„Aktuell“ – News from the industry

Significantly improved capacity utilization

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) reported a March consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 82.3 percent, 0.3 points below the March 2007 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 82.6 percent, 0.5 points below the March 2007 mainline load factor.

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced a new checked bag policy as a measure to help defray rising fuel costs.

Iberia ha incrementado sus vuelos a Estados Unidos y ofrece, desde el 1 de abril dos vuelos directos entre las ciudades Madrid y Nueva York cada día.

Iberia has increased its direct flights between Spain and the United States, and now offers two daily direct Madrid-New York flights.

Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has renewed its global contract for the management of Unit Load Devices (ULD) – the pallets and containers used to load luggage, freight, and mail onto aircraft – with Unitpool for a further three years.

As a result of the continued escalation in the price of jet fuel recently, Singapore Airlines will increase its fuel surcharge for tickets issued on or after 26 March 2008.

Czech Airlines is just about to conclude an agreement for the purchase of a new specialised information system for the management of aircraft maintenance and repair, referred to as the MRO system (maintenance, repair and overhaul).

Tokyo will become the fourth city in the world to receive A380 commercial flights, when Singapore Airlines starts services to the Japanese capital on 20 May 2008.

Czech Airlines has received another new Airbus A319. The aircraft arrived last night, from the Airbus aircraft assembly centre in Hamburg, Germany. Upon arrival, the new plane headed for a hangar, to undergo a standard check-up prior to deployment. Passengers should encounter it for the first time on the morning flight from Prague to Brussels, […]