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Court Orders Lufthansa Pilots To End Strike
Court Orders Lufthansa Pilots To End Strike A German court has ruled that Lufthansa pilots must halt a strike that has led to the cancellation of around 1,000 flights, in an increasingly bitter row over cost cuts and pay at the...
Boeing To Increase 767 Production
Boeing To Increase 767 Production Boeing will push production of the 767 up by 25 percent in 2017 to help fill an order for 50 planes from FedEx. Boeing said it would lift the production rate to 2.5 a month from two a month sta...
British Airways Plane Catches Fire In Las Vegas
British Airways Plane Catches Fire In Las Vegas A British Airways Boeing 777 engine caught fire as it was departing on a London-bound flight from Las Vegas, forcing the pilots to abort takeoff. All 172 passengers and crew on bo...
Pilots’ Union Extends Lufthansa Strike
Pilots’ Union Extends Lufthansa Strike German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit will extend its strike at Lufthansa into Wednesday after a walkout already planned for Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay, bene...
Court Allows Lufthansa Pilot Strike
Court Allows Lufthansa Pilot Strike Lufthansa failed in a legal bid to halt a pilot strike planned for Wednesday which resulted in about 1,000 flights being cancelled. Pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) staged ...
Wing Part Definitely From MH370
Wing Part Definitely From MH370 The piece of wing found on the shore of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean has been formally identified as part of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The part, known as a flaperon, w...
