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...This is a problem faced by Cliff Muskiet. Over the past 30 years the KLM flight attendant has amassed one of the world's largest collections of stewardess uniforms. He even has very rare 1960s uniforms from defunct Braniff Air that were created by celebrated Italian designer Emilio Pucci. But Muskiet is not always happy to depart with spiraling sums for air couture...
...hotel soap from Yakutsk, someone will. Online auction sites enable you to share your haul with a much wider market than before, and allow people to compare and competitively bid for memorabilia more easily. This is a problem faced by Cliff Muskiet. Over the past 30 years the KLM flight attendant has amassed one of the world's largest collections of stewardess uniforms. He even has very rare 1960s uniforms from defunct Braniff Air that were created by celebrated Italian designer Emilio Pucci. But Muskiet is not always happy to part with spiraling sums for air couture...
...side: more access to London's Heathrow Airport. An old, restrictive U.S.-British pact allows only American and United to fly to the world's busiest hub. For their part, the Europeans want their carriers to be allowed to fly to U.S. cities from anywhere in Europe. KLM, for example, can fly to the U.S. only from its home country, the Netherlands, but would prefer to operate from Paris or London as well. With Air France and KLM heading toward a merger, the market is forcing the issue. "When we reach a deal with the E.U.," says Jeffrey Shane...
...that he was on the case, and that the board of the troubled national carrier was willing to step down, sent share prices up nearly 3%. Analysts say Alitalia's long-term survival requires merging with a larger carrier. The company had hoped to piggyback on the Air France-KLM deal, but was told it first needed to move toward privatization. Even Letta might not pull that off. - By Jeff Israely while you were sleeping U.S. mobile-phone operator Cingular landed its U.S. rival AT&T Wireless, trumping British bidder Vodafone with a late-night offer of $41 billion...
...INDICATORS Blue Sky for Jumbo Deal European and U.S. regulators green-lighted the merger of Air France and Dutch carrier KLM, creating the world's largest airline and encouraging further consolidation. Alitalia also wants to join forces with Air France...