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V Australia postpones US launch

: Latest News; Friday, 03 October 2008

The month-old strike at Boeing’s Everett assembly plant has forced a delay to the planned launch in December of Virgin Blue’s long-haul international carrier, V Australia.

Alitalia rescue – the details

: Latest News; Thursday, 02 October 2008

The concessions offered by the rescue consortium for beleaguered Italian carrier Alitalia include a commitment by the company to consider 1000 temporary Alitalia workers for seasonal jobs and other positions during the first three months of operations and a pledge not to cut the salaries of pilots and cabin crew by more than seven per cent.

Aerolineas sale drags on

: Latest News; Thursday, 02 October 2008

In Argentina, Congress has decided that it must approve the purchase price of Aerolineas Argentinas before the country can re-nationalise the airline, which is burdened by US$890m debts. The Spanish owner, Marsans, agreed to sell Aerolineas in July at a price to be set ‘with the government’.

TAP reports loss

: Latest News; Thursday, 02 October 2008

Portugal's government has said it might part-privatise flag carrier TAP after the airline posted a fuel cost-influenced net loss of EUR133 million (US$188 million) for the first eight months of this year after a profit a year earlier.

Laid-off airline staff offered retraining

: Latest News; Thursday, 02 October 2008

Laid-off airline workers in Honolulu, USA will get access to career training, thanks to a US$1.4 million federal grant.

Schneider in SmartWay program

: Latest News; Thursday, 02 October 2008

Schneider Logistics of the USA, a global logistics provider, now is a SmartWay Transport Partner.

Rate fixing: Packer to go to jail

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

A British citizen and former executive of British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has agreed to plead guilty, serve eight months in jail and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments, says the US Department of Justice.

Airline mergers ‘not the only answer’

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

A French academic has questioned the airline industry’s recent trend to mergers.

Flybe ‘saves’ Inverness shellfish market

: Latest News; Wednesday, 01 October 2008

UK budget carrier Flybe is being praised for helping ‘save’ parts of the north Scotland fishing industry by flying fresh shellfish from Inverness to Barcelona in Spain.