London, January 24 : British Airways is set to launch mobile phone technology on its flights between London City Airport and New York JFK for its business-class travellers.
Passengers will be able to send and receive text messages and access the Internet on planes from autumn this year.
"The service is aimed at people in the Square Mile. We believe the route and the new technology will offer an appealing package to business travellers," the Telegraph quoted a spokesman for BA as saying.
Frankfurt - German airline Lufthansa cancelled 40 flights on Friday because of a walkout by cabin crew at Frankfurt airport, an airline spokesman said.
The Independant Organization of Flight Attendants said it called the three-hour stoppage to press demands for higher pay and improved working conditions.
Lufthansa said the cancellations affected short-haul and medium- range flights.
The stoppage by 400 flight attendants began at 6:15 am and was due to end at 9:15 am.
New York - Investigators have found a "single feather" attached to the flap structure on the wing of the downed US Airways plane, a spokesman for the investigative agency said Thursday.
The evidence, along with organic matter found in the right engine, the wings and the fuselage, lends support to the theory that a flock of birds caused the accident.
Vienna - Passenger numbers at troubled carrier Austrian Airlines declined by 1.1 per cent in 2008, as business caved in amid the global economic crisis in the third quarter, the company said Thursday.
Lufthansa is set to take over the Austrian flag carrier, pending approval from the European Commission.
The airline's long-distance flights were hit the hardest, with passenger numbers dropping 9.4 per cent year-on-year. In December, numbers fell by 13.1 per cent from the same month in 2007.
Bucking the trend, 6.2 per cent more seats were filled on flights to Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Jet Airways, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, has rolled out an affiliate marketing program in the market, as part of the company’s new digital marketing strategy to increase its revenue.
During the announcement, the company said that the program will be managed by Shoogloo Affiliate Marketing.
Under the program, the Jet Airways Affiliate Program provides Affiliate Partners with websites the opportunity to partner one of India’s leading brands, and generate revenues per conversion by promoting the airline’s web sales.
London, January 24 : British Airways is set to launch mobile phone technology on its flights between London City Airport and New York JFK for its business-class travellers.
Frankfurt - German airline Lufthansa cancelled 40 flights on Friday because of a walkout by cabin crew at Frankfurt airport, an airline spokesman said.
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New York - Investigators have found a "single feather" attached to the flap structure on the wing of the downed US Airways plane, a spokesman for the investigative agency said Thursday.
Vienna - Passenger numbers at troubled carrier Austrian Airlines declined by 1.1 per cent in 2008, as business caved in amid the global economic crisis in the third quarter, the company said Thursday.
Jet Airways, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, has rolled out an affiliate marketing program in the market, as part of the company’s new digital marketing strategy to increase its revenue. 
