Japan’s Fuji Air and Air France Get Additional Brazilian Jets

FULL ARTICLE AT Brazzil Magazine
2009-06-26 22:03:34
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has sold a third E-Jet - an Embraer 175 - to Japan’s Fuji Dream Airlines, a company of the Suzuyo Group. The original contract, signed in November 2007 with the Suzuyo Group, covered a firm order for two Embraer…

Air France-KLM fined for price fixing

FULL ARTICLE AT Globe and Mail
2009-06-26 21:04:57
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AF KLM maintenance units anticipate positive FY despite downturn

FULL ARTICLE AT ATWOnline
2009-06-27 01:08:37
Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance are confident they will be able to maintain a positive operating result this year despite the downturn in the airline industry and consequent contraction of MRO contracts. \”It will be a challenge,…

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Runs Commercial Flight and Reservation Systems on IBM System z Mainframe

FULL ARTICLE AT AirGuideOnline
2009-06-29 22:06:29
KLM and IBM announced today that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has become the first airline to fully deploy IBM’s newest System z mainframe-based software for processing ultra-high volumes of real-time business transactions such as flight reservations. As a…

Air France-KLM fined for price fixing on cargo routes

FULL ARTICLE AT Vancouver Sun
2009-06-27 10:02:51
Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest airline, has admitted to a price-fixing conspiracy between 2002 and 2006 on some air cargo routes affecting Canada, the Canadian Competition Bureau said on Friday. The arms-length government agency said Air France, KLM…

Canada body fines Air France-KLM for price fixing

FULL ARTICLE AT Pakistan News.net
2009-06-26 21:08:49
OTTAWA — Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest airline, has admitted to a price-fixing conspiracy between 2002 and 2006 on some air cargo routes affecting Canada, the Canadian Competition Bureau said on Friday.
The arms-length government agency said Air…

3 airlines fined $10M for fixing air-cargo rates

FULL ARTICLE AT CBC News
2009-06-26 20:18:22
Air France and KLM were fined $4 million and $5 million, respectively, for fixing air cargo rates of some routes. (Remy de la Mauviniere/Air Canada)

Three related international airlines have been fined a total of $10 million for fixing air cargo…

Air France Trials Futuristic-Looking Carbon-Free Vehicle

FULL ARTICLE AT Flight International Blogs
2009-06-30 21:03:32
This is serious, but the carbon-free AIRPod vehicle will certainly get some looks at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol airports, where Air France is trialling it.
The MDI AIRPod:
Click here to see Air France’s video about the vehicle and…

AIRPod looks dorky, makes friends easily

FULL ARTICLE AT Engadget
2009-06-29 13:42:54
Following in the footsteps of its bigger brother, the AIRPod is a zero-emissions vehicle capable of reaching 50mph and requiring only air and your dignity for its fuel. Makers MDI are set to begin production by the end of the year, while Air France and…