PARIS (Reuters UK) - Air France KLM AIRF on Monday reported a 2.6 percent rise in June passenger traffic, bringing the increase in its first fiscal quarter to 3.7 percent. The Franco-Dutch airline's load factor -- a measure of how well it fills planes -- fell...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM is an international airline offering passengers and airfreight shippers more than 113,000 connections throughout the world. For frequent flyers, congested airports and lengthy check-in queues have long been an irritation. In November 2003, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines decided to change all that for the passengers...
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM is an international airline offering passengers and airfreight shippers more than 113,000 connections throughout the world. KLM staff book more than 130 000 tickets a year to fulfill work commitments and take advantage of leisure travel perks. The requesting, processing and distribution of tickets was...
This chronicle includes three articles namely: Branding State and Civic Entities, Two Approaches to Reinventing Marketing, and Knowledge and Economic Growth. The first article talks about “branding” a state or civic entity, which it is quickly becoming common practice among nations, regions, cities, and communities. Branding has spread rapidly beyond...
This chronicle includes four articles namely: Brand Faceting and Marketing Strategy, Competitive Strategy, What Is Intellectual Capital? Branding Diamonds and Intellectual Capital and Intellectual Property. The first article talks about the proliferation of Brands. However, it has made the management of a Brand even more challenging and more critical to...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Airline group Air France-KLM has released its traffic statistics for the month of June 2008. The company said that the comparison with June 2007 is unfavourable because last year's traffic was boosted by two events, the Paris air show and...
Getting there There are no direct flights from the UK to Anchorage. Northwest Airlines/KLM (08705 074 074; www.klm. com) flies from Gatwick and Heathrow via Detroit, Minneapolis or Seattle. German charter airline Condor (00 49 180 5 707202; www.condor. com) flies from Heathrow via Frankfurt in summer....
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Five airlines have agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines for fixing prices for air cargo rates. Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways, Martinair Holland N.V. and SAS Cargo Group A/S will pay fines...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) has announced that Caribbean Airlines Ltd, a carrier based in Trinidad and Tobago, has joined the Boeing 737 Component Services Program CSP, a materials management and supply-chain solution which aims to help carriers reduce costs, enhance...
Business News IN BRIEF *Four airlines have agreed to pay $504m in fines to settle claims they conspired to fleece consumers by driving up cargo shipping prices. Air France-KLM will pay $350m of the settlement and the rest will be paid by Cathay Pacific Airways, Martinair Holland...
BRUSSELS AFP — European airlines complained Friday that new EU rules on carbon dioxide emissions will cost them 4.8 billion euros (7.6 billion dollars) a year and threaten their future. Under an agreement reached Thursday, the European Union will set quotas on carbon dioxide, the main gas that...
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...
WASHINGTON AFP — Four major airlines, including Air France-KLM and Cathay Pacific Airways, have agreed to pay US criminal fines totalling 504 million dollars to settle charges they conspired to fix air cargo prices, officials said Thursday. The US Justice Department said a subsidiary of Danish carrier SAS...
EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA), with its trans-Atlantic joint venture partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, today announced a seasonal suspension of flights between Minneapolis/St. Paul-Paris and cancellation of flights between Detroit-Dusseldorf and Hartford-Amsterdam - effective October 1, 2008. With oil reaching a record-breaking $140 a barrel...
ROME AFP — Italy's failing Alitalia airline must undergo a recapitalisation with new money and then seek a foreign partner, the national flag carrier's chairman Aristide Police said Wednesday. Intesa Sanpaolo, the banking giant tasked with advising the airline on its privatisation project, "is working intensively to develop...
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...
HOUSTON -- British Airways officials shamelessly promoted their carrier as "The World's Favourite Airline" until 2001, when it stopped being even Europe's biggest, arguing that even if U.S. carriers were bigger, theirs was better by every measure of quality, and much preferred by travelers who had an option. ...
The aviation industry is guilty of creating the impression that "flying is cheap" and will pay the price as rocketing oil prices in the coming months force no-frills carriers out of business, the joint head of the world's biggest airline has said. Peter Hartman, the chief executive...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software company Enigma Inc has received a contract from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for its Enigma 3C Revision Manager. Enigma 3C Revision Manager accelerates the review and approval process for maintenance updates and revisions, Enigma said. The software...
Enigma Inc., the leader in aftermarketservice and support technology, today announced that KLM Royal DutchAirlines, together with Air France the largest European airline group, hasselected the Enigma 3C® Revision Manager to improve maintenance for itsfleet of aircraft. Revision Manager is the second Enigma productimplemented by KLM adding on to...
