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Qantas defends handling of accident |
[ 2008-07-28 23:50:32 ] |
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| SYDNEY : Qantas Airways officials said Monday that an air safety directive issued by the United States Federal Aviation Authority with a warning about how oxygen cylinders were attached to Boeing 747 ... |
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Geek-ready express bus tries to compete with airlines |
[ 2008-07-28 23:42:07 ] |
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| Riga - A slick, black and red bus rumbles along a motorway trying to do the impossible - to win a competition with a plane in a race to its destination. Thronged with passengers, the bus trundles thro... |
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Lufthansa strike has little impact on flights in Germany |
[ 2008-07-28 23:35:25 ] |
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| A strike by about 4,000 Lufthansa cabin and ground staff over pay caused only minor disruption in Germany on Monday but a number of European flights were likely be cancelled on Tuesday, the airline... |
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Head of no-frills carrier to take top job at Qantas |
[ 2008-07-28 23:29:53 ] |
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| Qantas yesterday named Alan Joyce, head of its budget airline Jetstar, as chief executive days after the Australian carrier warned staff they faced the greatest crisis in aviation history.The airline ... |
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Lufthansa unions expand their strike |
[ 2008-07-28 22:57:40 ] |
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| Workers are Germany’s largest airline Lufthansa will further expand their strike on Tuesday to include the cities of Berlin, Stuttgart and Nuremberg. |
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Mobile phone use on planes moves closer |
[ 2008-07-28 21:06:09 ] |
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| The prospect of air passengers trilling "I'm on the plane" at 37,000ft moved closer yesterday following a ruling from communications watchdog Ofcom. Signalling that one of the last refuges from annoyi... |
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BD private airline begins Colombo flight |
[ 2008-07-28 20:37:20 ] |
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| Tuesday, July 29, 2008 DHAKA: A Bangladesh private airline, Best Air, launched its maiden flight to Colombo on Monday, resuming a direct air link between Dhaka and the Sri Lankan capital, officials ... |
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Passenger Video of Qantas Jet Landing |
[ 2008-07-28 20:28:55 ] |
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| emergency landing of a Qantas 747 in Manila on Friday is a big deal. There's a huge investigation underway as to what caused the giant gash in the fuselage of QF 30 en route from |
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Qantas plane forced to turn back |
[ 2008-07-28 20:05:20 ] |
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| A Qantas jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Adelaide airport last night after a door opened during a flight to Melbourne. The incident came just three days after a hole was blasted in the... |
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Qantas denies second mid-air emergency |
[ 2008-07-28 20:05:16 ] |
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| The Boeing 737-800 left Adelaide Airport shortly after 6pm (CST) yesterday but turned around 10 minutes into the flight after a door over one of the wheel bays failed to close properly, an airline spo... |
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Concorde flies home to claim GPT |
[ 2008-07-28 19:48:44 ] |
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| Majestic Concorde warmed up for a possible tilt at the Galway Hurdle on Thursday with a smooth victory in the feature race on the opening day - the GPT Galway Handicap. Settled just off the pace, Rob... |
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Qantas denies new emergency |
[ 2008-07-28 19:41:30 ] |
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| QANTAS has rubbished reports of a new mid-air emergency after a Melbourne-bound passenger jet was forced to return to Adelaide. The Boeing 737-800 left Adelaide Airport shortly after 6pm (CST) yester... |
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JetBlue CEO takes pay cut as airline struggles |
[ 2008-07-28 19:37:58 ] |
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| chief executive agreed to halve his salary on Monday in a show of solidarity with employees as the low-cost carrier struggles with soaring fuel prices and a slowing U.S. economy.David Barger, who took... |
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Strikes hit Lufthansa in latest German walkouts |
[ 2008-07-28 19:29:10 ] |
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| About 5,000 maintenance, freight and catering staff stopped work from midnight (2200 GMT Sunday) after members of the Verdi service sector union voted overwhelmingly last week for a strike. Lufthan... |
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Emirates A380 Passengers To Shower At 43,000 Feet |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:31 ] |
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| First-class passengers will be able to take a shower at 43,000 feet and enjoy a drink at the upstairs bar on Dubai-based airline Emirates's double-decker Airbus A380s, the airline said on Monday. Emi... |
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Austrian Air Says Government Should Sell Stake |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:30 ] |
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| Austrian Airlines' supervisory board recommended the Austrian government sell its stake in the company to a strategic partner, the carrier said in a statement on Monday. In a separate statement, Aust... |
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Alitalia May Run Out Of Cash In Months |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:30 ] |
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| Alitalia could run out of cash after the end of the year without a new injection of funds, Citigroup analysts said, predicting the ailing Italian airline will burn through EUR550 million euros of cash... |
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Ex-SAS Exec To Plead Guilty In US Antitrust Probe |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:29 ] |
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| A former executive with Scandinavian airline SAS has agreed to plead guilty to charges of price fixing as part of a US antitrust investigation into the air cargo industry, the Justice Department said ... |
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Branson Unveils Plane That Will Launch Spaceship |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:28 ] |
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| Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Monday unveiled the plane intended as the launch aircraft for a Virgin Galactic spaceship full of paying passengers. The WhiteKnightTwo was displayed for a small group... |
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Aeromexico Cancels Some US Routes |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:28 ] |
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| Aeromexico said on Monday it will continue to fly to Los Angeles and Phoenix, although it has canceled some routes to those US destinations from small Mexican cities due to rising fuel costs. An Aero... |
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JetBlue CEO Takes Pay Cut As Airline Struggles |
[ 2008-07-28 19:23:27 ] |
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| JetBlue Airways' chief executive agreed to halve his salary on Monday in a show of solidarity with employees as the low-cost carrier struggles with high fuel prices and a slowing US economy. David Ba... |
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Qantas in second emergency in four days |
[ 2008-07-28 19:17:56 ] |
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| Australian media: Qantas plane turns around when landing gear door does not close Aviation safety spokesman says passengers were not in danger Qantas did not immediately return calls A hole in the fus... |
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Qantas plane forced to return to airport |
[ 2008-07-28 16:57:58 ] |
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| Melbourne after the incident."It was absolute chaos on the plane and then they had to turn it around and bring it back to Adelaide," he said. "They had to bring in another plane to fly people back, bu... |
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JetStar Boss To Take Over As CEO Of Qantas |
[ 2008-07-28 16:47:56 ] |
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| reports.Joyce, the 42-year-old boss of Qantas's budget offshoot Jetstar, has been parachuted into the top job at Qantas sooner than expected, taking over from Geoff Dixon, the national carrier's publi... |
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Alaska, Korean Air announce partnership |
[ 2008-07-28 16:42:53 ] |
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| Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air announced Monday a new partnership with Korean Air. The carriers' code share agreement starts Aug. 1, and customers can begin earning and redeeming frequent flier mile... |
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Airlines warn customers of infected ticket invoices |
[ 2008-07-28 16:33:42 ] |
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| Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., have warned customers that bogus e-mails posing as ticket invoices contain malware and urged them to immediately delete the messages. A researcher at |
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Lufthansa strike causes few problems on first day |
[ 2008-07-28 15:59:17 ] |
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| A strike by Lufthansa ground crews and cabin staff over pay barely disrupted flights Monday at German airports, the airline said, while union officials said the effect would grow in coming days. The ... |
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Lufthansa Unperturbed by Strike |
[ 2008-07-28 15:51:19 ] |
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| Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, said a strike by ground and cabin staff had hardly disrupted flights on Monday even though up to 5,000 cabin and ground staff took part on the first day of the op... |
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Korean Air, Alaska in new partnership |
[ 2008-07-28 15:45:39 ] |
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| Korean Air and Alaska Airlines announced a new codeshare agreement and expanded frequent flier partnership that will allow members to earn and redeem miles in either Korean Air's or Alaska Airlines' f... |
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Qantas Jet Forced To Make Emergency Landing |
[ 2008-07-28 15:29:36 ] |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ― A passenger on board a Melbourne-bound Qantas jet has told an Australian broadcaster the flight was forced to return to Adelaide's airport because of a mechanical p... |
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ATSB finds new evidence in Qantas emergency flight |
[ 2008-07-28 15:28:10 ] |
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| Evidence uncovered by the Air Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has lent weight to a suggestion that an exploding oxygen cylinder caused a mid-air emergency on a Qantas flight last week. The Qantas flig... |
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Airline plot jury considers its verdicts |
[ 2008-07-28 13:24:58 ] |
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| The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets has retired to consider its verdicts. Mr Justice Calvert-Smith sent out the jury as the three-and-a-hal... |
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Strikes hit Lufthansa in latest German walkouts |
[ 2008-07-28 13:24:38 ] |
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| Workers at Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, on Monday began an indefinite strike at the height of the holiday season to press for higher pay, in the latest walkout to hit Europe's biggest economy... |
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Mobile use on planes moves step closer |
[ 2008-07-28 13:24:30 ] |
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| Widespread use of mobile phones on UK airlines moved a step closer today following a ruling by the communications watchdog Ofcom. The decision to grant licences for mobile communications on aircraft m... |
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Alaska Airlines Launches Online Calendar For Low Fares |
[ 2008-07-28 13:22:35 ] |
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| Mike Sachoff - Mon, 07/28/2008 - 10:59am. Search results return best fares Alaska Airlines has introduced a "Low Fare Calendar" search option on its Web site that displays the least expensiv... |
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First Asian airline to Israel will launch route |
[ 2008-07-28 13:22:25 ] |
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| ) flies to several Asian destinations. Korean Air will make three weekly flights between Seoul and Tel Aviv, and will offer follow-on flights to other destinations in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.... |
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Lufthansa says flights escape strike |
[ 2008-07-28 13:10:05 ] |
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| A strike by Lufthansa ground and cabin staff over pay has so far barely disrupted flights to and from German airports, the airline said today. Tens of thousands of air passengers had ... |
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Airline stocks send FTSE downwards |
[ 2008-07-28 13:07:57 ] |
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| Aled Blake , Media Wales AIRLINE stocks were under pressure in London today after warnings of losses from budget carrier Ryanair. The Dublin-based company’s 85% fall in first quarter profits... |
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Can Airlines Fight Fuel Costs with Lower Fares |
[ 2008-07-28 13:02:21 ] |
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| But at a time when airlines are doing everything to cut costs, Ryanair will also be lowering fares in an effort to gain market share while oil price remain high. |
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Airline stocks get knocked back on higher oil prices |
[ 2008-07-28 12:53:37 ] |
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| ) slipped 2.3% to 20.27 points with all but two of its 14 components trading down. Crude oil for September delivery rose $1.02 to $124.28 a barrel in electronic trading on Globex. Leading the way do... |
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Benchmark index gets trimmed on oil, European pressures |
[ 2008-07-28 12:53:21 ] |
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| NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Higher oil prices and a warning from Europe's Ryanair Holdings that European airfare was set to decline later this year put pressure on airline stocks early Monday. |
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Airline bomb-plot jury considers verdict in UK |
[ 2008-07-28 12:53:05 ] |
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| The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets retired to consider its verdicts in London today.Mr Justice Calvert-Smith sent out the jury to begin its ... |
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Experts seek cause of Qantas jet explosion |
[ 2008-07-28 12:44:58 ] |
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| MANILA — Investigators found fragments that appear to bolster the theory that an oxygen tank exploded on a Qantas jet, forcing it to make a dramatic emergency landing with a car-sized hole in its... |
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ATSB finds new evidence in Qantas emergency flight |
[ 2008-07-28 12:40:52 ] |
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| ATSB now says a missing oxygen tank was from a bank which supplied oxygen to the passenger masks and cabin crew. Several other parts likely to have come from the oxygen tank have also been discovered... |
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Mechanical failure forces Qantas flight back to Adelaide |
[ 2008-07-28 12:40:50 ] |
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| mechanical problem. Passenger Rocco Russo says he heard a rattling noise about 10 minutes after take-off. He says the pilot told passengers there was a problem with a door closing above the plane's ... |
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German airline Lufthansa hit by strike |
[ 2008-07-28 12:40:33 ] |
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| hit Europe's biggest economy.Ground personnel and flight crews walked out at midnight (2200 GMT Sunday) after members of the Verdi service sector union voted overwhelmingly last week for a strike.The |
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Singapore Airlines Q1 profit down 15.4pct |
[ 2008-07-28 12:40:29 ] |
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| profit in the first quarter fell 15.4 percent compared with the same period last year as higher fuel costs cut into rising revenues.The airline reported a net |
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Lufthansa ground crews walk off job in strike over wages |
[ 2008-07-28 11:58:21 ] |
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| Some 5,000 employees of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany's largest airline, walked off the job Monday to begin a strike for higher wages, the ver.di union said.Ground crews in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich... |
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Emergency likely beyond its control |
[ 2008-07-28 11:54:19 ] |
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| SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Qantas Airways' chief executive says whatever caused a midair emergency aboard a jetliner carrying 350 passengers last week was more than likely beyond the control of the air... |
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Qantas defends maintenance record |
[ 2008-07-28 09:00:14 ] |
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| Qantas has defended its maintenance and safety record after a giant hole was blown in the fuselage of one of its 747s at 29,000ft. The Australian airline must now check all oxygen cylinders on the f... |
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Singapore Airlines Q1 profit down 15.4pct |
[ 2008-07-28 09:00:03 ] |
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| Singapore Airlines said Monday its net profit in the first quarter fell 15.4 percent compared with the same period last year as higher fuel costs cut into rising revenues. The airline reported a net p... |
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Strikes hit Lufthansa in latest German walkouts |
[ 2008-07-28 08:59:57 ] |
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| Workers at Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, on Monday began an indefinite strike at the height of the holiday season to press for higher pay, in the latest walkout to hit Europe's biggest economy... |
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Lufthansa says flights not hit by strike |
[ 2008-07-28 08:44:49 ] |
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| A strike by Lufthansa ground and cabin staff over pay has so far barely disrupted flights to and from German airports, the airline said today. Tens of thousands of air passengers had ... |
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Qantas probe focuses on oxygen tank |
[ 2008-07-28 08:40:17 ] |
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| Australian Transport Safety Bureau , said a valve and other small fragments would be tested to determine if they came from the tank, which is designed to provide oxygen to passengers during an emergen... |
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Lufthansa workers plan for strike |
[ 2008-07-28 08:32:47 ] |
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| Frankfurt and Hamburg airports will be the hardest hit on Monday when 52,000 employees of Lufthansa AG go on strike, a union official said Sunday.All other German airports served by Germany's biggest ... |
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Emirates signs letter of intent to buy 60 Airbus planes |
[ 2008-07-28 08:30:07 ] |
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| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Emirates Airline signed a letter of intent to buy 30 Airbus A350XWB and 30 A330-300s, the companies said Monday. Emirates last year signed an agreement for 70 A350XWBs and an o... |
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U.K. stocks edge lower as British Airways, HBOS fall |
[ 2008-07-28 08:29:45 ] |
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| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks traded a bit lower on Monday, as a warning from Ryanair Holdings sent airline shares into a further tailspin with lender HBOS and retailer Marks & Spencer also exte... |
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Emergency likely beyond its control |
[ 2008-07-28 08:24:16 ] |
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| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia -- Qantas Airways' chief executive says whatever caused a midair emergency aboard a jetliner carrying 350 passengers last week was more than likely beyond the... |
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Stillwater couple flying high with love of planes |
[ 2008-07-28 08:02:06 ] |
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| This text is replaced by the Flash movie. Talk about love. It was 36 years ago that Dan Bergstrom convinced his bride a fixer-upper airplane was a better investment than a couch. A smitten Karen... |
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Mechanical failure forces Qantas flight back to Adelaide |
[ 2008-07-28 07:58:26 ] |
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| Passengers on board a Melbourne-bound Qantas flight says the aircraft had to return to Adelaide Airport tonight because of a mechanical problem. Passenger Rocco Russo says he heard a rattling noise a... |
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Investigators find metal fragments in Qantas plane |
[ 2008-07-28 07:40:47 ] |
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| FRAGMENTS. Neville Blyth, investigator from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau speaks during a press briefing in Manila on July 28, 2008. Metal fragments from an oxygen cylinder have been recovere... |
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Lufthansa strike slows, but doesn |
[ 2008-07-28 07:39:18 ] |
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| A strike by Lufthansa ground and cabin staff over pay has barely disrupted flights to and from German airports, the airline said Monday. Tens of thousands of air passengers had faced travel chaos due... |
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5,000 Lufthansa staff walkout over pay |
[ 2008-07-28 07:32:56 ] |
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| 5,000 employees of Deutsche Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, walk off the job Ver.di union had sought a pay rise of 9.8 percent this year Union rejected offer of 6.7% spread through February 2010... |
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Singapore Air Profit Falls 15 Percent |
[ 2008-07-28 06:55:52 ] |
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| Singapore Airlines posted a 15 percent fall in quarterly profit, hit by high jet fuel costs and slowing demand for air travel, but still managed to beat market expectations. Singapore Air said April-... |
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ATSB finds new evidence in Qantas emergency flight |
[ 2008-07-28 06:51:01 ] |
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| Evidence uncovered by the Air Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has lent weight to a suggestion that an exploding oxygen cylinder caused a mid-air emergency on a Qantas flight last week. The Qantas flig... |
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Lufthansa faces strike during key season |
[ 2008-07-28 05:08:17 ] |
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| Lufthansa faces strike during key season Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, faces a tumultuous strike during its busiest season after members of German trade union Verdi voted to press forward with... |
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Qantas jet probe focuses on exploding oxygen cylinders |
[ 2008-07-28 05:08:02 ] |
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| MANILA - Agence France-Presse Air safety investigators said yesterday that an exploding oxygen cylinder may have been to blame for tearing a huge hole in an Australian Qantas jumbo jet in mid-air, nea... |
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Emergency likely beyond its control |
[ 2008-07-28 04:59:44 ] |
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| Qantas Airways ' chief executive says whatever caused a midair emergency aboard a jetliner carrying 350 passengers last week was more than likely beyond the control of the airline. |
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U.K. stocks edge lower as British Airways, HBOS fall |
[ 2008-07-28 04:48:37 ] |
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| LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks traded a bit lower on Monday, as a warning from Ryanair Holdings sent airline shares into a further tailspin with lender HBOS and retailer Marks & Spencer also exte... |
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Fake airline pilot found working for SriLankan airlines |
[ 2008-07-28 04:45:15 ] |
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| The individual who was employed as a pilot for the SriLankan Airlines was reportedly not qualified to handle wide-bodied aircrafts specially designed for commercial passenger operations. According to ... |
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Fake airline pilot held in Sri Lanka |
[ 2008-07-28 04:45:11 ] |
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| COLOMBO - SRI Lankan police on Sunday detained a German man on suspicion that he used false documents to secure a job as a top pilot for Sri Lanka's national carrier, a spokesman said. |
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Germany braces for first Lufthansa strike in 13 years |
[ 2008-07-28 04:45:03 ] |
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| BERLIN: A strike over wages by ground crew and cabin staff at Deutsche Lufthansa is expected to cause disruptions at Germany's 10 largest airports on Monday after a key union voted overwhelmingly to w... |
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