There has been a lot of news recently with regard to big losses realized by airlines in India due to high price of oil, weakening demand, fierce competition causing inability to raise fares to requirements and rapid growth over the past years.
Jet AirwaysOn Tuesday October 14th 2008, the airlines laid off 850 cabin crew members [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Airlines’
Trouble in India: Airlines exercising layoffs, canceling airplane orders etc.
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Passengers, Planes, Travel Woes, tagged Air India, Airlines, Cancel, Capacity cuts, India, Jet Airways, Job loss, Kingfisher, Lay-off, Leave without Pay, Order cancelation, Protest, Retrenchment, Sack, Trouble on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Turkish Airlines Joins Star Alliance
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, Star, Turkish on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, April 1st 2008 Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları) became the 20th member of Star Alliance.
Facts about Turkish Airlines -
It is the national airline of Turkey
First International Flight – In 1947 to Athens
Based in – Istanbul, Turkey
IATA – TK, ICAO – THY, Callsign – TURKAIR
Established – May 20. 1933 as State Airlines Administration – [...]
Northwest Airlines CEO’s unusual Exit Clause
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, Northwest on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Northwest Airlines Chief Executive Doug Steenlan’s employment contract has a special exit clause which gives him the option of 1 month notice to voluntarily leave from his position with a payout of 7.8 mil dollars.
This makes me wonder, if companies care about these clauses or not. There seem to be a big discrepancy in negotiations [...]
Aloha Shuts Down
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, Aloha, Hawai, Shutdown on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Aloha Airlines, the Honolulu-based airline, announced that after Monday, March 31st, 2008, it would halt all passenger service. They attributed their shutdown to higher fuel costs and high competition.
(courtesy www.newsoxy.com)(Courtesy starbulletin)
Facts about Aloha Airlines
Headquartered – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Started on – Aloha Friday, July 26th 1946
Founded by – Publisher Ruddy Tongg
Hubs – Honolulu International Airport
Fleet – [...]
Long Lost Airlines – Kiwi International Airlines
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, Kiwi, Long Lost Airlines on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine was talking about her experience on a Kiwi International flight from Newark to Chicago, when they had to do an emergency landing. The conversation inspired me to do this section on long lost airlines (they keep popping every year).
Facts bout Kiwi International Airlines (all courtesy Wikipedia) -
IATA: KP, ICAO: KIA, [...]
New Airlines – Thomas Cook Airlines
Posted in Airlines, tagged Airlines, New on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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New Airlines keep popping every year. So, it is time for travel company Thomas Cook to start it’s own.
Facts -
It is a result of merger between MyTravel and Thomas Cook
Launch Date – March 30th 2008
Number of Aircrafts – 42
Inaugural Flight – London, UK (Gatwick) to Reus, Spain (Departs at 5:05 am)
Hubs – Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, [...]
Now US Airways?
Posted in Airlines, Travel Woes, tagged 757, Airlines on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US Airways found problems with seven of its Boeing 757 aircrafts after a five-foot by four-foot panel ripped off the wing of a its Boeing 757. The repairs were done earlier this week, but did not cause big problems (only 12 cancellations).












