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ITALY’S AIR ONE LOOK AT COOPERATION WITH FLAG CARRIER
Business | April 22, 2002, Monday // 00:00
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The Italian private airline Air One show interest for joint activities with Bulgaria’s flag carrier Balkan airlines. Top officials from Air One met last week with Deputy Transport Minister Milcho Mladenov and Blakan’s receivers Olga Milenkova and Hristo Mollov to discuss cooperation possibilities. Balkan announced that Air One will present plan for cooperation by May 15. Details on the type of cooperation, besides that it was expected to focus on joint operation of Balkan's international destinations, were not disclosed. Rome-based Air One operates a fleet of 18 Boeing 737 aircraft and currently focuses on domestic flights to 19 Italian cities. No other foreign airline has so far expressed interest in joint operations with indebted Balkan Airlines.
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