Channel Islands-based Aurigny will launch twice-daily services between Guernsey and Manchester in the UK next month, using a Saab 340. Air France and Italian start-up Gandalf Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement on the Bergamo-Paris route, which Gandalf will operate with its Fairchild 328JETs. The agreement could be expanded to other routes. Further to the report in Flight International, 25-31 January, Precisionair is based in Tanzania, rather than Kenya, as reported. The airline also operates services between Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and Mombasa, under the same arrangement with Air Tanzania. British Airways franchise partner British Mediterranean Airways will launch a three-times weekly service from Heathrow to Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1 April. Air Littoral will start twice-daily services from Calvi and Figari to Marseilles and Nice from 26 March, following deregulation of Corsica-France mainland routes. Crossair will introduce its new 49-seat Embraer RJ-145s on services from Basle-Mulhouse to Birmingham and Manchester in the UK from late March/early May, respectively, replacing Saab 2000 turboprops. KLM uk low-cost carrier Buzz has transferred its London Stansted-Milan flights from Malpensa to Linate airport. Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines will launch its first international cargo service at the end of March between Shenzen and Chicago, using a Boeing 747-200 freighter. Technical stops will be made in Anchorage, Alaska, and Sapporo, Japan. British World Airlines will launch charter flights for tour operators in May from London Gatwick to Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Turkey, using its recently delivered Boeing 737-300. American Trans Air will introduce new non-stop services from its Chicago Midway hub to Seattle and Boston from the beginning of May. BA franchisee British Regional Airlines has launched daily services between Southampton and Frankfurt, using Embraer RJ-145s.
Source: Flight International
