SEATTLE, April 27, 2007 -- The Boeing Company and launch customer Lion Air today celebrated the delivery of the first Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. The airplane was delivered in a special dual paint scheme that combines the Lion Air lion on the vertical stabilizer and the Boeing livery colors on the fuselage. Boeing launched the 737-900ER program in July 2005 when Jakarta-based Lion Air announced the initial order for 30 of the newest 737 model. To date, Lion Air has order...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 10:18:49 PM CEST
The Boeing Company announced on March, 28, that Travel Service, a Prague-based charter carrier, ordered one Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and holds purchase rights for one more. The airline is increasing its efficiency in the long-haul charter market by offering direct flights to holiday destinations. The order is valued at $153 million at list prices. Travel Service already operates an all-Boeing fleet of 10 737s, including eight Next-Generation 737-800s. In 2006 Travel Service placed an order for t...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Friday, April 13, 2007 2:30:49 PM CEST
The milestone jet goes to Prague-based ABS Jets São José dos Campos, March 22, 2007 Embraer today delivered the 100th Legacy, to ABS Jets, during a ceremony held at the Company’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. This marks a significant milestone in Embraer’s first business jet program, which was launched at the Farnborough Air Show in London, U.K. in 2000. The 100th Legacy is the third to be delivered to ABS Jets and the fourth to the Czech Republic. “We are especially proud to rece...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Saturday, April 7, 2007 7:28:04 PM CEST
Czech Airlines (CSA) has just received its first Airbus A319 type aircraft. The plane, which was received by CSA's technicians from its manufacturer in Hamburg, Germany, landed in Prague on Thursday , March 8, painted with CSA's colors. This year, CSA is scheduled to receive a total of two aircraft of this type and another four are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2008. As with CSA's Airbus A320s, the A319s are being acquired by the airline through a tender for twelve medium-range aircraf...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Friday, March 23, 2007 1:41:50 PM CET
SEATTLE, March 12, 2007 -- The Boeing Company and Moscow-based freight company Volga-Dnepr Group today announced an order for five Boeing 747-8 Freighters with purchase rights for an additional five airplanes. Air Bridge Cargo, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, will operate the airplanes valued at $ 1.4 billion at list prices. This order was previously accounted for and associated with an unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website in 2006. With this order, Volga-Dnepr becom...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:44:05 PM CET
Starting with the first of the year, Czech Airlines' (ČSA) staff greets its customers in their new uniforms. After more than 9 years, the national carrier had decided to change the design of its uniforms and its two-and-a-half-thousand employees are about to get a new elegant look. The new uniforms and their accessories are in the airline's colours – blue, red and white – and it is hoped that their bold designs will make it easier for passengers to identify the staff that is taking care of them ...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:05:06 AM CET
THE WORLD’S scheduled airlines – including low cost carriers – offered a record 3.3 billion seats on 28.2 million flights during 2006. That represented an average daily offer of more than nine million seats on 77,371 individual flights. The statistics are according to calculations by OAG, the global travel and transport information company recently purchased by the UK’s United Business Media group. Total seat offer year-on-year was up 3.4 per cent from the 3.2bn seats offered in 2005 across 27...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:20:15 AM CET
Dear colleagues, dear passengers, On 25th of October KSC Holding, an incorporated joint stock company, became the majority shareholder in Kosice Airport. Consortium TwoOne was the winner of the privatisation process and the agreement was signed between the Slovak National Property Fund, the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic and KSC Holding that day. The majority shareholder in Kosice Airport owns 66% for which it has paid 900 mil. SKK. 380mil SKK will...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Friday, January 5, 2007 8:46:42 PM CET
When I was told recently that certain Mr.Olympia would arrive in Košice aboard a CSA flight from Prague I had no idea who is Mr. Olympia or what this title does mean. Well, I know now - Mr. Olympia is the most prestigious title a professional bodybuilder can win. The man who arrived at our airport on Thursday, November 16 2006, was probably the most successful and most known professional bodybuilders of all times, Mr. Ronnie Coleman or simply Mr.Olympia. From Košice Coleman continued to Prešov, ...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:33:34 AM CET
A study by OAG, the British travel information company, highlights the world's busiest route. Flights between Barcelona and Madrid are topping the list with around 920 flights a week. It has come out on top pressing the previous year leader, the Brazilian route between Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, to the second position with its 880 flight per week. The third world busiest route is between Melbourne and Sydney (almost 800 flights per week), Djakarta- Surabaya - the fourth and Honolulu-Kahului -...
Administrator Kosice Airport
Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:36:58 PM CET
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