<rss version="2.0">   <channel>   <title>Evaint.com | Airlines | RSS news feed</title>   <link>http://www.evaint.com</link>   <description>Eva International | Aviation news, aircraft news and airline news | RSS news channel</description>   <language>en-us</language><item>  <title><![CDATA[  Small businesses fly free on British Airways  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ British Airways has relaunched its Face-to-Face Program and offers U.S. entrepreneurs and small business owners the critical tools for building business relationships abroad and stimulating growth Face-to-Face.

As part of the Face-to-Face campaign, British Airways will award 250 small busi... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9463/-Small-businesses-fly-free-on-British-Airways-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9463/-Small-businesses-fly-free-on-British-Airways-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ American Airlines will relocate to Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ American Airlines, which has served the San Francisco market for more than 60 years, will relocate its operations to San Francisco International Airport's (SFO) new Terminal 2 in spring 2011 from its current location in Terminal 3. In conjunction with the terminal move, American will construct a ... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9466/American-Airlines-will-relocate-to-Terminal-2-at-San-Francisco-International-Airport-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9466/American-Airlines-will-relocate-to-Terminal-2-at-San-Francisco-International-Airport-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ ASUR updates on Grupo Mexicana's suspension of operations  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (the first privatised airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, has announced that on September 7, 2010, Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. has been granted bankruptcy protection an... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9468/ASUR-updates-on-Grupo-Mexicanas-suspension-of-operations-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9468/ASUR-updates-on-Grupo-Mexicanas-suspension-of-operations-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Virgin pilots' dispute ended ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 
BALPA is pleased to reassure families and the travelling public that it has resolved its dispute with Virgin Atlantic. BALPA General Secretary Jim McAuslan said: &quot;Both sides have conducted talks that were frank, to the point and creative. Whilst the issue has created much debate, we are now h... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9473/Virgin-pilots-dispute-ended.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9473/Virgin-pilots-dispute-ended.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Air traffic rebounds in core European airspace ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ An average air traffic growth of 4% in the airspace controlled by the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) in the last four months clearly shows that the aviation industry is starting to recover, says Karl-Heinz Kloos, Director MUAC. MUAC handles air traffic in the upper airspace of the Be... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9474/Air-traffic-rebounds-in-core-European-airspace.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9474/Air-traffic-rebounds-in-core-European-airspace.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ SAS codeshares with Estonian Air on new route  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

SAS will code-share with Estonian Air on the airline's new Stockholm-Vilnius route that will commence 31st, October. The new route will operate daily except Saturdays and will offer smooth connections from a wide variety of European cities to Vilnius, as well from Vilnius to London, Oslo,... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9481/SAS-codeshares-with-Estonian-Air-on-new-route-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9481/SAS-codeshares-with-Estonian-Air-on-new-route-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ DoT proposes to deny antitrust immunity for Delta/Virgin Blue Alliance  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has proposed to deny an application for antitrust immunity made by Delta Air Lines and affiliates of the Virgin Blue Group with respect to joint services between the United States and Australia.  Antitrust immunity allows airlines to closely ... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9482/DoT-proposes-to-deny-antitrust-immunity-for-Delta-Virgin-Blue-Alliance-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9482/DoT-proposes-to-deny-antitrust-immunity-for-Delta-Virgin-Blue-Alliance-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Transaero fleet expands to 55 aircraft ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Airlines, Russia’s second-largest passenger air carrier, has announced it has increased the total number of its aircraft to 55 jetliners. The carrier continues to implement its strategy of fleet expansion and modernisation by taking delivery of new generation wide-body, long-haul Boeing 747-400s,... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9475/Transaero-fleet-expands-to-55-aircraft.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9475/Transaero-fleet-expands-to-55-aircraft.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ airberlin levies air travel tax ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

In order to provide passengers, tour operators and sales partners with planning security, airberlin will start levying air travel tax through all booking channels in the course of this week. The air travel tax decided on by the German Federal Government on 1st, September 2010, for booking... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9476/airberlin-levies-air-travel-tax.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9476/airberlin-levies-air-travel-tax.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Southwest Airlines reports August traffic ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 
Southwest Airlines Co. has announced that the Company flew 7.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in August 2010, a 6.4 per cent increase from the RPMs flown in August 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 3.7 per cent to 8.7 billion from the August 2009 level of 8.3 billion. The lo... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9483/Southwest-Airlines-reports-August-traffic.aspx</link>  <pubDate>09/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9483/Southwest-Airlines-reports-August-traffic.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ A close shave ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

According to Russian media reports, a TU-154 Alrosa airlines aircraft, carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members, en route from the Siberian city of Polyarny to Moscow, on 7th September, suddenly lost several on board systems and engine power. 

The aircraft glided from an altitu... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9449/A-close-shave.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9449/A-close-shave.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Aircastle takes delivery of the first of three new A330 Freighters ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Aircastle Limited has announced that it has taken delivery of the first of the three freighter aircraft in the company's A330 order stream and placed it on long-term lease to Hong Kong Airlines. The three A330-200F freighters, which will be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines, will be op... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9441/Aircastle-takes-delivery-of-the-first-of-three-new-A330-Freighters.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9441/Aircastle-takes-delivery-of-the-first-of-three-new-A330-Freighters.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Air Canada reports record load factor for August ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

For the month of August, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 86.8 per cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz (from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity), matching last year's record for the same month. System traffic increased 7.1 per cent on a system wide capacity increas... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9442/Air-Canada-reports-record-load-factor-for-August.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9442/Air-Canada-reports-record-load-factor-for-August.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ BA new codeshare with Kingfisher Airlines ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

British Airways and Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines are to start codesharing on each other’s flights across India, Sri Lanka, the UK and continental Europe from 15th, September 2010. This follows Kingfisher Airlines acceptance of an invitation to join the oneworld alliance earlier this... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9443/BA-new-codeshare-with-Kingfisher-Airlines.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9443/BA-new-codeshare-with-Kingfisher-Airlines.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Etihad pilot qualifies to become first female captain  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Etihad Airways is celebrating the maiden commercial flight of its first female Captain, Sophie Blanchard. Captain Blanchard, a French national, will take the controls of the left hand seat in the flight deck for the first time on Wednesday 8 September for flight EY17 from Abu Dhabi to London Heat... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9452/Etihad-pilot-qualifies-to-become-first-female-captain-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9452/Etihad-pilot-qualifies-to-become-first-female-captain-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Ryanair wins Spanish court victory against screenscraper Atrapalo   ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Ryanair has welcomed its victory in the Commercial Court of Barcelona (in a case brought by screenscraper website Atrapalo), which confirmed that Ryanair is entitled under the Spanish Constitution to exclusively distribute its low fares on www.ryanair.com. 

The Spanish Court also ruled tha... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9461/Ryanair-wins-Spanish-court-victory-against-screenscraper-Atrapalo-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>08/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9461/Ryanair-wins-Spanish-court-victory-against-screenscraper-Atrapalo-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ SAS divests remaining shareholding in Skyways  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

SAS Group has today further simplified its corporate structure by divesting its remaining 19.9 per cent shareholding in the regional airline Skyways Holding AB. The shares were purchased by Largus Holding AB, a company fully owned by the Sal&#233;n family, that already owns the remaining 80.1 ... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9420/SAS-divests-remaining-shareholding-in-Skyways-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9420/SAS-divests-remaining-shareholding-in-Skyways-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Air Berlin: more passengers in August ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

In August 2010, Air Berlin carried 3,726,913 passengers, i.e. an increase of 8.7 pe cent (August 2009: 3,428,729 passengers, including those travelling on the acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes). Fleet capacity use decreased by 0.8 percentage points, i.e. from 84.3 to 83.5 per cent. 

... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9428/Air-Berlin-more-passengers-in-August.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9428/Air-Berlin-more-passengers-in-August.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[  Business confidence in the UK transport sector holds up  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Confidence levels among businesses in the transport &amp;amp; storage sector increased in Q3 2010 while the outlook across the whole economy weakened, states the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM). 

According to BCM, which tracks the confidence levels of UK financ... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9430/-Business-confidence-in-the-UK-transport-sector-holds-up-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9430/-Business-confidence-in-the-UK-transport-sector-holds-up-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Flybe to the rescue!  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ Flybe has announced three new services to Bristol, East Midlands and Liverpool from George Best Belfast City Airport bringing the total number of routes offered from the Northern Ireland airport to seventeen. This move will also mean locating two additional aircraft at the airport with the potent... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9419/Flybe-to-the-rescue!-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9419/Flybe-to-the-rescue!-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ SAS is now the world's most punctual airline  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

Scandinavian Airlines continued its streak as Europe's most punctual airline but for August, the airline managed to grab the position as the world's most punctual airline. Last month, 92.82 per cent of SAS' 15,607 flights arrived on time, putting SAS far ahead of its European and American... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9423/SAS-is-now-the-worlds-most-punctual-airline-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9423/SAS-is-now-the-worlds-most-punctual-airline-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Hong Kong Airlines becomes new operator of A330-200F  ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

Hong Kong Airlines has become the first operator of the new A330-200F freighter in East Asia, following the delivery of the first of three aircraft on long-term lease from global aircraft lessor, Aircastle Limited. The three A330-200F freighters will be operated on services linking Hong K... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9425/Hong-Kong-Airlines-becomes-new-operator-of-A330-200F-.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9425/Hong-Kong-Airlines-becomes-new-operator-of-A330-200F-.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Air Berlin validates noise abatement approaches ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

Air Berlin is validating new noise abate-ment approach procedures as part of a joint research project conducted by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) and Fraport AG. On 6th September one of Air Berlin’s Boeing 737-700s carried out 13 different approaches ... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9426/Air-Berlin-validates-noise-abatement-approaches.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9426/Air-Berlin-validates-noise-abatement-approaches.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Vueling - a historic record for the airline ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

Vueling carried 1,298,902 passengers in August, a historic record for the airline. This traffic figure represents a 4.8 per cent increase year on year. The increase in passenger volume is mainly attributable to Vueling’s new connecting flights at its Barcelona Airport hub, an operation th... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9434/Vueling--a-historic-record-for-the-airline.aspx</link>  <pubDate>07/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9434/Vueling--a-historic-record-for-the-airline.aspx</guid></item><item>  <title><![CDATA[ Air Berlin is looking for flight attendants ]]></title>  <description><![CDATA[ 

The Air Berlin Group is currently looking to strengthen its team of flight attendants in Munich and Nuremberg, its stations in Southern Germany. Applicants must have completed their vocational training, preferably in the service sector. They should also enjoy taking on the role of host on... ]]></description>  <link>http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9400/Air-Berlin-is-looking-for-flight-attendants.aspx</link>  <pubDate>06/09/2010 00:00:00</pubDate>  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.evaint.com/daily-news/9400/Air-Berlin-is-looking-for-flight-attendants.aspx</guid></item>   </channel></rss>