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| FLash | Trustee forms US Airways Group unsecured creditor panel, including unions
Thirteen creditors of US Airways Group Inc., including a number of its labour unions, will make up the official committee of unsecured creditors in the company's Chapter 11 case. |
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| Go Travel Direct expands to Montreal, irritates travel agents by advertising |
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Go Travel Direct, an Ottawa-based travel wholesaler which claims to undercut travel agencies by selling directly to consumers, has set up shop in Montreal, attracting criticism from traditional industry players. Go Travel argues that the industry is evolving and says it is on the leading edge of a trend toward discount vacations, as the aviation industry has moved to discount air travel in recent years.
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| Second Edition of Air Canada Vacations Sun ‘Dreambook’ On Stands Now |
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 Air Canada Vacations Sun Dreambrook 2nd Edition is now available. Hot of the press, the improved brochure features 242 high-gloss, full colour pages featuring a fabulous selection of best-value holiday packages – many of them all-inclusive – at nearly 400 resorts located in 36 popular destinations serviced by 308 Air Canada flights per week. Highlights of the 2nd Edition include...
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| Floods kill more than 600 people in Haiti, hundreds left homeless |
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Rescuers dug through mud and ruined homes for bodies Tuesday, expecting the death toll of more than 600 from tropical storm Jeanne to rise even further as flood waters receded in this crowded northern city after devastating winds and rain on the weekend. Gonaives was hardest hit in the latest tragedy to beset Haiti in a year of revolts, military interventions and devastating floods. Bodies, including many children, were stacked at the city's main morgue, where weeping relatives searched for loved ones.
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| Two new cruise boats planned for Detroit next spring |
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The Detroit River will have two new cruise boats next spring, one with a capacity of 1,900 passengers and the other holding up to 325, operators say. The 1,900-passenger paddleboat Detroit Princess is similar to the vessels that once ran from Detroit to the now-closed Boblo Island amusement park. The other is the 325-passenger Ovation, operated by Infinity Yacht Charters in St. Clair Shores.
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| FLash | Alitalia board approves relaunch plan: 3,700 employees to be jettisoned
After winning union acceptance of job cuts, Alitalia gave formal approval Monday to a four-year business plan aimed at saving the near-bankrupt Italian airline from collapse. The 2005-2008 plan, approved at a board of directors meeting, allows Alitalia to access a 400-million-euro ($630-million-Cdn) loan approved by the Italian government and the European Union. |
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| FLash | Delta, pilots union ink tentative agreement on retirement issue
Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union agreed Monday to allow the struggling carrier to recall retired pilots on a limited basis to help prevent the grounding of flights due to staff shortages. The move came after the company agreed not to terminate the pilots' pension plan before February even if the company files for bankruptcy in the meantime. |
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