March 2009

Southwest Airlines Launches Online Travel Guide

March 18, 2009

Image by robjtak via Flickr DALLAS, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Have you ever wanted to brag to someone about a wonderful vacation you had or share an idea on a great place for a business dinner? Now, there’s a place for it! Meet Southwest Airlines’ new online travel community – Travel Guide! This multi-faceted, Customer-friendly [...]

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Southwest Airlines Cargo Honored as Airline of the Year

March 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Southwest Airlines Cargo is proud to announce it was recognized for its excellence in air cargo for the fifth straight year, named “Airline of the Year” by the Express Delivery & Logistics Association (XLA). “Southwest Airlines’ reliable schedule and outstanding Customer Service have differentiated us from our competitors,” said Matt Buckley, Southwest’s [...]

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SAS sell their shares for almost 90% discount

March 14, 2009

Scandinavian airline SAS plans to sell shares of 88% discount suffering the bad loss last year, the toughest loss for 16 years.

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Finnair places pilots on unpaid leave

March 13, 2009

Image by Mark McLaughlin via Flickr Finnair is to place its pilots on unpaid leave as a consequence of a change in flight schedules. The periods of leave, of at least one week, will be implemented as of mid-April. The reduction in human resources will vary depending on the aircraft type. “In the present climate [...]

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Finnair and the Union of Salaried Employees reach a compromise solution

March 9, 2009

Finnair Cargo Terminal Operations, which provides Finnair’s cargo terminal services, and the Union of Salaried Employees have reached an agreement on matters that troubled the union. As a compromise solution, the contractual area of Finnair technical employees will remain within the company. Redundancies and lay-offs until further notice have not been avoided, however. On 13 [...]

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Strike Threat by Finnair Technical Staff

March 8, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Finnair’s senior technical salaried staff is threatening strike action starting next Tuesday if the airline does not rescind proposed redundancy plans. They say such a stoppage would bring all of the company’s traffic to a halt on Tuesday. For its part, Finnair said the effects would only become apparent in stages. The [...]

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Translation error over “cancelled” Airbus order

March 3, 2009

China on Tuesday denied that any orders from Airbus had been cancelled. The statement followed a report in a Chinese newspaper that Airbus did not expect to realize a target, set in 2005, of selling jets in China this year. “The Civil Aviation Administration of China has never made any decision to cancel any aircraft [...]

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Iberia goes really low in 2008

March 3, 2009

Iberia seems to be in extremely serious trouble with their loss in 2008. Their profit dropped 90,2 % to 32 million euros. From 2007 loss was that 90,2% with their 2007 profit 328 million euros according to ATW Daily news. With those figures, how any company can survive to brighter days. They have invested loads [...]

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