novità Aer Lingus

[landingFCO]

Aer Lingus announces new European routes for Summer 2007
By Finfacts Team
Oct 31, 2006, 07:26

Aer Lingus, today announced what it termed the latest step in its ongoing programme to introduce new daily services, additional frequencies and new destinations to its European network.

This brings to 65 the number of short haul routes Aer Lingus will operate for summer 2007 and continues the strategy of increasing frequency on existing routes and adding new routes that have identifiable customer demand.

With these additional services, Aer Lingus will operate an additional 86 flights per week offering a total of 15,000 extra seats to and from "centrally located airports."

New Daily Services:

* Dublin to Budapest, Geneva, Lisbon, Prague, Venice and Zurich will increase to daily flights.

Increased Frequencies:

* Dublin to Barcelona, Berlin, Bologna, Dubrovnik, Krakow, Madrid, Naples, Nice, Rennes, Riga and Seville will have increased frequency.

* Cork to Birmingham, Faro and London Heathrow will have increased frequency.

New For Summer 2007:

* Cork to Manchester will commence from March 2007, operating five flights a week.

* Cork to Madrid and Prague will operate three times weekly for summer 2007.

* Dublin to Newcastle and Milan-Malpensa will operate for summer 2007.

* Dublin to Athens will commence from June 2007, operating three times weekly. The introduction of the new service to Athens is a milestone development for the company as it is Aer Lingus’ first scheduled service to Greece.




In realtà solo MAN-ORK e DUB-ATH sono novità 2007, in quanto le altre rotte (MAD-ORK, MXP-DUB, PRG-ORK, NCL-DUB) sono già iniziate con l'orario invernale attuale, si tratta quindi di una riconferma estiva e come prevedibile MXP sostituisce BGY. Curioso fatto, sulla DUB-ATH vola MALEV in estate da 2 anni, vedremo se si farà rivedere l'anno prossimo con la concorrenza diretta della "padrona di casa".



Per quanto riguarda invece il mercato italiano si segnalano una serie di aggiustamenti

NAP-DUB (da 3 a 4 voli da A321 ad A320)
BLQ-DUB (da 3 a 4 voli sempre A320)
VCE-DUB (da 5 a 7 voli sempre A320)
MXP-DUB (da 4 a 5 voli, in cfr al BGY 2006, sempre A320)

I voli da Torino invece non sono al momento confermati per l'estate, è presumibile rimangano solo come invernale.


Questa la programmazione estiva, anche se è possibile ci siano alcuni ritocchi in seguito.


ROMA

EI 402 DUB FCO 06.40 10.50 (1-3-5-7) A320
EI 402 DUB FCO 06.40 10.50 (-2-4-6-) A321
EI 406 DUB FCO 14.50 18.50 (1-3-5-7) A320

EI 403 FCO DUB 11.45 14.00 (1-3-5-7) A320
EI 403 FCO DUB 11.45 14.00 (-2-4-6-) A321
EI 407 FCO DUB 19.45 22.00 (1-3-5-7) A320

------------------------------------------

EI 802 ORK FCO 15.30 19.20 (-2-4-6-) A320

EI 803 FCO ORK 20.15 22.30 (-2-4-6-) A320



MILANO

EI 432 DUB LIN 07.10 10.50 (1234567) A320
EI 436 DUB MXP 15.40 19.25 (1-3-567) A320

EI 433 LIN DUB 11.35 13.10 (1234567) A320
EI 437 MXP DUB 20.10 21.50 (1-3-567) A320



VENEZIA

EI 426 DUB VCE 16.25 20.05 (1234567) A320

EI 427 VCE DUB 20.45 22.30 (1234567) A320



BOLOGNA

EI 416 DUB BLQ 07.20 11.00 (-2-4-67) A320

EI 417 BLQ DUB 11.40 13.30 (-2-4-67) A320



NAPOLI

EI 450 DUB NAP 07.00 11.15 (1-3-5-7) A320

EI 451 NAP DUB 12.10 14.40 (1-3-5-7) A320

[wondo]

Buona notizia per VCE!!!

[landingFCO]

Espansione anche dell'attività long haul con nuove frequenze in seguito all'arrivo di 2 A332.


Aer Lingus to run 26 extra long-haul flights next summer

02/11/2006 - 1038 AM

Aer Lingus has announced an increase in the frequency of its long-haul services during next summer.

The move results from the delivery of two new aircraft in May and June.

Twenty-six additional flights will take place each week on routes to New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dubai.

[landingFCO]

Aer Lingus Rebuffs Ryanair Takeover Bid advertisement

Associated Press All Associated Press News

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Aer Lingus Group PLC has formally rejected a takeover bid by rival airline Ryanair, telling shareholders in its defense document published Friday that the offer places an insultingly low value on the formerly state-controlled carrier.

Ryanair offered euro2.80 ($3.57) a share for Aer Lingus on Oct. 5, just days after its shares were floated on the Irish and British stock exchanges at euro2.20 ($2.81) -- or 27 percent less.

But in a Dublin news conference formally rejecting the offer, Aer Lingus chiefs said the IPO had generated hundreds of millions for the previously cash-poor airline that would allow it to borrow heavily, buy new aircraft and rapidly expand its network, particularly into the United States.

They said Ryanair -- Europe's most rapidly expanding and ruthlessly cost-cutting airline -- intended to gobble up Aer Lingus and create a near-monopoly on air travel in Ireland.

"Ryanair, our principal short-haul competitor, has reacted in a hostile, anti-competitive manner designed to eliminate a rival at a derisory price," Aer Lingus Chairman John Sharman said in a statement accompanying the defense document.

The defense document said a combined Ryanair-Aer Lingus operation would account for 80 percent of all flights between Ireland and other European countries.

"Ryanair claims in its offer document that `because the two airlines will compete vigorously, this will not lead to a monopoly.' However, don't be fooled. Even Ryanair's founder and former chairman has admitted that the combination would be a monopoly," the document said, referring to Ryanair pioneer Tony Ryan, who launched the airline with a single route in 1985.

The share price of Aer Lingus has remained firmly above Ryanair's euro2.80 offer, in expectation that Ryanair will be forced to raise its price to secure more than 50 percent of shares, the minimum required for a takeover. Ryanair is legally barred from building its Aer Lingus holding, currently exceeding 19 percent, until the shares fall below its offer price again.

Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary has insisted that he won't raise his bid -- but concedes that a successful bid probably will require support from a share-ownership trust owned by 4,700 current and former Aer Lingus employees, who hold more than 11 percent of shares.

Already ranged against the hostile takeover are the government, which retained a 25.4 percent holding; two investment funds operated on behalf of Aer Lingus pilots accounting for about 4 percent of shares; and Irish telecom tycoon Denis O'Brien, who bought 2.1 percent of shares explicitly to complicate Ryanair's move.

The defense document poured scorn on O'Leary's sales pitch.

"Ryanair's offer is ill-conceived, contradictory and anti-competitive," it said. "Ryanair has repeatedly contradicted itself when discussing the offer. Ryanair's opinions on strategy, management and unions are ill-conceived and misleading. Ryanair's offer would significantly reduce consumer choice."

© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.