Lufthansa faces additional strikes by Verdi
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) is facing additional strikes by its Verdi union. According to this report by Reuters, Verdi is demanding a 5.2 percent pay raise over 12 months and job security for about 33,000...
View ArticleSurinam Airways celebrates 50 years
Surinam Airways (Paramaribo) is celebrating 50 years as an airline. Organized in 1953, the airline commenced scheduled commercial operations on January 6, 1955 as SLM (Surinaamse Luchtvaart...
View ArticleAerolineas Argentinas to lease four Airbus A330-200s from ILFC
Aerolineas Argentinas (Buenos Aires) has signed a contract to lease four Airbus A330-200s from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled to take place...
View ArticleFinnair to install Zodiac fully-flat seats on its long range aircraft
Finnair (Helsinki) has announced it will install new fully flat seats in most of its existing long haul aircraft starting in January. Once the installation program is completed by fall 2014, all of...
View ArticleJetBlue Airways and South African Airways begin code-sharing
JetBlue Airways (New York) and South African Airways (SAA) (Johannesburg) have launched their bilateral code-share agreement. JetBlue is now placing its “B6″ code on SAA-operated flights between the...
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