„Aktuell“ – News from the industry

Air Berlin has accepted an invitation to join the oneworld global alliance – and is to develop co-operative agreements with group members American Airlines and Finnair.

LOT Polish Airlines hat im Juli die neue Direktver-bindung nach Eriwan eröffnet. Zweimal wöchentlich fliegt LOT von fünf deutschen Flug-häfen über das moderne Drehkreuz Warschau in die armenische Hauptstadt. Die Stre-cke Warschau-Eriwan wird mit einer Maschine des Typs Embraer 175 bedient.

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that the Company flew 7.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in June 2010, a 5.0 percent increase from the 6.7 billion RPMs flown in June 2009.

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced new winter service between its Houston hub and Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport in Colorado, beginning Dec. 16, 2010.

Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for June 2010

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced plans to launch nonstop flights between Newark Liberty and Cairo, Egypt, beginning May 18, 2011, subject to government approval.

The 37th edition of the award highlights that the airline reversed net loss, earned 937 million dollars and has maintained market leadership

June saw a further significant recovery in the passenger and cargo businesses, both in terms of traffic and unit revenues. This reflects an improvement in demand as well as prudent capacity management.

In the winter season, Latvian national airline airBaltic will start flights from Riga and Tampere to Kittila, Finland – one of the best cities for winter holidays with Finland’s most favorite winter resort Levi.

On July 3, the Latvian national airline airBaltic started operating flights to Arkhangelsk, Russia, offering convenient connections via North Hub Riga to /from Western Europe, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean Region.