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Low-fare carriers dominated the 15th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR) study, with five of the top six performing airlines falling under this category. Jet Blue repeated as the number one ranked airline, and AirTran took the second spot. The study, conducted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Aviation
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Labor leaders from unions representing flight attendants have expressed concerns about fatigue jeopardizing passenger safety, citing inadequate rest periods between flights. They plan to meet in Dallas to discuss how to persuade the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ease their workload and implement stricter rules on rest periods. Flight attendants
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American Airlines has introduced a groundbreaking online redemption program, redeemAAmiles(SM), allowing AAdvantage members to redeem miles for awards other than flights. This innovative program provides a single source for members to redeem miles at thousands of hotels worldwide or convert miles into another loyalty currency. With just a few
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Biotechnology company Syngenta AG admitted to mistakenly selling experimental genetically engineered corn to consumers between 2001 and 2004, but claims it poses no health risks. Meanwhile, Lufthansa won approval for a staggered takeover of Swiss International Airlines, with a potential value of up to 310 million euros. IBM settled with
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The long-standing pillars of the Alpine sports industry, Swiss and Rossignol, have fallen victim to global economic pressures, marked by a lack of vision and adaptability. In a dramatic turn of events, Swiss, the heir of insolvent Swissair, is being acquired by Lufthansa, while Rossignol, a century-old French ski equipment
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The acquittal of two men charged in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, which killed 329 people, has left the victims' families and investigators searching for justice and answers. Nearly two decades of investigations have yielded few leads, and the case remains one of the most baffling
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The verdict in the 1985 Air India bombing trial was delivered on March 15, marking the end of a 19-month trial that has been one of the most exhaustive and expensive in Canadian history. The trial involved two Canadian Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, who were accused
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SideStep, the traveler's search engine, has forged marketing partnerships with six international airlines, including Lufthansa, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Aer Lingus, and Air New Zealand. Through these collaborations, SideStep will utilize targeted advertising, featured specials, and email marketing to drive consumers directly to the carriers' websites
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Ryanair's decision to establish its 12th European base at Shannon Airport in Ireland is set to revolutionize the region's tourism industry. The budget airline's aggressive expansion plans, which include 56 flights a week from British airports and 36 flights a week from Germany, Spain,
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Continental Airlines has secured tentative agreements with its unions to cut costs by $500m in return for issuing up to 10m stock options. The agreements, which include concessions from pilots and flight attendants, will undergo ratification by the end of March. This move underscores the pressures faced by US airlines
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Continental Airlines has narrowly beat its own deadline by winning $500 million in concessions from its pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, and dispatchers. The tentative agreements, which include stock options for 10 million shares, mark a significant step towards refinancing about $642 million in debt due this year. The airline'
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BAA, the airports operator, has reached a memorandum of understanding with Star Alliance, a grouping of major airlines, to resolve a dispute over the redevelopment of London Heathrow. The agreement will see Star airlines relocated from Terminal Two to a revamped Terminal One in phases starting from 2008. This comes
