Word: klm
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...tried to open an emergency door was fined $10,000 and sentenced to three years in prison. This fall British Airways began handing out "warning cards" to anyone getting dangerously out of control. Some airlines include a pair of plastic handcuffs as standard onboard equipment, and flight attendants on KLM and USAirways undergo training to deal with aggressive behavior...
...iron-ore miner, Oberstar has an unflinching belief in the good of government. He voted against NAFTA, and as a member of the Aviation Subcommittee, he helped arrange KLM's investment in Northwest Airlines and its repair facilities in Duluth and the Iron Range. He parallels his district's conservative values, opposing both gun control and abortion...
...TALK ABOUT AN AIRLINE SHAKE-OUT IN Europe's overcrowded, unprofitable skies was, until last week, just talk. Then came the announcement that four airlines would merge, creating Europe's largest international carrier. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Swissair, Austrian Airlines and the trinational Scandinavian Airlines System said they would go far beyond earlier plans to combine certain activities and would create a single company with a new (yet unchosen) name and logo. Ownership would be split 30-30-30 among KLM, SAS and Swissair, with Austrian holding the remaining 10%. Starting with about 270 planes and more than 30 million...
JUST MAYBE, THERE IS A CEASE-FIRE IN THE GLOBAL air wars. As a first step toward easing transatlantic tensions, the U.S. Department of Transportation has tentatively approved the proposed merger of Northwest and KLM Royal Dutch airlines. The endorsement comes as Washington and European countries spar over "open skies" agreements. Britain, for instance, is pressing the U.S. to okay a proposed alliance between British Airways and USAir. The Americans are also squabbling with France and Germany over airport landing rights. U.S. airlines have generally opposed making any concessions unless European countries reciprocate by opening their markets to American carriers...
...KLM-Northwest deal flies, it would mark the first time in the U.S. that a foreign and a domestic airline would be allowed to function as one company. KLM and NW will consolidate their fleets, fare structures and sales forces. But the merger may be too little, too late for financially troubled NW, which is struggling to avoid bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the U.S. airline industry remains a dangerous battleground. MGM Grand Air, a three-year-old luxury carrier, withdrew from scheduled passenger service last week after it failed to stem financial losses...