US Airways International Sale Fares- Acapulco, Mexico and Barcelonna, Spain

April 16th, 2009

Each Way From To

Phoenix, AZ Acapulco, Mexico $85
Denver, CO Acapulco, Mexico $115
San Francisco, CA Acapulco, Mexico $130
Portland, OR Acapulco, Mexico $130
Seattle, WA Acapulco, Mexico $130
Pittsburgh, PA Barcelona, Spain $170
Philadelphia, PA Barcelona, Spain $175
New York, NY (LGA) Barcelona, Spain $180
Los Angeles, CA Barcelona, Spain $200
Denver, CO Barcelona, Spain $200

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American Airlines Discount Air Fares to Nassau-Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Honduras and more…

April 14th, 2009

International Weekend Getaway Fares

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Miami, FL (MIA) Houston Bush Intercont’l, TX (IAH) $105*
Miami, FL (MIA) Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) $54^
Miami, FL (MIA) Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (PLS) $174^
Miami, FL (MIA) San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP) $74^
Miami, FL (MIA) St. Lucia, British West Indies (UVF) $154^
Miami, FL (MIA) Tallahassee, FL (TLH) $80*
Miami, FL (MIA) Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGU) $133^
Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD) Denver, CO (DEN) $86*
Chicago O’Hare, IL (ORD) Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN (MSP) $38*
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Olympic Air’s new owners face tough unions, rival

April 10th, 2009

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By Harry Papachristou

ATHENS, April 9 (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers approved on Thursday the privatisation of Olympic Airlines after years of failed sale efforts as angry labour unions said they were determined to disrupt operations.

The Greek parliament ratified Olympic’s sale to Marfin Investment Group (MIG) (MRFr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research), Greece’s biggest buyout company, for a total of 177 million euros ($235.1 million).

MIG faces stiff competition at home and abroad while Olympic unions pledged walkouts, saying the government had been short on details on a plan to reassign staff to other public services and they feared significant pay cuts and job losses.

Technical staff staged a warning three-hour walkout on Thursday and said more action is on the way.

“If we get no assurances that the plan will be implemented there will be strikes,” said Kleanthis Tratras, a labor union member at Olympic’s maintenance unit.

The government has announced a 1.2 billion euro package including compensation and government jobs for employees who quit Olympic or won’t be rehired by its new owners.

“Just show us the money and tell us where the new jobs will be,” said Markos Kandilakis, Chairman of Olympic’s umbrella union OSPA, which represents 7,000 employees.

Apart from labour reaction, MIG faces a series of other obstacles in turning around the ailing Olympic, analysts said.

“The international crisis makes it much more difficult to turn around an airline that has already very poor marketing,” said Rigas Doganis, a visiting professor for aviation at Cranfield University in the UK and former Olympic chairman.

Olympic will also face sharp competition from domestic rival Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research), whose bid to buy Olympic Air was shrugged off by the government on competition grounds.

Aegean, a smaller airline with about 2,400 employees, has overtaken Olympic in Greece’s domestic market. Foreign carriers control the biggest part of Greece’s airline market.

“A merger would have made sense. The two airlines duplicate each other,” Doganis said.

Weighed down by mismanagement under state ownership, Olympic piled up losses of 2.6 billion euros since the 1990s.

MIG, whose biggest shareholder is Dubai Financial, assumes Olympic’s management in October and has not detailed its plans. It said last month it expects to make Olympic profitable by 2011. (Reporting by Harry Papachristou; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)

US Airways Discount Air fare to Bridgetown Barbados and Amsterdam Holland/Netherlands

April 8th, 2009

Charlotte, NC Bridgetown, Barbados $150
New York, NY (LGA) Bridgetown, Barbados $165
Philadelphia, PA Bridgetown, Barbados $180
Pittsburgh, PA Bridgetown, Barbados $180
Hartford, CT Bridgetown, Barbados $195
Chicago, IL (ORD) Amsterdam, Netherlands $180
New York, NY (LGA) Amsterdam, Netherlands $190
Philadelphia, PA Amsterdam, Netherlands $210
Los Angeles, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands $250
San Francisco, CA Amsterdam, Netherlands $250

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American Airlines Discount Air Fares to Freeport-Bahamas, Quito-Ecuador, Lima-Peru and more…

April 7th, 2009

International Weekend Getaway Fares

Travel Dates & Times for Weekend Getaway Fares

Freeport, Bahamas (FPO) Miami, FL (MIA) $74**
George Town, Bahamas (GGT) Miami, FL (MIA) $99**
Miami, FL (MIA) Freeport, Bahamas (FPO) $74**
Miami, FL (MIA) George Town, Bahamas (GGT) $99**
Miami, FL (MIA) Georgetown, Grand Cayman Island (GCM) $90**
Miami, FL (MIA) Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE) $162**
Miami, FL (MIA) Lima, Peru (LIM) $138**
Miami, FL (MIA) Medellin, Colombia (MDE) $185**
Miami, FL (MIA) Nashville, TN (BNA) $120*
Miami, FL (MIA) Quito, Ecuador (UIO) $150**
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Strike halts Greek services, transport, business

April 5th, 2009

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ATHENS, April 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Greeks joined a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest against low salaries and job cuts, disrupting transport and shutting down services.

Flights to and from Greece were expected to be suspended for several hours later on Thursday, banks and schools shut down during the 24-hour strike, called by public and private unions representing about half of the country’s 5 million workforce.

The walkout was the second nationwide protest against the conservative government since the police shooting of a teenager in December triggered the worst riots in decades, fuelled by the country’s sharp economic downturn.

“We have total participation,” said Stathis Anestis, a spokesman for the private sector union federation GSEE. “Workers want the (government’s) policy to change. Those who created the crisis have to pay for it, not workers.”

Air-traffic controllers were due to walk off the job for four hours from 12-4 p.m. (0900-1300 GMT), suspending all but emergency flights. State carrier Olympic has cancelled 140 domestic and international flights, while its rival Aegean Airlines has cancelled 50 domestic flights.

Bus drivers in Athens walked off for three hours before the morning rush-hour and were planning another walkout late in the evening. Some inter-city trains were cancelled.

The strike also affected ministries, public offices and hospitals. Boats did not move from Greece’s ports, while print and broadcast media closed for the day.

Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis’s government launched a 28-billion-euro ($37 billion) bank support package in January but a huge debt and fiscal problems have prevented the ruling conservatives from giving substantial relief to the poor.

The government, which has a one-seat parliamentary majority, has been rocked by scandals and almost daily violence, including home-made bomb and arson attacks on government buildings and businesses.

The country has announced a public sector wage freeze and one-off taxes on those making over 60,000 euros a year in an effort to shore up its budget.

(Reporting by Renee Maltezou; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

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April 3rd, 2009

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