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AirAsia Buys Into Philippine’s Zest Airways
The Philippine unit of Asia’s biggest budget airline AirAsia has agreed to acquire 49 percent of small-scale regional carrier Zest Airways, as it moves to turn its Philippines business into a moneymaking operation....
Dutch, French Eye Stake In Brazilian Airport
Dutch and French airport operators Schiphol and Aeroports de Paris are serious about bidding collectively for a stake in Rio de Janeiro’s airport which has been advertise with the aid of Brazil. Schiphol’s ch...
Air India Jet Clips Jet Blue Plane On JFK Tarmac
An Air India Boeing 777 clipped a JetBlue A320 on the tarmac of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Saturday morning, JetBlue said in a statement. No injuries were reported and the JetBlue passengers were transfe...
Virgin Atlantic Faces Record Loss: Report
Virgin Atlantic is facing record annual losses of GBP£135 million (USD$202 million), raising fears of job cuts, The Sunday Times reported. The newspaper cites an internal memo sent by the airline’s new chief execu...
Agent Smuggles Fake Bomb Through Airport Security
An undercover agent with a fake explosive device in his pants was able to pass through two US security checkpoints at Newark’s Liberty airport, according to a media report on Friday. The incident, reported by the N...
Bombardier Unveils High Stakes CSeries
Bombardier CS100 unveiling. Bombardier took the wraps off its USD$3.4 billion challenge to industry leaders Boeing and Airbus on Thursday, announcing “solid progress” on the development of its largest plane t...
