EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines today announced Paul Mifsud, vice president of government and legal affairs for its joint venture partner, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is a recipient of the U.S. Federal Bar Association's "Transportation Lawyer of the Year" Award. Mifsud, an accomplished international aviation attorney and founder of...
Sep 1, 2008 KLMKLM will add four weekly frequencies to its daily Amsterdam-Hong Kong 747-400 Combi service from March 29. Aug 28, 2008 LAN Cargo LAN Cargo will begin flying from Miami to Guatemala City and San Jose, Costa Rica, in September aboard 767-300Fs. Aug...
Sep 1, 2008 Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines traffic rose 19% year-over-year to 1.8 billion RPKs on a 19% increase in capacity to 2.7 billion ASKs. Load factor was up 0.5 point to 67%. Unit revenue and yield each rose 6% to 9.7 euro cents and 14.4 euro cents...
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands AFP — Darren Clarke scorched to a second round 64 in the KLM Open here on Friday for a share of the lead to boost his Ryder Cup chances. Clarke is after one of European captain Nick Faldo's two wild card picks for the biennial contest against...
7/7/2008 Denmark's National Consumer Agency on Thursday published the names of six European airlines it said were still using illegal marketing practices, despite warnings from the European Commission after a review last year. The Danish Consumer Ombudsman Henrik Oe said the Internet booking sites of Ryanair, Air Berlin, Air...
7/7/2008 Air France KLM confirmed on Friday it was considering offering high-speed rail travel and will adjust its winter seat capacity in the face of rising jet fuel costs. The Franco-Dutch airline pulled out of a bid to rescue Italy's Alitalia earlier this year and competes with the emerging...
Jun 30, 2008 Air France KLM and three other airlines agreed to pay fines totaling USD$504 million to settle US price-fixing charges involving vast shipments of consumer goods ranging from electronics to medicines, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. The plea deal was the latest in a series...
AMSTELVEEN, Netherlands -- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today announced that it has entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") to resolve allegations regarding anticompetitive activities amongst several cargo carriers, including KLM Cargo, with respect to air cargo shipments to and from the US between May...
Glenn Anderson: He scored 498 goals during his NHL career, but he is remembered most for his daring dashes to the net and his clutch playoff scoring. Mark Messier was often his center, and the twosome could jet up the ice at warp speed. Anderson's five overtime playoff goals rank...
Apr 28, 2008 Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi vowed that Alitalia will be rescued by an Italian consortium by late May, though he warned that severe job cuts would be inevitable. "This [loan] has given Alitalia the means to survive a few months, time which will be used by a...
WASHINGTON AFP — US authorities game tentative approval Wednesday for Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines and four of their international partners to combine their transatlantic routes in the SkyTeam alliance. The Department of Transportation said it provisionally would grant antitrust immunity and allow the two US carriers, along...
Apr 7, 2008 Air Canada, Kronos Kronos said Air Canada Flight Operations selected its Altitude Manpower Planning solution featuring resource allocation intelligence, enhanced planning capabilities and various cost efficiency strategies. Mar 31, 2008 Aviation Partners, Norwegian Air, Boeing Aviation Partners Boeing will provide Norwegian Air with...
Mar 17, 2008 European Commission officials on Tuesday raided the offices of several international airlines operating long-haul scheduled flights to Japan in an investigation into suspected cartel activity. The Commission, Europe's top competition regulator, issued the confirmation after Lufthansa said it had been searched in a probe into price-fixing...
Feb 18, 2008 Air Moldova, Embraer Air Moldova signed a firm contract for one E-190 scheduled for delivery in March 2010, Embraer announced. Aircraft will seat 114. Feb 11, 2008 Bmi, Boeing Bmi leases Boeings. Bmi announced today Feb. 13 that is to lease two...
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2008-KLM: KLM's Boeing 777-300ER Sets New Standards For Innovation And Climate CareC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022008 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. This milestone was celebrated at a delivery...
M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2008-Boeing Commercial Airplanes: Boeing Delivers KLM's First 777-300ERC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022008 SEATTLE -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 777-300ER Extended Range. The airplane...
Feb 4, 2008 U.K. regulators support tax based on aircraft weight. The U.K. Treasury on Thursday said it supports an aviation tax mechanism that would base taxes on an airplane's maximum take-off weight. Regulators want to replace a passenger tax with a tax that reflects the environmental impact of...
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2008-RYANAIR: Easyjet Cleared To Buy Gb Airways; Another Approved Eu Airline Merger Exposes Commission BiasC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23012008 Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today again questioned the EU's politically motivated prohibition of the ...
Jan 14, 2008 Aer Lingus Irish airline Aer Lingus said on Tuesday it carried 695,000 passengers last month or 9.6 percent more than in December 2006, thanks to new routes and planes, but flights were not as full as a year ago. The former state carrier said its...
Jan 7, 2008 Airlines throughout the world are contending with antitrust charges made at the end of 2007 by the European Commission, which has accused at least 11 and as many as 25 carriers of "cartel" activity relating to airfreight transport. In addition to British Airways, Japan Airlines, Air...
