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Airlines to Increase Minimun Delays For Flight Compensation
REFUND.ME and Various Consumer Organisations Question Motives Behind Increase to Minimum Delays for Flight Compensation Under the proposed revision of EU regulation 261/2004, the minimum delay for flight compensation would increase from three to five, nine or even twelve hours. By some measures a majority of passengers currently eligible for compensation for flight delays, cancellations […]
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Ethiopian to Commence New Flights to Ndola
Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing African Airline, is proud to announce that it will commence thrice weekly flight to Ndola, Zambia effective 31 March 2013. Ndola, the third largest city in Zambia, is the industrial and commercial center in the copper belt province of the country. Ndola will be Ethiopian 45th African and the 72nd […]
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Ethiopian Wins International Diamond Prize for Excellence
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the International Diamond Prize for Excellence in Quality by the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) on December 2, 2012 in Brussels. Ethiopian won the award for its commitment to quality, excellence and continuous improvement. Esayas Woldemariam, SVP Global Sales, received the award on […]
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Postponing ETS Implementation Relieves Airlines
Air transport associations, authorities, organisations and airlines have been strongly positioned against the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as it would be a cost burden to airlines, calculated to add 1% to an average return fare, and would decrease up to 1% air traffic volumes. Intensifying price competition, that does not allow carriers to pass […]
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Boeing Increases 787 Production Rate
Boeing employees last week rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new rate of five-airplanes-per-month. The airplane is the 83rd 787 to be built. “This accomplishment, doubling our production rate in one year, is the result of the combined efforts of thousands of men and women across Boeing and at our partners,” said […]
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IATA Infrastructure to Support Asian Growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Asia- Pacific aviation leaders to focus on airport and air traffic management infrastructure as the region’s demand for connectivity continues to grow. “Aviation is a vital part of Asia’s economy, supporting 24 million jobs and nearly half-a-trillion dollars of GDP. Connectivity, facilitated by aviation, is a critical link […]
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Bombardier’s Q400 NextGen World Tour Lands in the People’s Republic of China
As part of the fifth leg of its world tour, Bombardier Aerospace’s technologically advanced Q400 NextGen airliner has landed in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China. Following successful demonstration flights and static displays in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, theQ400 NextGen airliner – painted in its special “Get More” livery – will take media, government officials and […]
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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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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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U.S. airlines fight prospect of higher security fees
U.S. airlines are fighting the prospect of sharply higher passenger security fees that could be part of any deficit-reduction plan. The approach is among a handful involving aviation that have swirled around the ever-changing complexion of efforts by Congress and the White House to avert a debt default. While those proposals would cover only a […]