Hijacking? One flight says not today
A hijacker seeking asylum in France by taking over an Air Mauritania flight bound for the Canary Islands, instead got doused by hot water and gang tackled by the flight's passengers.
The flight departing in the evening of Thursday, Feb. 23, from the capital of Mauritania, Nouakchott, was taken over immediately after takeoff by Mohamed Abderraman, a 32-year-old Mauritanian (the Mauritanian authorities dispute this fact, claiming instead that the hijacker was from Morocco).…
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Supersonic passengers: fast travel returns
Two U.S. companies-Aerion and Supersonic Aerospace International-are strongly considering the idea of making supersonic travel possible again. If the process goes smoothly, the next supersonic flight could occur as soon as 2012.
In the past, supersonic passenger travel has suffered economically.…
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JetBlue's Valentines's Day nightmare mortifies
In one of the most publicized airline fiascos in recent times the Valentines Day ice storm left JetBlue's operations in a complete mess that persisted for a week. JetBlue has since promised to pay penalties to their customers if they find themselves stranded on a plane for too long.…
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Italian airline Alitalia for sale: One-third of stock open for bids
The business world was left dumbfounded in early February, after 10 investors made serious bids to purchase a 30.1 percent stake in Italy's Alitalia airline.
Speculation runs rampant as to why world-class private-equity funds such as MatlinPatterson Global Advisers and David Bonderman's Texas Pacific Group have any interest in an airline which lost on average $1.…
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