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Vietnam Airlines sale on hold

: Latest News; Tuesday, 29 July 2008

The sale to foreign investors of between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Vietnam’s Vietnam Airlines is now unlikely to happen before 2009 and if the Vietnamese economy continues its decline, it could be postponed even longer.

Mixed reaction to new AF-KLM charges

: Latest News; Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Air France-KLM Cargo’s decision to part-roll fuel surcharges into the group’s general airfreight rate as of September 1 is drawing mixed response from the trade.

Three airports join Canadian trans-shipment program

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

Three Canadian airports have been approved to participate in the international air cargo trans-shipment program, Canadian Transportation and Logistics reports.

Airline man held in Qatar

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

A Qatar Airways senior manager, a British man, was held in solitary confinement for 25 days by authorities after being arrested in the Middle East for alleged industrial espionage.

Boeing in Aeroflot deal

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is providing Aeroflot Cargo, a German carrier based at Frankfurt-Hahn airport, with three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). Another three are scheduled.

Four BA staff to face charges

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

UK media report four British Airways employees, including two who have left the British carrier, will be charged by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with price fixing.

Qantas problem ‘could have been worse’

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

UK commentator talking about last week’s Qantas ‘hole in the aircraft’ problem: “The passengers were lucky it was Qantas and not British Airways. BA would have lost their bags, too.”

Two US fuel plans blocked

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

A US proposal - backed by the US airline industry - to release oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has failed to get enough votes in the US House of Representatives and a Republican filibuster (use of obstructive tactics) currently is blocking movement on a Senate bill aimed at restricting oil price speculation.

Air Canada wants Continental tie-up

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

Canada’s Air Canada and the US’s Continental Airlines are tipped to soon sign a marketing agreement. The plan must pass regulatory hurdles in both the US and Canada before it can proceed.

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Vietnam Airlines sale on hold

: Latest News; Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Boeing in Aeroflot deal

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is providing Aeroflot Cargo, a German carrier based at Frankfurt-Hahn airport, with three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). Another three are scheduled.

Two US fuel plans blocked

: Latest News; Monday, 28 July 2008