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Iberia Agrees Initial Wage Deal With Cabin Crew
Iberia, part of International Airlines Group, said on Tuesday it had reached an initial agreement with its cabin crew over measures to improve productivity, a key step to ensuring its viability. Iberia has lost business ...
Australian Government Considers Help For Qantas
The Australian government is looking at ways to assist Qantas Airways after the carrier declined to comment on reports it is preparing to cut up to 5,000 jobs and sell some assets. Qantas has warned that it will post a f...
Asiana Fined For Slow Aid To Crash Families
US regulators fined Asiana Airlines USD$500,000 for failing to assist the families of passengers on a flight that crashed in San Francisco in July in which three people were killed and more than 180 injured. The Boeing 7...
GE: Air India 787 Problem Not Engine
General Electric said on Monday a problem reported with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India did not involve its engines, refuting an earlier report. The report in the Times of India on Monday quoted an Air Indi...
Thai Airways Expects Further Losses In 2014
Thai Airways expects a net loss of about THB12 billion baht (USD$368 million) in 2013 and similar losses in 2014 due to the cost of new aircraft and a drop in tourist arrivals because of political unrest, a board member ...
Air France-KLM Swings Back To Operating Profit
Air France-KLM reported a swing back to profit last year and said it was on course to meet its main debt reduction goal in 2015 after a prolonged crisis. Posting its first underlying profit in three years, Europe’s...
