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TSA Employee Indicted for Stealing IPads
A Transportation Security Administration baggage inspector at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is facing two to 10 years in prison for stealing Apple iPads from luggage over eight months, according to reports. Clayton Keith Dovel, 36,...
Turkish Airlines Decorates Boeing 737-800 with Faces of 17,000 of Its Employees
To show the companys appreciation for its staff, Turkish Airlines decorated the side of a new Boeing 737-800 airplane with the faces of 17,000 of its employees. The entire project, which took four months to complete, was made...
Spirit Aero To Resume Partial Shipments
Spirit AeroSystems, which makes the fuselage for Boeing’s 737 and key parts of other planes, said on Tuesday it expects to resume limited production and partial shipments this week after a tornado damaged its Wichita faci...
SAS Sees More Airline Consolidation
A global economic slowdown and high jet fuel prices will push the airline industry into a new wave of consolidation, the chief executive of Scandinavian airline SAS, itself a possible takeover target, said on Tuesday. European ...
Alitalia To Appeal Rome-Milan Slot Ruling
Alitalia said it would appeal a ruling by Italy’s antitrust authority that said it, along with its unit AirOne, was running a monopoly on the highly profitable Rome-Milan route and must give up some slots. The authority, ...
Iberia Cuts Pilot Pay In Productivity Push
Spanish airline Iberia said on Tuesday it was cutting the pay and conditions of its pilots to save EUR€62 million (USD$81 million) in salary costs, a move that could escalate tensions with striking staff. Iberia is also at lo...
