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IAG Boss Walsh To Defend Aer Lingus Bid
IAG Boss Walsh To Defend Aer Lingus Bid The chief executive of IAG will appear before Irish members of parliament on Thursday to defend its bid to buy Aer Lingus. The appearance by Dubliner Willie Walsh, which will be broadcast...
TransAsia Data Recorder Reveals Attempts To Regain Thrust
TransAsia Data Recorder Reveals Attempts To Regain Thrust TransAsia flight GE235, that crashed into a river in Taipei, killing 35 people, failed to produce enough thrust after take-off, authorities said on Friday, revealing one...
Air France Chief Responds To Dutch Complaints
Air France Chief Responds To Dutch Complaints Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey made an unusual direct approach to the Dutch public on Friday, wading into a reported clash between the airline’s two main brands wit...
Lufthansa Tells Staff More Savings Needed
Lufthansa Tells Staff More Savings Needed More savings need to be made at Lufthansa’s main airline business to prevent tough competition on fares and rising external costs from driving it into “a dangerous red zone,...
Pilot’s Body Found Clutching Joystick Of Crashed TransAsia Plane
Pilot’s Body Found Clutching Joystick Of Crashed TransAsia Plane The pilot, identified by TransAsia as 42-year-old Liao Chien-tsung, has been praised by Taipei’s mayor for steering the plane between apartment blocks...
Airbus Wins Provisional Order For 100 A320 neos
Airbus Wins Provisional Order For 100 A320 neos Colombia’s Avianca has placed a provisional order for 100 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, worth USD$10.6 billion at list prices. Avianca controls Avianca-Taca, which was for...
