Airline BA to cut capacity, delay new planes

FULL ARTICLE AT Miami Herald
2009-07-03 21:23:15
LONDON — British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it faces a recession-driven decline in passengers.
The airline said it carried 2.93…

Icelandair a Top Performer in European Airline Rankings

FULL ARTICLE AT AirportBusiness.com
2009-07-02 14:34:00
The recent AEA (Association of European Airlines) consumer report placed Icelandair near the top in all key areas. Among the accolades was the confirmation that Icelandair was the only one of the 28 surveyed carriers not to have cancelled a single…

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video

FULL ARTICLE AT Denver Post
2009-07-03 18:03:41
Passengers are shown ogling, mostly in appreciation.
An Air New Zealand flight attendant wearing bodypaint gives videotaped pre-flight safety instructions. (Air New Zealand | )
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand’s national airline has adopted a…

Airline under surveillance after crash

FULL ARTICLE AT Independent Online
2009-07-03 09:40:52
The airline announced on Thursday that it was suspending flights to and from the Mediterranean port city of Marseilles, after throngs of Comoran protesters besieged Yemenia’s check-in counters at the airport for two days.
The 19-year-old Yemenia…

Airline safety video gives truly bare essentials

FULL ARTICLE AT Seattle Post Intelligencer
2009-06-30 20:17:08
Air New Zealand is getting down to the bare essentials with a new in-flight safety video that features flight attendants wearing just body paint.
It’s aimed at making passengers pay attention to the often-overlooked airline safety videos shown at the…

EU may blacklist airline after Comoros crash

FULL ARTICLE AT Independent Online
2009-07-01 05:44:47
\”The problem seems to be that the airliner was changed… We have to verify what actually happened. We have to make sure Europeans travelling by air can feel safe,\” Tajani said.
France’s Transport Minister, Dominique Bussereau, said that French…

Flybe ‘the UK’s leading domestic airline’

FULL ARTICLE AT Just the Flight
2009-07-03 13:16:07
Flybe has claimed that it is now the leading domestic airline in the UK.
The regional operator cited statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) showing that it carried some 451,413 passengers in April, placing it ahead of rival airlines such as…

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video

FULL ARTICLE AT Boston Globe
2009-07-03 08:12:42
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand’s national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew’s uniforms are nothing but body paint.
The \”Bare Essentials of Safety,\” screening in the cabins…

Airline calls in negotiators over pay row

FULL ARTICLE AT The Daily Telegraph
2009-07-01 13:48:53
STRUGGLING British Airways says it had asked a conciliation service to help reach a deal with unions on pay and job cuts, in a bid to avoid the threat of a damaging strike.
Talks between BA and union officials over cost savings at the airline failed to…

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video

FULL ARTICLE AT Boston Globe
2009-07-03 07:29:55
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand’s national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew’s uniforms are nothing but body paint.
The \”Bare Essentials of Safety,\” screening in the cabins…