A sea gull was blamed Tuesday for an engine explosion that forced a KLM jumbo jet with 429 on board to return to Los Angeles International Airport last month for an emergency landing. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the bird was identified after the National Transportation Safety Board and the Smithsonian Institution performed tests on organic matter recovered from the damaged engine.
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British Airways said Thursday that it had ended talks over a possible takeover of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines after the two failed to agree on the structure of a new joint airline.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. said they will operate joint flights and coordinate schedules. Continental, domestic partner of KLM affiliate Northwest Airlines Corp.
Air France has acquired control of KLM Royal Dutch, the two carriers announced Tuesday, cementing their merger, which creates the world's largest airline company.
The Dutch airline KLM has appealed a $238,000 fine imposed by a Philippine court for a passenger's lost bag, a spokesman for the company said. The court awarded the damages last month to a man who lost his suitcase eight years ago en route from Manila to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he was giving a lecture at a World Health Organization conference.
Air France has acquired control of KLM Royal Dutch, the two carriers announced Tuesday, cementing their merger, which creates the world's largest airline company.
Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plan to create an aviation group that would surpass British Airways as Europe's largest airline operator. The deal would unite Europe's second- and fourth-largest carriers under one corporate parent, to be called Air France-KLM.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. said they will operate joint flights and coordinate schedules. Continental, domestic partner of KLM affiliate Northwest Airlines Corp.
British Airways, Europe's largest airline, said Sunday that it is in talks with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and other carriers about combining operations as a slump in demand forces airlines to cut costs.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and British Airways said Sunday their chief executives had met for "general" talks but moved to scotch speculation that merger negotiations abandoned last year had resumed.
A sea gull was blamed Tuesday for an engine explosion that forced a KLM jumbo jet with 429 on board to return to Los Angeles International Airport last month for an emergency landing.