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Virgin America Airlines Flight Attendants To Hold Union Vote
Flight attendants at Virgin America Airlines are due to begin voting next month on whether to join a union, which would be the first at the California-based airline. The balloting by about 850 eligible flight attendants ...
Etihad Airways Agrees Terms For 49 Pct Of Alitalia
Etihad Airways said on Wednesday it had agreed principal terms and conditions to buy a 49 percent stake in Alitalia in a last-ditch attempt to save the loss-making Italian carrier. The two airlines will now finalise the ...
Malaysia Airlines Says Not In Talks With Other Carriers
Malaysia Airlines is not in talks with any other airline to help its planned restructuring as the loss-making carrier seeks to turn around a slump in business since the disappearance of flight MH370 last March, its chief...
Dutch Ship Begins Mapping Ocean In Boeing 777-200 MH370 Hunt
Dutch engineers started a months-long survey to map uncharted deep-sea terrain at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, the next step in the search for the wreck of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. A survey ship from Dutch engi...
UK Agency Says, Faulty Wiring Likely Caused 787 Fire
A fire that scorched the top of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at London Heathrow airport last summer was likely caused by faulty wiring in an emergency rescue beacon that led to “an uncontrolled discharge” from a l...
Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 Gets FAA Certification
The US FAA have certified the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, clearing the way for the new, stretched jet’s delivery to its first customer, Air New Zealand, possibly later this month. Approval by the FAA and the European ...
