Air France will cut less than a third of the 2,900 job cuts it proposed in a 2016/2017 plan that triggered clashes with some staff, the chief executive of parent company Air France-KLM said on Sunday. The job cuts in 2016 would be voluntary and heavier job losses in 2017 could be avoided if talks…
A Southwest Airlines flight turned around and made an emergency landing in Los Angeles late Sunday after a woman aboard the plane allegedly claimed a man tried to choke her because of a reclined seat back, according to the airline and witnesses.
A British woman has killed herself after missing a connection flight in Turkey apparently because she couldn’t afford a replacement ticket, local media reported. The 50-year-old woman was travelling from London to the Kurdish Iraqi capital Erbil. She arrived in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Saturday and was due to depart two hour later, but missed…
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Kunming Airlines has been forced to apologize after images emerged showing female air hostesses being forced to lie in the overhead luggage compartment. These pictures went viral over the weekend after being posted on WeChat. The SCMP reports that the original post alleges that almost all the cabin crew were forced into the overhead luggage…
Eva Air, based in Taipei, is intending to purchase up to 24 Boeing 787-10s and two additional 777-300ER aircraft. Valued at more then $8billion, the 787s will be one of the first airlines in the world to introduce the -10 version of the 787 family.
United Continental CEO Oscar Munoz had a heart attack on Thursday and is currently in a Chicago hospital, Dow Jones reported Friday. The report, citing a person familiar with the matter, said the company’s directors were waiting to hear about the severity of the attack. Depending on that information, they would decide whether United would need…
Leading holiday brands, Thomson and First Choice have announced the addition of 2,000 new jobs across their overseas operation and airline for summer 2016. From today, prospective candidates will be able to apply for a broad range of opportunities from cabin crew to holiday advisors and childcare providers to football coaches. Details
Flybe has launched a new customer initiative called Flybe FareCracker. Each month, Flybe will offer customers a five-day window of opportunity to buy low-cost fares for upcoming flights, a list of which is easily accessed via the special FareCracker icon. Details
Austrian Airlines has begun new, nonstop service from Miami, Florida to Vienna, Austria. The airline will operate five weekly, non-stop flights, with a Boeing 777 aircraft, from Miami to Vienna. Austrian Airlines chief commercial officer, Andreas Otto, said: “The addition of Miami shows that we are significantly expanding our service from North America, and now…
