Air Transport

Pudong gets C919 final assembly line

Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd (COMAC), which is in charge of the indigenous C919 passenger airplane program, announced yesterday that it would set up its final assembly line in the city's Pudong New District. The...

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DHL to provide security at Bangalore airport cargo section

Bangalore, Nov 21 (IANS) Logistics firm DHL has signed a security partnership with Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS), the cargo terminal operator at the Bangalore international airport, to provide security to...

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Maiden flight of Air France's A380 imminent

Air France is going to lift up its first A380 on Friday from Roissy airport on the Paris-New York route, thus becoming the first European airway company to put the superjumbo into service. The inaugural flight is expected to...

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More Americans traveling by car for Thanksgiving

The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. And there will be a 6.7 percent drop in the number of air travelers.

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Delta calls American-JAL alliance unsuccessful

Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Bloomberg News The existing relationship between American Airlines and Japan Airlines "really hasn’t been successful," Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said Friday in his weekly recorded message...

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7. AirAsia plans listings in Thailand, Indonesia

PETALING JAYA: Listing of its shares on Thailand and Indonesian stock exchanges is on the cards for Asia’s largest low-cost carrier AirAsia Bhd. The airline is following in the footsteps of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd which...

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Secretary Gates Remarks at the Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

SEC. GATES: Thank you, Peter. A starting point for this discussion is the long-standing relationship between the United States and Canada, the subject of my meeting this afternoon with Minister MacKay. The formal defense ties...

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Hobbit Travel recalls staff

Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune Hobbit Travel President George Wozniak said he’s confident that business will continue to improve. As cold weather approaches, Minnesotans are plotting their winter getaways and for Hobbit President...

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10. Keen for a trip to Iceland?

Big drop in currency value makes formerly expensive destination attractive. Since the global financial crisis, Malaysians are observed to be staying close to home, choosing mainly popular domestic and regional destinations with...

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Al-Watania, Lion Air's inaugural flights arrive to Saudi Arabia

King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) received the inaugural flight of Lion Air of Indonesia and Al-Watania of Kuwait, according to reports over the weekend. Lion Air had 496 passengers on board arriving from Jakarta. The...

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