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Lufthansa, Cabin Crew Fail To Reach Pension Deal

Lufthansa, Cabin Crew Fail To Reach Pension Deal The latest round of talks between Lufthansa and its cabin crew workers has failed, with union UFO rejecting the airline’s latest offers as “missing the point”. ...


Air France To Go Ahead With 2016 Job Cuts

Air France To Go Ahead With 2016 Job Cuts Air France will cut less than a third of the 2,900 jobs it proposed in a 2016/2017 plan that triggered clashes with some staff, the chief executive of parent company Air France-KLM said...



Berlin’s New Airport Keeps 2017 Target

Berlin’s New Airport Keeps 2017 Target The chief executive of Berlin’s much-delayed new airport still hopes for it to be completed in the second half of 2017, even though the deadline is getting tight. The EUR€5.3...


Sheraton Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel Opens in Indonesia

Sheraton Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel Opens in Indonesia Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announced the opening of Sheraton® Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, the second Sheraton to debut in the city of Jakar...



Gulf Air In Final Talks To Buy 50 Aircraft

Gulf Air In Final Talks To Buy 50 Aircraft Gulf Air is in final talks to place an order for up to 50 aircraft to meet the airline’s needs over the next decade, the carrier’s chief financial officer said. “We a...


Painstaking Reconstruction Tells Story Of MH17

Painstaking Reconstruction Tells Story Of MH17 The reconstruction of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 tells its own vivid story of the impact of the missile that destroyed the aircraft last July, killing all 298 pe...