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BMI airline

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:15:00 +0000

Flights and airline Amsterdam Netherlands From-to London-Heathrow
British Midland Airways Limited (BMI), is a scheduled airline based in Donington Hall in Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom, close to East Midlands Airport. The airline flies to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia while its operational base is London Heathrow Airport where it holds 11% of all take off and landing slots and operates over 2,000 flights a week. In January 2007, BMI bought British Mediterranean Airways which has enabled it to serve a wider range of mid-haul destinations.
British Midland Airways Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence. It is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
On 29 October 2008, Lufthansa announced that it was acquiring share (50% + 1 vote) of BMI for around €318 million, giving it an 80% shareholding, the deal expected to close in January 2009 (the other shareholder being Scandinavian Airlines)[4]. The merger was delayed while the European Commission considered the effect on competition but was approved on 14 May 2009.

In June of 2009 it was announced that Lufthansa is to buy the remaining stake in the airline from Michael Bishop for less than originally agreed. Due to landing rights issues the stake will tentatively be held by a Lufthansa-controlled but British-based LHBD Holding. Once new bilateral agreements are in place, Lufthansa will take direct control. In July 2009 Lufthansa took control of BMI.

Austrian Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Flights and airline Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Vienna (Wien)Austria
Austrian Airlines AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the national airline of Austria, headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung.Together with regional subsidiary Tyrolean Airways (Austrian Arrows) and charter arm Lauda Air, it operates scheduled services to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.
Austrian Airlines was founded on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 31 March 1958 when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England via Zurich. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. It launched domestic services on 1 May 1963. The airline's transatlantic services began on 1 April 1969 with a Vienna to Brussels and New York service in co-operation with Sabena.
Austrian became a member of the Star Alliance in 2000. That year, Austrian acquired Lauda Air, an airline whose operations included long haul flights, and acquired Rheintalflug on 15 February 2001. Its name was shortened to Austrian in September 2003 when it rebranded its three constituent carriers. On 1 October 2004 the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and Lauda Air were merged into a single unit, leaving Lauda Air as a brand name only for charter flights. Air France - KLM recently has been outbid by German carrier, Lufthansa. Lufthansa is the airlines preferred buyer.

In November 2008 Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa announced that Lufthansa is to acquire ÖIAG's stake and the 2% held by Austrian Airlines itself at a price of 1 cent per share and an as yet unspecifed percentage of the floating stock at a price of €4.50 per share, giving Lufthansa a controlling stake in Austrian Airlines. After approval from the European Commission, Lufthansa will merge Austrian Airlines into its operations from September 2009 .

A major focus in the Austrian Airlines route network is Eastern Europe and the Middle East, much of which is operated by subsidiary Tyrolean.

In 2006, in a move to save about US$51 million per year, Austrian Airlines decided to eliminate its A330 and A340 fleet, which consisted of four Airbus A330-200 (OE-LAO, OE-LAN, OE-LAM, OE-LAP), two Airbus A340-200 (OE-LAH and OE-LAG) and 2 Airbus A340-300 (OE-LAL and OE-LAK). Some of these aircraft were sold to TAP Portugal, Swiss and the French Air Force. As a result in having less long haul capacity, Austrian suspended some of its long-haul flights to East Asia and Australia. Flights to Shanghai ended in January 2007 while flights to Phuket, Mauritius and Colombo and Malé ended in April 2007 and those to Kathmandu ended in May 2007.

March 2007 also saw the termination of the Austrian Airlines longest flights, Vienna-Singapore-Melbourne and Vienna-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney routes, ending operations on the Kangaroo Route. This was Melbourne's last European-based airline connecting the city with direct flights to Europe.
Austrian was one of the few airlines to fly into post-war Iraq when it began flights to Erbil in December 2006. However, the flights were discontinued the following year. Flights to Erbil were resumed on April 2, 2008.

Meridiana airline

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:03:00 +0000

Flights and airline Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Florence Italy
Meridiana is an airline based in Olbia, Italy. It is Italy's third largest airline operating domestic and European services, as well as intercontinental flights by its subsidiary Eurofly. Its headquarters are at Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, but the main hubs is at Cagliari-Elmas Airport. Meridiana holds smaller hubs at Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, Florence Airport, Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, Palermo International Airport and Verona Airport , and feeds into the bases of Eurofly at Milan Malpensa Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport.
The airline was founded as Alisarda on March 29, 1963 by the Aga Khan, Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī, as an air-taxi and charter operator to promote tourism to Sardinia. Scheduled services began in 1964 from Olbia. In 1989, 35% of new stock was released to new shareholders to strengthen the company and the name Meridiana was adopted on 3 May 1991. The first international services were operated later in 1991 to Barcelona, Paris, London and Frankfurt.

VLM Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:55:00 +0000

Flights and airline : Amsterdam Netherlands From-to London City

VLM Airlines Flemish Air Transport Company) is a Belgian business airline.
(VLM Airlines- Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij) started operations in May 1993 with a scheduled service between Antwerp Airport and London City Airport. The airline now employs over 400 people, and carried 745,781 passengers in 2007. Its original hub was Antwerp, but the airline now has its base at London City Airport .
Destinations Netherlands
* Amsterdam - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
* Eindhoven - Eindhoven Airport
* Rotterdam - Rotterdam Airport
In 2008 the airline reported its tenth consecutive year of profits for the year ending 31 December 2007, it had a net profit of 3.6m euros. Turnover grew to 112m euros and passenger numbers rose 9% to 745,781 during 2007 .

On 24 December 2007, Air France-KLM announced that they had signed an agreement for a full takeover of the company from Panta Holdings .
Air France-KLM announced on 28 May 2009 that VLM Airlines will gradually start to operate under the brand name CityJet. The name CityJet is already in use by the Irish regional partner of Air France-KLM. From 2010 the name VLM Airlines will be replaced altogether by CityJet although both companies would continue to operate independently.

United Air Lines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:50:00 +0000

Flights and airline : Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles USA.
United Air Lines is a major airline of the United States. It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with corporate offices in Chicago at 77 West Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. United's largest hub is O'Hare International Airport, where it has more than 550 daily departures. United also has hubs in Denver International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, and Los Angeles International Airport. Its largest maintenance hub is the Maintenance Operations Center at San Francisco International Airport. United's parent company UAL Corporation announced that it will move its operational base from Elk Grove Township, Illinois to the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in downtown Chicago in 2010.
As of July 31, 2006, United Air Lines was the world's third largest airline by revenue-passenger-miles (behind Delta Air Lines and American Airlines), third-largest by total operating revenues (behind Air France-KLM and American Airlines), and fourth-largest by total passengers transported (behind Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines). United has 48,000 employees and operates 360 aircraft.

United Airlines traces its claim to be the oldest commercial airline in the United States to the Varney Airlines air mail service of Walter Varney, who also founded Continental Airlines. It was founded in Boise, Idaho. Varney's chief pilot, Leon D. "Lee" Cuddeback, flew the first Contract Air Mail flight in a Swallow biplane from Varney's headquarters in Boise, Idaho to the railroad mail hub at Pasco, Washington on April 6, 1926, and returned the following day with 200 pounds of mail. April 6 is regarded in the United Airlines company history as both its own birthday and the date on which "true" airline service—operating on fixed routes and fixed schedules, began in the United States. Varney Airlines' original 1925 hangar served as a portion of the terminal building for the Boise Airport until 2003, when the structure was replaced

Japan Airlines - JAL

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:45:00 +0000

Flights and airline : Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Tokyo-Narita Japan
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. (JAL) is the flag carrier of Japan, with its headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The airline's main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport, as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport. The airline also operates fifth freedom flights from New York and Vancouver. The JAL Group's operations include scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic passenger and cargo services to 220 destinations in 35 countries worldwide, including codeshares. The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft, consists of only Boeing aircraft for its long-haul operations; and Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft for its short-haul operations. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, the airline group carrying over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail.
Japan Airlines (JAL) was established on August 1, 1951 and began domestic operations on October 25 with a Northwest Airlines' Martin 2-0-2. On August 1, 1953, it became a state-owned airline of Japan and began its first international services with a Douglas DC-6B, named City of Tokyo, from Tokyo to San Francisco on February 2, 1954. After over three decades of service and expansion, the airline was fully privatized on November 18, 1987. In 2002, Japan Airlines merged with Japan Air System, Japan's third-largest airline and became the sixth largest airline in the world by passengers carried.

Japan Airlines' slogan is "Dream Skyward", and the JAL group include Japan Airlines for international and domestic services; JALways for international leisure services; JAL Express for international and domestic low-cost services; Hokkaido Air System, J-Air, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air and Ryukyu Air Commuter for domestic feeder services; and JAL Cargo for cargo and mail services. Japan Airlines and four of its subsidiaries; including J-Air, JAL Express, JALways and Japan Transocean Air; are members of the Oneworld alliance.

Air France

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:41:00 +0000

Flights and airline : Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle France.
Air France is a French airline headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, France, and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance. Air France serves 20 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 150 destinations in 83 countries (including Overseas departments and territories of France). The airline's global hub is at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, with Paris Orly Airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, and Nice Côte d'Azur Airport serving as secondary hubs. Air France's corporate headquarters, previously in Montparnasse, Paris, are located on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris.
Air France operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body jetliners on long-haul routes, and utilises Airbus A320 family aircraft on short-haul routes. Air France will debut the A380 on 20 November 2009 with service to New York's JFK Airport from Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. The carrier's regional airline subsidiary, Régional, operates the majority of its regional domestic and European scheduled services with a fleet of regional jet and turboprop aircraft.

Air Transat

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:34:00 +0000

Flights And airline : Amsterdam Netherlands From-to Calgary, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver - Canada
Air Transat A.T. Inc. is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and domestic flights within Canada and in the winter season the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and South America. It is the designated carrier between Canada and Cuba. Its main base is Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, with hubs at Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport. The airline also focuses operations at Calgary International Airport and Quebec/Jean Lesage International Airport.
Air Transat airline was founded by former Quebecair employees and managers (as politician Francois Legault) in December 1986 as an off-shoot of Trafic Voyages. It made its inaugural flight on November 14, 1987, travelling from Montreal to Acapulco.

Air Transat specializes in charter flights from several Canadian cities to vacation destinations, mainly in the south during the winter months and in Europe during the summer.
Air Transat New Routes
Toronto - Kingston (JA)
Toronto - Port of Spain
Vancouver - Madrid
Montreal - Santo Domingo
Quebec City - Bordeaux
Quebec City - Marseille

China Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:29:00 +0000

Amsterdam Netherlands From - to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Taipei-Taoyuan with China Airlines.
China Airlines is the flag carrier of the Republic of China (commonly known as " Taiwan"). The airline is not directly state-owned but is 54% owned by the China Aviation Development Foundation which is owned by the Republic of China. Unlike other state-owned companies in the Republic of China, the chairperson of China Airlines does not report to the Legislative Yuan.
The airline, based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and with headquarters in Taipei, flies to destinations in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. The airline started scheduled flights between Taiwan and mainland China on July, 2008. Most flights serving this market are concentrated at Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, and Hong Kong. China Airlines has operated the Hong Kong route since 1967 which is the airline's most profitable market, in 2006 with over 140 flights flown a week between Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.

China Southern Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:22:00 +0000

Amsterdam Netherlands From- to Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou with China Southern Airlines.
China Southern Airlines is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. China Southern operates domestic, regional and international services. In 2008, China Southern was the world's 5th largest airline by passenger carried, Asia's largest airline in terms of both fleet size and in passengers carried. It is also the 4th largest in the world in domestic passenger traffic and 6th largest in scheduled domestic passenger-kilometres flown. China Southern carries more domestic cargo than any other airline. It is a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance.
China Southern Airlines started operations in 1989. In 1996, China Southern began long haul intercontinental routes with the first route being the Guangzhou-Beijing-Amsterdam route. In March 1997, the next route was the transpacific Guangzhou-Los Angeles, which is currently China Southern's longest flight.
In 2007, China Southern Airlines overtook both All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines in terms of passenger numbers to become Asia's largest airline in passengers carried. Also, out of all the major airlines in the world (excluding low cost), it is the fastest growing airline in Asia by fleet size. It will also announce a large scale international boost, after rapidly increasing services to other countries, with both hubs in Guangzhou and Beijing.

China Southern Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 28, 2004 with the SkyTeam alliance. On November 15th, 2007, China Southern was officially welcomed as the 11th full member of the SkyTeam alliance, thus becoming the first mainland Chinese airline to enter a global airline alliance.
On January 15, 2009 the airline was the first Mainland China airline to open a branch office in Taiwan.

Lufthansa airline

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Flights and airline Amsterdam - Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich with Lufthansa
Deutsche Lufthansa is the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried, and the flag carrier of Germany. The name of the company is derived from Luft (the German word for "air"), and Hansa (after Hanseatic League, the powerful medieval trading group). The airline is the world's fifth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating services to 18 domestic destinations and 183 international destinations in 78 countries across Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. Together with its partners Lufthansa services around 410 destinations. It has the third-largest passenger airline fleet in the world when combined with Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa Italia, Air Dolomiti, Eurowings, Germanwings, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Lauda Air operating over 531 aircraft.

Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters is in Cologne, with its main operations base (Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC)) and primary traffic hub at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main with a second hub at Munich Airport. The majority of Lufthansa's pilots, ground staff, and flight attendants are based out of Frankfurt.

Lufthansa airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance. Star Alliance was formed in 1997 together with Thai Airways, United Airlines, Air Canada and Scandinavian Airlines System. The Lufthansa Group operates more than 500 aircraft and employs worldwide 105,261 people of 146 nationalities (31 December 2007). In 2008, 70.5 million passengers flew with Lufthansa (not including Germanwings, BMI, AUA, Brussels Airlines).

Transavia Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:08:00 +0000

From Amsterdam and to...
Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Banjul, Barcelona, Bergerac, Berlin-Tegel, Bodrum, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Heraklion, İzmir, Kefalonia, Kithira, Kos, La Palma, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lesbos, Lisbon, Malaga, Marrakech, Montpellier, Nice, Pau, Pisa, Preveza/Lefkas, Rovaniemi [seasonal], Olbia, Tenerife-South, Valencia, Venice-Treviso, Zakynthos.
Transavia.com ( Transavia Airlines) is a Netherlands based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while Rotterdam Airport (RTM), Eindhoven Airport (EIN) and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) are its secondary bases. Transavia.com chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations. It is headquartered at Schiphol Airport in Haarlemmermeer.

Transavia airline was established in the end of 1965 as Transavia Limburg. The name was changed in 1966 to Transavia Holland and it began operations on 17 November 1966. In 1986, the name was changed to Transavia Airlines. It was the first airline to take advantage of the first open skies agreement signed between the UK and Dutch governments. Transavia started operating its first scheduled service on the Amsterdam to London Gatwick route on 26 October, 1986.

During 1991, the airline's major shareholder, Nedlloyd, sold its 80% holding to KLM. In 1998, Transavia was the first foreign airline to operate domestic services in Greece following a change in Greek aviation law. In June 2003, KLM acquired the remaining 20% of Transavia, making it 100% KLM owned. The subsequent merger of Air France and KLM made Transavia a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air France-KLM.

In the early 2000s, Transavia was primarily a charter airline with a low-cost airline subsidiary called Basiq Air. To strengthen its brand, Basiq Air and the Transavia charter arm were combined under the transavia.com name on 1 January, 2005.
Transavia chose Copenhagen as its third base, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Transavia has a French unit, based at Paris-Orly. The unit operates seven 737-800s.

Malaysia Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Amsterdam Netherland - From and to- Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines is the government-owned flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its secondary hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang, Selangor.
Malaysia Airlines started its operation on 1987 after the airline changed its name from Malaysian Airline System. It is founded in 1947 by Malayan Airways. Then, it transformed to Malaysian Airways due to Malaysia gaining its independence. After that, it changes its name once more to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines and thereafter ceased its operation. It was then divided into Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
Malaysia Airlines
Before the introduction of the Business Turnaround Plan, Malaysia Airlines operated 118 domestic routes within Malaysia and 114 international routes across six continents. Malaysia Airlines now flies to 87 destinations across six continents from its primary hub in Kuala Lumpur. It has a particularly strong presence in the Southeast Asia region, which, together with its subsidiary MASWings and Firefly, connects Kuala Lumpur to the most destinations in Borneo Island. Apart from that, the airline has a key role in the Kangaroo Route, on which the airline provides onward connecting flights from main European gateways to major Australian and New Zealand gateways via Kuala Lumpur International Airport, within 5 hours. Malaysia Airlines also operates transpacific flights from Kuala Lumpur to Los Angeles International Airport via Taipei. Transatlantic flights from Kuala Lumpur to Newark Liberty International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport ended October 2009 due to poor passenger loads.

Under the Business Turnaround Plan, numerous routes had been axed and frequencies reduced. As of September, 2007, Malaysia Airlines flies to 88 destinations. In cooperation with code-share partner airlines, the airline serves more than one hundred destinations worldwide. It was the first airline in Southeast Asia to fly to South Africa, following the demise of apartheid, and the only airline in southeast Asia that serves South America (Buenos Aires via Cape Town and Johannesburg). In 2006, it suspended its routes to Manchester, Vienna, Fukuoka, Chengdu, Nagoya, Xi'an, Cairo, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Zürich under its Business Turnaround Plan. Beginning in 2008, the airline operates new destinations, with Macau and Yogyakarta being the latest additions to its list of destinations. In January 2009, it was reported by the media that Malaysia Airlines would resume flights to Darwin, Australia during the Dry Season. On 10 March 2009, Chinese media reported that an official from the Malaysia Airlines office in Hong Kong told the media that it will suspend the Macau-Kuala Lumpur route by the end of March 2009.

Malaysia Airlines also owns its own charter flight division. Malaysia Airlines' charter flights have flown to destinations around the world, such as Guilin, which was previously one of Malaysia Airlines' scheduled destinations, and Christmas Island. Malaysia Airlines has also been the official airline for the Manchester United Asian Tour t also has a substantial Hajj operation.

Scandinavian Airlines - SAS

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:52:00 +0000

Amsterdam from and to : Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda.
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is the multi-national airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in these Scandinavian countries. Its home base is at Stockholm, Sweden. and owned by SAS AB. It is a founding member of the Star Alliance and the founder of Air Greenland, Linjeflyg, Spanair, Thai Airways International, and the former charter airline Scanair. SAS has a 20% stake in bmi as well as a 49% stake in Estonian Air. SAS operates out of three primary hubs, Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, and Oslo-Gardermoen Airport. Copenhagen serves as the focus for European and intercontinental services. In 2006, Scandinavian Airlines carried 25 million passengers and the SAS Group had 38.6 million passengers.
The airline was founded on 1 August 1946, when Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS, the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway respectively, formed a partnership to handle the intercontinental air traffic of these three Scandinavian countries. Operations started on 17 September 1946.
Fingerprint biometric identification
In 2006, SAS Sweden launched a new biometric system for use throughout Sweden. Each passenger's fingerprints are, for security purposes, matched to their respective checked baggage. The new technology will be phased in at all the airports served by SAS, although use of the system is voluntary for passengers. The system has been introduced in Norway.

Singapore Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:46:00 +0000

With Singapore Airlines to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) is the state-owned national airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Singapore Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets. The company also operates trans-Pacific flights, including the world's two longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California on the Airbus A340-500.

Singapore Airlines began with the incorporation of Malayan Airlines(MAL) on 12 October 1937, by the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool, the Straits Steamship Company of Singapore and Imperial Airways. The airline's first flight was a chartered flight from the British Straits Settlement of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on 2 April 1947 using an Airspeed Consul twin-engined airplane. Regular weekly scheduled flights quickly followed from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang from 1 May 1947 with the same aircraft type. The airline continued to expand during the rest of the 1940s and 1950s, as other British Commonwealth airlines (such as BOAC and Qantas Empire Airways) provided technical assistance, as well as assistance in joining IATA.[citation needed] By 1955, Malayan Airways' fleet had grown to include a large number of Douglas DC-3s, and went public in 1957. Other aircraft operated in the first two decades included the Douglas DC-4 Skymaster, the Vickers Viscount, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, the Bristol Britannia, the de Havilland Comet 4 and the Fokker F27.

When Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak formed the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, the airline's name was changed, from "Malayan Airways" to "Malaysian Airlines" (though still abbreviated to MAS). MAS also took over Borneo Airways. In 1966, following Singapore's separation from the federation, the airline's name was changed again, to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). The next year saw a rapid expansion in the airline's fleet and route, including the purchase of MSA's first Boeing aircraft, the Boeing 707s, as well the completion of a new high-rise headquarters in Singapore. Boeing 737s were added to the fleet soon after.

EasyJet

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:36:00 +0000

EasyJet Flights From and to Belfast-International, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino.
EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered in Hangar 89 at London Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom based airline company, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 387 routes between 104 European and North African airports. The airline primarily offers low cost point to point services but sometimes operates full service charter flights on behalf of other companies.

EasyJet airline was established on 9 March 1992 and started operations on 09 April 1992. It was launched by Stelios Haji-Ioannou with two wet leased Boeing 737-200 aircraft. The aircraft were operated initially by GB Airways, and subsequently by Air Foyle as EasyJet had not yet received its Air Operator's Certificate. EasyJet initially operated two routes: London Luton to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Arkefly

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:31:00 +0000

Arkefly is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Schiphol Airport in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.
Arkefly Destinations from Schiphol: Antalya, Aruba, Banjul, Bonaire, Cancun, Curaçao, Fortaleza, Hurghada, Luxor, Kathmandu, Monastir, Montego Bay, Natal, Holguin, Porlamar, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, St Maarten, Sharm el-Sheikh, Varadero.
Arkefly airline is the charter carrier of the Dutch arm of TUI and its main base is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. It carries out regular and chartered flights, although most of the chartered flights are operated for the Dutch tour operator Arke. It operates to destinations in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Canary Islands, North Africa, Brazil and the Netherlands Antilles.
Arkefly airline traces its roots to Air Holland, which was founded in 1981. After financial problems Air Holland was taken over by the Exel Aviation Group and took a new start as HollandExel in March 2004. In May 2005 the Exel Aviation Group was declared bankrupt. The TUI Group took over the airline's activities and renamed it Arkefly. It is now wholly owned by the TUI Group. Its name was based on the largest Dutch tour operator, Arke, which is also a subsidiary of the TUI Group. The newly reorganized airline operated its first flight in September 2005.

British Airways

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Flights to Amsterdam - London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Waterside near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport and is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations. Its second hub is London Gatwick Airport. British Airways has discontinued all direct overseas flights from UK airports other than Heathrow, Gatwick and London City Airport. BA's UK passengers originating at non-London airports must now connect via London or use other airlines with direct services.
British Airways serves nearly 150 destinations, including 6 domestic. Along with Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas and South African Airways - is one of only seven airlines that fly to all six inhabited continents.

Delta Air Lines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:08:00 +0000

Flights to Amsterdam with Delta Air Lines and online ticket, flight status information, and travel deals... From Atlanta [seasonal], New York–JFK, Newark, Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma

Delta Air Lines, is a US airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Delta operates an extensive domestic and international network, spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Australia. Delta began service to Sydney, Australia from Los Angeles in July 2009, which made it the only current American carrier to serve every continent except Antarctica. Delta and its subsidiaries fly to over 375 destinations in 88 countries (excluding codeshare), across 6 continents. Delta is the only major U.S. carrier that flies to Africa and operates the longest non-stop route of all U.S. carriers from Atlanta to Johannesburg on the Boeing 777-200LR.
Delta operates its largest hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and also maintains hubs at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Salt Lake City International Airport. Delta's Atlanta hub is the busiest airline hub in the world. Delta announced that it had reached an agreement with Tempe-based US Airways to swap take-off and landing slots at LaGuardia Airport which Delta is planning to make a domestic hub .

On October 29, 2008, Delta completed its merger with Northwest Airlines to form the world's largest commercial carrier. In February 2009, the airline began consolidating gates and ticket counters at airports where both Delta and Northwest operate. The consolidation will be completed by February 2010. Delta carries more passengers across the Atlantic than any other carrier worldwide.

Northwest Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:57:00 +0000

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Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major US airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota,\near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Minnesota / USA). Northwest has three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. Northwest also operates flights from its Asian hub at Tokyo Narita International Airport (Japan). Transatlantic flights are operated from its European hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in cooperation with its partner airline KLM. As of October 2009, the Northwest operations control center was relocated to Delta's headquarters in Atlanta.

As of 2006, Northwest was the world's sixth largest airline in terms of domestic and international scheduled passenger miles flown and the U.S.'s sixth largest airline in terms of domestic passenger miles flown. In addition to operating one of the largest domestic route networks in the U.S., Northwest carries more passengers across the Pacific Ocean (5.1 million in 2004) than any other U.S. carrier, and carries more domestic air cargo than any other American passenger airline.[6] It is the only U.S. combination carrier (passenger and cargo service) operating dedicated Boeing 747 freighters. The airline, along with its then-parent company, Northwest Airlines Corporation and subsidiaries, operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection which, in the United States, allows continued operation during the reorganization effort, not cessation of flights as in the case in some countries. Northwest emerged from bankruptcy protection on May 31, 2007.

On April 14, 2008, Northwest announced it would become known as Delta Air Lines after its merger with Delta Air Lines closed on October 29, 2008. This made Delta the largest airline in the world. Northwest will, however, continue to operate as an independent carrier (as a Delta Air Lines subsidiary) for several months until the operating certificates and other factors are combined.

In February 2009, the airline began consolidating gates and ticket counters at airports served simultaneously by both Delta and Northwest. The re-branding will include the changing of "Northwest" signs to "Delta" signs. The integration is expected to continue throughout this year and into early 2010. The airline's hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Memphis were re-branded as of March 31, 2009. The Tokyo hub was re-branded on August 24, 2009. The integration of both carriers is planned to be completed by February 2010.

Amsterdam Airlines

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:42:00 +0000

Amsterdam Airlines, ACMI, charter, airline
Amsterdam Airlines is a Dutch charter airline founded in 2007. Amsterdam Airlines provides full charter and ACMI services to its business to business partners.
Amsterdam Airlines operates in the busines-to-business market and serves the following market segments :
Full Charter All-Economy services on selected routes on behalf of other airlines, tour operators, goverments and ad-hoc services for incentive and group travel
ACMI (wet lease) services for other airlines
Amsterdam Airlines is set up as a fully certified operator according to the highest European (EU-OPS 1) standards from the start.
Amsterdam Airlines
The type of aircraft chosen is the Airbus A320 type series. It's a versatile and modern aircraft. A phased introduction of its first aircraft in August 2008, in keeping with its business objectives and growth scenario, was followed by the introduction of a second A320 in June 2009. Future expansion steps, as the market develops favourably, are foreseen to up to a fleet of 6 aircraft in 2011.
The aircraft operate in an all Economy Class (180 comfortable seats) configuration.

Amsterdam Airlines Offices
Head Office: Het Poortgebouw, Beech Avenue 54-80, 1119 PW Schiphol Rijk , The Netherlands.
It is easily accessible by regular bus services.
Branch Office: Vliegveldweg 90, Suite 17 & 18, 6199 AD, Maastricht Achen Airport

KLM

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:27:00 +0000

Flights to Amsterdam - Netherlands on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) is the national airline of the Netherlands and is part of Air France-KLM. KLM's headquarters are in Amstelveen near its hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
KLM operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations. KLM is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.
The merging of KLM with Air France in May 2004 created Air France-KLM. Air France-KLM is incorporated under French law with headquarters at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Both Air France and KLM continue to fly under their distinct brand names.
Air France-KLM is part of the SkyTeam alliance with Delta Air Lines, Aeroméxico, Korean Air, Czech Airlines, Alitalia, Northwest Airlines, Aeroflot, and China Southern Airlines.
History
KLM airlines was founded on 7 October 1919, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name, though the company stopped operating during the Second World War - apart from the operations in the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. The first KLM flight was on 17 May 1920, from Croydon Airport, London to Amsterdam carrying two British journalists and a number of newspapers. It was flown by an Aircraft Transport and Travel Airco DH.16, callsign G-EALU, piloted by Jerry Shaw. In 1920 KLM carried 440 passengers and 22 tons of freight. In 1921 KLM started scheduled services. By 1926 it was offering flights to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, London, Bremen, Copenhagen, and Malmo; using primarily Fokker F2 & Fokker F.III.

Intercontinental service to the Netherlands East Indies (today's Republic of Indonesia) started in 1929. This was for several years the world's longest scheduled route. The service used Fokker F.VIIb, although the first non-scheduled KLM flight had been in 1924 by Fokker F7 registration H-NACC piloted by Van der Hoop. In 1930 KLM carried 15,143 passengers. The first transatlantic KLM route was between Amsterdam and Curaçao in December 1934 using the Fokker F-XVIII "Snip." In the 1940s the KLM was the only civilian airline operating the Douglas DC-5.

On 21 May 1946, KLM airlines was the first continental European airline to launch scheduled service to New York. In 1950 KLM flights carried 356,069 passengers. On 25 July 1957, the airline introduced its first flight simulator for the Douglas DC-7C - the last KLM aircraft with piston engines - which opened the first trans-polar route from Amsterdam via Anchorage to Tokyo on 1 November 1958.

In March 1960, KLM airlines introduced the first Douglas DC-8 jet into its fleet. In 1966, KLM flights introduced the Douglas DC-9 on European and Middle East routes. The new terminal buildings at Schiphol Airport opened in April 1967 and in 1968, the Douglas DC-8-63 entered service. With 244 seats it was the largest airliner of the time.
In 1980, KLM carried 9,715,069 passengers. In 1983, it reached agreement with Boeing to convert some of its Boeing 747-200s to stretched upper deck configuration. The work started in 1984 at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington and finished in 1986. The converted aircraft were called Boeing 747-200SUD, which the airline operated in addition to Boeing 747-300s. In June 1989, KLM introduced the Boeing 747-400. Later that year, in July, KLM acquired 20 per cent of Northwest Airlines, starting an alliance between the two airlines. In 1990, KLM carried 16,000,000 passengers. In March 1994, KLM and Northwest Airlines introduced World Business Class on intercontinental routes, and in July 1995, KLM introduced its Boeing 767-300ER.
In March and June 2002, KLM announced it would renew its intercontinental fleets by replacing the Boeing 767s, Boeing 747-300s, and eventually the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 with Boeing 777-200ERs and Airbus A330-200s. Some 747s will be first to retire. The MD-11s will remain in service until 2014/2015. The first Boeing 777 was received on 25 October 2003, entering commercial service on the Amsterdam-Toronto route, while the first Airbus A330-200 was introduced on 25 August 2005 and entered commercial service on the Amsterdam-Washington Dulles route.
In March 2007 KLM started using the Amadeus reservation system, along with partner Kenya Airways.

On 30 September 2003, Air France and KLM announced that they would in future be known as Air France-KLM. This entity was offered on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange on 5 May 2004. The takeover by Air France marked the end of the oldest independent airline in the world. The Royal adjective will remain. Its independent identity is guaranteed to 2008, but its operations may be merged with those of the French company. In the meantime, it does not appear that KLM's longstanding joint venture with Northwest Airlines will be affected. Both KLM and Northwest joined the SkyTeam alliance in September 2004.

KLM Destinations : Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Almaty, Athens, Atlanta, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Beijing-Capital, Bergen, Berlin-Tegel, Birmingham, Bonaire, Bucharest-Otopeni, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Chengdu, Chicago-O'Hare, Copenhagen, Curaçao, Dallas/Fort Worth, Damascus, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali [begins 6 December], Doha, Dubai, Edinburgh, Entebbe, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Guayaquil, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston-Intercontinental, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg, Kano, Khartoum, Kiev-Boryspil, Kilimanjaro, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Lima, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Manila, Mexico City, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Montréal-Trudeau, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, New York–JFK, Nice, Osaka-Kansai, Oslo-Gardermoen, Panama City, Paramaribo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Quito, Rome-Fiumicino, San Francisco, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Singapore, St Maarten, St Petersburg, Stockholm-Arlanda, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Tripoli, Vancouver, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington-Dulles, Zürich.

Schiphol - amsterdam

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:15:00 +0000

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the Netherlands' main airport, located 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam.
Schiphol uses a one terminal concept, where all facilities are located under a single roof, fanning off the central 'plaza'. The areas, though, are divided into three sections or halls: 1, 2 and 3. To all of these halls, piers or concourses are connected. However, it is possible, on both sides of security or customs, to walk from one pier to another, even if they are connected to different halls. The exception to this is the low-cost pier M: once airside (i.e. past security), passengers cannot go to any of the other halls or piers. Immigration control separates Schengen from non-Schengen areas. Schiphol Airport has approximately 165 boarding gates available.
Departure Hall 1
* Consists of Piers B and C - both of which are dedicated Schengen areas.
Departure Hall 2
* Consists of Piers D and E.
o Pier D has two floor levels. The lower floor is used for non-Schengen flights, the upper floor is used for Schengen flights. By using stairs, the same jetways are used to access the aircraft. Schengen gates are numbered D-60 and up, non-Schengen gates are numbered from D-1 to D-59.
o Pier E is s dedicated non-Schengen area.
Departure Hall 3
* Consists of F, G, H and M.
o Piers F, G and H are non-Schengen areas; of these, Piers H and M are the low-cost piers.
o Pier M is a dedicated Schengen area.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has large shopping areas as a source of revenue and as an additional attraction for passengers. Schiphol Plaza is the shopping centre before customs, hence it is used by air travelers and non-traveling visitors.

The Rijksmuseum operates an annex at the airport, offering a small overview of both classical and contemporary art. Admission to the exhibits is free.
Schiphol has its own mortuary, where the dead can be handled and kept before departure or after arrival. Since October 2006, people can also get married at Schiphol and go straight on honeymoon.

For aviation enthusiasts, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has a large rooftop viewing area, called the Panoramaterras. It is not accessible to connecting passengers. Enthusiasts and the public can enter, free of charge, from the airport's landside. Besides the Panoramaterras, Schiphol has other spotting sites, especially along the newest Polderbaan runway and at the McDonald's restaurant at the north side of the airport.

amsterdam airport

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Information about transportation, transfers, restaurants, and other business services in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Airport facilities
Airline lounges : An overview of all airline lounges in the terminal.
KPN Internet Centre & Zones
In the KPN Internet Centre & Zones you can use the internet in many different ways, such as via wireless (WiFi) or cable network, on your PDA or on one of our computers. Wireless internet is available up until you reach your gate.
You will find public telephones and multiphone (SMS, e-mail, surfing the Web) at various locations in the lounges and near the gates.
Babycare Lounge
The 'Babycare Lounge by Nutricia' was recently opened in the Terminal.
Health information
* Travel medical kit
* Pregnancy and travel
* How to stay healthy in the tropics
* Staying fit on the aircraft
Airport Medical Services
1. Airport Medical Services
2. First Aid
3. Ambulance service
Money services
At Schiphol
Luggage & hand-luggage
Check-in & control
Airport facilities
Business services at Schiphol
Travel with kids
Travel & health
Money services at Schiphol
Schiphol assistance
Recreation at Schiphol
Bars & restaurants at Schiphol
Sightseeing at Schiphol
Hotels at Schiphol
Fun at Schiphol
Tourist information
Maps
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Amsterdam Airport - Schiphol - Netherlands

noreply@blogger.com (popularz) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:00 +0000

Netherlands International airport - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Luchthaven Schiphol) is the Netherlands' main airport, located 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer.
Schiphol's name is derived from a former fortification named Fort Schiphol which was part of the Stelling van Amsterdam defence works. Schiphol opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase, consisting of a few barracks and a field serving as both platform and runways. When civil aircraft started to make use of the field (17 December 1920), it was often called Schiphol-les-bains.
Schiphol is an important European airport, ranking as Europe’s 3rd largest and the world’s 14th largest for cargo tonnage. It also ranks as the world’s 3rd largest by international passenger traffic as well as Europe’s 5th and the world’s 14th busiest by overall passenger volume.
Schiphol's main competitors as in passenger and cargo throughput with London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom, Frankfurt Airport in Germany, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France and Madrid Barajas Airport in Spain. In 2007, Schiphol handled 47,430,019 passengers in 2008, a 0.8% down on 2007, ranking it fifth in Europe behind London, Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid.

There are 188 loading slots in the whole airport. About 68% of the passenger flights were to Europe, almost 21% of its passengers travelled on intercontinental flights and 11% to Asia; cargo was mainly headed to Asia (44%) and North America (20%). In the same year, Schiphol handled 1,602,585 tons of cargo in 2008, a 3% downturn on 2007, ranking it third in Europe behind Paris and Frankfurt. In 2005 direct flights were operated to more than 260 destinations in 91 countries. The airport is one out of four airports in the world to have a rating of four stars in Skytrax's grading system .

The airport is built as one large terminal, split into three large departure halls, which converge again once airside. The most recent of these was completed in 1994, and expanded in 2007 with a new part, named Terminal 4, although this part is not recognised as a separate building. Plans for further terminal expansion exist, including the construction of a separate new terminal between the Zwanenburgbaan and Polderbaan runways that would end the one-terminal concept.
Schiphol has five main runways, plus one used mainly by general aviation aircraft. The latest of these, the Polderbaan (nicknamed the "fifth runway", although it is the sixth if the small runway is included) was completed in 2003. It is called Polderbaan after the Dutch activity of "Polderen", which means endlessly negotiating and seeking compromise (the airport was supposed to be moved to Flevoland or a manmade island in the sea completely). The northern end of the Polderbaan is 7 km north of the control tower, causing lengthy taxi times (up to 20 min) to the terminal. Plans have been made for a seventh runway.
Because of intense traffic and high landing fees, some low cost carriers decided to move their flights to smaller airports, such as Rotterdam and Eindhoven. Many low cost carriers (like easyJet or Bmibaby) continue to operate from Schiphol, using the low-cost H-pier.
Schiphol is the home base of KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), Arkefly, Martinair, Amsterdam Airlines and Transavia.com, and a hub for Northwest Airlines in cooperation with KLM.