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Ryanair Courts Rivals To Secure Aer Lingus
Ireland’s Ryanair has asked at least six airlines to operate alternative services on some Aer Lingus routes, as it seeks regulatory approval for an USD$850 million takeover of its domestic rival, the Financial Time...
Airbus and China Make a Push for Alternative Fuels
Airbus and one of the worlds leading academic institutions, Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a v...
Congo’s New Airline Braves Riskiest African Skies
Its tarmac littered with dozens of dilapidated planes, the airport in Congo’s capital Kinshasa makes clear the dire state of aviation even by Africa’s generally low standards. The planes have been abandoned e...
Body Found On Plane At Heathrow Airport
A dead body has been found in the landing gear bay of a British Airways plane at London’s Heathrow Airport. The body of the suspected male stowaway was found on a British Airways Boeing 747 which had flown in from ...
JetBlue Launches Its New ‘Capital-to-Capital’ Service Between Washington’s Reagan National Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico!
JetBlue’s flights are the only nonstop service between D.C.’s downtown airport and San Juan. JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Puerto Rico’s largest carrier (with more seats in and out of Puerto Rico than any ot...
Airline Woes Chip Away Passenger Choices
Air passengers face higher fares, fewer flight choices and crowded aircraft as European carriers trim seating capacity growth or cut routes altogether, as they battle to salvage profits and fend off the impact of rising ...
