Citazione:Messaggio inserito da TW 843
Chi traduce? [:301]
Google (chiedo venia ai conoscitori della lingua di Goethe).
Testo tradotto automaticamente:
HANDELSBLATT, Thursday, 24 Jan 2008, 16:08 PM
Trans-Atlantic route
Lufthansa checks flights from Milan
By Tanja Kewes and Katharina Kort
The largest German airline will the weakness of the declining use of Alitalia and the Italian market to expand. Indirectly, managers hence its major competitor Air France-KLM the fight.
DUESSELDORF / MILAN. Deutsche Lufthansa will between the EU and the United States last year decided Open Skies Agreement offensively. The largest German airline verifies information from the recording industries circles of trans-Atlantic and European flights from Milan-Malpensa airport and the deployment of several machines there.
In order for the take-off and landing rights to offer, representatives of Lufthansa in the coming week may arise in the state organization Asso clearance to audition. A representative of the slot-procurement agency told the Handelsblatt that for 29 January is a meeting between representatives of the Asso clearance and Lufthansa reported. A spokesman for Lufthansa denied yesterday that such a date and that Lufthansa from April to aircraft will be stationed at Malpensa, then new air routes. A fundamental interest in Italy as a "the most attractive European markets", the Lufthansa spokesman however.
The Milan airport company Sea said that they are discussing with various airlines would lead to the loss of Alitalia flights from Malpensa compensate. Alitalia previously occupied about half of the slots of the northern airport, which is significantly less than passengers handles Rome-Fiumicino, but a high volume of business travel. As of May will drive the Alitalia flights from Milan drastically reduced. The airline, which is currently in sales negotiations with Air France-KLM, will the number of flights from Malpensa medium of about 1238 to about 440 a week reduced. Some flights to eastern Europe and to Shanghai, the semi airline already deleted. The vacant slots that are no longer used, must by law at 31 Will be released in January.
The Open Skies Agreement allows European airlines starting in April, from all EU airports in the United States to fly. Under previous regulations allowed about Lufthansa from Germany and only with her daughter Swiss only directly from Switzerland to the United States to fly. In recent months and weeks, had also been direct competitors in position. British Airways (BA) founded an airline called "Open Skies", which as of June 2008 from continent to the United States to fly. And Europe's number one, Air France-KLM announced, a joint venture with the third largest American airline Delta Air Lines detail.
The competition over the Atlantic would be by the plans of the big three airlines worse. Lufthansa has an annual turnover of nearly 20 billion last Euro (2006) after Air France-KLM's second-largest airline in Europe and the world. The operating result amounted to 845 million euros. Over the North Atlantic, Lufthansa with 33 routes from Germany and eight from Switzerland already well positioned. The connections apply because of the many business customers as a strong growth and lucrative.
Milan would be to Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Dusseldorf and Geneva, the sixth-off and landing point for transatlantic flights. Industry experts would launch from Milan welcome. "The Lufthansa would decentralize its network, and thus quite in keeping with the customer to act and react to the increasing competition," said Juergen Pieper of Bankhaus Metzler. The North Market was due to the business traveler, the Alitalia neglected for years, also interesting. And with the direct flights from Milan would Lufthansa also interested in Alitalia-Air France KLM rival offer.
Http://www.handelsblatt.com/lufthansa