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OpenSkies to suspend Amsterdam-New York

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OpenSkies (subsidiary of British Airways) (London) will suspend the Amsterdam-New York (JFK) route on August 16.

News link from Flightglobal:

www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/07/24/330146/openskies-to-suspend-amsterdam-new-york-route.html

airBaltic to add Frankfurt on September 17

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airBaltic (Riga) will add Frankfurt and the Riga-Frankfurt route on July 17.

Vueling and Clickair to merge on July 9

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Vueling Airlines (Barcelona) and Clickair (Barcelona) will formally merge on July 9 creating a new Vueling with 35 Airbus A320s (17 from Vueling and 18 from Clickair). The Clickair name will be retired. The new Vueling will serve 46 destinations with a total of 92 routes.

Yemenia drops the Comoros Islands today

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Yemenia (Sana’a) today is operating its last flight between Sana’a and Moroni in the Comoros Islands after suffering its recent tragic crash in the islands. It will no longer serve the route.

CNN news link:

edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/04/yemen.plane.crash/?iref=mpstor

EC’s Phase II investigation of Austrian takeover

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News link:

konzern.lufthansa.com/en/html/presse/pressemeldungen/index.html?c=nachrichten/app/show/en/2009/07/939/HOM&s=0

Yemenia’s A310-304 7O-ADJ crashes into sea

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Yemenia (Yemen Airways) (Sana’a) lost its Airbus A310-304 7O-ADJ (msn 535) this morning with 142 passengers and 11 crew on board. The jetliner was flying flight IY 626 between Sana’a and Moroni (Comoros Islands) in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft crashed into the sea near Mitsamiodi (Comoros) while on approach to Moroni. Rescue ships and aircraft are searching for any possible survivors. One child has already been rescued.

News link:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_plane_crash

Royal Air Maroc will drop Atlas-blue.com brand

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Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca) will drop the low-fare Atlas Blue (atlas-blue.com) (Marrakech) brand according to ATW. The flights will continue to be operated but under the Royal Air Maroc brand. The subsidiary started operations on July 26, 2004 with a single Boeing 737-400.

Here is the full report:

atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=17049

Singapore to introduce A380 on Hong Kong route

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Singapore Airlines (Singapore) will introduce the Airbus A380 on the Singapore-Hong Kong route on July 9.

Virgin Atlantic to cuts ties with Virgin Nigeria

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Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) according to the BBC and unnamed sources will sell its 49 percent share of Virgin Nigeria Airways (Lagos) as the partnership has lately gone in the wrong direction. According to the report, Virgin Nigeria has until early July to rebrand itself. In essence this is the end of Virgin Nigeria Airways which commenced operations on June 28, 2005.

Here is the BBC link with the full story:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8089858.stm