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BusinessWeek
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Music to the ears of its shareholders, Air France-KLM steps away from negotiations to take over Alitalia. Its sights may now be on Spain's Iberia
After a 15-month effort to find a buyer for beleaguered Italian airline Alitalia (AZPIA), the proposed sal..
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CNN
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British Airways passengers face the prospect of major disruptions after the airline's pilots voted for strike action that could effectively ground the airline worldwide. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) overwhelmingly voted to strike in a di..
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CNN
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Singapore Airlines on Monday became the first customer to take delivery the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, in what the airline's chief executive called "a dream come true." "This delivery really marks the beginning of a new chapter for th..
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FOX News
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Northwest Airlines Corp. exited bankruptcy Thursday, marking the end of a 20-month Chapter 11 reorganization and the first time in almost five years that no major U.S. airline is bankrupt.
Northwest spent a year-and-a-half hacking $2.4 billion off its..
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Boston Globe
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Richard Sutter was pleasantly astonished when he learned last month that the country’s newest and cheapest airline, Skybus Airlines, would charge him just $10 to fly him here from Ohio so he could attend his grandmother’s 90th birthday this weekend...
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CNN
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Business class airline Silverjet has found a Middle Eastern investor to pump $25 million into the struggling group. Shares in the airline climbed 26 percent after Silverjet said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with an unnamed investor from the..
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BBC News
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Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines have agreed to merge in a $5bn (�2.5bn) deal that will create the world's biggest carrier.
The new airline, to be called Delta, will have annual revenue of more than $35bn and employ about 75,..
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CNN
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Budget airline Ryanair faces an investigation from the UK's consumer and competition authority following allegations of misleading and unfair advertising. British advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority has referred Europe's leading low-c..
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BusinessWeek
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UAL should keep United Airlines in Chicago—but send Glenn Tilton, its deal-hungry CEO, packing
It's hard to find a chief executive more eager to dump his own company than UAL's Glenn Tilton. For months now, airline CEOs have been playing the dating g..
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BusinessWeek
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United Air's $50 hike is sticking as carriers swallow big fuel bills. Airline stocks, meanwhile, aren't helped by the increases
The big U.S. airlines appear to have successfully pushed through the largest fare hike in recent years, at least for now. Un..
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CNN
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Shareholders in China's third-largest airline rejected a bid by Singapore Airlines to buy a minority stake Tuesday after a rival Chinese carrier offered more money in an unusual public takeover battle involving two state-owned companies. China Eastern Air..
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BusinessWeek
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As negative feedback flies about the airline's new preferential boarding, it tries to accentuate the positive, including gates updated for business travelers
The winds of change are producing turbulence for Southwest Airlines (LUV). On Nov. 7 the iconi..
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CNN
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The A380 superjumbo can cram 800 passengers in an all-economy layout. On Singapore Airline's version, 455 people sit comfortably in its three classes. But when Saudi billionaire Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud collects his bespoke A380, less..
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Chicago Tribune
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The board of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is mulling spinning off several key assets, including the airline's popular frequent-flier program, as directors contemplate shrinking the carrier while substantially increasing its cash stash, United sources..
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CNN
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German low-cost airline Air Berlin said Saturday it ordered 25 of Boeing Co.'s new 787 Dreamliner planes in a deal worth $4 billion at list prices. The deal, announced at a Boeing event in Seattle the day before the first 787 is unveiled, is the biggest s..
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BBC News
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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has won final approval to launch a US budget airline.
Virgin America plans to take to the skies this summer after the company agreed to revise its links to its British parent firm.
This included the requirement tha..
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BusinessWeek
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The reorganized airline hopes to boost revenues by serving a bevy of second-tier international destinations. It's a strategy with many questions
With cowbells and confetti, Delta Air Lines (DAL) executives and employees celebrated their comeback as a p..
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CNN
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The world's biggest airline buyout, an A$11 billion offer for Australia's Qantas Airways, hung in the balance on Friday after the bidders reported a small rise in shareholder acceptances just hours ahead of a final deadline.
The group, including Macqua..
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Denver Post
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The pilots union at United Airlines voted to reject an agreement that would have allowed the airline more staffing flexibility in exchange for improvements in pilots' working conditions, signaling dissatisfaction among the pilots.
About 68 percent vote..
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BBC News
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Russian airline Aeroflot has emerged as a surprise contender to take control of Italian carrier Alitalia.
Aeroflot is teaming up with Italian bank Unicredit to bid for the 39.9% stake in the struggling business which the government plans to sell.
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