Erin and Sean Spital last saw their luggage after checking in at New York’s JFK airport, shortly before they boarded their flight to Barcelona on Iberia Airlines. The couple waited until the last bags made their rounds on the luggage carousel, their bags never arrived. Left with only the clothes on their backs, and with their 7-day Norwegian Cruise Line cruise about to depart, the Spitals did the only thing they could do: They filed a claim with Iberia and went out to buy new clothes.
AA, Air France operate green flights, BA-Iberia inks deal for merger, Boeing, Airbus to redesign narrowbodies
Iberia may soon merge with BA, WTO says Europe subsidized Airbus unfairly, airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim
Lights out for Earth Hour: Strip hotels to dim or shut off lights during event to draw attention to global climate change On the evening of March 27, the lights on the Las Vegas Strip will go dark for one hour for Earth Hour. The World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour, designed to raise global awareness [...]
Over the weekend, the Department of Transportatin (DOT) announced that they have given the oneworld Alliance provisional antitrust immunity. This brings oneworld into line with SkyTeam and Star Alliance and is the final nail in the coffin of advancing competition between scores of airlines in the international arena.
In Yosemite permits now required for Half Dome, British Airlines, American Airlines, Iberia gets approval for anti-trust immunity, Boeing sees aircraft demand improving
It seems that merger talks are proceeding well between Iberia and British Airways. They are discussing February dates as possible days to sign a memorandum of merger. This merger will create a behemoth in the international airline industry.
The long-sought antitrust immunity between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia for their OneWorld alliance has hit another patch of turbulence with the E.U. as they attempt to gain the same interoperability enjoyed by competing Star Alliance and SkyTeam.
OneWorld Alliance faces strong European Union headwinds. Keystone Resort announces free season pass for anyone who gets married there. Las Vegas casinos see no new additions for at least a decade.
What department within the federal government should have the final say about airline antitrust immunity? Two decades after the Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed the Department of Transportation (DOT) to rule on the first airline alliance that initially has minimal antitrust implications, the stakes are higher and the oligopoly bigger.
