Posts Tagged ‘Airline industry’

HOAX PLAN TO PAVE OVER CENTRAL PARK

Friday, July 24, 2009 15:21

Is the hoax campaign to concrete over NYC's favourite green space and build an airport a satire on incompetent transport policy or another product viral? Watch this space"Environmentalists rally in support of Manhattan airport". That got your attention, didn't it? And that was precisely ...

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US SINGER PENS REVENGE ODE TO AIRLINE

Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:33

Dave Carroll couldn't get compensation for damage to his guitar – until he named and shamed the airline in a YouTube videoNext time an airline loses or breaks your luggage, try shaming them with a song and a video. That's what a little-known Canadian ...

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TOURISTS BOWLED OVER BY £215 FLIGHTS

Monday, July 20, 2009 15:01

British Airways and Qantas offer dramatically reduced tickets based on Ashes first innings scoresCapitalising on an upsurge in national happiness following England's victory over Australia this afternoon, British Airways and Qantas have teamed up to offer fares to Australia based on the first innings ...

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BAA REELS AS GATWICK BUYER PULLS OUT

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 19:53

BAA fights to keep debt reduction strategy on track after planned airport sale left with only one potential buyerBAA is fighting to keep its debt reduction plans on track after the planned sale of Gatwick airport, a key option in curbing borrowings of around ...

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BAA REELS AS GATWICK BUYER PULLS OUT

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 17:07

BAA fights to keep debt reduction strategy on track after planned airport sale left with only one potential buyerBAA is fighting to keep its debt reduction plans on track after the planned sale of Gatwick airport, a key option in curbing borrowings of around ...

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PETS-ONLY AIRLINE MAKES MAIDEN FLIGHT

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 16:20

Pet Airways offers jet-set pets travel with furry frills, from boarding lounge and pre-flight walks to onboard lunch and loo breaksOne trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that pet owners ...

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PETS-ONLY AIRLINE MAKES MAIDEN FLIGHT

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 16:20

Pet Airways offers jet-set pets travel with furry frills, from boarding lounge and pre-flight walks to onboard lunch and loo breaksOne trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that pet owners ...

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AIRLINES SUFFERING ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:27

British Airways chairman Martin Broughton ruled out turning to its existing shareholders for cash, saying the time was not right for a rights issueBritish Airways admitted today that it must raise its cash reserves if it is to survive the crisis sweeping the airline ...

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WE WILL PROTECT AIR TRAVEL – MILIBAND

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:08

Mass air travel will be preserved even in a low-carbon Britain because the government will find deeper emissions cuts in other areas, the climate change secretary Ed Miliband said today.Dismissing demands for punitive sanctions to curb flying, Miliband said the government was determined to ...

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BA PILOTS VOTE FOR 2.6% SALARY CUT

Monday, July 13, 2009 19:40

• Pilots agree to take salary cut and work longer hours• Chief executive expected to be barracked at AGMWillie Walsh, the embattled chief executive of British Airways, faces a mauling from shareholders and his own staff at the airline's annual meeting, tomorrow despite ...

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AIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL 5.9%

Friday, July 10, 2009 12:30

• 12.7m passengers pass through company's seven airports• Lowest figure for nine months• Edinburgh bucks the trendThe number of travellers using major UK airports declined to its lowest level for nine months in June, BAA said today.The airport operator said a total ...

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BRITISH AIRWAYS STAFF REJECT COST-CUTTING PLAN

Monday, July 6, 2009 15:13

Cabin crew, baggage handlers and check-in workers refuse to accept plans to axe thousands of jobs and freeze payBritish Airways workers have rejected management plans to cut costs through thousands of job losses and a two-year pay freeze.A union spokesman said feelings among the ...

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VIRGIN ATLANTIC TO CUT 600 JOBS

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 19:42

Firm announces it will reduce capacity over winter as rival BA asks Acas to mediate in pay and jobs dispute with unionsVirgin Atlantic has announced plans to axe almost a tenth of its services this winter with the loss of up to 600 jobs ...

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ID CARD TRIAL FOR AIRLINE STAFF SCRAPPED

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 17:51

• Home secretary says ID cards will remain voluntary for Britons• Pilot scheme to run in north-west England early next yearA compulsory identity card trial for pilots and 30,000 other airport workers due to start in September has been abandoned by the new ...

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