Lufthansa may be interested in Portuguese airline TAP

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Airline food: Trying to make it fly

Airlines are refreshing their menus for the busy summer flying season, wooing first-class and international travelers with fare as ambitious as cramped, low-humidity, low-pressure cabins will permit. In coach class, however, passengers get a hot meal only if they cross an ocean. For all the airlines’ efforts, even first-class...

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'Singapore Girl' can now fly until her 50s: airline

Singapore Airlines stewardesses will now be able to fly well into their 50s after the airline agreed to add up to three years to their careers, the company said Monday. Under the new agreement signed by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Singapore Airlines Staff Union, junior stewardesses — who usually start working at 23...

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Bolivia's main private airline AeroSur in doubt

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s principal privately owned airline, AeroSur, was down to a single domestic route Monday and hoping for an infusion of capital to stave off bankruptcy. U.S. mining investor William Petty was in talks with company executives after proposing to make an investment without assuming any of the...

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Indonesia's airline boom raises questions of maintaining improved safety standards

JAKARTA, Indonesia –  Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia’s island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago’s recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say. The trend threatens to erode higher standards established during what one analyst called a...

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Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia’s island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago’s recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say. The trend threatens to erode higher standards established during what one...

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