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Alitalia Picks Ex-Ferrari Boss As Chairman

  Alitalia Picks Ex-Ferrari Boss As Chairman Alitalia has lined up former Ferrari boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo as chairman and Etihad chief executive James Hogan as his deputy in the new company that will be formed whe...


Air Berlin Names New CEO In Push For Recovery

Air Berlin has named a new chief executive, Stefan Pichler, to take over its restructuring as it tries to return to profit. Air Berlin, 29 percent-owned by Etihad, said chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer was standing down a...



Garuda Indonesia CEO To Step Down

Garuda Indonesia CEO To Step Down will step down as chief executive of Garuda Indonesia within months after a decade during which he helped repair the image of the Indonesian flag carrier and restructure operations. Satar told ...


Dutch Team Recovers Human Remains From MH17 Site

A Dutch team took advantage of a pause in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday to recover human remains from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rut...



Air France-KLM Profit Drops After Pilots’ Strike

  Air France-KLM Profit Drops After Pilots’ Strike Air France-KLM’s third-quarter operating profit fell 61 percent to EUR€247 million after a 14-day pilots strike cost the airline about EUR€416 million in l...


Mouse Hunt Delays Norwegian Flight To New York

  Mouse Hunt Delays Norwegian Flight To New York Norwegian Air Shuttle, already plagued by flight delays on its long-haul routes, was forced to delay a flight to New York by five hours on Tuesday because of a hunt for a mo...