 | //17-11-2008 SHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) - China A-shares closed higher for a fourth consecutive day, with airlines up sharply on a reported capital injection for the parent companies of two major carriers, dealers said.
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| //17-11-2008 Virgin America, unable to lease gates from other carriers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, will soon decide whether to scrap plans to enter the Chicago market |
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| //10-11-2008 BEIJING, Nov 10, 2008 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) ----Air China recently announced the launch of a fleet of luxurious Airbus A330s onto its Beijing-Dubai route. This state-of-the-art aircraft has already been used by the airline for its routes between Beijing and Vancouver, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Sydney. |
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| //10-11-2008 UAL Corp.'s United Airlines canceled plans to increase its fee for a second checked bag to $50 and will discount the fee to check a first bag when customers pay for it online during the holiday travel season. |
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| //10-11-2008 ATLANTA ¡ª U.S. airlines' on-time performance and baggage handling improved in September, though the carriers overall posted a higher rate of domestic cancellations compared to the same month a year ago, the Transportation Department said last week. |
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| //10-11-2008 The federal government is working to ensure Australians aren't penalised if they defer holidays to Bali because of a greater risk of terrorist attack following the execution of the Bali bombers. |
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 | //07-11-2008 LONDON - Airlines are struggling to stay in the sky during this difficult trading environment. British Airways' shares soared on Friday even after it swung to a surprising loss in its first half.
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| //07-11-2008 United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said Friday it has canceled plans to raise its second bag fee to $50 from $25 each way.
The fee for a first checked bag remains $15 for a one-way fare.
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| //07-11-2008 The U.S. airlines' on-time performance improved in September as the industry handled fewer flights amid lower demand, according to government data released Friday. |
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| //07-11-2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The airline sector didn't get much of a boost from stepped-up buying in the broader market Friday, ending the week lower. |
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 | //01-11-2008 First day of every month all rating results are brought to naught. Starting a monthly rating from zero allows to identify a monthly winner and thus more objectively display the voters' oppinion. We rate airlines by the actual number of votes. Monthly voting statistics can be found here. |
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 | //26-10-2008 India’s biggest private airline, Jet Airways has put all its expansion plans on hold. Now the airline’s top brass says it wants to rationalise operations and derive maximum synergies. |
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 | //26-10-2008 SINGAPORE- Asia's aviation sector is hurting from a sharp descent in passenger numbers but the full impact of a deepening global financial crisis is not likely to be felt until next year, analysts said.
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| //26-10-2008 Prize for passenger and baggage logistics at Frankfurt Airport
23.10.08 Prestigious accolade for Fraport and Lufthansa: At a gala presentation ceremony at the 25th German Logistics Congress in Berlin, the two system partners were jointly presented yesterday with the 2008 German Logistics Award |
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| //26-10-2008 From 1 October 2008, in conjunction with Children’s Day, Singapore Airlines will be serving children’s meals with specially designed lunch boxes adorned with highly popular characters from Cartoon Network shows such as PowerPuff Girls and Ben 10. Our junior travellers will also be able to take their lunch boxes home with them at the end of their flight. |
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| //18-10-2008 S7 Airlines, Russia’s largest domestic carrier, today announced a major expansion of its European network through code-share agreements with Air Berlin, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines, and Austria’s NIKI, the airline of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda. |
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| //18-10-2008 It's not a big surprise, really, but guess who has been voted the world's least favourite airline? Yes, it's the airline we love to hate. It's Ryanair. |
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| //18-10-2008 MONTREAL -- Canadian consumers should only expect a partial reprieve from high international fuel surcharges as competitive pressures force airlines to modestly lower fees despite a dramatic drop in fuel prices, industry experts said yesterday. |
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 | //17-10-2008 With the future and fuel efficiency in mind, American Airlines has announced that it will be replacing aging wide-body aircraft in its fleet by the acquisition of 42 new Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which will be delivered beginning in 2012. |
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