the Gulf carrier has not yet made a decision on whether it will bid for the flag carrier.

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Top Copyright Photo: Dave Glendinning. Brand-new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner A7-BCL (msn 38330) made its first visit to London (Heathrow) on December 13 where it is pictured landing on the historic first flight.

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Bottom Copyright Photo: Ole Simon. Airbus A319-112 OK-NEO (msn 3452) prepares to land at Stockholm (Arlanda).

IAG applies for a tender offer to acquire Vueling Airlines

International Airlines Group-IAG’s (London), the parent of British Airways (London) and Iberia (Madrid), through its subsidiary Veloz Holdco, has formally filed an application for Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) through a tender offer. IAG is seeking authorization from the National Securities Market Commission of Spain for the market offer. IAG plans to acquire 16.2 million shares of Vueling Airlines or 51.14 percent of the total shares, that it does not already own through subsidiary Iberia, which already controls 45.85 percent of the Vueling shares.

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Virgin America is coming to Newark

Virgin America (San Francisco) announced today will serve New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) as of April 2, 2013 with three daily nonstop roundtrip flights from both San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The addition of Newark to its network means Virgin America will now serve eight of the top ten business markets from both SFO and LAX.

The airline’s daily nonstop schedule from the West Coast to EWR is as follows:

FROM	TO	DEP	ARR	STOPS
EWR	LAX	915	1230	NONE
EWR	LAX	1300	1615	NONE
EWR	LAX	1855	2210	NONE

FROM	TO	DEP	ARR	STOPS
LAX	EWR	940	1800	NONE
LAX	EWR	1315	2129	NONE
LAX	EWR	2345	0759 (+1)	NONE

FROM	TO	DEP	ARR	STOPS
EWR	SFO	730	1105	NONE
EWR	SFO	1030	1405	NONE
EWR	SFO	1730	2105	NONE

FROM	TO	DEP	ARR	STOPS
SFO	EWR	800	1635	NONE
SFO	EWR	1505	2340	NONE
SFO	EWR	2115	0545 (+1)	NONE

Service: Beginning April 02, 2013

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Frontier Airlines to expand operations at Trenton, New Jersey

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today announced it will expand its low-fare service at Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), in Trenton, N.J., with the addition of four nonstop destinations launching in late January and early February 2013. The Denver-based airline also announced that it would be basing an Airbus A319 aircraft at Trenton-Mercer Airport to operate this new service. Frontier is the only airline providing scheduled service out of Trenton-Mercer Airport, the gateway to New Jersey’s state capital, all of central New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania.

In addition to its previously announced nonstop service to Orlando, Florida (MCO), Frontier will now provide customers throughout New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania convenient, low-fare service to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Florida (FLL); Fort Myers, Florida (RSW); New Orleans, Louisiana (MSY); and Tampa, Florida (TPA). This new service brings the number of nonstop destinations served by Frontier out of Trenton-Mercer to five.

Following is the schedule for Frontier’s new Trenton service:


Route	Effective	Frequency	Aircraft
Fort Lauderdale	Feb. 2, 2013	Mon/Wed/Sat	A319

Route	Effective	Frequency	Aircraft
Fort Myers	Jan. 31, 2013	Thur/Sun	A319

Route	Effective	Frequency	Aircraft
New Orleans	Feb. 1, 2013	Mon/Fri	A319

Route	Effective	Frequency	Aircraft
Tampa	Jan. 31, 2013	Tues/Thur/Sat	A319

Frontier will also increase its frequencies to Orlando from two weekly flights to four:

Route

Effective

Frequency

Aircraft

Orlando

Feb. 1, 2013

Tues/Wed/Fri/Sun

A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Airbus A319-112 N943FR (msn 2518) taxies to the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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US Airways’ flight attendants reject the new contract

US Airways‘ (Phoenix) flight attendants, represented by the the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), voted 51 percent against ratifying the proposed five-year agreement that would have amended existing contracts for the 6,800 flight attendants.

US Airways issued the following statement:

Flight attendants at US Airways, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) have voted 51 percent to 49 percent to not ratify a proposed five-year collective bargaining agreement between the carrier and AFA. US Airways and AFA reached a tentative agreement on August 7, 2012 that would have amended existing contracts for the airline’s 6,800 flight attendants who are based in its three hub cities of Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix and its Washington, D.C. focus city.

“We are disappointed that our flight attendants chose to vote against ratification of a new contract,” said Doug Parker, US Airways’ Chairman and CEO. “The tentative agreement was unanimously endorsed by AFA leaders in each domicile and by the members of the AFA negotiating committee, and we thank them for their leadership. We would also like to express our appreciation to National Mediation Board Member Linda Puchala and Mediator Jim Mackenzie and Veda Shook, AFA’s International President, for their assistance in reaching the tentative agreement. Going forward, our current collective bargaining agreements remain in place, and we will consult with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to determine the next steps.”

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Airbus A319-112 N745VJ (msn 1289) painted in the 1966 Allegheny Airlines legacy livery taxies to the runway at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport hub.

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Virgin America to offer nonstop New York-Palm Springs weekly flights

Virgin America (San Francisco) has announced new flights to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) from both San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The airline is expanding its footprint at PSP, with a new 2012-2013 seasonal flight schedule that will include a new weekly Saturday nonstop flight from JFK to PSP – the only nonstop flight offered from the New York City area to Palm Springs. The new nonstop flight will add to Virgin America’s seasonal daily connecting flight schedule from JFK to PSP and its seasonal daily nonstop schedule from SFO to PSP.

Virgin America’s 2012-2013 nonstop PSP flight schedule is as follows:

San Francisco (SFO) – Palm Springs (PSP)				Palm Springs (PSP) – San Francisco (SFO)

Dep	Arr	Freq	Start date	Dep	Arr	Freq	Start date
4:40 PM	6:10 PM	Daily	18-Oct-12	6:55 PM	8:30 PM	Daily	18-Oct-12
9:30 AM	10:50 AM	Sat only	12-Jan-13	6:55 PM	8:30 PM	Daily except Sat	12-Jan-13
				11:35 AM	1:00 PM	Sat only	12-Jan-13
				9:35 AM	10:59 AM	Sun only	13-Jan-13

New York (JFK) – Palm Springs (PSP)				Palm Springs (PSP) – New York (JFK)

Dep	Arr	Freq	Start date	Dep	Arr	Freq	Start date
10:55 AM	2:00 PM	Sat only	22-Dec-12	2:55 PM	10:45 PM	Sat only	22-Dec-12

Connecting flights are also available from PSP to Virgin America’s New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Philadelphia (PHL), Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Washington D.C. (IAD) cities.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Named “Virgin and Tonic”, Airbus A319-112 N525VA (msn 3324) approaches Los Angeles for landing.

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Czech Airlines secures European Union approval for a $130 million state loan

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) has secured European Union approval for a $130 million state loan after it agreed to a five-year restructuring plan according to this report by Bloomberg.

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