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Swiss Airlines Business Class Review
Company : Swiss Airlines Plane: Airbus A340-300 Class: Business Flight number: LX196 From Zurich (ZRH) to Beijing (PEK) Flight Time : 9 Hours 50 Min Date: 22 March 2012 Swiss has added a new destination Beijing to there large...
Thousands Stranded As Lufthansa Pilots Strike
Thousands Stranded As Lufthansa Pilots Strike Lufthansa pilots started a two-day walkout on Monday, their ninth strike this year, forcing the airline to cancel almost half of its scheduled flights, leaving thousands stranded. T...
Azul Orders 35 Airbus A320s Worth USD$3.6 Bln
Azul Orders 35 Airbus A320s Worth USD$3.6 Bln Brazil’s Azul has placed a firm order for 35 A320neos, worth USD$3.6 billion at list prices. The order comes on top of the 28 A320neos the airline is leasing, it said. The air...
India Rejects Mallya As Kingfisher Director
India Rejects Mallya As Kingfisher Director The Indian government has rejected the re-appointment of Vijay Mallya as managing director of Kingfisher Airlines, as pressure mounts on the tycoon to help his company repay it...
Design Flaws Led To 787 Battery Fire
Design Flaws Led To 787 Battery Fire A lithium-ion battery that caught fire aboard a parked Boeing 787 in 2013 in Boston had design flaws and should not have been certified by the FAA, the NTSB said on Monday. The National Tran...
Lufthansa Pilots To Strike December 1-2
Lufthansa Pilots To Strike December 1-2 German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit called a strike at Lufthansa for Monday and Tuesday after talks broke down over retirement benefits, leading to the cancellation of more tha...
