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Grupo AeroMexico said it received USD$65 million from Delta Air Lines in exchange for a 4 percent stake in Mexico’s largest airline, after regulators cleared the deal. The Mexican Federal Competition Commission (CFC) approved Delta Air Lines’ purchase of 30.2 million AeroMexico shares at 31 pesos each, the Mexican company said. Delta Air Lines [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines will increase service in and out of Portland, Ore., this summer to areas it said are popular warm-weather destinations. The airline will add new flights from Portland to Santa Barbara, Calif., and Bozeman, Mont., and resume seasonal flights to Billings, Mont., and Missoula, Mont. A seasonal flight is [...]
Emergency workers in Nigeria used cadaver dogs and cranes to search for corpses at the site where an American-built airliner crashed, killing all 153 aboard. Rescue officials said they fear many more people may have perished on the ground. (June 4) By AssociatedPress Source: Youtube ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RELATED ON SKY TODAY: Hot! Plane Carrying 152 people [...]
An air tanker, which was helping at a Nevada wildfire south of Reno, had to make an emergency landing when it was unable to lower its landing gear. The aircraft slid off the runway, but both crew members escaped injury. (June 4) By AssociatedPress Source: Youtube
Nigerian emergency services pulled more bodies out of the ash-covered wreckage of the MD-83 plane that crashed in the commercial hub Lagos, killing all 153 people on board. President Goodluck Jonathan has declared three days of national mourning and ordered an investigation into the cause of Sunday’s accident, in which a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 [...]
China Southern Airlines, the country’s largest airline by fleet size, said on Monday its state-owned parent was considering injecting capital into the company to lower its debt level. The airline, which did not provide details of the amount being considered, was also studying a non-public issue of new shares to its parent, China Southern [...]
There are 149 security guards at Oslo Airport who are on strike. Security control is at 50% of normal capacity. The strike situation at OSL will not escalate Monday morning (as it will at other airports), but traffic is great and passengers must be prepared for very long waits in security control, especially Monday [...]
Eastern Airways is an airline based out of Humberside Airport (HUY) in England. The airline operates a fleet of 30 regional aircraft including the Jetstream 41, Embraer ERJ135 and theSAAB 2000. They were founded in 1997 and currently fly to 21 destinations. This summer, Eastern Airways has decided to paint one of their ERJ135 in a special Union Jack livery. The ”Best of [...]
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