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Virgin America Top In USA Airline Quality Study
Virgin America had the highest performance ranking in the USA among 15 US airlines in 2013 in an annual study as the industry’s overall quality improved, researchers said on Monday. The national Airline Quality Rat...
Brasil Falling Behind In World Cup Airport Rush
With less than 10 weeks until the start of the World Cup, work on crucial new airport terminals has fallen behind in most of the dozen Brazilian host cities, heightening the risk of overcrowding and confusion during the ...
Etihad Good Partner For Alitalia
Etihad Airways could be a great partner for Alitalia, UniCredit chief executive Federico Ghizzoni said, adding he hoped the Abu Dhabi airline would submit a proposal for the Italian carrier. The Gulf carrier is due to ki...
Pressure Increases For Aircraft Tracking After Malaysian Boeing 777 MH370
4 weeks into the hunt for Boeing 777-200 ER MH370, pressure is building for better ways of tracking aircraft as regulators wrestle with the Malaysian jet’s disappearance armed with only minimal information on the f...
Australian Government Says Signals Detected Consistent With MH370
The Search area for Monday April 7 showing locations of signals received. Source: Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre. Australian officials said on Monday signals picked up by a black box detector attached to an ...
Delta Airlines May Buy Up To 50 Jets
Delta is looking at buying 50 wide-body jets, opening a contest between Airbus and Boeing for business worth well over USD$10 billion at list prices. In an official confirmation of a bid to renew the top end of its fleet...