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More airline mergers tipped

AIRLINES around the world are in Darwinian survival mode. Without ever mentioning British Airways, recently departed Qantas boss Geoff Dixon made clear in a speech last week in Brisbane that the national carrier would...

Microbiologists are dropping like flies.

News Type: Event — Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:52 PM EST FTW - In the five-week period from November 16, 2001 through December 23, 2001, five world-class microbiologists in different parts of the world were reported dead. In the ten...

Spain worried about businessmen unable to leave Mumbai

Madrid, November 27 , SPA -- Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos onThursday expressed concern for the safety of three businessmen whowere unable to leave a hotel in Mumbai, India, allegedl...

A wonderland, and not just in winter

By Robert Hopkins Have your say Read comments If you like snow and chocolate, there's no better place to live than Switzerland, a country that many expats here agree has a certain magic of its own. I was fortunate in being...

BIAL chief to step down

Our Bureau Bangalore, Nov. 21 There will be a change of guard at BIAL, the company operating the six-month-old Bengaluru International Airport at Devanahalli. Mr Albert Brunner, Chief Executive Officer of the seven-year-old...

If This Is Friday, It Must Be Manchester

Late Thursday evening I flew into Manchester, England from London. Adventures I had after landing included: Being on a bus in the middle of nowhere with the rental car nowhere to be seen. (A scene very similar to the rental...

Bangalore airport chief executive Brunner quits

New Delhi News.Net Friday 21st November, 2008 (IANS) Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) chief executive officer (CEO) Albert Brunner is quitting the high-profile post and has decided not to renew his contract, the...

Doc Searls: From Brighton to Beachy Head

There wasn’t much to see during the redeye from Boston to Zürich and on to Amsterdam yesterday. Too bad, because the Swissair window was one of the cleanest and clearest I’ve seen yet. But I did get a nice quick series of the...

Survivor tells investigators about B.C. crash

A man who astonished his family and doctors by surviving a plane crash in British Columbia has given investigators valuable information about what happened before the aircraft smashed into a hillside on a remote island.

If This Is Wednesday, It Must Be Zurich

I flew from Amsterdam to Zurich this morning. It was an interesting trip in several ways.First, SwissAir told me I couldn't bring on one of my two carry-on bags because it was too heavy--9.2 kilos instead of the limit of...

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