Everything But The Turbulence At Taipei Airline Diner
Imagine boarding a plane without security checks or even tickets and more importantly, there's more than just fish or chicken for dinner. |
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Brazil, Chile, Israel Airlines Fixed Cargo Prices - USDOJ
LAN Cargo, Aerolinhas Brasileiras and EL AL Israel Airlines agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix air freight prices, the US Justice Department said on Thursday, and the companies will pay a total of criminal fines of USD$124.7 million. |
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Thai Air, Hurt By Airport Trouble, Seeks USD$974 Mln
Thai Airways said on Wednesday it was seeking nearly USD$1 billion in funding after the closure of airports by political protests last year added to problems caused by the global economic slowdown. |
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United Loss Widens On Volatile Fuel Prices
United Airlines parent UAL on Wednesday said its quarterly net loss widened on erosion in the value of its fuel hedges as oil prices dropped. |
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SAS Lends To Cash-Strapped Estonian Air
Scandinavian airline SAS has lent Estonian Air funds to help it meet operating costs, the company said on Wednesday, with media in the Baltic state putting the sum at EUR2 million euros USD$2.58 million. |
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Continental Sees Q4 Charges, Hedge Loss
Continental Airlines said on Wednesday fourth-quarter earnings would be cut by pilot pension payouts and a big loss on fuel hedging contracts with a bankrupt counter-party. |
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Air France-KLM Expecting EUR200 Mln Q3 Loss
Air France-KLM said on Wednesday it was likely to post an operating loss of some EUR200 million euros USD$258 million for its third quarter, after the economy deteriorated. |
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AMR, UAL Losses Widen, Tough Times Ahead
Two of the largest US airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines, on Wednesday posted wider quarterly losses and warned that the economic slowdown in 2008 would likely continue this year, causing larger-than-expected job and route cuts. |
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Bird Matter, Feather Found On NY Crash Jet
The missing engine from an ill-fated US Airways jet that ditched in New York's Hudson River was found on Wednesday as new evidence, including a feather found on a wing, backed the early theory that birds caused the near disaster, officials said. |
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LAN Cargo To Pay USD$88 Mln Fine For Price Fixing
The cargo unit of Chile's dominant airline LAN said on Wednesday it agreed to pay a USD$88 million fine as part of a price-fixing investigation led by the US Department of Justice. |
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SAS Wins Multi-Year StatoilHydro Deal
Scandinavian airline SAS said on Monday it had won a three-year contract from StatoilHydro for air travel worth NOK500 million kroner USD$73 million per year, with the possibility of a two-year extension. |
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El Al Chops Fuel Charges, Fares On Oil Drop
El Al, Israel's flag carrier, said on Sunday it was reducing fares and fuel surcharges in light of a steep drop in oil prices and a slowing global economy. |
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Lufthansa Cabin Crew May Start Warning Strikes
Lufthansa flight attendants could stage warning strikes in the next few days and weeks over a pay dispute, the Independent Flight Attendant Organisation UFO union said on Sunday. |
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China Eastern To Cut Back Plane Orders
China Eastern Airlines, the country's third-largest carrier, targets zero capacity growth this year and may cancel, delay or sell all new planes to be delivered in 2009, company sources said on Thursday. |
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Birds Pose Serious Threat To Planes - FACTBOX
Aviation authorities are investigating whether a flock of geese was responsible for bringing down a jet carrying more than 150 people in New York on Thursday. All the passengers were rescued after the pilot made an emergency landing on the Hudson River. |
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New York Hails Pilot Who Landed Jet On River
New York feted its latest hero, the pilot who landed a distressed US Airways jet on the Hudson River, saving all 155 on board in what experts called a masterful job under life-or-death pressure. |
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Singapore Air To Cut Flights To China, India
Singapore Airlines will reduce the numbers of flights to China, India and Australia in response to falling passenger numbers, the Straits Times reported on Friday. |
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India May Consider Foreign Airline Stakes - Report
India's aviation minister said there was a "more reasonable case" now than a few years ago to allow foreign airlines to buy stakes in local carriers, the Mint newspaper reported on Wednesday. |
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Union Signs Tentative Deal With Air Canada, Aeroplan
The Canadian Auto Workers union said on Wednesday it has reached three-year tentative contract agreements with Air Canada and Groupe Aeroplan covering around 5,000 customer service and sales agents. |
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