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Korean Air finalizes its 44% investment in Czech Airlines

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) has a new savior. Announced last month, Korean Air (Seoul) finalized its 44 percent investment in the flag carrier yesterday (April 11). The Czech government has now been successful in finding a viable airline partner to help the struggling carrier survive the difficult current environment in Europe. Without a new partner, Czech Airlines would have been liquidated by the government.

However Korean Air has publicly stated it is not interested in managing the the Czech carrier. Korean Air is likely to use its new investment as a feeder airline for its Asian flights.

Read the full report from Reuters: CLICK HERE

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Spirit Airlines adds new service to Philadelphia

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) has added Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to its route network offering daily nonstop ultra low fare service between PHL and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). In addition, daily nonstop service between Philadelphia and Las Vegas starts on April 25, 2013, and daily nonstop seasonal service between Philadelphia and Myrtle Beach starts on April 26, 2013.

Today Spirit offers nonstop service to 21 destinations from DFW, including Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Chicago-O’Hare, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Houston-Bush Intercontinental, Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix/Mesa, Portland (Oregon), San Diego, Tampa, Toluca/Mexico City. In addition, Spirit is adding nonstop service to the following cities bringing the total number of nonstop destinations from DFW to 26 by this summer:

Los Angeles – April 25, 2013
Oakland/San Francisco – April 25, 2013
Cancun, Mexico – April 25, 2013
Los Cabos, Mexico – June 13, 2013
Latrobe/Pittsburgh – June 14, 2013

Spirit currently offers daily nonstop service to Las Vegas from Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Oakland/San Francisco, San Diego, and Portland, Oregon.

Spirit currently offers year-round daily nonstop service to Myrtle Beach from Atlantic City, Boston, Fort Lauderdale and New York LaGuardia, as well as seasonal service to Chicago O’Hare, Detroit, Latrobe/Pittsburgh, the Niagara Falls, New York/Toronto area, and Charleston, West Virginia.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Airbus A319-132 N505NK (msn 2485) prepares to touch down on runway 9L at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Frontier Airlines expands its operations at Trenton today

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today launches nonstop service from Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, to Atlanta, Chicago-Midway, Columbus, Detroit, and Raleigh/Durham, bringing the total destinations to 10. 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, including metro Philadelphia.

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


Trenton-Atlanta (effective April 8, 2013)
	Route	Frequency	Aircraft
	TTN-ATL	Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat	A319
	ATL-TTN	Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat	A319

Trenton-Chicago-Midway (effective April 8, 2013)
	Route	Frequency	Aircraft
	TTN-MDW	Mon-Fri, Sun	A319
	MDW-TTN	Mon-Fri, Sun	A319

Trenton-Columbus (effective April 8, 2013)
	Route	Frequency	Aircraft
	TTN-CMH	Mon/Thurs/Sun	A319
	CMH-TTN	Mon/Thurs/Sun	A319

Trenton-Detroit (effective April 9, 2013)
	Route	Frequency	Aircraft
	TTN-DTW	Tues/Thurs/Fri/Sun	A319
	DTW-TTN	Tues/Thurs/Fri/Sun	A319

Trenton-Raleigh-Durham (effective April 8, 2013)
	Route	Frequency	Aircraft
	TTN-RDU	Mon-Fri, Sun	A319
	RDU-TTN	Mon-Fri, Sun	A319

The new schedule also includes a one-stop flight from Princeton/Trenton to Denver operating six days per week via Chicago.

All service from Princeton/Trenton operates on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Airbus A319-111 N905FR (msn 1583) with Sherman, the Sea Lion, completes its final approach into Los Angeles International Airport.

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Ailing Cyprus Airways is in talks with Chinese investors

Cyprus Airways (Larnaca) is struggling to survive in a harsh environment. The flag carrier announced yesterday it is in discussions with the Beijing Yi Xiang Da Investment Company Limited according to this report by the Cyprus Mail. No agreement has been reached on a possible investment. The airline has been kept alive by previous loans of the Cypriot government which has come under the scrutiny of the European Commission.

Cyprus has also been the center of a banking crisis with citizens waiting in line to withdraw their limited funds.

Read the full report: CLICK HERE

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Frontier Airlines to end Denver-Grand Rapids flights on September 8

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) is planning to end nonstop daily Denver-Grand Rapids flights after the coming summer on September 8, 2013 per Airline Route. The route is currently operated year-round with Airbus A319s.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Airbus A319-111 N942FR (msn 2497) with Stan, the Ram, on the tail completes its final approach into Los Angeles International Airport.

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Armavia suspends operations, will file for bankruptcy

Armavia Air Company (Yerevan, Armenia) suspended all operations yesterday (March 29) and plans to filed for bankruptcy on Monday (April 1) according to local reports. The company was previously planning to operate through tomorrow but this has changed. No flights are operating today.

At the end, the flag carrier was operating one Airbus A320, three Boeing 737-500s and three Bombardier CRJ200s. One Airbus A319 was operated for the government of Armenia.

Armavia Air company LLC was established in December 12, 1996 and had been struggling financially.

Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss. Airbus A319-111 D-AVYM (msn 3834) became EK32007 on delivery. However this airframe has since gone on to FlyGeorgia as 4L-FGA.

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Delta to transport nine Major League Baseball teams for the 2013 season

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) begins the 2013 baseball season enjoying relationships with nearly half of the league’s 30 teams.

Delta serves as the official airline of the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals and is a proud partner of the San Diego Padres. Delta also operates team charters for the Braves, Reds, Twins, Yankees, Mets, Pirates, Padres and Cardinals as well as the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays.

Delta has been partnering with Major League Baseball teams for more than 40 years, beginning with its longstanding partnership with the Atlanta Braves.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Delta has had a long history of flying sports charters. The division was expanded with the Northwest merger and has dedicated aircraft. Other aircraft are taken out of normal rotation when needed especially for major events and games. Airbus A319-114 N330NB (msn 1549) stops at Charlotte while on a sports charter.

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EasyJet to fly to Norway

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has announced the launch of its first ever services from London Gatwick to Bergen – also known as the “Gateway to the Fjords” in Norway. The new route will commence on May 20, 2013.

Norway will be the 33rd country easyJet flies to with the airline expecting to carry more than 100,000 passengers between Norway and the UK annually.

easyJet’s timetable of flights between London Gatwick and Bergen is as follows:

From London Gatwick

	Departure Time	Arrive Bergen
Mon-Fri	14:10	17:05
Sat	07:50	10:45
Sun	14:55	17:50

From Bergen

	Departure Time	Arrive Gatwick
Mon-Fri	17:35	18:35
Sat	11:15	12:15
Sun	18:20	19:20

Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. Airbus A319-111 G-EJAR (msn 2412) in the Supporting UNICEF special livery taxies to the runway at Geneva.

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Finnair uses Facebook for passengers to see who sitting near them

Finnair (Helsinki) has introduced a new social check-in service, which allows its passengers to link their Facebook profile with the seat map. When doing so, other passengers can see the passenger’s Facebook profile and the passenger can see who else has checked in on the same flight and where they are seated.

After completing check-in, the customer can tell his friends in his or her social networks where they are heading and their estimated time of arrival.

“Many people like telling their friends on Facebook where they are traveling. We wanted to make this a little bit easier and also add some value in the check-in process for those who want to see who they are traveling with and who are open to meeting new people,” says Aku Varamäki, Social media manager for Finnair.

“We want to make air travel more social and find new ways to utilize social media during customer journey in ways that delight our customers,” says Jarkko Konttinen, Vice President, Marketing, “We’re proud to be front-runners in utilizing social media and making air travel more social.”

The service only shows the customer’s public Facebook profile and is only visible to the passengers on the same flight. Using the social check-in service is voluntary, and customers can choose to travel “incognito” just like before. Also, it is possible to disable the social check-in at any time, thus preventing other passengers from seeing the social network profile in conjunction with the seat map.

In the first phase the service only includes Facebook but more social networks will be added later. The service was developed in partnership with Amadeus IT Group.

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Air Namibia modernizes its fleet and updates its route structure

Air Namibia (Windhoek) is making changes. The government of the Republic of Namibia, Air Namibia’s sole shareholder, has decided to recapitalize the airline, with an equity injection in the form of two brand new Airbus A319-100 aircraft (total now four) for use on regional routes. New A319 services from Windhoek to Gaborone (three times a week) and Harare (four times a week) will commence on May 15.

The airline is also adding two Airbus A330-200s to replace the current two A340-300s which are operated on the valuable Windhoek-Frankfurt route. The first of the A330-200 aircraft is expected to enter the fleet in October 2013 and the second one is expected to enter the fleet in November 2013. These aircraft will offer 30 business class seats with full flat beds and personalized video and audio inflight entertainment, and 214 economy class seats also fitted with personalized audio/video inflight entertainment system.

However the carrier is expected to drop the Windhoek-Accra route on April 11 per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss. Airbus A319-112 D-AVWG (msn 5366) became V5-ANM when it was handed over to the carrier. It is pictured at Hamburg (Finkenwerder) prior to the delivery.

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