Airline, Airport And Aviation Industry

	US Airlines Cancel More Flights Due To Storm April 16, 2007 US airlines canceled dozens of flights on Monday as they regrouped after heavy rain and gale-force winds battered the US Northeast.
	Delta Creditors Vote For Reorganization April 16, 2007 Delta Air Lines said on Monday that creditors overwhelmingly approved its reorganization plan, setting the stage for the airline to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy by early May.
	Embraer Delivers 25 Planes In Q1 April 16, 2007 Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer said on Monday it delivered 25 planes in the first quarter, down from 27 in the year-earlier period.
	Jet Sees Air Sahara Profitable In Year One April 16, 2007 India's Jet Airways said on Monday its takeover of Air Sahara would not strain its cash flows, and that it expected the loss-making Sahara to turn a profit in the first year of operations.
	Three Non-Binding Offers For Alitalia April 16, 2007 All three shortlisted bidders for loss-making Italian airline Alitalia presented their non-binding offers by Monday's deadline, the government said without revealing details of the bids.
	Lufthansa CEO Sees Little Chance For Takeover April 16, 2007 Lufthansa does not plan to team up with a partner to buy Iberia and sees the Spanish airline's share price as excessive, its Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber said on Monday.
	Frankfurt March Passengers Up 8.9 Percent April 16, 2007 Fraport said passenger numbers at Frankfurt Airport, its main hub, rose 8.9 percent in March to 4.4 million.
	Passengers Fume As Sleepy BA Crew Delays Flight April 16, 2007 Passengers on a British Airways flight from New Delhi to London faced a 13 hour delay as the pilot felt he was too sleepy after a noisy night in a New Delhi hotel, newspapers reported on Monday.
	Ex-Garuda Chief Arrested In Murder Probe April 15, 2007 A former head of Indonesian carrier Garuda and another airline official have been arrested in connection with the murder of a leading rights campaigner who was poisoned during a flight, an airline lawyer said.
	Court Rules Against Northwest Flight Attendants April 13, 2007 A New York bankruptcy judge denied a motion by Northwest Airlines' flight attendants on Friday to change a ruling that allowed the airline to void their work contract and impose heavy pay cuts last year.
	AirTran Not Planning To Increase Midwest Bid April 13, 2007 AirTran Holdings has no intention of increasing its offer for Midwest Air Group after Midwest's board advised shareholders to reject the hostile bid, AirTran's chief operating officer said on Friday.
	Brussels Airport Flights Resume As Strike Ends April 13, 2007 Flights resumed at Brussels Airport on Friday after rescue workers agreed to stop a strike, an employee of the airport said.
	Iberia Wants To Know If TPG Has Bid Partner April 13, 2007 Iberia said on Friday it required more information from suitor Texas Pacific Group regarding its EUR3.4 billion euro (USD$4.6 billion) bid for the airline, echoing comments it made on Thursday.
	Morgan Stanley To Buy ANA Hotels For USD$2.4 Bln April 13, 2007 Morgan Stanley will buy 13 hotels and two property management units from Japanese airline All Nippon Airways for USD$2.4 billion in the biggest hotel transaction in Asia.
	Lufthansa May Hit EUR1 Bln Profit This Year April 13, 2007 Lufthansa finance chief Stephan Gemkow said the airline may achieve its target of EUR1 billion euros (USD$1.35 billion) of operating profit a year early in 2007, Euro magazine reported.
	US Airline Recovery Intact Despite The Bumps April 12, 2007 Early 2007 has been marked by severe weather and public relations disasters at airlines such as JetBlue Airways and US Airways, but the string of bad luck and blunders does not threaten a longer-term industry recovery, experts say.
	Air France Denies Interest In US Partners April 12, 2007 Air France-KLM denied on Thursday a report it may acquire minority stakes in US partner carriers Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines.
	Ryanair Plans Low-Cost Transatlantic Airline April 12, 2007 Executives at Europe's biggest low-cost carrier Ryanair are working on launching a transatlantic airline with a fleet of 30 to 50 long-haul aircraft in the next three to four years.
	Fraport, Partner Win Antalya Airport Deal April 12, 2007 Germany's Fraport and partner IC Holding won a contract to operate Turkey's second-largest airport with a bid of EUR2.37 billion euros (USD$3.19 billion), the companies said on Thursday.
	Iberia Asks TPG For Bid Partner Details April 12, 2007 Iberia has not shown its books to Texas Pacific Group and will ask the private equity bidder to name its partners in the deal, the airline said on Thursday.
	Jet Airways To Buy Air Sahara For USD$340 Million April 12, 2007 India's Jet Airways said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Air Sahara for INR14.5 billion rupees (USD$340 million), about 34 percent cheaper than an earlier deal it had abandoned.
	Qantas Bidder Lowers Shareholder Acceptance Level April 12, 2007 A consortium bidding for Qantas Airways reduced its shareholder acceptance requirement to 70 percent from 90 percent on Thursday in a bid to salvage its AUD$11 billion (USD$9 billion) takeover of the Australian carrier.
	French Air Traffic Disruptions Likely On Thursday April 12, 2007 French air traffic is expected to be disrupted on Thursday because of strike action planned by some air traffic controllers, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
	Brazil Air Travel Safe But Lacks Controllers April 12, 2007 Brazil's air traffic control is understaffed and lacks modern equipment, but travel is still safe, aviation authorities told Congress on Wednesday.
	Rolls-Royce Wins Guggenheim A330 Freighter Deal April 11, 2007 Rolls-Royce said on Wednesday it had received its first order for engines to power the new Airbus A330 freighter plane.