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...European carriers have announced waves of cuts — up to 12,000 jobs at British Airways, 3,000 at Ryanair, just in the past fortnight — but US airlines are still at the planning stage....
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...Over the past five years, the DoJ has approved three significant airline mergers – between Delta and Northwest Airlines, United and Continental and Southwest and AirTran....
...As well as the 2010 merger between United and Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines combined with Northwest Airlines in 2008 and Southwest Airlines bought AirTran last year....
...They range from grand official buildings, such as the Foreign Office, to infrastructure facilities, such as the King George V pumping station at Enfield, and more than 100 private homes....
...Two-thirds of full-year 29 per cent revenue growth came from the addition of budget rival AirTran Airways, which Southwest bought in May and is moving swiftly to integrate....
...air travel in the deteriorating economic environment meant Ryanair could continue to increase market share on European short-haul routes at the expense of flag carriers including Lufthansa and British Airways...
...CA Inc climbed 9.6 per cent to $25.02 as the software developer easily beat analyst expectations....
...Only 220 brands successfully acquired domains this way, including British Airways (ba.co.uk) and Virgin Enterprises (v.co.uk). The auctions ran in August and September....
...Yahoo nabbed y.co.uk and Virgin has v.co.uk. BP will get bp.co.uk, the Football Association fa.co.uk, British Airways ba.co.uk, Burger King bk.co.uk, and Yo! Sushi yo.co.uk....
...Dallas-based Southwest Airlines bought AirTran , which uses Atlanta as its main hub, for $1.4bn. Including AirTran’s debt and aircraft leases, the deal is valued at $3.4bn....
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...Asia’s V-shaped recovery from the global financial crisis has triggered a boom among budget airlines in the region as carriers position to meet forecasts for rising traffic....
...Republic Airways, the US regional airline which last week moved to buy troubled peers Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines, is still in the market for other acquisitions....
...“These indicators don’t just follow a V-shape, they will falter. The question is to what extent we’ve now double-counted any good news,” said Mr Isherwood....
...chairman of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, an industry consultancy, says the “horrific” figures are made worse by coinciding with rising competition among Qantas, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and V...
...It is served by six airlines led by Southwest Airlines and including AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines....
...British Airways was another faller, losing 4.1 per cent to 162.4p ahead of results next week....
..., Continental and AirTran....
...AirTran....
...Northwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways and AirTran Holdings added their names to the roll call of US carriers that limped into 2008 with a quarterly loss amid record fuel costs....
...Now more carriers, including JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, have joined Southwest Airlines as proven competitors....
...Recent contested takeover battles – such as US Airways’ pursuit of Delta and AirTran’s unsuccessful effort to buy Midwest – saw both targets decline to open their books....
...The Milwaukee-based carrier had been pursued for months by AirTran, the fast-growing low-cost carrier which was anxious to expand from its focus on the east coast....
...US Airways, a prime beneficiary of the shrinking of carriers such as Delta in the domestic market, cut its own capacity forecast for the year, and said there was little visibility as the industry entered...
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