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Assembly Line in China Completes the 100th A320 Family Aircraft
Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao presided over a grand gathering of some 1,000 people in Tianjin to celebrate the completion of the 100th A320 Family aircraft assembled at the Airbus A320 ...
Boeing Celebrates Delivery of LAN Airlines’ First 787 Dreamliner
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and LAN Airlines, one of Latin America’s leading passenger and cargo carriers, celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner to LAN making it the first airline in the Americas to receive the new a...
Lufthansa Cabin Crew To Strike On Tuesday
Lufthansa cabin crew will strike again on Tuesday and extend work stoppages, after a strike on Friday over pay and cost-cutting measures brought Frankfurt airport to a standstill. The union on Tuesday plans to strike for...
Etihad Raises Virgin Australia Stake
Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier Etihad Airways has raised its stake in Virgin Australia to 10 percent through open market purchases, the state airline said in a statement on Sunday. Etihad, founded eight-years ago, receiv...
IAG May Take A Stake In American Airlines
IAG, parent of British Airways and Iberia, said it had signed a non-disclosure agreement with American Airlines with a view to taking a stake in the US carrier, which is itself in talks over a potential merger with US Ai...
Thousands Stranded By Lufthansa Strike
A strike by Lufthansa cabin crew disrupted hundreds of flights on Friday, stranding thousands of passengers who faced further delays over a busy holiday travel weekend from a rolling series of stoppages about pay and cos...
