India's largest private sector airline has reinstated more than 800 employees who were sacked earlier in the week. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the dismissals - the largest in Indian aviation history - underline the crisis in the secto...
In our business news today we have a career check too but first the price of flying goes up. Several major airlines have reinstated a ten-dollar fare increase on many domestic round-trips one day after they dropped it. NPR's Jack Speer Reports: Next...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 06 January 2007 Critics raising concerns about Indonesia's disaster response system and the safety of the country's rapidly growing budget airline industry following the disappearance of a Boeing 737 on New Year's Day. Chad...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 06 January 2007 Critics raising concerns about Indonesia's disaster response system and the safety of the country's rapidly growing budget airline industry following the disappearance of a Boeing 737 on New Year's Day. Chad...
By Gary Thomas London 18 August 2006 Passengers wait to check in with a pile of luggage at Heathrow Airport terminal 4, London, Tuesday, August 15, 2006 The head of the leading low-cost airline in Britain lashed out at the government's new airport s...
By Gary Thomas London 10 August 2006 watch UK Airline Plot report British authorities say they have foiled a plan to blow up aircraft flying from Britain to the United States. Stringent security restrictions were immediately ordered at British airpo...
By Gary Thomas London 10 August 2006 Passengers wait to check in for their flights at Heathrow Airport, in London, Thursday August 10, 2006 British authorities say they have foiled a plan to blow up aircraft flying from Britain to the United States....
By David McAlary Washington 16 May 2006 Long distance air travel can increase the risk of blood clots in the legs, a potentially fatal condition that has been known for more than half a century. Now B...
By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 04 April 2006 Against a backdrop of financial difficulties and suspect security in Africa's aviation industry, one of the world's poorest countries, Mali, has a new airl...
Broadcast: Jan 20 2003 Australia's budget airline Virgin Blue has placed orders for up to 50 Boeing 737 jets - in a deal worth about $3 billion. Australia's second largest air carrier says it plans to...