By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Ryanair Greets Volare Woes With New Italy Route

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Ryanair is to start twice daily flights between Paris and Venice, Europe's biggest low-cost airline said on Wednesday, capitalizing on the woes of grounded Italian rival Volare by also offering free tickets.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Air India Board Approves Aircraft Tender

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The board of Indian state-run airline Air India gave approval on Wednesday to proceed with a tender for up to 50 aircraft to more than double its fleet.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

United Seeks To Reject Labor Contracts

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The parent of United Airlines on Wednesday asked an Illinois bankruptcy judge to let it reject its labor contracts with its six unions if it fails by January to extract an additional USD$725 million of annual savings from its employees.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Fuel Costs Squeeze El Al Profit

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National carrier El Al Israel Airlines on Thursday posted a decline in net profit in the third quarter as a result of sharply higher fuel prices.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Singapore Airport Tests Immigration Kiosks

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Singapore's Changi Airport has introduced immigration kiosks that read fingerprints and facial features and double as automated check-in counters, in a bid to cut flight check-in times.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Thai Air Revenue 'Better Than Last Year'

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Thai Airways International said on Thursday its net profit for the year ended September 30 was close to the THB12.45 billion baht (USD$314.8 million) made a year earlier, lower than a previous forecast due to high fuel costs.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

US States Pull Out Of Talks To Cut Aircraft Pollution

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US state and local air pollution control officials said on Tuesday they are pulling out of five year old talks to develop a voluntary program for reducing pollution from aircraft engines.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Airbus Parent To Discuss A350 Launch

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Airbus will take plans for a new mid-sized airliner to the board of parent firm EADS next week and hopes to make an announcement on the challenger to Boeing's 7E7 by year's end.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Northwest Restructures Credit Line

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Northwest Airlines said it has completed the restructuring of a USD$975 million revolving credit line, the final condition needed for the airline to implement a pilot concession package.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Embezzlement Prosecutors To Question Volare Bosses

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Prosecutors probing possible false accounting at Italy's Volare are set to question the grounded airline's managers, including those who left this year to set up rival Myair.com, the chief investigating magistrate said.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Air France KLM Sees Growth After Strong Quarter

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Air France KLM posted stronger than expected second-quarter operating profits on Wednesday and maintained its sights on full-year growth despite the strain on its fuel bill from escalating oil prices.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Thai Air Awaits Government Lead On Airbus Order

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Thai Airways is awaiting government instructions on how to proceed with its plan to buy eight Airbus aircraft worth more than USD$2 billion, the airline said on Wednesday.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Air China Pricing IPO At Discount To Rival

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Air China plans to raise up to USD$1.1 billion in a Hong Kong and London listing by offering its shares at a discount to its domestic peers, sources close to the deal said.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

Aer Lingus Partial IPO Could Succeed

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An independent report commissioned by the Irish government into the future of Aer Lingus suggests the state airline could be partly sold off via the stock market but says a full sale is unlikely to succeed.

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By Travel-Guy, 4 years and 1 month ago

AirAsia Shares Leaps On Debut

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Shares in Asia's only major listed budget airline, Malaysia's AirAsia, jumped 16 percent in their debut on Monday, as investors bet that cheap fares would drive strong growth in air travel across the region.

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