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Struggling Japan Airlines was offered a 1.1 billion dollar lifeline on Thursday from partners led by American Airlines, amid a bidding war with Delta Air Lines for a piece of Asia's biggest carrier.
The leaders of all Japan Airlines' partners in the oneworld® alliance issued this declaration today to their colleagues at the airline, to the Japanese government and to the country's flying public: oneworld is by far the best alliance for JAL.
US aerospace giant Boeing said Wednesday it had fueled its new 787 Dreamliner in preparation for a first test flight planned this month.
American Airlines and its partners on Thursday countered Delta Air Lines ’ recent offer of $1 billion in support for Japan Airlines with a deal it argued was “vastly superior,” escalating a tug-of-war over the troubled Japanese carrier.
American Airlines said it and other members of the Oneworld airline alliance along with private equity fund TPG are willing to invest $1.1 billion in Japan Airlines (9205.T) to prevent it defecting to Delta Air Lines and the rival Skyteam group.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top airlines companies are mixed at noon: AMR rose $.38 or 6.0 percent, to $6.67. AirTran rose $.40 or 9.0 percent, to $4.86. Continental rose $.72 or 4.8 percent, to $15.68. DeltaAir rose $.61 or 7.1 percent, to $9.23. JetBlue fell $.01 or .2 percent, to $5.63. Southwest rose $.07 or .7 percent, to $9.42. UAL rose $.87 or 10.5 percent, to $9.13. US Airways rose ...
Airbus has nearly finished cutting 4,400 jobs as set out in a major restructuring plan, union leaders and management said after a meeting between them on Wednesday.
United Airlines closed out a record-breaking November with the best on-time performance since reporting to the Department of Transportation began in October 1987. United also tied its best day for arrival performance on November 28, when more than 96% of flights were on-time.
A Delta Air Lines Inc. executive urged other carriers Wednesday to be careful not to increase the amount of flying they do too quickly.
Passengers are encouraged not to fly if they are sick, but it could cost you if you follow that advice.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top airlines companies are up at 10 a.m.: AMR rose $.40 or 6.4 percent, to $6.69. AirTran rose $.18 or 4.0 percent, to $4.64. Continental rose $.94 or 6.3 percent, to $15.90. DeltaAir rose $.42 or 4.9 percent, to $9.04. JetBlue rose $.09 or 1.6 percent, to $5.73. Southwest unchanged at $9.35. UAL rose $.68 or 8.2 percent, to $8.94. US Airways rose $.18 or 4.9 ...
Emirates Airlines, Dubai's high-profile state-owned carrier, could be forced to delay billions of dollars of aircraft orders or even put itself up for sale because of fallout from the emirate's huge debt problems, analysts said.
United's John Tague spent most of his career at airlines you may not have heard of.
Finnair cancelled 23 flights on Wednesday and said it would cancel 14 more on Thursday, the fourth day of its ground handling staff's wildcat strike, a Finnair spokeswoman said.
The holiday season is drawing near and savvy shoppers are turning to American Airlines to spread holiday cheer.
C. D. Henderson Construction Group LLC recently completed the new General Use Building at Love Field in Dallas for Southwest Airlines.
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