After a one-year investigation, NOAA has announced that in 2010 and 2011 National Weather Service employees at its headquarters “reprogrammed funds.” Unnamed persons moved $26 million out of the budget for local warnings and forecasts and $9 million out of the budget to upgrade the agency’s radar to include the dual-polarization capability. The National Weather Service’s long-time director, Jack Hayes, resigned on Friday. (blog.chron.com) Altro...
Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Once hailed as a symbol of Palestinian statehood dreams, the carrier is a tiny operation, with just two 48-seat turboprop planes, two weekly flights and a borrowed hub in Egypt. But Palestinians say just being on the map again is what matters. “My hands were shaking when I bought the ticket … and it said the name of the carrier is Palestinian Airlines,’’… (articles.boston.com) Altro...
Las mayores aerolíneas europeas están estudiando el impacto que tendría la salida de Grecia de la moneda única sobre sus negocios, una cuestión a la que sus presidentes restaron importancia al señalar que es un ejercicio habitual en el sector privado. (www.abc.es) Altro...
Delta Air Lines may have charged some frequent fliers higher fares than other customers for almost three weeks because of a computer glitch. Delta acknowledged on Wednesday that frequent fliers who logged into its website to search for fares saw different prices than people who searched anonymously. Delta spokesman Paul Skrbec said frequent fliers sometimes saw higher fares, sometimes lower. He said the problem has been fixed and apologized to travelers. He didn't know how many people had been… (www.businessweek.com) Altro...
La mayor aerolínea de Estados Unidos, United Airlines, y la colombiana Avianca firmaron un acuerdo de código compartido para ofrecer a sus clientes más y mejores opciones de viaje. El acuerdo entrará en vigencia el 21 de junio próximo. (www.aviaciondigitalglobal.com) Altro...
Two years after the Airbus 330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Air France 447's flight-data recorders finally turned up. The revelations from the pilot transcript paint a surprising picture of chaos in the cockpit, and confusion between the pilots that led to the crash. Read more: Air France 447 Flight-Data Recorder Transcript - What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 - Popular Mechanics (www.popularmechanics.com) Altro...
Aerosur, la aerolínea privada que dominó el mercado boliviano en la última década, paralizó indefinidamente sus operaciones y parece encaminarse a una quiebra definitiva por sus millonarias deudas, dijo el martes el Gobierno. (www.eleconomista.es) Altro...
