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Air NZ looking good for year profit

22 August 2006

Air New Zealand’s annual result on Friday is expected to be a positive one after it raised its fares in May to cope with higher fuel prices.

Analysts are expecting the airline to post a profit of $140 million before interest and tax, as Air NZ itself indicated in June.

The airline’s optimism was based on a 10 per cent hike in airfares and more demand for premium long-haul seats.

source: stuff.co.nz


Three largest US airlines roll back $10 fare increase

22 August 2006

American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines Inc., the three largest US carriers, rescinded a $10 increase on round-trip tickets because rivals didn’t match the higher prices. UAL Corp.’s United, which initiated the increase Thursday for tickets usually purchased by business travelers, canceled it yesterday.

source: boston.com


American Airlines flight forced back to Seattle

22 August 2006

An American Airlines flight from Seattle to Chicago was forced to return after its compressor stalled and the crew shut down an engine.

American flight 526 was scheduled to leave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday at 11:26 p.m. The plane was in the air for about 26 minutes when it returned to Sea-Tac.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier put nearly all of the 136 passengers on a different airplane, which left Sea-Tac on Tuesday at 1:52 a.m. The flight landed in Chicago at 5:39 a.m., Seattle time.

source: seattlepi.com


Airlines ride non-fuel cost efficiencies

22 August 2006

The airline industry across the world is making progress in delivering non-fuel cost efficiencies, International Air Transport Association (IATA) airline business confidence index for June has stated.

This is despite the confidence in airline business shrinking considerably since March this year in the wake of 25% increase in the fuel prices over the period.

Amidst soaring prices, nearly 45% of the players have managed to reduce total input costs over the past three months and nearly 60% expect to witness no change or lower total input costs over the next year.

source: Financial Express


Cambio de nombre y dirección de Trabber News

4 August 2006

Desde hoy, el apartado ‘Trabber News’ tal como funcionaba hasta ahora pasa a llamarse ‘Trabber Noticias’ y cambia su dirección a:

https://noticias.trabber.com

Importante: También cambian las direcciones de los feeds XML, por lo que los que sigáis estas noticias a través de ‘Bloglines’ u otros lectores debáis cambiar al nuevo feed.

‘Trabber Noticias’ seguirá publicando, en castellano, todo tipo de novedades relacionadas con los vuelos. Como algunos amigos nos habéis pedido, intentaremos especialmente publicar las ofertas de las compañías (del tipo N-mil billetes gratis, etc.)

‘Trabber News’ por su parte se reconvertirá dentro de unos días a la versión en inglés de ‘Trabber Noticias’. Por tanto aquí empezaréis a ver publicadas noticias en inglés que consideremos interesantes para los usuarios de Trabber Deutschland y Trabber United States.