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BA buys French airline to expand OpenSkies |
[ 2008-07-02 22:18:58 ] |
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| British Airways is buying a privately owned French airline, L'Avion, for £54m as part of its plans to boost the number of flights between France and the United States following the liberalisatio... |
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British Airways to buy L'Avion |
[ 2008-07-02 22:15:50 ] |
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| LONDON : British Airways agreed to buy Paris-based L'Avion for 54 million to expand its new OpenSkies unit and increase the number of flights between France and the United States. |
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Airline pilots brace for more downsizing |
[ 2008-07-02 21:56:15 ] |
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| CHICAGO - United Airlines pilot Todd Coomans has yet to fully recover from a painful furlough five years ago that set his airline career back several years and, along the way, also cost him his marria... |
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Air China launches European & North American seat sales |
[ 2008-07-02 21:49:05 ] |
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| Air China, the official flag carrier of the Peoples Republic of China and official airline partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has launched a major European & North American seat sale as it... |
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American Airlines plans nearly 7,000 job cuts |
[ 2008-07-02 21:17:33 ] |
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| American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 employees by the end of the year, or about 8 percent of its worldwide work force, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft because of high fuel costs, t... |
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AirTran Airways wants to cut employee pay |
[ 2008-07-02 19:40:54 ] |
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| ATLANTA – Discount carrier AirTran Airways said Wednesday it is seeking to cut its overall employee pay by about 10 percent to help offset soaring fuel prices, and it warned that it may need to ... |
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Airline pilots brace for downsizing, career change |
[ 2008-07-02 19:21:58 ] |
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| (Corrects spelling of Heppner in paragraphs 23, 25, 26)By Kyle PetersonCHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines pilot Todd Coomans has yet to fully recover from a painful furlough five years ago that set h... |
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American Airlines to cut about 900 jobs |
[ 2008-07-02 15:48:38 ] |
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| By Mary Schlangenstein July 2 (Bloomberg) - AMR's American Airlines will eliminate as many as 900 flight attendant jobs as the world's largest carrier begins grounding planes and cutting fl... |
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Airlines find many tiny ways to squeeze fliers |
[ 2008-07-02 13:44:01 ] |
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| Fresh indignities roll in on a weekly basis: You pay to check your bag, eat a soggy sandwich, get more legroom, pick your seat, fly your pet, talk to a real person. So, as you get ready to jet off so... |
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American Airlines To Furlough 900 Employees |
[ 2008-07-02 13:37:15 ] |
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| NEW YORK (CBS) ― American Airlines Inc. acknowledged it will furlough 900 flight attendants this summer as part of its employee reduction plan announced in May. "Employee reductions are expect... |
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British Airways buys surviving business-class-only carrier |
[ 2008-07-02 13:31:13 ] |
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| British Airways agreed Wednesday to buy L'Avion for £54 million to enlarge its new OpenSkies unit, expanding flights between France and the United States under an international treaty introd... |
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British Airways Lands L |
[ 2008-07-02 13:29:22 ] |
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| a choice opportunity to boost its own tiny transatlantic venture. The British carrier said on Wednesday it had bought a two-plane airline from France, called L'Avion, for a total cost of $107.6 mil... |
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Oil costs will kill bargain airlines, Milton warns |
[ 2008-07-02 13:24:28 ] |
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| Passengers are witnessing the end of an era of cheap airfares as record-high oil prices erode travel demand and reshape the world's airline industry, says Robert Milton, chief executive officer of Air Canada's ... |
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Airline guilty of safety breach |
[ 2008-07-02 13:18:05 ] |
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| Airline firm FlyGlobeSpan has pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching civil aviation rules after allowing a plane with instrument failure to fly. The Edinburgh-based firm admitted allowing a fli... |
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Song Hye-kyo Signs Contract With Stellar |
[ 2008-07-02 11:09:30 ] |
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| By Han Sang-hee Staff Reporter Korean actress Song Hye-kyo has signed a contract with Stellar Entertainment to expand her acting and other activities on the Asian market. Stellar Entertainment ... |
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Qantas eyes air miles float |
[ 2008-07-02 10:55:52 ] |
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| Geoff Dixon expects a decision next month. Photo / AP Qantas is considering a partial float of its Frequent Flyer programme and expects to make a decision about the future ownership structure of the b... |
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Airports cash in on flight delays |
[ 2008-07-02 10:42:03 ] |
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| NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Your delayed flight is bad news for you and your airline, but it's money in the bank for the airports.Delays have become so long that passengers can now even rent DVDs to wa... |
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British Airways to buy L |
[ 2008-07-02 10:07:19 ] |
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| British Airways agreed to buy Paris-based L'Avion for £54 million to expand its new OpenSkies unit and increase the number of flights between France and the United States. L'Avion, whi... |
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aviation industry a political pawn say airline bosses |
[ 2008-07-02 10:06:19 ] |
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| Britain's leading airline bosses have accused the government of using their industry as a political pawn in the national identity card debate by forcing aviation workers to join the scheme next year.I... |
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Airlines to enforce carry-on size limit to deter |
[ 2008-07-02 09:58:48 ] |
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| Michelle Mohr said. 'It's not that we think our customers will try to get around checking a bag, but we certainly want them to be aware of the size of their bag and our policy.' The crackdown on bin h... |
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Indonesia Grounds Small Airlines To Meet Safety Standards |
[ 2008-07-02 09:44:58 ] |
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| Indonesia's transport ministry grounded five small airlines this week because they did not meet safety standards, a ministry official said on Wednesday. The transport ministry gave Helizona, SMAC, As... |
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Cathay Pacific Shares Drop After Profit Warning |
[ 2008-07-02 09:44:57 ] |
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| Cathay Pacific's shares tumbled 7.8 percent to a two-year low after it warned of disappointing first-half earnings due to high fuel prices, triggering a round of selling in aviation shares in China an... |
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Boeing picks Elbit Systems for US Navy training project |
[ 2008-07-02 07:14:15 ] |
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| ') The announcement comes one day after Elbit Systems completed its acquisition of Tadiran Communications. The T-45 will replace aging T-39s as a key element in the US Navy's Undergraduate Military Fl... |
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British Airways to buy l |
[ 2008-07-02 06:41:41 ] |
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| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British Airways Plc on Wednesday said it is going to buy French all-business airline l'Avion for 54 million pounds ($107 million) as it steps up efforts to take advantage of th... |
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Fuselage hitch for new Boeing plane |
[ 2008-07-02 06:41:23 ] |
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| A key section of a Boeing 787 jetliner has been damaged during assembly at a plant in South Carolina, raising the potential for new delays in getting the new aircraft off the ground.The 787 is Boeing'... |
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Airports cash in on flight delays |
[ 2008-07-02 06:29:31 ] |
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| NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Your delayed flight is bad news for you and your airline, but it's money in the bank for the airports.Delays have become so long that passengers can now even rent DVDs to wa... |
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Qantas engineers to suspend strikes for WYD |
[ 2008-07-02 04:02:16 ] |
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| Qantas engineers will suspend their industrial campaign to prevent disruption over the school holidays and World Youth Day. Qantas management and the engineers union resumed negotiations today over a... |
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Ferguson predicts airline industry shake-up |
[ 2008-07-02 04:02:16 ] |
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| Federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson is predicting a shake-up of the global airline industry. Mr Ferguson says the rising price of jet fuel is having a big impact on tourism and he believes there... |
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Key milestone for British Airways |
[ 2008-07-02 03:45:11 ] |
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| MANAMA: British Airways has passed the milestone of 1,600 members in the 18 months since the launch of its loyalty programme 'On Business'. The programme rewards small-to-medium size companies for th... |
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Qatar Airways launches promotion |
[ 2008-07-02 03:38:24 ] |
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| Consolidated Gulf Co and Qatar Airways' Privilege Club have jointly unveiled a 'Navigate and Travel for Free' promotion on the purchase of Nokia phones. Under the offer, customers can earn 6,000 Qmile... |
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Sun transforms Saudi Airlines |
[ 2008-07-02 03:38:21 ] |
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| In order to meet the challenges of a burgeoning international airline business, and to overcome limitations in the scope of business functionality, Saudi Airlines - the national carrier for the Kingdo... |
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Former Qantas chair to lead national tourism committee |
[ 2008-07-02 03:21:39 ] |
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| Former Qantas chairwoman Margaret Jackson has been appointed to help create a national tourism strategy. Ms Jackson will head a tourism steering committee to address the industry's long-term problems... |
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NWA Pilots To Get Equity Stake In Delta |
[ 2008-07-02 01:01:58 ] |
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| Northwest Airlines pilots stand to get a nearly 2.4 percent equity stake in Delta Air Lines after the combination of the two companies is completed. |
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Lawmakers, airlines oppose Bush fingerprinting plan |
[ 2008-07-02 00:57:56 ] |
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| U.S. and foreign airlines say fingerprinting 33 million visitors a year would devastate them financially, costing $12 billion over 10 years, at a time when soaring fuel prices have helped put some air... |
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Finnair retro plane named Silver Bird |
[ 2008-07-02 00:52:23 ] |
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| The Finnair retro Airbus A319 aircraft, which will be launched end of July to celebrate Finnair’s 85 years of flying, will be named Silver Bird. Finnair held a competition asking the public to n... |
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Employee cutbacks imminent for American Airlines |
[ 2008-07-02 00:52:19 ] |
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| A significant number of American Airlines employees are expected to join the unemployment ranks as the carrier has announced cutbacks. No official number has been given, but a letter was sent to emp... |
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Airline passenger pleads guilty to assault |
[ 2008-07-02 00:35:44 ] |
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| -- A woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in connection with an incident on a San Francisco-bound plane during which she yelled and cursed at her fiance and passengers and had to be restra... |
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Continental To Take Charges For Capacity Cuts |
[ 2008-07-02 00:04:38 ] |
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| Continental Airlines said on Tuesday it would take charges to cover the costs of scaling back flights, as it battles record fuel prices, and said, on average, its planes were less full in June than a ... |
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Austria Hires Advisers On Airline Sale |
[ 2008-07-02 00:04:38 ] |
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| The Austrian government has appointed advisers on a possible sale of loss-making Austrian Airlines (AUA), a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The appointment of Merrill Lynch marks the... |
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