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US Airfare Increases On Track To Outpace 2007 |
[ 2008-07-08 22:29:36 ] |
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| A two year string of domestic fare increases by major US airlines has picked up steam this year, baffling experts who predicted that economic pressures would choke off travel demand and put an end to ... |
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GAP Passenger Traffic Declines In June |
[ 2008-07-08 22:29:35 ] |
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| Mexican airport operator GAP said on Tuesday its June passenger traffic fell 4.8 percent, hurt by fewer flights and the cancellation of some routes as airlines struggle with high fuel prices. It was ... |
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Southwest, WestJet To Seal Code Share Deal |
[ 2008-07-08 22:29:34 ] |
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| Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it will start a code share partnership with Canada's WestJet Airlines, marking Southwest's first foray into the Canadian market and a key boost for WestJet's expansi... |
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Boeing rolls out new 777 Freighter |
[ 2008-07-08 20:21:32 ] |
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| "We are excited to debut the newest member of our 777 and freighter families," said Larry Loftis, vice president of the 777 programme. "The 777 Freighter's unmatched range, efficiency and capacity as ... |
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American Airlines plans Sea-Tac cuts |
[ 2008-07-08 20:13:41 ] |
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| American Airlines is poised to cut about 13 percent of its Sea-Tac Airport staff this fall and also plans to eliminate several flights into and out of the airport, the carrier said.The Ft. Worth, Texa... |
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American Airlines flight makes emergency landing |
[ 2008-07-08 20:04:19 ] |
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| LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An American Airlines flight heading to Dallas made an emergency landing Tuesday in Little Rock after a pilot saw smoke in the cockpit, authorities said. |
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NetJets Pilots Break from IBT,... |
[ 2008-07-08 19:29:38 ] |
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| NetJets pilots this week overwhelmingly voted to switch union representation from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP), an in-house ... |
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Fire at Berry Aviation Destroys... |
[ 2008-07-08 19:29:36 ] |
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| A flash fire in the hangar at Berry Aviation in Austin, Texas, last Friday morning destroyed an executive-configured 30-passenger Dornier 328-100 turboprop that was undergoing an extensive interior re... |
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Charter Industry Changes May Have Significant Effects |
[ 2008-07-08 19:29:35 ] |
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| by charter industry insiders. Recent increases in the size of the business aviation fleet are contributing to this problem, said William Quinn Jr., chairman of Aviation Management Systems in Portsmout... |
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Midair Collision Civil Suit Moves to Brazilian Courts |
[ 2008-07-08 19:29:33 ] |
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| Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair involving a Legacy business jet and a Brazilian Gol Airlines Boeing 737 were dismissed last Th... |
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Midair Collision Civil Suit... |
[ 2008-07-08 19:29:31 ] |
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| Wrongful-death suits brought on behalf of family members of passengers and crew killed in the 2006 midair involving a Legacy business jet and a Brazilian Gol Airlines Boeing 737 were dismissed last Th... |
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Southwest Airlines to offer flights to Canada |
[ 2008-07-08 19:24:33 ] |
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| — Southwest Airlines plans to offer international service — a first for the low-fare carrier — through a deal with Canada's WestJet. Southwest said today it has taken the first step... |
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Southwest Airlines to offer flights to Canada |
[ 2008-07-08 17:09:36 ] |
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| DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. said today it plans to offer international service -- a first for the low-fare carrier -- through a deal with Canada's WestJet. Southwest said it has taken the fir... |
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Boeing, SkyHook team up to launch heavy-lift blimp |
[ 2008-07-08 16:29:57 ] |
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| TORONTO – After years of hovering high above sports stadiums to provide aerial shots to TV audiences, blimps may soon take on a new role in carrying heavy cargo to remote regions like northern C... |
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Safety Board calls on FAA to... |
[ 2008-07-08 16:13:27 ] |
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| The NTSB cited three accidents and an incident involving regional airlines as the basis for a pair of recommendations to the FAA related to pilot fatigue last month. The Board called on the FAA to dev... |
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Thai Airways plans to launch 3 addl Mumbai-Bangkok flights |
[ 2008-07-08 13:40:52 ] |
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| With the introduction of these three new flights, the number of the airline's weekly services would increase to 10, a company release said. The airline would deploy an Airbus 330 with 42-seats in the ... |
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Airlines crushed by heavy load of fuel prices |
[ 2008-07-08 13:23:08 ] |
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| July 8, 2008 Geneva - Rising fuel prices have either bankrupted or halted operations of 25 airlines in the first six months of this year and more could fold as fuel prices soar, a spokesman for aviati... |
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Iata predicts $6.1bn loss for airlines on oil hikes |
[ 2008-07-08 13:23:04 ] |
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| June 3, 2008 Istanbul - Airlines may report losses of $6.1 billion (R47 billion) this year as spiralling fuel costs and slowing economies wipe out earnings. The International Air Transport Associat... |
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Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in NYC |
[ 2008-07-08 13:13:37 ] |
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| NEW YORK – An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it. The retired Concorde is normally on dis... |
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Southwest Airlines to offer flights to Canada |
[ 2008-07-08 13:13:32 ] |
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| DALLAS – Southwest Airlines Co. says it plans to offer international service – a first for the low-fare carrier – through a deal with Canada's WestJet. Southwest said Tuesday that... |
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Airbus beat Boeing in latest round of commercial orders |
[ 2008-07-08 13:01:39 ] |
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| By Andrea Rothman July 8 (Bloomberg) - Airbus, the world's largest maker of commercial aircraft, said it won a net 487 orders in the first six months, 12 more than Boeing. Airbus also delivere... |
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Foreigners Can Work for Up to 5 Years |
[ 2008-07-08 11:06:18 ] |
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| By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter From July 28, foreign nationals will be able to work for up to five straight years without having to make the obligatory one-month sojourn outside Korea to extend the... |
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Singer Found Dead; Cause Still Unknown |
[ 2008-07-08 11:06:16 ] |
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| By Kim Rahn Staff Reporter A female singer was found dead in her house in southern Seoul, Sunday, with the exact cause of her death remaining unknown. The 24-year-old Eom I-ra was found dead ly... |
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Korean Singer Gets Doctorate in Biotec in Switzerland |
[ 2008-07-08 11:06:06 ] |
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| Korean singer songwriter Lucid Fall, fully dressed in hanbok (Korean traditional clothes), receives his doctorate degree in biotechnology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, last Friday. / Yon... |
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NK Leader Pays Homage to Father on Death Anniversary |
[ 2008-07-08 11:06:03 ] |
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong-il Tuesday paid homage to his father on the 14th anniversary of his death, the communist country's state-run media reported. Kim visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, ... |
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EU parliament approves deal on airline emissions |
[ 2008-07-08 11:00:12 ] |
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| All flights starting and landing in Europe will be included in an European Union (EU) Emissions Trade System from 2012, following a vote in the European Parliament Tuesday. |
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Airlines to be included in emissions trading |
[ 2008-07-08 10:47:17 ] |
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| The European Parliament today voted to include airlines in emissions trading, despite concerns from the US.The move, part of the EU's strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions, could raise the cost of ... |
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Truck rams museum Concorde, knocks off its nose |
[ 2008-07-08 10:41:49 ] |
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| Posted: 6:51 AM- NEW YORK - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it. The retired Concorde is norma... |
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Sri Lankan military says planes bomb rebel base |
[ 2008-07-08 10:39:44 ] |
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| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan fighter planes bombed a Tamil Tiger base Tuesday and the rebels ambushed an army patrol killing two soldiers in the country's war-ravaged north, the military ... |
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WestJet occupancy slips as more planes added |
[ 2008-07-08 10:31:57 ] |
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| Discount airline WestJet said Tuesday it flew with a smaller percentage of its seats filled for June and its second quarter as the company added capacity. The Calgary-based company said its load fact... |
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Fuel prices force airlines into action |
[ 2008-07-08 10:00:46 ] |
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| ROME : The airline industry is traditionally seen as a bad actor in the global emissions debate. Air travel is by far the fastest-growing source of global greenhouse gas emissions, still rising by an ... |
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FAA says JFK planes were at safe distance |
[ 2008-07-08 08:11:32 ] |
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| NEW YORK (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is disputing claims by air traffic controllers that two passenger jets nearly collided at New York's Kennedy Airport over the weekend. The FAA says... |
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Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in NYC |
[ 2008-07-08 08:11:27 ] |
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| NEW YORK (AP) - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it. The retired Concorde is normally on displa... |
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MEPs back airline emissions scheme |
[ 2008-07-08 07:51:50 ] |
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| MEPs have backed a proposal to include aviation in the EU's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) from 2012. The move, aimed at cutting the amount of greenhouse gases produced by airlines, has already been ag... |
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EU parliament approves deal on airline emissions |
[ 2008-07-08 07:43:59 ] |
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| Strasbourg, France - All flights starting and landing in Europe will be included in an EU Emissions Trade System from 2012, following a vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday. Legislators gave the... |
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China Southern Ups Fuel Surcharge On Overseas Flights |
[ 2008-07-08 07:31:53 ] |
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| China Southern Airlines said on Tuesday it would raise its fuel surcharge on international flights by more than 30 percent as it grapple with high fuel prices. China Southern said it would raise the ... |
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Finnair June Passenger Traffic, Load Factor Fall |
[ 2008-07-08 07:31:52 ] |
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| Finnish national carrier Finnair flew fewer passengers in June as the global economic slowdown hurt demand, it said on Tuesday. Finnair's total number of passengers on scheduled flights declined 2.5 ... |
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Airbus To Launch A320 Successor In 2014 - Report |
[ 2008-07-08 07:31:51 ] |
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| Airbus is planning to launch the successor generation of A320s in 2014 and put them in service around 2018, French daily La Tribune reported on Tuesday. In response, Airbus said there would be a succ... |
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Norwegian Air Sees Q2 Losses, Sets Rights Issue |
[ 2008-07-08 07:31:50 ] |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Tuesday it would post losses for the second quarter, due mainly to weakness in its Swedish business, and proposed to sell new shares to shareholders to finance aircraft p... |
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Thousands of laptops lost in US airports weekly |
[ 2008-07-08 05:10:31 ] |
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| Heading to the United States for business? Well then, hang on to your laptops. Research sponsored by Dell has shown that up to 12,000 laptops are lost each week at airports in the US. That's 600,000 l... |
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Domestic airlines report fewer delays in May |
[ 2008-07-08 05:02:22 ] |
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| NEW YORK - Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled, according to governme... |
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Air New Zealand Shifts to Heathrow T1 |
[ 2008-07-08 04:27:20 ] |
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| LONDON, UK, July 7, 2008. Air New Zealand has confirmed it has shifted its Heathrow Operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1. The move comes as part of the Star Alliance strategy to bring all its memb... |
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Finnair June passenger numbers down 2.5 pct yr/yr |
[ 2008-07-08 04:18:28 ] |
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| 8.7.2008 at 10:52 Finnair carried just under 600,000 passengers on scheduled flights in June, representing a year-on-year drop of 2.5 per cent, the Finnish flag carrier said in a statement Tuesday. ... |
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Under Fuel Strain, Airlines Arrive on Time |
[ 2008-07-08 04:06:38 ] |
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| U.S. carriers also improved their baggage handling in May. About 4.6 passengers out of every 1,000 reported a mishandled bag during the month, compared with nearly 6 per 1,000 a year earlier and 5 per... |
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FAA says JFK planes were at safe distance |
[ 2008-07-08 01:28:42 ] |
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| NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says radar data contradict air traffic controllers' claim that two planes nearly collided at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport over the wee... |
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US airlines report fewer delays in May |
[ 2008-07-08 01:18:11 ] |
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| Domestic airlines improved their on-time arrival rates in May, although more than one in five flights still failed to get passengers to their destination as scheduled, according to government data rel... |
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Embraer Delivers 52 Planes In Second Quarter |
[ 2008-07-08 01:00:57 ] |
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| Embraer said on Monday it delivered 52 jets in the second quarter, up from 36 a year ago, bringing the total for the first half of the year to 97, a new record for the Brazilian aircraft maker. The w... |
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Air Canada Loads Fall As Capacity Rises |
[ 2008-07-08 01:00:56 ] |
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| Air Canada's planes flew less full in June as rising capacity outstripped growing passenger traffic, the country's biggest airline said on Monday. Air Canada said the load factor on its combined main... |
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United Delays US-Russia Route |
[ 2008-07-08 01:00:54 ] |
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| United Airlines has postponed opening a route to Russia from the United States by six months due to high jet fuel prices, a source with the Russian Civil Aviation Agency said on Monday. "They have ap... |
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AirTran To Cut 480 Jobs |
[ 2008-07-08 01:00:53 ] |
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| AirTran Holdings, parent of AirTran Airways, said on Monday it will cut 300 flight attendant and 180 pilot positions, effective September 6, as part of a cost-savings effort. The plan, which includes... |
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Vueling To Merge With Clickair |
[ 2008-07-08 01:00:51 ] |
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| Spanish low-cost airlines Vueling and Clickair have agreed to merge, Vueling said on Monday, in a move to create a carrier better equipped to tackle stiff competition and high fuel costs. In a statem... |
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