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• Icejet comes in from the cold and plots expansion

  
  Flight Image of the Day — Authority: 425
  Icelandic charter company Icejet is seeking to widen its product and services by adding larger, longer-range aircraft types to its all- Dornier 328JET fleet and providing a corporate shuttle service to European corporations. "We are in discussions with a number of companies who are moving alot of people around ...
  14 hours ago

• Boeing ups 787 weights, shrinks -9 wing

  
  Flight Image of the Day — Authority: 425
  After more than two years of delays and speculation about the impact of excess weight on the 787 s carbonfibre airframe, Boeing has increased the maximum take-off weight of all three variants and opted to shrink the wing of the 787-9 stretch. The changes, disclosed in the December 2009 revision of the 787Airport ...
  1 day ago

• American, Continental, United Sue UK Over Aviation Emissions Plan

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 620
  Three top U.S. airlines, along with the Air Transport Association, have sued the UK to stop the first stage of implementation of EU emission trading regulations for aviation, reports Business Week.American Airlines, Continental Airlines and United Airlines and the ATA stated in the complaint that the rules were in ...
  2 days ago

• Joint letter from HSE and the Civil Aviation Authority

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 440
  Joint letter from HSE and CAA sent out to all aerodromes and airlines in November 2009.  CAA and HSE roles in relation to EC Regulation 1107/2006 on the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility View the HSE and \CAA joint letter
  2 days ago

• BA Christmas strike blocked by high court

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Christmas was saved for nearly 1 million British Airways passengers today after the high court ruled a planned 12-day strike by cabin crew unlawful in a humiliating blow for the Unite union. Mrs Justice Cox appeared to side with a public increasingly hostile to the prospect of what would have been the longest ...
  3 days ago

• Airline industry lays on extra flights for stranded Flyglobespan travellers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Passengers left stranded by the collapse of the airline Flyglobespan are all expected to arrive home by Christmas after the airline industry mounted an emergency operation to repatriate thousands of holidaymakers. The small Scottish airline and tour operator collapsed late on Wednesday, leaving 4,500 holidaymakers ...
  3 days ago

• The Smart Tag is on The Bag

  
  Trifter — Authority: 516
  Image via  Wikipedia Overview The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) equation for tagging checked airline baggage is unique. RFID technology is far more accurate than the legacy barcode method of tracking, which often requires human intervention for accurate luggage sortation and routing to occur. The business ...
  3 days ago

• Airline recession will continue into 2010, good news for passengers

  
  Gadling — Authority: 702
  Filed under: Business , North America , United States , Airlines The airline industry must be excited to see 2009 coming to a close. It was a year of route cuts, perk cuts and abuse from passengers over all kinds of sacrifices in the cabin ... and a genuine commitment to fees for extra bags. The global ...
  4 days ago

• Airlines Commit to 2 Deals for Biofuel

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 620
  AltAir Fuels and Rentech have separately signed deals that will advance the use of renewable synthetic fuels used by airlines.A group of 14 airlines that service the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, along with the Air Transport Association, have agreed to purchase up to 750 million gallons of renewable jet fuel ...
  4 days ago

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for first time

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Inaugural test flight of lightweight airliner is completed at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, US
  4 days ago

• Video: Boeings 787 Dreamliner makes its first flight

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  New fuel-efficient airliner gets off the ground in Seattle after two and a half year delay
  4 days ago

• BA Christmas strike boosts business of rival airlines

  
  The Latest Travel News and Information — Authority: 435
  The planned strike of British Airways (BA) cabin crew will benefit rival airlines that are going to accommodate affected BA passengers. The sudden strike of airline staff is due to the deficit of workers’ pension by 76 per cent to £3.7 billion over the previous three years. Rival airline Virgin Atlantic (VA) ...
  4 days ago

• Lets end this Christmas nightmare together | Willie Walsh

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  BA cabin crew have been gravely misled about the strike. I am available to talk with Unite at any time about all the issues Unites decision to ruin Christmas for a million of our customers was one of the most shocking announcements I have heard in my 30 years in the aviation industry. Our call centres have been ...
  4 days ago

• Deep Losses Forecast for Airlines in 2010

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  While demand for air travel is likely to be stronger, revenue is still expected to be soft because of cheap tickets, an industry group predicts.
  4 days ago

• Tallying them up

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 512
  Our fine friends in the in-flight connectivity world were busy in 2009. But, as we near the end of the year, its clear that some are not as far along as they had originally planned. Nevertheless, passengers are increasingly finding themselves on aircraft equipped with either in-flight mobile connectivity or airborne ...
  5 days ago

• BA strike: conflict that was always on airlines flight path

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Clash with cabin crew had been looming since privatisation Holed up in a function room at Sandown racecourse, the media did not need to witness the announcement of the British Airways strike ballot. They could hear it. The roar from thousands of BA cabin crew in the hall below underlined the depth of anger behind a ...
  5 days ago

• It’s Official: British People Will Lose Their Jobs to Fund the Illegal War in Afghanistan

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 600
  Thousands of British people will lose their jobs to fund the Labour and Tory-supported illegal war in Afghanistan, it was announced today. The Royal Air Force base at Cottesmore in Rutland will be closed and thousands of defence jobs in the armed forces and the civil service cut to make way for more than £900 ...
  5 days ago

• BA rivals reap strike windfall

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  British Airways rivals see bookings rise as passengers affected by the strike look to secure alternative flights Bookings and fares at British Airways rival airlines soared today, as passengers affected by next weeks proposed Christmas strike action sought to make alternative arrangements. More than a million ...
  5 days ago

• IATA: World carriers to lose $5.6 billion in 2010

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 588
  The big international airline umbrella group IATA says its projecting a tidy $5.6 billion loss for global carriers. The "good" news from this projection is that North American airlines are collectively going to lose "just" $2 billion vs. the $2.9 billion theyre on their way to losing in the current calendar year. ...
  5 days ago

• Important News - Dec. 15

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 543
  1) A couple of reasons for the dollar’s strength today S&P downgrades Mexican debt “Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Mexico’s sovereign debt to BBB status Monday on concerns about the country’s fiscal outlook, sparked by the global economic crisis.” European stocks, euro ...
  5 days ago

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