Pilots Are Striking at Contact Air

31Mar09

In the dispute over higher wages, the pilots’ union “Cockpit” called in the morning to a strike at Lufthansa’s partner Contact Air . At the airports Dusseldorf, Hannover, Hof, Nuremberg and Stuttgart passengers have to face delays. “We demand a new offer of the management of the airline,”  said a “Cockpit” speaker. On 21 January, [...]

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New Pacific Blue AUCKLAND–SYDNEY Flights Take Off Tomorrow!

14Oct08

On the 13th of October Pacific Blue announced that their newest flights on the trans-Tasman route will take off today from Auckland to Sydney but the celebrations have begun yesterday in the City of Sails with a travel industry party hosted by Virgin Blue Group CEO Brett Godfrey. An increase in capacity at Pacific Blue [...]

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Russian passenger plane lands on the hull

02Oct08

Due to a technical failure a Boeing 737 had to land without landing gear in Kaliningrad, Russia. The plane’s 138 passenger and 6 crew members weren’t injured. The 20 years old airfare flew for the russian Airline  KD Avia from Barcelona to Kaliningrad. The crash occured at 10:15 pm local time.

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