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The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) reported that Emirates Airlines will introduce their Airbus A380 on the Toronto-Dubai route, effective June 1, 2009. Emirates launched three weekly flights between Toronto and Dubai in October of 2007. This move to offer service on the A380 adds capacity to the popular route, and marks the first scheduled

Industry veterans Nick Finazzo and Bob Nichols, who were the co-founders and sole shareholders of Miami, Florida-based AeroTurbine, are ramping up operations for a new commercial aviation venture

Finnair is to place its pilots on unpaid leave as a consequence of a change in flight schedules. The periods of leave, of at least one week, will be implemented as of mid-April. The reduction in human resources will vary depending on the aircraft type. The measures cover at this stage some 700 pilots and

Lufthansa will adjust its capacities by 0.5% due to the decline in demand. The adjustment will occur by cancelling certain frequencies and combining routes and flights. At the same time, Lufthansa will be investing in selected growth markets. Consequently, certain regions in the route network will be strategically expanded by introducing new connections. The summer

Embraer has named the Riyadh-based Al Saif Group as its authorized sales representative (ASR) in Saudi Arabia. The Group will be selling the entire line of Embraer Executive Jets products. Embraer

Alaska Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA jointly announced ratification of a two-year contract extension for the airline’s 2,830 flight attendants. The ratification vote extends the contract through April 2012. The contract was previously amendable on May 1, 2010. The extension offers flight attendants a 1.5-percent pay increase on May 1 of 2010 and

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UK regional airline Air Southwest is launching a new twice-daily service between London City Airport and Plymouth and Newquay airports from 20 April. The new service, operated on 50-seater Dash 8-300 aircraft, will stop at Plymouth en-route to Newquay, allowing travellers from both Devon and Cornwall to benefit from the new connection to London City

Lufthansa Italia is expanding its network from 1 April, the airline will also offer flights on domestic routes from Milan Malpensa to Rome, Naples and Bari. Since the beginning of February, passengers have had a choice of several direct flights per day to Paris and Barcelona. Starting this week, the airline will also fly to