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Czechs like Korean Air bid for troubled carrier CSA
Mar 06, 2013 15:06 EST
The Czech finance minister said Wednesday he would ask the government to approve Korean Air's 2.64-million-euro ($3.44-million) offer for a 44-percent stake in the troubled Czech carrier Czech Airlines (CSA).
Korean Air confirms bid for Czech Airlines
Mar 05, 2013 03:35 EST
Korean Air confirmed on Tuesday it had made an official bid of "several million dollars" for a 44 percent stake in troubled Czech Airlines (CSA), in what would be its first investment in another carrier.
Korean Air bids for Czech Airlines: report
Mar 04, 2013 12:27 EST
Korean Air has placed an official bid for a 44-percent stake in the troubled Czech flagship carrier Czech Airlines (CSA), Czech media said on Monday.
Struggling Gulf Air sacks staff as unions reject revamp
Mar 03, 2013 01:35 EST
Bahrain's loss-making flag carrier Gulf Air, struggling against competition from other regional carriers, has embarked on a sweeping restructuring plan that has annoyed unions over heavy job cuts.
Turkey moves to mark its place in the skies
Feb 02, 2013 23:14 EST
Turkey is aiming to make a major mark in the skies with ambitious plans to build the world's largest airport and a vast expansion of the national airline as it seeks increasingly to build on its strong emerging status to become a global player.
PSG set to see sponsorship deal soar
Feb 02, 2013 11:43 EST
Paris Saint-Germain are set to see their sponsorship deal with Emirates airline soar in the wake of their tie-up with former England star David Beckham, Emirates' senior vice-chairman Boutros Boutros indicated on Saturday.
Boeing crisis deepens as Dreamliners grounded worldwide
Jan 17, 2013 03:30 EST
Aviation regulators on Thursday grounded most of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries is fixed, deepening a crisis for its US manufacturer Boeing.
India's SpiceJet shares jump on stake sale talk
Jan 15, 2013 12:53 EST
Shares in India's budget airline SpiceJet rose nearly five percent on Tuesday as the airline said foreign carriers had expressed interest in acquiring a stake.
Emirates begins flights from superjumbo concourse
Jan 02, 2013 12:02 EST
Dubai's Emirates Airlines began operations on Wednesday from the world's first concourse dedicated to Airbus' A380 super jumbos at the Gulf emirate's rapidly expanding airport.
Qatar Airways lands on Barca shirts
Nov 16, 2012 12:53 EST
Barcelona announced on Friday that they will put Qatar Airways on their shirts, displaying a purely corporate advertisement for the first time under a 170-million-euro ($210-million) deal approved last year.
Abu Dhabi's Etihad's Q3 revenues up 19%
Oct 07, 2012 03:32 EDT
Abu Dhabi's carrier, Etihad Airways, said Sunday it posted a 19 percent increase in revenues in the third quarter of 2012, but it remained tight-lipped on profit.
Etihad projects $5 bn revenues in 2012
Sep 30, 2012 05:39 EDT
Abu Dhabi's carrier Etihad Airways is projecting $5 billion in revenues in 2012, up from $4.1 billion last year, and hopes to sustain profitability, its chief executive said on Sunday.
Qatar Airways flight makes emergency landing in Nigeria
Sep 29, 2012 12:10 EDT
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha safely made an emergency landing in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos on Saturday after encountering a problem with one of its tyres, the civil aviation body said.
Air traffic strikes suspend flights in Libya
Sep 16, 2012 10:47 EDT
Flights to and from Libya's international airports in Tripoli and Benghazi were suspended on Sunday due to a strike by air traffic controllers, aviation sources said.
Carbon tax and Europe to dominate airline talks
Jun 09, 2012 01:20 EDT
The world's airline bosses meet from Sunday in Beijing, with talks likely to be dominated by a bitterly opposed carbon tax, the European debt crisis and the perennial headache of high oil prices.
Qatar Airways starts flights to Baghdad
Jun 07, 2012 14:32 EDT
Qatar Airways on Thursday completed its first flight to Baghdad since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, a month after launching services to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, an official said.
Etihad denies in talks to buy stake in AirFrance-KLM
Jun 06, 2012 08:56 EDT
Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad Airways denied it was in talks to take a stake in struggling Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Etihad in talks to buy stake in AirFrance-KLM: report
Jun 06, 2012 05:49 EDT
Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad Airways is in talks to buy a stake in struggling Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM, Netherlands newspaper De Telegraf reported on Wednesday.
Qatar Airways starts flights to Iraqi Kurdistan
May 23, 2012 13:29 EDT
Qatar Airways on Wednesday began services to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, and is to start flights to Baghdad next month, the airline and an Iraqi official said.
Gulf states bet billions on soaring airport demand
May 23, 2012 11:14 EDT
Gulf countries are channelling billions of dollars into airport expansions, betting on a sharp rise in passenger traffic and competing to strengthen their positions as regional hubs for global travel.
