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Easyjet punctuality sparks row

30 Jul 2010 at 12:06 — by Sara Turner in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has threatened to take away Easyjet's right to its branding unless major improvements are made in its punctuality.

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BA down £164m - blames ash and strikes

30 Jul 2010 at 10:37 — by Sara Turner in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

British Airways (BA) announced it made a loss before tax of £164 million between April and June this year.

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Lufthansa posts €171m H1 loss

29 Jul 2010 at 16:14 — by Sara Turner in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Lufthansa today (July 29) posted a €171m operating loss for the first half of 2010.

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IATA reports "continued strong growth"

29 Jul 2010 at 15:40 — by Sara Turner in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Air travel is showing "continued strong growth" with demand in June up 11.9% compared with the same month last year.

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SWISS reports H1 profit

29 Jul 2010 at 14:39 — by Stanley Slaughter in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Swiss International Airlines today (July 29) reported a H1 operating profit of CHF61m (€44.3m), a slight drop on the CHF65m (€47.3m) figure for the same period last year.

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Egencia launches air fare benchmarking tool

29 Jul 2010 at 12:54 — by Sara Turner in Air Travel, Travel Management, Technology | NEWS ITEM

Travel management company Egencia has released a new travel tool to help clients monitor the cost of flights.

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easyJet hit by £65m "ash" loss

29 Jul 2010 at 12:31 — by Stanley Slaughter in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

easyJet said the flight disruption caused by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud cost it £65m in lost revenue.

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BTMS signs exclusive deal with ITM

29 Jul 2010 at 12:23 — by Stanley Slaughter in Air Travel, Accommodation, Travel Management, Technology, Ground Transport, MICE | NEWS ITEM

The Business Travel and Meetings Show (BTMS) today (July 29) announced it had signed an exclusive deal with the UK and Ireland Institute of Travel and Meetings (ITM).

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Aer Arann suspends flights

29 Jul 2010 at 09:56 — by Stanley Slaughter in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

Aer Arann is to suspend it services from Cork to Dublin and Belfast from the end of next month.

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Pakistani flight crashes in bad weather

28 Jul 2010 at 09:33 — by Martin Ferguson in Air Travel | NEWS ITEM

A passenger aircraft carrying 150 people has crashed in the outskirts of Islamabad.