(Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto sweeping aviation legislation if Republicans in Congress succeed in gutting a rule favorable to airline and railroad union organizing, the White House said on Wednesday.
March 30 (Bloomberg) — International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, formed from the merger of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia, said it may consider investing in Japan Airlines Corp. after the Asian carrier came out of bankruptcy this week.
Japan Airlines Corp is considering establishing a low-cost carrier for domestic flights with Australian budget airline Jetstar Airways, sources close to the matter said Monday. Kyodo News.
By Andrew Penman – Mirror – UK
If any firm was going to try to take employment laws back to the dark ages there was always a good chance it would be Ryanair.
Transport companies are on the brink of a mergers and acquisitions boom, according to analysis by KPMG, which says cheaper debt, higher fuel prices and the drive for global scale are combining to make big deals irresistible. By Gill Plimmer FT.com
(Reuters) – Following are responses from airlines from several countries following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami and subsequent crisis at a nuclear power complex.
By Adrian Addison (AFP)
HONG KONG — A decade ago, even some of Asia’s wealthier people could face a long bumpy ride on a bus to visit family or take a break on the beach — flying was simply too expensive.
TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Flight cancellations by All Nippon Airways Co. (9202.TO) and Japan Airlines Corp. continued Saturday, after a massive earthquake struck northeast Japan, even as operations at Tokyo’s main airports returned to normal with most other Asian carriers resuming scheduled flights.