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Delta in talks to buy stake in Virgin Atlantic

Source: 11Alive | Atlanta, Dec 3 2012, 5:11pm CST

(CNBC) -- Delta Air Lines has held recent talks to buy a 49 percent stake in British carrier Virgin Atlantic that is currently held by Singapore Airlines, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Delta, the second-largest U.S. airline by ...

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7 hours ago

SINGAPORE: Excess pilots: Singapore Airlines waives cadets' bonds

Source: Topix  |   May 21 2013, 2:34am CDT

Singapore Airlines, which has too many pilot s amid a business downturn, does not expect the surplus to ease any time soon. Type in your comments below Name (appears on your post) You are currently logged in as . Not ? Name ...

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15 hours ago

Final Glance: Airlines companies

Source: CNBC  |   May 20 2013, 6:33pm CDT

NEW YORK -- Shares of some top airlines companies were down at the close of trading: Delta Air fell$. 18 or 1.0 percent, to $18.36. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.36. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 13 or. 9 percent, to $14.2 ...

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19 hours ago

Virgin Atlantic to use iPads to speed up check-in at JFK airport

Source: Pocket Lint  |   May 20 2013, 1:56pm CDT

Virgin Atlantic is to offer a new check-in service at JFK airport in New York that will recreate an Apple store-like experience on arrival Pocket-lint has learnt. The new service, which goes live first thing on Tuesday morning, follows ...

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1 day ago

Virgin Atlantic marketer Simon Lloyd departs in restructure

Source: Brand Republic  |   May 20 2013, 9:27am CDT

While in the role, he led the development of Virgin Atlantic’s new marketing strategy under the strapline, "Flying in the face of ordinary". Before Lloyd’s arrival, sales and marketing had been jointly overseen by Paul Dickinson. New marketing head Sebas ...

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2 days ago

Sequestration Cuts Likely to Mean Longer Wait for Foreign Tourists

Source: NewsMax  |   May 18 2013, 8:49pm CDT

Budget cuts at U.S. Customs and Border Protection have sharply increased airport queues — and as many as 27 million foreign travelers expecting to visit the United States this summer can expect to wait more than three hours t ...

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2 days ago

Summer travel? Think beyond airfare

Source: The State  |   May 18 2013, 8:34pm CDT

As travelers start thinking about winging off to summer vacations, many could learn a few things from expert flyers to ensure they get the best value for their money when booking flights. Price and flight sch ...

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2 days ago

The woes of economy class, real and imagined

Source: Boston.com  |   May 18 2013, 3:45pm CDT

The spacing between rows is called "pitch" in the biz. Measured in inches, it's the distance from one seat-back to the seat-back ahead of it. While it's true that carriers have been tightening up the rear-most rows to accommodate th ...

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2 days ago

Singapore Airlines to End Longest Non-Stop Flights

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 18 2013, 3:36pm CDT

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) will soon end non-stop services to New York’s Newark Airport and Los Angeles, the world’s longest commercial flights, because of rising fuel prices and slower demand for intercontinental trips. The all- ...

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2 days ago

George Hobica: New American Airlines Planes Give Foreign Carriers Serious Competition

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 18 2013, 1:18pm CDT

For years now, profitable foreign-based airlines have offered newer, more luxurious aircraft than their poorer U.S.-based competitors. British Airways has had sophisticated entertainment systems in all classes and lie f ...

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3 days ago

New cabins for Singapore Airlines in Sept; no plans for premium economy class

Source: Straits Times  |   May 17 2013, 8:10pm CDT

Singapore Airlines will roll out its next- generation cabins, which comes with new and more comfortable seats, in September. But travellers hoping for a premium economy class will be disappointed. SIA currently has ...

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