May 2010

BA crew to strike after talks fail

by Jarkko on May 24, 2010

in Airlines, Aviation

Image via Wikipedia A five-day strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew is set to go ahead from Monday after a leader of the Unite union said there had been a “catastrophic” breakdown of talks. Tony Woodley, joint leader of Unite, said there was no chance of resuming negotiations after talks with the airline [...]

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Finnair leases two Embraer 170 aircraft to Kenya Airways

May 22, 2010

Finnair will lease out two 76-seater Embraer 170 aircraft for four years from the beginning of June. “At the moment Finnair is not using all of its Embraer planes in its scheduled traffic programme,” says Maunu Visuri, Managing Director of Finnair Aircraft Finance. “It’s very satisfactory that we are able to make use of our [...]

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Global Aviation Holdings Names Brian Bauer as Chief Commercial Officer

May 22, 2010

Global Aviation Holdings has named Brian Bauer as Chief Commercial Officer effective June 1, 2010, succeeding Jeff Sanborn, who plans to retire later in the year. Bauer, former president of Evergreen International Airlines, will be responsible for business and market development, sales management and planning at Global Aviation. “Brian is a veteran of the industry, [...]

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Elbit Systems Ltd. Announces the Filing of a Shelf Prospectus in Israel

May 18, 2010

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it has filed a shelf prospectus with the Israel Securities Authority and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The shelf prospectus is valid for a period of two years and allows the Company to raise from time to time funds through the issuance of notes and/or warrants exercisable into notes, [...]

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Mesa Air Group, Inc. Comments on Recent Court Proceedings

May 18, 2010

Mesa Air Group, Inc. announced today that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled against the Company’s subsidiary Freedom Airlines in its litigation with Delta Air Lines regarding Delta’s efforts to terminate an agreement covering 22 regional jet aircraft. The litigation stemmed from Delta’s asserted termination of the Freedom Airlines [...]

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Low-Cost Airline Airfare Not Always the Lowest Airfare

May 8, 2010

Image by msmail via Flickr Frost & Sullivan announces the results of an end user study, 2010 U.S. Consumer Choice of Commercial Airlines. The survey evaluates airline preferences among 1,000 U.S. air-traveling consumers who have traveled at least once within the past six months. The survey measures consumers’ awareness of commercial airline carriers (network, non-network, [...]

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Finnair’s Vision 2020: No. 1 in the Nordic countries

May 7, 2010

Finnair’s vision is to be number one airline in the Nordic countries and to be the most desired option in Asian traffic. In transit traffic between Asia and Europe Finnair wants to be among the three largest operators. The cornerstones of Finnair’s growth strategy are Asia’s growing market, the best flight connections and cost-competitiveness. Our [...]

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Lufthansa joins Air France, Spanair, Vueling and Air Berlin critics of Ryanair’s subsidies

May 5, 2010

The largest European airline has finally broken its silence about Ryanair. After a discreet press release in March, a Lufthansa spokesman has taken it one step further this week end. Indeed, after Lübeck city, (a city about 60 kilometers from Hamburg in Germany) decided to renew a contract with Ryanair, Lufthansa has denounced it as [...]

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