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21/05/2012 - France - The Netherlands

Around 5,000 jobs to go at Air France-KLM, according to media reports

The struggling Franco-Dutch airline group, Air France-KLM, is looking to cut 5,000 jobs over three years, with about half through voluntary payoffs, according to the French daily Le ...

08/03/2012 - France

Loss at Air France-KLM worse than expected

Air France-KLM has announced a heavier than expected loss last year because of high and still rising fuel costs, disruption to traffic from unrest in North Africa and an earthquake in Japan.

07/03/2012 - France - Syria

Air France cancels Paris-Damascus flight indefinitely

Air France announced on Wednesday that it was suspending its Paris-Damascus flights until further notice, due to the ongoing violence in Syria.

15/02/2012

African press review 15 February 2012

Freedom of assembly doesn't apply to gays in Uganda. Obama cuts aid to fight Aids in his father's homeland.  SA police paid rent for offices it wasn't using but not for some it was ...

29/12/2011 - France

Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners

Activists in France’s eastern Jura region have accused Ryanair of “flirting with fraud” after the regional council agreed to subsidise the budget airline in the hope of creating ...

26/12/2011 - France

French airport strike continues but air traffic “normal”

Security staff at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport voted on Monday to continue their strike.

10/12/2011 - France

EasyJet faces handicapped discrimination charges in French court

Budget airline EasyJet faced a French court on Friday, accused of discrimination against handicapped people.

31/10/2011 - France

Air France cancel more flights on third day of strike

Air France management said on Monday it expected to cancel about 15 per cent of flights as a strike by cabin crew entered its third day, coinciding with France’s the school holiday ...

Stranded Qantas passengers will now be able to resume flying
30/10/2011 - Australia

Qantas ordered to resume flying

An Australian labour tribunal ordered an end to the industrial dispute between Qantas Airways and its employees on Sunday. The decision will allow Qantas flights to resume.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce
30/10/2011

Australia's PM calls for an end to Qantas dispute

Nearly 70,000 passengers were stranded Sunday as Australia’s Qantas Airways continued its indefinite grounding of all flights.

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