Emirates Airline lands in L.A. with a splash
The Dubai carrier kicks off nonstop service to the Middle East with a lavish party befitting its opulent accommodations.
The world’s fastest-growing airline — and one of the most extravagant — began nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Dubai this week, and tonight it will throw one of the more lavish Hollywood parties of the season. Despite global economic turmoil, Emirates...
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BAA fined £7m despite improving
BAA has paid out more than £7m to airlines after missing service targets at Heathrow and Gatwick. Britain’s largest airport group was warned that it was persistently missing benchmarks for cleanliness, seating and signs at some terminals. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered BAA to pay back £7.34m in landing fees to airlines at its two biggest airports, including a record charge of £1.65m...
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Jetstar launches Bali flights as terror alert increased
JETSTAR has launched its inaugural service from Perth to Bali amid fresh warnings from Australia’s foreign affairs department about travel to Indonesia. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith yesterday advised Australians to check official travel advice before travelling to Bali.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its travel advice for Indonesia on Friday, warning the imminent executions...
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Airbus takes a wrong turn – Times of India
A blinding downpour and perhaps an erroneous marking of the taxi-bay at Kolkata airport nearly triggered a mishap in the wee hours of Sunday. A Lufthansa flight, bound for Frankfurt with 230 passengers on board, took a wrong turn while taxing for takeoff and was stopped in the nick of time.
It was around 1.07 am that flight LH 751 pushed back from parking bay 43 and started taxing towards the primary...
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British Airways sees Iberia merger put on hold thanks to £1.74bn pension deficit
British Airways’s attempts to seal an all-share merger with Spain’s Iberia are running into trouble because of its pension deficit. Shareholders in the Spanish carrier are pushing for a bigger chunk of the combined group to compensate them for British Airway’s massive retirement liabilities.
The deficit in BA’s defined benefit pension plans swelled to £1.74billion as of mid-September –...
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Australia carrier Qantas says keep seatbelts fastened
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority is warning airline passengers to keep their seatbelts fastened during flights, as a precaution in the wake of an incident on the international carrier Qantas flight earlier this month.More than 70 passengers and crew were hurt, some seriously, following a sudden loss of altitude on the flight from Singapore to Perth.CASA’s chief executive officer...
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Emirates steps up operations in Terminal 3
Emirates is stepping up its operations from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai International by launching flights to its European network, from Tuesday, October 28, at 14:30. From this date, all Emirates’ flights to Europe, Americas, the GCC, Middle East and Africa will operate from Emirates Terminal 3, escalating operations to 168 daily flights or 60 per cent of all the airline’s services.
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Australia: Go to Bali at your own risk – Smith
Australia : The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) updated its travel advice for Indonesia on Friday, warning the imminent executions would compound an already significant terrorism risk. It followed an Indonesian Government announcement that day that the executions will be carried out in early November.
Mr Smith would not be drawn today as to whether he would choose to take his family...
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British Airways launched Daily Gatwick to New York flights
Daily wide-body British Airways flights between JFK International Airport and London Gatwick Airport will begin on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008.
British Airways will operate a daily B777 in each direction in a four-class seat configuration: 14 First class; 48 Club World (business class); 40 World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and 124 World Traveller (economy).
Flights to London Gatwick will depart JFK’s...
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Air France Suspends Direct Paris-Tehran Flights Citing Economic Conditions
Paris, France – Europe‘s largest airline, Air France-KLM, announced Friday that slumping global passenger traffic would make it difficult for the company to meet profit targets and that economic conditions forced it to suspend direct flights from Paris to Tehran, Iran.
The direct flights will be suspended at the end of October. But the company will increase its weekly Amsterdam, Denmark-Tehran...
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EU worried about airport body scanner trials
The European Parliament has expressed concerns about a type of body scanner being trialled at three Australian airports. The machines allow customs officers to view images of passengers’ bodies through their clothes, and are already in use across the UK. The EU will establish an inquiry into whether the scanners compromise the fundamental rights of citizens. The study will also investigate...
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European markets rocked by recession fears
Profit warnings, plunging oil prices and more evidence that the British economy is in recession sent European markets falling by more than 6 per cent Friday as the global sell-off picked up momentum.
The rout began in Asia, with the Japanese markets hitting their lowest level in five years, and tore apart the European markets today. No sector was left unscathed. Even a decision by OPEC to reduce supply...
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British Airways’ move to terminal 5 complete
British Airways has completed its move into Heathrow’s Terminal 5 with the transfer yesterday of services to 12 destinations from Terminal 4. The move affects passengers to Boston, Dubai, Calgary, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Montreal, Denver, Seattle, Dhaka and Shanghai. Flights to Islamabad, currently suspended after the bomb blast in the city in late September, will also operate from terminal...
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New UK carrier to service Dubai
A group of Birmingham, UK businessmen are launching a new airline, Air Sylhet, to fly to Austria and Dubai, UAE out of Manchester and London Stansted airports from November 9. Air Sylhet chairman Kabir Khan said he was confident the potential market for the new service was huge, even in the current economic climate.
As well as Vienna and Dubai, Air Sylhet intends to fly to Bangladesh from next year.
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Air France warns it may not meet operating target
LONDON (MarketWatch) — Air France-KLM, Europe‘s largest airline, on Friday warned that it would find it "very difficult" to meet its operating-profit targets for the year and said it would limit capacity increases throughout next summer. The airline said it has decided to increase capacity by 1% to 2% for the next year in order to protect profitability as demand for air travel...
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