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Court Blocks Kenya Airways’ Job Cuts Plan
A Kenyan court has temporarily stopped national carrier Kenya Airways from retrenching its employees until a suit brought by the workers’ union challenging the layoffs is heard and determined. The airline said this...
Kingfisher Posts Another Quarterly Loss
Kingfisher Airlines, which used to be India’s second biggest carrier but is now struggling with crushing debt, has posted another quarterly loss and shed no light on any potential funding lifeline. Kingfisher, cont...
Finnair May Look To Airline Alliance
Finland’s national carrier Finnair, mired in years of losses, could become a part of a bigger alliance or entity, its chief executive was quoted as saying. “We have been going through a survival struggle,R...
London Heathrow Braced For Olympics Exodus
London’s Heathrow Airport is braced for one its busiest ever days on Monday with around 15,000 Olympic athletes and officials expected to leave the capital following the end of the Games. Heathrow owner BAA expects...
Aircraft Lessors Seek Protection From EU ETS
International tension over the EU’s law making all airlines flying in and out of Europe pay for their carbon emissions has prompted aircraft leasing companies to change the terms of their contracts, lawyers familia...
Qantas Says No Interest In JAL Equity Stake
Australia’s Qantas Airways has no interest in taking an equity stake in Japan Airlines, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said. Japan Airlines has been sounding out trading houses and other business partners as pot...
