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• Airline News - Europe

  - 2008-07-07

  7/7/2008 Perhaps it comes as no surprise, but a recent survey by LateRooms.com shows that 25m Brits are unable to recognize even the most basic of phrases in a foreign language when abroad. In the nature of British culture, words they do pick up are beer (79%), swimming pool...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Virgin Atlantic

• Airline News - Europe

  - 2008-02-11

  Feb 11, 2008 Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines will launch flights from Athens to London Stansted (twice-daily from May 15 aboard A321s), Tirana (daily from May 2 aboard RJ100s), Limnos (four-times-weekly from March 30, becoming daily May 1) and Kefalonia (four-times-weekly from May 1, becoming six-times-weekly in July and...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Newcastle, Southampton

• Company Watch - Iberia

  - 2007-10-01

  Oct 1, 2007 A rival bid for Iberia could still emerge from Air France KLM, which is talking to Spanish investment firms Torreal and Inversiones Hemisferio, controlled by business entrepreneurs Juan Abello and Jose Manuel Lara respectively, one source familiar with the situation said. However, Air France's possible interest...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Texas Pacific Group

• Airline Finance News - Europe

  - 2007-10-01

  Oct 1, 2007 European shares ended the third quarter on a mixed note, as some better-than-expected U.S. economic data and gains from Alcatel-Lucent helped offset food-sector weakness tied to a warning from sugar firm Tate & Lyle. Sep 28, 2007...

  Tags: Air France KLM, American Airlines, AMR Research, British Airways Plc., Iberia, Texas Pacific Group

• Airline Finance News - Europe

  - 2007-07-09

  Jul 9, 2007 Assn. of European Airlines Chairman and Iberia CEO Fernando Conte was less impressed by the performance of European ATM and pointed out that a more rational airspace design could reduce airline costs by some [euro]3.4 billion annually and carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 12 million...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Iberia

• Airline Finance News - Europe

  - 2007-01-22

  Jan 22, 2007 U.S. airlines, government and U.K.'s Blair criticize emissions plan. Airlines believe that including them in the EU's emissions trading program is not the right approach to curbing worldwide emissions, preferring voluntary measures as more effective. The U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for transportation affairs told...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Finnair Group, Lufthansa, SAS Institute

• Airline News - Europe

  - 2006-11-27

  Nov 27, 2006 Aeroflot Aeroflot aims for greater domestic share with Siberian consolidation. Aeroflot is looking to consolidate the domestic airline industry further. Aeroflot East will operate both short- and long-haul routes. "First we have to bring the new carrier to Aeroflot standards. The program should be fully...

  Tags: Air France KLM, Air France KLM Group, British Airways Plc.

• Airline Finance News - Europe

  - 2006-11-20

  Nov 20, 2006 Air France KLM Air France KLM said non-French shareholders increased their stake in the carrier to 47% over the past few weeks and stated that it will use an "authorized mechanism" to protect its traffic rights and "to safeguard national ownership once the nonresident shareholding...

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc.

• Airline Finance News - Europe

  - 2006-11-13

  Nov 13, 2006 U.S. losing business travelers to Europe. A World Travel Market report found the number of business arrivals to the U.S. dropped by 10% due to stringent security measures the U.S. imposes on foreign visitors. Europe, on the other hand, saw an 8% increase in business visitors....

  Tags: Air France KLM, British Airways Plc., Lufthansa