Continues the updates in Italy, we are in a busy time of the year due to summer 2008 is close and airlines plannings adjusts schedules or load them.
AIR ONE improve capacity on Naples hub:
New routes:
Naples-Bruxelles 4xweek
Naples-Budapest 3xweek
Naples-Athens and Naples-Zurich upgraded from CRJ900s to A320s
On Naples-Athens there are no suitable connections to Bologna.
New routes:
Rome-Thesaloniki with CRJ900s
Rome Athens with B737s commence in March 30 2008 nstead of June.
Seasonal routes to Kerkyra/Heraklion from Rome FCO with B737s 2xweek.
Upgrades:
Naples-Genoa id 3xday with CRJ900s, Naples-Turin is 3xA320 and 1xCRJ900s, Naples-Catania 2xday with A320s from CRJ900s.
Equipment chnage:
Bologna-Bari and Bologna-Alghero are daily with CRJ900s by March 30 2008 replacing today B737s
ALITALIA will give up services to Copenhagen/Stockholm and close the corporate offices in these towns. Scandinavia will be dropped by the Alitalia network as from summer schedule 2008.
Further reductions will be applied on summer schedule 2008:
Milan Mxp-Casablanca from daily to 4xweek.
Milan Mxp-Kiev from 4xweek to 2xweek.
Rome FCO-Damasco is now scheduled 4xweek instead of 5
Rome FCO-Teheran is now scheduled 3xweek instead of 5
Rome FCO-Malaga is daily and not 2xday
Rome FCO-Madrid is 3xday and not 4xday
Rome FCO-Bologna continue 5xday (2nd rotation A319s is replaced by EMB170s)
Rome FCO-Ancona/Pisa 4xday instead of 5, introduced the overnight
By March 30 2008 they resumes daily Milan Linate-Cagliari and 4xday Rome FCO-Cagliari.
EUROFLY has decided to drop the agreement for purchasing of 3 A350 planned in delivery due to AIRBUS informing the airline about the intention to develop the new A350XWB with consequent delay of delivery in the range of 24 months, for this reason Eurofly decide to drop the intention to order the planes.
LOT suspends on March 29 2008 the route Venice-Warsaw
NEOS rumors reportst that will lease in ACMI its B767/306ER fleet again in summer 2008, one is contracted to FlyGlobeSpan and one to JetairFly.
UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS by Jan 15 2008 has reduced from 2xweek to weekly the Milan-Tashkent route, this capacity cut is until the end of winter timetable.
VOLAREWEB is reported with applications for operning Milan Mxp-Malta
VUELING lower load factors is the reason that why the airline dropped routes Pisa-Madrid and Bologna-Madrid/Paris CDG.
WINDJET contracted with Alpitour opportunity to fly from Parma/Turin/Verona on tour packages to Catania.
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