9.18.2008

Blue Panorama resumes flights to Cayo Largo


Blue Panorama will resume charter services by Dec 23 2008 from Bologna to Cayo Largo.
Its a weekly flight with intermedisate stop in Havana. This charter chain begins before Christmas and is available until late spring 2009.
This pearl in the Caribbean was previously served two years ago and not restarted last year.
274 seater B767/300ERs is on the route to lift holidayers every tuSchedule is:
Tuesdays 23DEC08-28APR09
Bologna-Havana 10:50-17:15
Havana-Cayo Largo 18:50-19:30
Cayo Largo-Bologna 20:30-13:15
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OnAir Bologna-L'viv flight is now annual


Thanks to success matured in these three months of operations, OnAir that manages charter route Bologna-L'viv have decided to operate in on all year round basis.
Flight commenced on June 16 and planned to stop on Sept 22 are now scheduled until end of March 2009.
With effect Oct 6 2008 flights are every two weeks, and weekly on Christmas holidays peak times. Ukraine International is the chartered carrier and it use 164 seater B737/400s, yet every mondays.
These are the days of operations:
Year 2008

Oct 6 and 20, Nov 3 and 17, Dec 1-15-22-29.

Year 2009

Jan 5-12-19, Feb 2 and 16, Mar 2 and 16.

Timetable with effect Oct 6 2008:

Bologna-L'viv 13:25-16:45

L'viv-Bologna 11:30-12:35

OnAir is a tour operator that manages flights from Pescara and Bologna to the East Europe. Company website is at www.flyonair.com

August 2008:passengers +1%, cargo +53,2%


August 2008 was positive at Bologna airport. Considering the general worldwide situation and checking our figures we get +1% increase in passengers traffic and can be accepted such as positive. We have seen 473844 passengers in transit against 469396 of same month in 2007, 4448 is the difference.
Freight is growing again with 1339 tons handled in August 2008 comparing with 874 of 2007, +53,2% change.
Traffic numbers are negative, -5,36% change. 5421 planes landed this year and 5728 in 2007.
Mail is huge positive with 82 tons handled againt 24 of 2007, +241,7% change.
If passenger market have suffered the disappear of Alpi Eagles and reductions made by AirOne, Alitalia and MyAir.
Freight id positive due to the recent agreements had with DHL and expansion of TNT and the new entry FEMAR (in the past in operations from Brescia). The positive figures matured by cargo traffic is the best surprise found in 2008.

Charter flights list

Today one charter only is listed and it is going to the hit top European religious destination:
LOURDES 8I4900 10.30

9.17.2008

34 flights off today

Strike from handling workers and some airlines in other airports forced to stop 34 flight in arrival and departures from Bologna mainly between 10 and 18.
Three flights was been operated from nearest gateways: AirOne have operated two flights from Forlì and one by Germanwings from Verona.

Iceland Express non stop to Keflavik

Weekly by June 1 2009 every mondays is the new flight Bologna-Keflavik. Iceland Express today have started bookings on its web site where a round trip cost 318€.
Astraeus with B757/200s is the carrier that grants flight operations on behalf for the Icelandic low fare carrier.
Timetable:
Bologna-Keflavik 23.30-01.55 AEU252 monday
Keflavik-Bologna 16.15-22.40 AEU251 monday
www.icelandexpress.com is the web site.

Charter flights list

One charter flight only today to the holiday destinations:
ZANZIBAR BV3224 01:05

9.16.2008

Go new Bologna Airport FBOs


Simple in shaping, futuristic and with finest details cared at the top. That's TAG, the new FBOs with terminal for general and business aviation. Today it was presented to the local authorithies, entrapreneurs and press. Its not replace nothing, ver existed before and market needed at asked it. From some months (1st day was on April 21 2008) Bologna have something of appealing in Italy and especially in this market.

Its a 1100sqm two storey terminal, a 2400sqm FBO facility and an apron that house 5 Gulfstream V jets and a fuel farm.

Inside the passengers station various services are available to the clientele: fast track access to the planes with on-site security channel, meeting room, crew briefing room and single room for day use.

The hangar facility was shaped for FBO use and line maintenance. It can house 6 small biz planes or 2 Gulfstream GV parallel parked. Partially one B737s, or A319s. Tail must stay outside.

Since opening over 2300 movements was been handled. Bologna annually serves 5500 planes, the target of TAG managers is 8000.

In this FBOs works two ground handling operators: Sirio Private Aviation and Aloa that supply all services that customers need.

TAG is a company where 51% is in the hands of SAB and two private investors (Sirio and B.Group) have the minority part (24,5% each).

Target for TAG is to be a key point in the territory in that market, in incoming and outgoing. And why not, an excellent visiting card for whom lands in Bologna for its first time.

Great the availability of planes in static demonstration: the newest Falcon 7Xs, one Canadair Challenger 605 demonstrator, a Sirio Falcon 2000s and several helos A109 Power Elite (The Ferrari Motor Co.). Photos Marco Finelli with copyright.

Meridiana reduces Bologna-Catania


The winter season 2008/9 by Meridiana is probably seen negative and they'll reduces from 19xweek to 15xweek on segment Bologna-Catania. Its three times a day only on friday and they delete the rotation positioned in the middle of day. Its a decision made thanks to the oil raising price and the uncertairn economic situation. Many other routes in Meridiana network will suffers the same intention to reduce schedules for temptimg to improve average yield revenue. Photo Marco Finelli with copyright.

Charter flights list

Today are listed 2 charter flights to the holiday destinations
BERGAMO-RHODES A3 4501 11.15
ROME-CHANIA NO2724 15:40