Posted by jones in Travel on November 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
Unions delay Air France strike
PARIS — A union official says flight staff at Air France have voted to postpone a planned strike over government plans to push back their retirement age. Ines Desquines says eight unions agreed at a meeting Saturday to push back the planned five-day strike from Tuesday to Dec. 5.France‘s...
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Posted by Travigators in Airline Financial News on November 1st, 2008 | No Comments
Alitalia buyer makes offer despite union resistance
An Italian investor group pressed ahead with a binding offer for Alitalia hours before a deadline expired on Friday, as Italy‘s government pressured the airline’s unions to accept the rescue deal. CAI said in a statement it had decided to go ahead without the support of pilot and flight...
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Posted by jones in Worldwide Flights on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments
Unions call for 5-day Air France strike
PARIS: Unions have called for Air France flight personnel to stage a five-day strike starting Tuesday to protest a plan to push back their retirement age. The eight unions threaten an even longer work stoppage if the plan is not withdrawn. They say in a statement released Thursday that a planned government...
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Posted by jones in Airline News on October 30th, 2008 | No Comments
Air France launches World’s First In-Flight Mobile Phone Service
Air France and OnAir launch World’s First In-Flight Mobile Phone Service on Board International Flights Send and receive emails, sms and mms messages at 10,000 m! Air France has become the first airline in the world to offer an in-flight mobile phone service on international flights. Using to...
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Posted by Travigators in Airline News on October 25th, 2008 | No Comments
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...
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Posted by jones in Airline Financial News on October 24th, 2008 | No Comments
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...
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Posted by jones in Airline Financial News on October 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
Air France says no offer made on Austrian Airlines
Air France-KLM said Tuesday it had not made a bid for a stake in Austrian Airlines before the noon expiration of a deadline for offers, but it was interested in pursuing talks with Austrian authorities. "Air France has not sent a firm offer for a stake in Austrian Airlines to the Austrian administration,...
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Posted by jones in Airline News on October 15th, 2008 | No Comments
British Airways follows Virgin with fuel surcharge cut
British Airways has followed Virgin Atlantic in cutting its fuel surcharges as airline passengers finally benefit from the fall in the cost of oil. British Airways today joined rival carrier Virgin Atlantic in reducing passenger fuel surcharges. Virgin announced last night that it was cutting charges...
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Posted by jones in Airline News on October 14th, 2008 | No Comments
Delta added more Heathrow to New York flights
The new Heathrow to New York flight will be operated by Delta’s joint venture partner Air France. Together Delta and Air France will offer four non-stop daily flights between Heathrow and the USA, with a flight to Atlanta as well as the three to New York. The third flight to New York will give...
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Posted by Naseer Ahmad in Airline Financial News, Airline News on October 13th, 2008 | No Comments
Air France will refund or reroute LAX-Heathrow fliers
Air France,  which on Nov. 6, 2008, will stop flying between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)  and London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR), is offering to reroute ticket holders or give them refunds. Nicolas Petteau, spokesman for Air France in Paris, said the last LAX-Heathrow flight...
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Posted by jones in Airline News on October 9th, 2008 | No Comments
Air France to abandon LHR-LAX, Direct Flights
Air France will abandon its daily London Heathrow – Los Angeles International service launched when the EU-US open skies agreement came into force on March 30 and opened LHR to flights to/from the US to all EU and US carriers. AF was the first EU carrier to take advantage of open skies and launch...
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Posted by Travigators in Airline Financial News, Airline News on October 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Air France and Air Mauritius strengthen their Partnership
Manoj R K Ujoodha,G.O.S.K., Chairman of Air Mauritius and Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Chairman and CEO of Air France, on October 3 signed a new agreement in Port-Louis for an initial five-year period aimed at strengthening the partnership between the two airlines. According to Air France, this new agreement...
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Posted by Travigators in Airline News on September 5th, 2008 | No Comments
Air France lowers fuel surcharge as oil falls
Air France said Thursday it is removing its latest fuel surcharge — cutting ticket prices by as much as €14 (US$20.22) — in response to the falling price of oil. Air France said it is reacting to a “significant period” of falling oil prices. Crude has dropped about US$38, or 26 percent,...
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