Hundreds more are expected as wiring bundles are checked on its entire fleet of MD-80s. By Martin Zimmerman and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers April 10, 2008 More than 100,000 air travelers across the nation wrestled with flight cancellations, long lines and ruined vacation plans Wednesday as American Airlines continued to ground planes […]
It’s the end of the affair for Australia and continental carriers, writes Peter Needham. Where have all the European airlines gone? One by one, the airlines based in continental Europe that used to fly to Australia have departed permanently. They are still represented here but they no longer fly their own aircraft into this country. […]
ATHENS, April 8 (Reuters) – Greek carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday first-quarter passenger traffic grew 10 percent, helped by a network expansion and a fleet renewal programme. Aegean, which competes with state owned Olympic Airlines [OLY.UL], flies domestic and international routes. The airline carried a total of 1,062,202 passengers in […]
After a 15-month effort to find a buyer for beleaguered Italian airline Alitalia (AZPIA), the proposed sale suffered a heavy setback late on Apr. 2 after Air France-KLM (AIRF), the world’s largest airline by revenue, pulled out of takeover talks due to protracted difficulties settling terms with Alitalia’s unions. The decision leaves little maneuvering room […]
Rashid Razaq, Evening Standard 02.04.08 Related Articles Beyond a joke, fumes businessman stranded after three cancelled flights %3Cbody%3E%3Cdiv%20id%3D%22adDiv%22%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A//ads.anm.co.uk/ADCLICK/CID%3D000086287a011d1500000000/AAMSZ%3D120x600/SITE%3DSTANDARD/AREA%3DEVENINGSTANDARD/SUBAREA%3D/ARTICLE%3D23471388/acc_random%3D3761082919/pageid%3D/RS%3D%22%20target%3D%22_new%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20src%3D%22http%3A//iad.anm.co.uk/ANDhousecampaign/bemyinterviewer/bmi_dont_120x600_new2.gif%22%20alt%3D%22Click%20here%21%22%20style%3D%22margin-bottom%3A%200px%3B%22%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E British Airways is sending thousands of suitcases by road to a sorting office in Milan because of the huge backlog created by chaos at Terminal 5. The airline will use lorries to transport some of the 20,000 […]
BA says staff are working “around the clock” to clear the backlog It will take up to a week to return 28,000 bags placed in temporary storage after troubles at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, a government minister has said. Aviation Minister Jim Fitzpatrick said the opening of the £4.3bn terminal had fallen “well short of expectations”. […]
By Graham Dunn of Flight Global After several years in the pipeline, this year finally sees the roll-out of services supporting the use of mobile phones and GPRS-devices such as BlackBerrys by passengers in flight. On top of trials with Qantas and Air France, mobile connectivity providers AeroMobile and OnAir are in the process of […]