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Boeing machinist Scott Green, with his son Joshua, 3, on his shoulders, walks the picket line outside Boeing's plant in Everett, Washington. Boeing machinists took to the picket line on Saturday as they launched a strike that has halted production and could cost the US aerospace giant more than 100 million dollars per day.

Boeing machinists strike after talks collapse

AFP - Saturday, September 6 09:42 pm

NEW YORK (AFP) - Boeing machinists took to the picket line on Saturday as they launched a strike that has halted production and could cost the US aerospace giant more than 100 million dollars per day. More »

  • The sign for George Best Belfast City Airport. Spanish construction and infrastructure group Ferrovial said Saturday it had sold Belfast airport to a fund operated by Dutch bank ABN Amro for 132.5 million pounds (164.2 million euros).

    Ferrovial sells Belfast airport to ABN Amro fund

    AFP - Saturday, September 6 08:16 pm

    MADRID (AFP) - Spanish construction and infrastructure group Ferrovial said Saturday it had sold Belfast airport to a fund operated by Dutch bank ABN Amro for 132.5 million pounds (164.2 million euros). More »

  • A British Airways aircraft taxis past BA tail-fins at Heathrow Airport, west London, July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

    Alitalia adviser to meet BA on rescue plan

    Reuters - Saturday, September 6 10:42 am

    MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia's adviser will soon present details of the airline's rescue plan to British Airways , considered by Italy as a possible foreign partner for the bankrupt airline, an executive told a newspaper. More »

  • Boeing machinists march in Everett, Washington. A statement from Boeing said mediated talks between the firm and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) ended without agreement. The union vowed to strike from 12.01 am (0701 GMT) Saturday

    Boeing aircraft workers to strike after talks fail: firm

    AFP - Saturday, September 6 01:22 am

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Nearly 27,000 members of Boeing's largest labor union are to go on strike after last-ditch contract talks failed on Friday, the US aviation giant and labor unions said Friday. More »

  • An Alitalia plane sits on the tarmac at Rome's Ciampino airport, April 2008. The bank overseeing the relaunch of Italy's ailing national airline Alitalia denied a report Friday that it had offered a 10-20 percent stake to Air France-KLM, the ANSA news agency said.

    Bank denies Air France-KLM to take big Alitalia stake

    AFP - Friday, September 5 07:42 pm

    ROME (AFP) - The bank overseeing the relaunch of Italy's ailing national airline Alitalia denied a report Friday that it had offered a 10-20 percent stake to Air France-KLM, the ANSA news agency said. More »

  • An Alitalia plane sits on the tarmac at Rome's Ciampino airport, April 2008. Air France-KLM could be offered a 10-20 percent stake in a restructured Alitalia and become a majority shareholder of the Italian flag carrier in five years.

    Air France-KLM may be offered Alitalia stake

    AFP - Friday, September 5 01:09 pm

    PARIS (AFP) - Air France-KLM could be offered a 10-20 percent stake in a restructured Alitalia and become a majority shareholder of the Italian flag carrier in five years, a report said Friday. More »

  • A British Airways aircraft taxis past BA tail-fins at Heathrow Airport, west London, July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

    BA crash likely caused by ice in fuel

    Reuters - Thursday, September 4 04:22 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane crash at London's Heathrow airport in January was likely caused by ice in the plane's fuel system, a report into the incident said on Thursday. More »

  • Boeing machinists march to their IAW Union local September 3, 2008 in Everett, Washington. Boeing on Thursday faced a strike by its largest labor union in two days if last-ditch contract talks fail, further delaying the US firm's first new plane in more than a decade, the 787 Dreamliner.

    Boeing faces strike in two days if talks on new contract fail

    AFP - Thursday, September 4 10:04 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Boeing on Thursday faced a strike by its largest labor union in two days if last-ditch contract talks fail, further delaying the US firm's first new plane in more than a decade, the 787 Dreamliner. More »

  • A worker uses a Rainbow Ladder to clean the top of a Boeing 737 at the company's Wichita plant, 2004. Boeing has headed back to federally mediated contract talks after its largest labor union gave it 48 hours to improve its offer or face a strike that could delay its 787 Dreamliner project.

    Boeing back to table after union calls strike

    AFP - Thursday, September 4 04:44 pm

    WASHINGTOn (AFP) - Boeing headed back to federally mediated contract talks Thursday after its largest labor union gave it 48 hours to improve its offer or face a strike that could delay its 787 Dreamliner project. More »

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