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Southwest Airlines confirmed today that shareholders of AirTran Holdings, Inc., the parent company of AirTran Airways (AirTran), have overwhelmingly approved the proposed acquisition of AirTran by Southwest Airlines. More than 98.6 percent of votes cast and 77.5 percent of shares ...
A decision not to increase Britain's Air Passenger Duty (APD), announced by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne yesterday, has been welcomed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). "I congratulate the Chancellor on his wise decision at this critical ...
Two planes landed safely early Wednesday morning at Washington's Reagan National Airport after they were unable to reach anyone at the airport's air traffic control tower, according to the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The FAA would not comment on a ...
In the past year, China has been "snapping up" U.S. general aviation companies, including a recent deal to buy cash-strapped Cirrus Aircraft, an aviation consultant noted in a recent report. While the purchase of Cirrus is a small transaction, it underscores China's plans to ...
Chinese airlines plan legal action against a European Union plan to impose a carbon tax from 2012, claiming it could cost them millions of dollars a year, state media said Thursday. China's aviation sector will have to pay an additional 800 million yuan (US$122 million) a year ...
Boeing and EL AL have announced that the Israeli national carrier has completed a contract to order four Next-Generation 737-900ERs (extended range) and reserve options for future aircraft. The four-airplane order is valued at approximately US$343.2 million at current list prices...
A Perth-bound Qantas flight returned to Adelaide on Saturday after smoke entered the cabin from a malfunctioning oven. The Boeing 737 carrying 124 people turned back in line with the airline's safety policy, a Qantas spokeswoman said. "It was just smoke coming from the oven," she ...
The AVIC Commercial Aircraft Engine Corporation Limited (ACAE) officially launched overseas recruitment for its China-made large aircraft engine project on March 23. This is the first time China's aviation industry has sought to recruit overseas talent. A work team composed of ...
Japan Airlines Corp. is considering establishing a low-cost carrier for domestic flights with an Australian budget airline, Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd., sources close to the matter said Monday. Struggling JAL apparently aims to rely on the Australian firm's know-how to challenge All ...
Lufthansa Group has no plans to buy or invest in additional airlines, Chairman and CEO Christoph Franz told LH's in-house employee magazine Lufthanseat. He said the company will focus on "organic" growth and on bringing subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and British Midland into a ...
A system-wide central computer outage has caused delays to flights throughout the Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air network. The airline's central computer went down about 3 a.m. Saturday. Although it was back up just before 2 p.m., the schedule could not be sorted out right away. ...
Multiple deadlines have passed since Embraer early last year said its Chinese joint venture would cease to exist if it couldn't reach an agreement with its partners to build E-Jets in Harbin. Today, Harbin Embraer Aircraft remains open, but with enough work to last it until this ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave air traffic controllers new procedures Friday as officials try to contain the fallout from an incident earlier this week in which two airliners landed at Reagan National Airport without assistance because the lone controller on duty ...
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, or Embraer, said it expects net revenue of US$5.6 billion in 2011. It didn't produce the figures in Brazilian reais terms. Of the total, US$3.1 billion of revenues will be generated by the Commercial Aviation, ...
Police say an official at India's federal aviation authority has been arrested in a widening investigation of corruption in awarding flying licenses to airline pilots. Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said Saturday the official, a pilot and two other men arrested in New Delhi were ...
An immigration official says more than 161,000 foreigners have left Japan since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered an unfolding nuclear crisis. Taichi Iseki, an immigration official at Japan's major airport, Narita, said Friday the number of foreigners flying out ...
An electrical fault in the galley forced a Qantas plane to return to Adelaide this afternoon. The smell of smoke was detected in the back of the plane less than an hour into the flight to Perth. Passenger Norman Virgo says everyone remained calm as the pilot told them what was ...
Airport workers in Spain have called off 22 days of strikes which threatened to cause major disruption over the Easter holidays and into the summer. Union members voted to cancel the strike after receiving guarantees over job security and conditions. The strikes were called over ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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