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Qatar Airways To Defer A380s For Wing Cracks
Qatar Airways will defer supply of its A380 superjumbos unless it will get extra important points about wing cracks on the Airbus airplane, its chief government mentioned on Monday. European air security regulator...
JAL Plans Market Listing By March 2013
Japan Airlines plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by next March, the head of the company’s India unit said on Monday. “We came out of government control last year. We are trying our best to re-l...
Delta’s Refinery Bid Expected To Be Confirmed
Delta Air Lines’ expected bid to buy a US oil refinery has had people in both industries joking that a company from the money-losing airline sector would be right at home in the money-losing world of East Coast refining. ...
Iberia Pilots Strike Off After Govt Forces Talks
Iberia pilots called off their strike plans on Friday after the government ordered the Spanish airline and its pilots union to enter talks to resolve a dispute that threatens to disrupt Spanish tourism during the ...
Boeing Debuts First 787 Made In S. Carolina
Boeing on Friday unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner made in its new South Carolina assembly plant, the site of a recent manufacturing glitch that threatened to disrupt the 787 production rate target. The lightweigh...
Air Canada, Machinists Union To Resume Talks
Air Canada and the union representing its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents have agreed to resume contract negotiations, the country’s largest airline said on Friday. The two sides have agre...
