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SkiftDesign: Vintage airline bag tags as wall art
TransportEven as the world moves towards self-tagging of airline bags using bar-coded, bland, boring automated silicon composite adhesive tags, there is a continued artistic fascination — especially of the vintage 50s era — with this ubiquitous ephemera of modern connected life. Back when airline tags first started, they were influenced by the multi-color design of maritime [...]
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Virgin America’s CEO on the airline’s shrewd move into Alaska market
TransportThere’s a new airline in town: Virgin America now offers nonstop service between Anchorage and San Francisco six days a week… Virgin America cooperates with both Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic Airlines as part of the licensing agreement with Sir Richard’s group. But for Alaska travelers, the most important development is the single flight between Anchorage [...]
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EU rules against Ryanair in complaint against illegal Alitalia loan
TransportRyanair Holdings Plc lost a challenge at the European Union’s top court that may have forced Alitalia SpA’s owners to repay a 300 million-euro ($400 million) loan from the Italian government. The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg today rejected “all of the arguments raised by Ryanair” and upheld the EU decision that while the [...]
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Passengers at Seattle airport facing security gridlock
TransportIncreased summer travel is responsible for delays at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport security lines, the airport and Transportation Security Administration said. About 150 passengers have missed flight on Alaska Airlines since Sunday because of waits of more than an hour in security lines, airline spokeswoman Marianne Lindsey said Thursday. “Summer travel season is on,” she said. [...]
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How Lufthansa’s maintenance crews profit from low-cost airline competitors
TransportDeutsche Lufthansa AG’s maintenance arm said it’s increasingly targeting contracts with low-cost carriers as collapses and consolidation erode its traditional customer base. Lufthansa Technik is “very eager” for more discount clients to add to Budapest-based Wizz Air Ltd., Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and Ryanair Holdings Plc, Europe’s top no-frills operator, Chief Executive Officer August Wilhelm [...]
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FastJet will skip South Africa domestic flights for now as it focuses on international
TransportFastjet, the low-cost African airline backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has put its plans for internal South African flights on hold as it launches international routes across the continent. It said it has been granted permission to fly from Tanzania to South Africa, Zambia and Rwanda, and will soon announce launch dates for flights [...]
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Best travel ads this week: From original Quebec to business in the U.S.
TransportDestinations, airlines, hotels, and even tour companies have to take a stand for something when they create an ad. Although there’s not right or wrong answer, the choice of what to focus on helps to ultimately define a brand. Often, destinations will associate themselves with a certain feeling or concept like Québec’s “original” ads or Australia’s [...]
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Qatar Airways rumored to take risk on Boeing’s largest Dreamliner jet
TransportQatar Airways Ltd. is set to place an order for more Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners at the Paris Air Show next week as the planemaker seeks to build momentum for a new version of the jet, people familiar with discussions said. The Qatar purchase is a top-up to 30 787s the carrier previously agreed to [...]
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Jet Airways hires ex-CEO of Air New Zealand to navigate rising competition
TransportJet Airways (India) Ltd. named Gary Kenneth Toomey as its chief executive officer to succeed Nikos Kardassis, who resigned less than two months after the carrier agreed to sell a stake to Etihad Airways PJSC. Toomey, 58, previously was the CEO of Air New Zealand Ltd. and Airlines of Papua New Guinea Ltd., Mumbai-based Jet [...]
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Britain to airlines: Don’t fly NSA leaker Snowden to UK
TransportThe British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said carriers should deny Snowden boarding because “the individual is highly likely to be refused entry [...]
