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Spicejet Approached By Gulf, Asian Carriers
India’s Spicejet has been approached by several Gulf-based and Southeast Asian airlines but will not jump into negotiations before the government reaches a crucial decision on foreign investment, its chief executive said ...
Westjet Wins Thomas Cook’s Canada Business
WestJet Airlines has reached a deal with Thomas Cook Group to be the exclusive airline for the UK travel group’s tour operator business in Canada this coming winter, wresting the business from a competitor. The deal expan...
JetBlue Announces Codeshare with Emirates
Seamless connections available at JFK from a dozen U.S. cities to Dubai and onward to Africa, India, and Asia Pacific JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) and Emirates announced a codeshare agreement to connect the carriers’ ...
Porter Airlines Operates Bombardier Q400 Aircraft in Canada’s First Biofuel-Powered Revenue Flight
Porter Airlines today successfully conducted the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada. In the successful conclusion to a test program that was launched in 2010, the airline flew one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprops f...
Airline On-Time Performance, Cancellation Rate in February Improve from Last Year; Mishandled Baggage Rate at All-Time Low
No Tarmac Delays Longer than Three Hours on Domestic Flights or Longer than Four Hours on International Flights in February The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 86.2 percent in February, up from...
TSA Employee Indicted for Stealing IPads
A Transportation Security Administration baggage inspector at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is facing two to 10 years in prison for stealing Apple iPads from luggage over eight months, according to reports. Clayton Keith Dovel, 36,...
