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Why Kulula is the World’s Funniest Airline – Interview with Marketing Head, Heidi Brauer
When South Africas President Jacob Zuma tied the knot for the sixth time a few weeks ago, the quick-thinking Kulula Airlines said it would give a flight on the house to the fourth wife in big families – the countrys n...
AirAsia Malaysia Appoints New CEO
Malaysia’s AirAsia said on Monday it had appointed Aireen Omar to head its local operations as the founder of Asia’s largest budget carrier Tony Fernandes moves to Indonesia to oversee its regional exp...
Munich Residents Vote Against New Runway
Munich residents voted against development of a third runway at Germany’s second-biggest airport, dealing another blow to airlines seeking growth in Europe’s biggest economy. Just over 54 percent of po...
Union Says Aer Lingus Plans Job Cuts
A union representing technical staff at Aer Lingus said it expected the Irish airline to cut or relocate 55 employees from Ireland’s Shannon Airport, a move it says is likely to lead to industrial action. Th...
Delta Heats Up Competition In New York
Delta Air Lines launched a sale on Memorial Day weekend that offered flyers one-way fares from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Philadelphia for USD$69. The sale, which ended on Wednesday, was aimed at drawing atten...
Lufthansa May Seek Damages For A380 Cracks
Lufthansa said it may yet demand compensation from Airbus for wing-component cracks on the A380 superjumbo, while denying a report that it had already done so. “We are of course in talks with Airbus over the whole ...
