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Merkel Backs Air Berlin In Etihad Dispute
Merkel Backs Air Berlin In Etihad Dispute German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing Air Berlin in a dispute over whether its Abu Dhabi-based partner Etihad is exercising too much control, Focus magazine reported. Etihad, which...
FAA Proposes Boeing 787 Sensor Fix
FAA Proposes Boeing 787 Sensor Fix The US FAA has proposed a fix for the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, following “numerous reports of failures of proximity sensors” on the high-tech plane’s wings. A sensor failure ...
Ryanair Wins Court Ruling Over Air Tax
Ryanair Wins Court Ruling Over Air Tax Ryanair won a victory in the European Union’s second-highest court on Tuesday regarding its complaint against Ireland’s air travel tax. The airline had argued that the t...
Frontier Orders Nine Airbus A321ceos
Frontier Airlines has ordered nine Airbus A321ceo aircraft, worth USD$990 million at list prices. Airbus said the order was Frontier’s first purchase of the largest member of the A320 family and that, including the new or...
Lufthansa Gains Market Share In Germany
Lufthansa Gains Market Share In Germany Lufthansa has won a bigger slice of its domestic market in recent months, its chief executive told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. “At least over the last few months we w...
Kuwait Airways To Buy 10 Boeing 777-300ERs
Kuwait Airways To Buy 10 Boeing 777-300ERs Kuwait Airways will buy 10 Boeing 777-300ERs, in a deal worth USD$3.3 billion at list price. The carrier will take delivery of the aircraft from November 2016. The 777s are to u...
