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Swiss To Cut Admin Jobs In Switzerland

  Switzerland’s flag carrier, Swiss, plans job cuts in Switzerland in the double digits as part of parent company Lufthansa’s cost-cutting measures, a spokeswoman for the Swiss carrier said on Sunday. The Sonnt...


EgyptAir To Let Cabin Crew Put on Hijab

  EgyptAir is permitting its feminine cabin crew to put on Islamic headscarves if they need on flights to Arab states and can enlarge the follow to the remainder of the community, an reliable stated on Sunday, ending a res...



Build Begins on British Airways’ First Boeing 787

British Airways has ordered 24 of Boeing’s game-changing aircraft, as well as 12 Airbus A380 ‘superjumbos’. British Airways has begun construction on its first Dreamliner, the Boeing 787, due to join the airli...


Mallya Deal Could Provide Kingfisher Cash

  Diageo was close to a deal for a stake in Indian drinks baron Vijay Mallya’s United Spirits after months of talks, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, with a deal likely to be announced as soon as Fri...



HNA May Cancel Airbus A380 Order

  HNA Group, China’s fourth-largest aviation group, is in talks with Airbus and may cancel its order for 10 A380 aircraft with a total list price of USD$3.8 billion due to weak market conditions, chairman Chen Feng s...


JetBlue Pilot To Be Released From Prison

  The JetBlue Airways pilot whose ‘midair meltdown’ on a flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Texas was ordered conditionally released by a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday. US Dis...