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Shangri-La Hotel At The Shard London Now Open
London, 6 May 2014 – The doors to London’s most anticipated hotel opened today with the unveiling of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ first property in the United Kingdom – Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, London. Celeb...
Australian ‘Hijacker’ Mistook Cockpit Door For Toilet Door
An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet door, triggering Friday’s hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian island of Bali, police said. Matt Lockley told Bal...
Norwegian Air Suspends Talks To Buy 20 Boeing 787s
Norwegian Air has put on hold talks to buy 20 new 787 Dreamliners from Boeing because of a delay in receiving US Department of Transportation approval for its long haul plans, chief executive Bjoern Kjos said in a letter...
AirAsia X Signs GE Engine Deal
AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, has signed a USD$1.5 billion deal with GE Aviation for the supply of engines for up to 28 new aircraft. GE Aviation will supply CF6-80E1 engines for the a...
Governments Pledge Not To Give Up On Boeing 777 MH370 Search
Australia, China and Malaysia pledged on Monday not to give up searching for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH370 that disappeared almost two months ago, despite lingering questions about how to proceed and who will...
Alitalia Working On Plan To Woo Etihad
Alitalia Airlines and its creditors are pushing to complete a proposal aimed at persuading Etihad to invest in the loss-making Italian carrier, Reuters news agency reported. One of the options under discussion envisages ...
