American Will Give Away an AAVacations Package to Madrid, Including a Four-Night Stay at the Luxury Melia Madrid Princesa
For the second consecutive year, American Airlines and Eurosport, the leading soccer-specialty retailer in the U.S., have launched the Give & Go contest, offering soccer fans the chance to sign up for the AAdvantage(Æ )program and to become eligible for a grand-prize trip for two to Madrid, and many other prizes.
"Eurosport/Soccer.com is proud to have a partnership with American Airlines," said Vicente Navarro, Eurosport's director of Hispanic Marketing. "For the past two years, they have shown a great commitment to helping grow the game of soccer in this country. Because of our vast network, American Airlines reached out to us to help deliver their message to over five million soccer families. We look forward to continuing this partnership."
As the Official Airline of Major League Soccer - as well as individual clubs including FC Dallas, New York Red Bulls, D.C. United and Chicago Fire - American Airlines has teamed up with Eurosport/Soccer.com to give away an AmericanAirlines Vacations(SM) package for two to Madrid, as well as other prizes.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Crisis spurs people to work for free - good or bad?
With U.S. unemployment at a 20-year high, some Americans are working for free while looking for a job, but experts are split over whether it is a sign of dedication or desperation.
Unpaid job seekers can keep their resumes fresh by boosting their experience and learning new skills, experts say, but others warn businesses may take advantage of the jobless and that it is illegal for commercial companies not to pay workers.
Dana Lin, 22, is one of the 14.7 million unemployed workers in the United States. She lost her marketing job at a technology company near San Francisco in April and since then has been working for free for about five hours a week for Internet company Jobnob.com.
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Unpaid job seekers can keep their resumes fresh by boosting their experience and learning new skills, experts say, but others warn businesses may take advantage of the jobless and that it is illegal for commercial companies not to pay workers.
Dana Lin, 22, is one of the 14.7 million unemployed workers in the United States. She lost her marketing job at a technology company near San Francisco in April and since then has been working for free for about five hours a week for Internet company Jobnob.com.
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Taxi War Chaos Narrowly Averted at Heathrow as Unite Wins Breakthrough
Chaos for passengers has been narrowly averted at one of the world's busiest airports thanks to the intervention of Unite, the UK's biggest union.
Unite had been pressing Heathrow's management at the British Airport Authority (BAA) to withdraw their plans to introduce two private hire concessions in the terminal car parks. The union, which represents licensed black cab drivers operating at the airport, said that the proposed mini cab concessions would spring a war for passenger trade that would clog up the airport's roads causing tremendous disruption for passengers trying to get in and out of the airport.
BAA had been determined to press on with their plans, however, and was set to force them through in September.
Unite had warned BAA that various forms of direct industrial action would follow beginning this Monday (July 13th), which would have had a serious impact on the entire airport operation, unless the airport operator listened to reason and dropped their competition proposals.
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Unite had been pressing Heathrow's management at the British Airport Authority (BAA) to withdraw their plans to introduce two private hire concessions in the terminal car parks. The union, which represents licensed black cab drivers operating at the airport, said that the proposed mini cab concessions would spring a war for passenger trade that would clog up the airport's roads causing tremendous disruption for passengers trying to get in and out of the airport.
BAA had been determined to press on with their plans, however, and was set to force them through in September.
Unite had warned BAA that various forms of direct industrial action would follow beginning this Monday (July 13th), which would have had a serious impact on the entire airport operation, unless the airport operator listened to reason and dropped their competition proposals.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
More Bodies, Wreckage Found Off Tanzania
French marines and divers found aircraft parts and five more decomposing bodies off Tanzania's coast on Thursday, hundreds of miles from where a Yemeni jet crashed into the Indian Ocean, officials said.
The doomed Yemenia Airbus A310-300 crashed into the ocean in bad weather off the Comoros archipelago last week where only one survivor -- a 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl -- out of 153 people on board was found. The hunt for other survivors was abandoned this week.
"Up to now, we have 13 bodies that we have retrieved from the ocean. We expect to retrieve a total of 16 bodies by the end of the day," said Peter Kivuyo, assistant commissioner of Tanzania police. Eight bodies were recovered earlier this week.
A witness saw French personnel unload several body bags from a helicopter on Mafia island, lying off the east Africa nation, about 500 km (300 miles) from the crash site.
Yemen's transport ministry said that another three bodies had been found off the coast of Comoros, but Comoran authorities said that they had recovered no more bodies.
Comoran rescue teams believe most of the dead remain trapped inside the submerged wreck.
Officials say the cause of the crash remains unknown. A French submarine has detected a signal from the plane's flight recorders, but rescuers say it could take a while to reach the wreck as it is in deep water.
Kivuyo said that Tanzanian authorities handed over the aircraft debris to experts to determine whether they were from the Yemeni plane. It was unclear which parts had been found.
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The doomed Yemenia Airbus A310-300 crashed into the ocean in bad weather off the Comoros archipelago last week where only one survivor -- a 14-year-old Franco-Comoran girl -- out of 153 people on board was found. The hunt for other survivors was abandoned this week.
"Up to now, we have 13 bodies that we have retrieved from the ocean. We expect to retrieve a total of 16 bodies by the end of the day," said Peter Kivuyo, assistant commissioner of Tanzania police. Eight bodies were recovered earlier this week.
A witness saw French personnel unload several body bags from a helicopter on Mafia island, lying off the east Africa nation, about 500 km (300 miles) from the crash site.
Yemen's transport ministry said that another three bodies had been found off the coast of Comoros, but Comoran authorities said that they had recovered no more bodies.
Comoran rescue teams believe most of the dead remain trapped inside the submerged wreck.
Officials say the cause of the crash remains unknown. A French submarine has detected a signal from the plane's flight recorders, but rescuers say it could take a while to reach the wreck as it is in deep water.
Kivuyo said that Tanzanian authorities handed over the aircraft debris to experts to determine whether they were from the Yemeni plane. It was unclear which parts had been found.
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ICAO Rejects EU Call For Airline Blacklist
The head of aviation body ICAO on Thursday rejected a proposal by European Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani to work on creating a global blacklist for unsafe airlines.
"I don't think this is the solution at the global level," Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, told reporters when asked if he supported the idea.
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"I don't think this is the solution at the global level," Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, president of the International Civil Aviation Organization, told reporters when asked if he supported the idea.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
American Airlines and Etihad Airways Announce Codeshare Agreement
American Airlines and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have announced a new codeshare agreement which will pave the way for closer commercial cooperation between the two airlines (subject to government approval).
The codeshare agreement will further extend each partner airlines' global network and offer customers a smoother, more convenient travel experience when travelling between the United States and the UAE.
Under the new arrangement, American Airlines will place its 'AA' code on services operated by Etihad Airways between New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD), Paris (CDG), Dublin, Frankfurt, Manchester and Milan (MXP) to and from Abu Dhabi.
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The codeshare agreement will further extend each partner airlines' global network and offer customers a smoother, more convenient travel experience when travelling between the United States and the UAE.
Under the new arrangement, American Airlines will place its 'AA' code on services operated by Etihad Airways between New York (JFK), Chicago (ORD), Paris (CDG), Dublin, Frankfurt, Manchester and Milan (MXP) to and from Abu Dhabi.
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Virgin Blue In Code Share Deal With Delta
Australian airline Virgin Blue plans a code sharing tie-up with US carrier Delta Air Lines to allow the two carriers to compete better on routes between the US, Australia and the South Pacific, Virgin said Thursday.
In advance of their joint venture, the carriers are moving to implement code sharing, frequent flyer program reciprocity and lounge exchange privileges, the Virgin statement said.
The two will file antitrust immunity applications with the US Department of Transportation and with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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In advance of their joint venture, the carriers are moving to implement code sharing, frequent flyer program reciprocity and lounge exchange privileges, the Virgin statement said.
The two will file antitrust immunity applications with the US Department of Transportation and with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Pinnacle Airlines Selects Sprint for Comprehensive Integrated Wireless and Wireline Solution
Sprint and Pinnacle Airlines today announced an agreement for Sprint to provide a comprehensive suite of integrated wireline and wireless solutions to Pinnacle, one of the airline industryís largest regional carriers.
The agreement encompasses a wide range of voice and data services. Wireline services include MPLS network services, SIP Trunking, Mobile Integration and international long distance, and wireless services include mobile broadband, Wireless WAN (Wide Area Network) with DataLink, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and in-building coverage. Sprint will supply more than 1,100 voice and data devices to support the converged solution.
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The agreement encompasses a wide range of voice and data services. Wireline services include MPLS network services, SIP Trunking, Mobile Integration and international long distance, and wireless services include mobile broadband, Wireless WAN (Wide Area Network) with DataLink, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) and in-building coverage. Sprint will supply more than 1,100 voice and data devices to support the converged solution.
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