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...The route has been among the busiest and most profitable for carriers including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, and is a priority for US airlines working to open up such corridors, which could exempt...
...jonathan.guthrie@ft.com Letters in response to this column: Focus on the haystack — not on the needles / From Brendan P Geary, Washington, DC, US Active v passive: put more faith in market forces / From...
...For Moscow, the deal offers a chance to mend relations with Washington. See the FT View....
...and Southeast....
...Last year the airline announced a new nonstop flight to Washington from Hong Kong. The 17-hour flight will shave two hours off the trip and become the longest commercial route running in Hong Kong....
...(The Atlantic) GE tax penalty For years General Electric was the envy of corporate America for its ability to legally avoid paying much in taxes....
...There were the headline-grabbing investments in Ola in India, Didi in China, and Grab in Southeast Asia....
...(BBC, NYT) Snap removes Jazeera content Snap Inc has been asked by the Saudi Arabia government to remove the Al Jazeera Discover Publisher Channel in that country because it violated local laws....
...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....
...(CPI) Number of the day 73% v 28%The proportion of remaining delegates that Sanders would need to win in order to secure the nomination, compared to what Clinton needs....
...The big three US airlines — American Airlines, United and Delta — are urging Washington to review the Gulf carriers’ access to the US market....
...South Asia was thus hived off from Southeast Asia, with unfortunate consequences for the study of both....
...Alibaba founder Jack Ma is following in the footsteps of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who snapped up the Washington Post for $250m two years ago....
...Customers enjoy what the Gulf airlines offer. Many Americans now connect through the Gulf on route to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, rather than paying more to fly direct on a US airline....
...Mr Ito’s comments come as the Airports Commission – which is reviewing options for new airport capacity in the southeast of England – prepares to publish its final appraisal of rival proposals to expand...
...Unless Washington and Brussels are willing to endure some economic pain, their sanctions campaign will prove ineffective....
...The airline’s consolidated passenger unit revenue, a key industry metric, rose 3 per cent year on year for the month....
...The most recent similar incident – the loss of an Air France A330 over the Atlantic in 2009 – was eventually attributed to problems caused by ice crystals in the aircraft’s instruments....
...Ernest Bower, a Southeast Asia expert at the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington, said: “There was lack of inter-agency co-ordination, failure to name a lead co-ordinator and spokesman...
...Delta is paying $360m for the Virgin stake it is buying off Singapore Airlines, after the deal – first proposed in December – last week secured regulatory clearance in Washington and Brussels....
...“Cape Disappointment” — the signpost at the end of a damp and lonely drive through the forested fundament of Washington state — sounded less come-hither than go-thither....
...That has led to calls for a single, large new hub airport located in New York bay or the Atlantic off Long Island....
...Dattaraj V. Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group) Harsh Pati Singhania (J.K. Organisation) Krishen Sud (Sivik Global Healthcare, Inc.)...
...The EU is to make a renewed push to persuade Washington to relax its stringent foreign ownership rules on airlines in the belief that combined EU and US carriers would be better able to compete with fast-expanding...
...I think you’re doing a fine job with your airline but this is the moment to pull ahead of the pack....
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