Forbes Indian and European hubs crowd the list. The World’s Most-Delayed Airports Planning to visit India or Europe? Budget extra travel time. If airport delays in 2008 are any indication, you’ll need it. India takes the prize as the country with the most frequent late arrivals in our second annual tallying of the world’s most-delayed […]
Erin LoxamNews 1130 The holiday travel season is still not over, but the feedback has been rolling in to the Consumer’s Association of Canada. Three quarters of the calls are complaints against Air Canada and the other 25 per cent are praising the competition. Bruce Cran, president of the Consumer’s Association of Canada says they […]
Yorkshire Post Published Date: 19 December 2008 THIS weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the deaths of 270 people in the Lockerbie disaster. The incident still ranks as the worst terrorist attack seen in Britain which seems almost miraculous, given al-Qaida’s enduring interest in aviation. Modern day concerns about aviation-related terrorism can be traced back […]
Bi-Me QATAR. Qatar Airways yesterday said it was evaluating Olympic Airlines for a stake in Greece’s state-run carrier. “We have signed a letter of interest in Olympic; we are evaluating Olympic. We should be able to make a decision on Olympic sometime in the near future,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker told the local daily […]
TravelVideo By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador | Air France-KLM on December 11 lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission regarding the conditions under which Lufthansa intends to takeover the Austrian flag carrier Austrian Airlines. Air France-KLM has taken part during Fall to the initial bidding process leading to the privatization of Austrian Airlines but […]
ATHENS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Greek flights will be grounded on Wednesday as air traffic controllers walk out for one day to join a general strike over labour reforms and the government’s economic policies, union officials said. “All flights from and to Greek airports will be halted and only emergency flights will take place,” Panagiotis […]
ATHENS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Greek carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Friday it will cut ticket surcharges by up to 3 euros ($3.84) for domestic and international flights thanks to tumbling oil prices. Greece’s largest private carrier, whose main competitor Olympic Airlines [OLY.UL] is being privatised, raised surcharges in […]