| //16-03-2009 Europe's air safety authority said on Friday Boeing's 777 passenger jet was safe to fly, despite concerns from a U.S. transport authority that versions with Rolls-Royce (RR.L) engines could lose power in freezing weather. |
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| //09-03-2009 March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Delta Air Lines Inc., American Airlines and United Airlines are cutting seats on some routes to London, Tokyo and other overseas business centers by as much as a third in response to plunging international-travel demand. |
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| //09-03-2009 The airlines' enthusiasm for charging "a la carte" fees for services that once were included in ticket prices may be approaching its logical, customer-be-damned extreme. |
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| //09-03-2009 Alaskans loaded enough unfavorable commentary onto a recent federal airline security proposal to put the idea into a full stall. Transportation Security Administration officials should pull their chutes and let the proposal drop away. |
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 | //06-03-2009 The Turkish Airlines flight that crashed last week, killing nine people, close to the Amsterdam airport is said by authorities to have had a faulty altimeter, which shut down the engine. They said that similar shutdowns occurred two other times with the same plane, and the pilots overruled them. Turkish Airlines warned Boeing, the maker of the aircraft, and other carriers that use the B737 to be aware of the issue. |
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 | //06-03-2009 SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI) said on Friday it is avoiding North Korean airspace and using alternative routes, but the move would not significantly affect the travel plans or flight times of its passengers.
North Korea, which is preparing to test its longest-range missile, said on Thursday it could not guarantee the safety of South Korea's commercial flights off the east coast of the peninsula where the missile base is located. (Reporting Harry Suhartono, editing by Neil Chatterjee)
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| //06-03-2009 Thursday, Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. (FRNTQ.PK), the parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines, reported a fall in traffic and capacity for the month of February in both its mainline operation as well as its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lynx Aviation.
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| //04-03-2009 Angolan state-owned airline TAAG, barred from flying to the European Union since 2007, hopes to resume those flights in June, a member of the airline's managing commission said on Wednesday. |
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 | //04-03-2009 Southwest Airlines has adorned one of its 737s with a huuuge illustration of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model named Bar Refaeli reclining along the fuselage, cleavage at about Row Two, white-bikinied crotch over the wing, feet nearing the very back row. |
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 | //03-03-2009 The carrier was penalized by the U.S. for flying planes without performing mandatory inspections for fuselage cracks. The fine is $2.5 million less than originally ordered. |
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 | //03-03-2009 The next time you need a restroom at 35,000 feet, better hope you have some change in your pocket. Europe's biggest budget airline, Ryanair, is considering charging passengers to use toilets on planes, according to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
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 | //03-03-2009 FORT WORTH – Airports trying to romance airlines into adding new service to their cities find it's a tough sell when survival instinct – and not love – is in the air. |
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 | //27-02-2009 PARIS: A Turkish Airlines jet that crash-landed in a field beside Amsterdam's international airport Wednesday, killing nine people, was carrying passengers from at least 12 countries, including seven Americans and three Britons, officials said Thursday. |
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| //27-02-2009 HOUSTON - A local Pakistani man filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, alleging Continental Airlines discriminated against him based on his race, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday |
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| //27-02-2009 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A fee charged to every airline passenger to help pay for security would go up an undisclosed amount in 2012 if President Barack Obama's proposed budget is approved.
Currently, passengers pay $2.50 for every leg of a trip, with a maximum of $5.
But the Obama administration said the fee captures only 36 percent of the cost of providing aviation security, and said the increased fee will result in passengers paying "a majority" of the estimated cost of passenger and baggage screening.
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| //24-02-2009 An airline has declared war on dirt and other not so healthy things you might find on a plane. |
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| //24-02-2009 Prices for airline travel to Europe and Hawaii during the upcoming peak summer season are far below last year's levels, suggesting the carriers are worried about filling planes, says an observer of fares |
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| //24-02-2009 Please be informed about the changes in Aeroflot Bonus Sky Team Multicarrier Award Chart from February 18, 2009:
- cities: Mineralnyye Vody, Sochi, Ekaterinburg, Tyumen are transfered from Russia 2 to Russia 1 Award zone
- Rostov-na-Dony, Chelyabinsk are added to Russia 1 Award zone
- Litva, Estonia are added to Europe 1 Award zone
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 | //13-02-2009 Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Air France-KLM Group, Europe’s biggest airline, said it will eliminate as many as 2,000 jobs after lower ticket revenues and dwindling cargo volumes pushed it to a third-quarter loss. |
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