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Airbus said on Friday that it was delaying by at least three months the first delivery of the A400M heavy-lifter, blaming engine problems. Airbus had previously scuttled a planned flying display by the A400M at July’s Farnborough Airshow in a blow to the project, which has already been hurt by delays and cost overruns. [...]
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said on Friday it has asked for no Frankfurt-bound flights to depart from European airports due to a lack of parking positions after a strike disrupted hundred of flights. It said the advisory did not affect intercontinental flights. A strike by Lufthansa cabin crew in Frankfurt disrupted hundreds of flights [...]
Pilots at American Airlines will not go on strike unless it is legal to do so, the president of the pilots’ union said. The Allied Pilots Association had said last week it was making preparations to call a strike vote should American implement harsh new work terms on pilots. The carrier has been operating [...]
Holly Firfer takes a look at an app that allows you to order food for delivery at your gate in several airports. By CNN Source: Youtube
A Kenyan court has lifted a temporary order on Kenya Airways that stops the airline from cutting jobs as part of cost reduction plans. The airline, 26.7 percent-owned by Air France-KLM, said this month it would shed staff through voluntary retirement, redundancies and outsourcing of non-core roles. But the Aviation and Allied Workers Union, [...]
Etihad Airways, one of the United Arab Emirates’ flag carriers, said on Thursday it had suspended flights to Damascus until further notice because of security concerns. “The decision, while not taken lightly, has been made due to the deteriorating security position in Syria,” a statement by the airline said. The website of the UAE’s [...]
EasyJet is to base two more aircraft at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland in a move that will create a further 100 jobs there. The new jets will add to the carrier’s existing five planes at the airport which fly to 24 destinations and which carried 2.5 million passengers in the last 12 months. The [...]
Lufthansa passengers face widespread flight disruption from Friday after cabin crew representatives said they would start a series of strikes over pay and cost-cutting measures at Germany’s largest airline. The UFO union, which represents around two thirds of Lufthansa’s 19,000 cabin crew, would not say on Thursday which locations will be targeted or give [...]
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