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Jumeirah chief slams governments for protecting legacy airlines
TransportThe head of Jumeirah Group, one of the largest hoteliers in Dubai, has criticised governments for protecting national airlines at the expense of the rest of the travel industry. Jumeirah Group president and CEO Gerald Lawless singled out Canada, which has prevented Emirati airlines from landing more than six flights per week into the North [...]
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UPDATED: Carnival responds to Senator: No way we’re paying for Triumph rescue
TransportCarnival Corp. indicated in a couple of letters to Senator Jay Rockefeller that it has no intent to reimburse the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy for assistance in the recent Carnival Triumph accident, the 2010 Carnival Splendor incidents, or any future problem where they require help from the U.S. government to aid a distressed vessel. The senator [...]
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Senator Rockefeller is taking on the cruise industry one ship at a time
TransportU.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants the cruise industry to clean up its act. Appalled by the recent events aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship, which was crippled by an engine fire leaving 4,200 people stranded on board in the Gulf of Mexico for five days last month, Rockefeller, D-W.Va., believes the industry needs to do [...]
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The NTSB just told Boeing executives to be careful what they say
TransportU.S. officials rebuked Boeing Co. for comments its executives made at a media briefing on plans to get the grounded 787 Dreamliner flying again. The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing didn’t inform investigators about what it planned to say in the March 15 briefing in Tokyo, which is “inconsistent with our expectations” from a [...]
