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Turkish Airlines to expand operations in India
Turkish Airlines plans to expand operations in India in 2012 by doubling weekly flights to 28 and adding Hyderabad as its third Indian destination. Turkey’s flag carrier, which currently operates one flight daily to Delhi and Mumbai, also aims to extend its code share withAir India, India’s national carrier, to get more passengers from Indian […]
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Qatar Airways to fly Kolkata
Qatar Airways has widened its passenger flight network in India with the launch of daily non-stop scheduled services from Doha to Kolkata. Formerly known as Calcutta, addition of the latest route reaffirms the carrier’s commitment to India where it now operates 95 flights a week across 12 destinations. In addition, the Doha-based airline also operates […]
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WestJet Places Conditional Order for up to 45 Bombardier Q400
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that WestJet, an Alberta partnership, has signed a conditional order for 20 Q400 NextGen turboprops following the letter of intent to purchase the aircraft that was announced by WestJet on May 1, 2012. The transaction also includes options on an additional 25 Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on list price, a firm […]
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Fuel costs are eating AA`s lunch
AMR Corp.’s American Airlines struck historic deals recently to buy, over the next 14 years, up to 925 Airbus and Boeing aircraft worth $38 billion, but it doesn’t ensure the Fort Worth carrier’s survival, industry analysts and observers say. With a 600-aircraft fleet averaging 15 years old – one of the oldest fleets in the […]
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Bombardier Delivers First Q400 NextGen Aircraft to Polish Carrier Eurolot
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of eightQ400 NextGen turboprop airliners ordered by new customer Eurolot S.A. of Warsaw, Poland. The Polish carrier also holds options on an additional 12 of the aircraft. Eurolot was represented at the handover ceremony by Bartlomiej Matusewicz, Vice President, Operations & Technical. Several Bombardier employees were also in attendance. “This is […]
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JetBlue Airways names Ellen Jewett to its board of directors
JetBlue Airways Corp. today announces the appointment of Ellen Jewett, Managing Director for BMO Capital Markets, to its Board of Directors. Ms. Jewett has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Airport infrastructure financing, including five years as head of Airport s and public sector transportation group at Goldman Sachs. “Ellen knows […]
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United Airlines passenger accidentally shoots worker
A United Airlines passenger accidentally shot one of the airline’s workers when his rifle fired while he was checking in at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Edward Deubler, 65, was at the ticket counter when the weapon fired, and part of the bullet hit the airline employee in the leg after first striking the […]
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Airline to offer Louisville flight to Bahamas
An airline says it will begin a $99 nonstop flight from Louisville to a Caribbean island later this year. Vision Airlines says there will be two weekly departures from Louisville International Airport to Grand Bahama Island beginning Nov. 3. The flights on a 148-seat Boeing 737 will take off at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and […]
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Airlines taking savings from expired taxes
Airlines are tossing consumers aside and grabbing the benefit of lower federal taxes on travel tickets. By Saturday night, nearly all the major U.S. airlines had raised fares to offset taxes that expired the night before. That means instead of passing along the savings, the airlines are pocketing the money while customers pay the same […]
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Alaska Airlines to fly nonstop to Honolulu in November
Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group Inc., begins flying daily nonstop to Honolulu out of Lindbergh Field Nov. 17 to complement its existing daily nonstop service to Maui, which was launched in October, the Seattle-based airline said July 19. To boost interest, the airline is offering introductory one-way tickets for $149 that […]