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TAP Heads For Strike As Sell-Off Talks Stall
TAP Heads For Strike As Sell-Off Talks Stall The Portuguese government said it will stick to its sell-off plan for national airline TAP after talks with unions failed to convince them to call off a four-day strike set for the h...
Zurich Airport Part-Closed After Threat
Zurich Airport Part-Closed After Threat Zurich airport was partially closed on Monday evening after receiving an unspecified threat, a spokeswoman said. The airport closed Check-in 1 and 2 as well as Arrivals 2, and pass...
AirAsia X Places Firm Order For 55 A330 neos
AirAsia X Places Firm Order For 55 A330 neos AirAsia X boosted its purchase of Airbus A330neos as it placed a firm order for 55 of the updated wide-body aircraft. AirAsia’s long-haul arm placed a provisional order for 50 ...
Korean Air Steward Says Insulted, Forced To Kneel
Korean Air Steward Says Insulted, Forced To Kneel The senior cabin crew member who was removed from a Korean Air flight after a company executive raged over the way she was served nuts said he was insulted and forced to ...
Qantas International, Domestic Bosses To Leave
Qantas International, Domestic Bosses To Leave Qantas Airways said that the heads of its international and domestic divisions “decided to leave” the Australian carrier, four days after the airline told shareholders ...
Garuda Appoints Citilink Head As CEO
Garuda Indonesia appointed Arif Wibowo, the head of its budget carrier unit Citilink, as its chief executive to replace Emirsyah Satar. Satar said on Thursday he had resigned before his term ends in March 2015 to give the new m...