November 2008

Very nice survey from SimFly.EU

November 16, 2008

Image by fun3MD via Flickr SimFly.EU is conducting a very short Flight Simulation survey which you can complete by visiting their Survey website. Everyone who participates will be entered into a free prize draw to win products from First Class Simulations, Flight1 Software, and Captain Sim, as well as recieving Virtual Airline Bonus’s. “The survey [...]

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Consumers Dislike Fees, But Are Willing To Pay For Choice

November 16, 2008

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Amadeus today released a new survey that, for the first time, captures sentiment around emerging airline fee-for-service models, also known as ‘a la carte’ flying, from the people who are most impacted by them: air travelers.  The telephone survey of 2,000 random adults in the U.S. (ages 18 or [...]

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French pilots vote to extend strike action

November 16, 2008

French pilots voted Saturday to press ahead with a strike which has severely hit flag carrier Air France, the head of their main union told AFP, ensuring further disruption. SNPL president Jocelyn Smykowski said that “an overwhelming majority” of 65 percent of members of the union’s council had backed continuing the strike until midnight (2300 [...]

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Bombardier delays

November 15, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Laurent Beaudoin, chairman of Bombardier Inc., said Friday new orders for business jets will slow over the next few quarters because of the global economic crisis and the difficulties some customers face in finding finance. Speaking after the opening of a new Bombardier railcar plant in India, Beaudoin said Bombardier is confident [...]

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Traffic X from Just Flight

November 14, 2008

Traffic X is the latest generation of the hugely popular Traffic series of AI traffic programs from Just Flight, and is set to become the new benchmark for Artificial Intelligence traffic expansions. Traffic X includes custom features designed to take maximum advantage of the new capabilities available in Flight Simulator X. New aircraft, more traffic [...]

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Air France-KLM on strike

November 13, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Europe’s biggest airline, Air France-KLM‘s pilots will start at midnight on a four-day long strike. Pilots oppose the bill, which would increase the pilots’ retirement age of 60 to 65 years and would welcome retirement conditions unchanged. Strike is going to stop the early stages of an estimated half of Air France-KLM’s [...]

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NatureAir Shows Growth in Troubled Times

November 12, 2008

Image by mcescobar1 via Flickr NatureAir announced today that Costa Rica is showing dynamic growth rates despite a challenging economy.  According to the Costa Rica Tourism Institute (ICT) tourism to Costa Rica is holding strong at an 8 to 9% growth rate. The ICT says 2008s average world tourism growth is 2%, which is why [...]

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Airport remains closed following Ryanair flight’s emergency landing

November 12, 2008

Image by Danny McL via Flickr Rome’s Ciampino Airport remains closed today, following the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight there yesterday. More than 160 passengers were on board when the plane was forced to land after suffering multiple bird strikes. Four passengers and two crew members were injured when flight FR4102 had to make [...]

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