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Welcome to the Volare Newsroom. You will find Press Releases from all of our member airlines here.

 

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August 24th, 2004

 

Dream Air Lines announced today that they would be moving all operations from Paris-Orly Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport after a series of disputes with the airport management. The move will be conducted in two stages in order to disrupt customers in the least possible way. Details are listed below.

 

Phase 1: European Operations

Dream Air Lines will move all European operations from Paris Orly to Paris Charles de Gaulle on September 1st. Flights will be departing from Terminal 2 Hall D (2D). Extra personnel will be on hand to guide passengers during the first days of operations at Charles de Gaulle. All Volare Alliance airlines flying into Paris CDG will also be moving to occupy either Terminal 2C or Terminal 2D on September 8th, a week after Dream's move in order to minimize chaotic operations.

 

The frequency that Dream Air Lines buses operate between Charles de Gaulle and Orly will be increased from once every half hour to once every 15 minutes in order to better serve the needs of travelers connecting between European and International flights on Dream and other Volare airlines.

 

Phase 2: International Operations

Dream Air Lines is scheduled to move the remaining international operations from Orly to Charles de Gaulle on October 15th, 2004. Flights will be departing from Terminal 2 Hall C (2C). Passengers will be notified via. telephone and other communication ways of the final change to their itinerary and flight plans. Once again, extra personnel will be on hand to guide passengers and aid transfers between Dream Air Lines flights and other Volare Alliance flights.

 

Buses that operate transfers between Charles de Gaulle and Orly will not be running anymore due to the complete change in operations. Passengers transferring between the two airports can visit the Dream Air Lines desks in the baggage claim in order to receive guidance on how to transfer from Charles de Gaulle and Orly. 

 

For a complete list of airline operations between the two concourses, please look on your airline's website or on the list below.

 

TERMINAL 2C

Dream Air Lines (International Departures and Arrivals only)

Caribbean (Service begins October 2nd, 2004)

China Sky Airlines

Continental Airlines

Malaysia Airlines

Patriot Air Lines

Qatar Airways

 

TERMINAL 2D

Dream Air Lines (European and Domestic Departures and Arrivals only)

Air Malta

Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cityline

Luxair

Austrian Airlines

Germanwings

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October 11th, 2004

 

Cirrus Airlines a Lufthansa Regional partner, is announcing changes to a number of routes to Berlin. Flights into Berlin Tempelhof have been transferred to Berlin Tegel. The decision has been taken to enable better connections to our main partner Lufthansa as well as to enable connections onto our Volare Alliance members routes. This change affects the following services:

 

Bern - Berlin

Heringsdorf - Berlin

Mannheim - Berlin

Sylt - Berlin

 

Our Saarbrucken flights to Berlin have been transferred onto Luxair who operate twice daily flights into Tegel on their ERJ-145 aircraft.

 

The decision has also been taken to transfer service from the Lufthansa Regional partner Augsburg Airways onto Cirrus Airlines. The 7x weekly flights from Hof to Munich have been closed, with Cirrus Airlines now flying 14x weekly from Frankfurt. The movement of the flights to Frankfurt will give passengers connections onto more flights to more destinations across the Lufthansa and Volare Alliance network.

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August 22nd, 2005

 

The Nikel Group (which controls China Sky Group, Dream Air Lines, Patriot Airlines and Qatar Airways) has announced that they will be placing an order for 33 Airbus A380-800 aircraft (plus an additional 2 options), which will be split among three of the airlines; China Sky Airlines, Dream Air Lines and Qatar Airways. The fleet is expected to start delivery in January of 2007 with first deliveries to China Sky, then in 2008 with the start of deliveries to Dream, and in 2009 for deliveries to Qatar Airways. China Sky Airlines will be receiving 10 aircraft, Dream will receive 15, while Qatar will receive the remaining 8 (and will have 2 options).

 

At a signing ceremony in Paris today, Chairman [of the Nikel Group] Nikel Calvi remarked, "Today is a historic day that will go down in aviation history, as China Sky Airlines launches the amazing aircraft called the A380. The new aircraft will bring a level of luxury never before seen in Chinese travel, and will be replicated with the deliveries to Dream Air Lines and Qatar Airways."

 

In other news in the Nikel Group, Dream Air Lines has received the first of 15 Embraer 145ER aircraft to operate French domestic routes as well as regional routes to England and the rest of Continental Europe. Qatar Airways has also retired the last Airbus A340-300 from the fleet, with the aircraft flying the Chicago - Doha route. China Sky Airlines has received the first of twenty Embraer 190 aircraft for flights from Xian, Urumqi and Xiamen, and 5 of them will be going to Macau Airlines.  

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April 20th, 2006

 

Introducing MilesFrançais (FrenchMiles), Volare's newest Frequent Flyer Program and Avion's first. The FranceMiles program was launched today, and is based on distances, not zones. The program is compatible with Volare's Worldflyer Program, Lufthansa's Miles & More Program and China Sky Airlines' SkyClub. The program is working with others in the alliance including Malaysia Airlines' Enrich program in order to bring those into compatibility with Avion's MilesFrançais, and passengers on Avion should be able to book flights on any Volare Alliance airline using miles starting on June 1st, 2006. 

 

The MilesFrançais program has four tiers: Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The Blue Tier is the basic level, which requires 0 miles to be a part of. Silver requires 25,000 miles, Gold requires 50,000 miles, and Platinum requires 80,000 miles. Each have their own perks depending on the level. To find out more, you can visit our website at avion.fr.

 

Welcome Aboard!

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May 1st, 2006

 

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has announced that they have placed an order for 10 A380's with a further 4 options. The Lufthansa Group combined is Volare's largest Airline, with a fleet of over 500 aircraft, this order is set to continue Lufthansa's rapid global expansion. The first Lufthansa A380 will enter service in mid 2007, and its been confirmed that it will operate from Frankfurt to major US destinations such as New York, Los Angelese and San Fransisco. The A380's will be fitted with Lufthansa's new state of the art in-flight entertainment system enabling passengers to surf the web in-flight with free WiFi, free WiFi is also due to be fitted on the 747-400 fleet in 2007 also. 

 

In further news Lufthansa Cityline is due to open over 2 dozen new routes by 2007 from both Munich and Frankfurt operated by Bombardier CRJ-200LR's and  CRJ-700ER's. New routes are TBA.