Battle takes off for Polish low-cost flight market
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The battle for Poland's low-cost air travel market is taking to the skies, as competing carriers last week announced plans to expand their services in the European Union's biggest new member state.
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Lufthansaâs investment in JetBlue, the struggling discount carrier, is the latest example of a foreign companyâs taking advantage of the weak dollar to invest in a prominent American company.
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AirAsia Bhd., the first low-cost carrier to be listed in Southeast Asia, made a solid debut Monday on the Malaysian stock exchange, while company officials said they&#39;ll decide within two months on plans to acquire 40 new aircraft.
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Need proof? At a time when US airlines are struggling mightily with few successes in raising fares, carriers like Continental and American are making it cheaper to fly to Latin America.
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The proposal was indicative of the fervent competition that is emerging in the low-fare segment of the airline industry.
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At an airline industry conference at the Phoenician resort last year, talk turned to the likelihood of mergers between low-cost carriers.
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An intense lobbying battle has erupted over a new air route to China that could provide the winning airline with a boost in revenue as the industry slowly emerges from its sharpest downturn in history.
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Talks that could lead to cheaper flights across the Pacific start in Washington on Tuesday.
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To charge fares that approach those of the low-cost competitors, national carriers may not be able to afford the legacy of $200,000 pilots and highly paid mechanics and baggage handlers.
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WARSAW Struggling with high unemployment and opposition here to the war in Iraq, Poland&#39;s minority leftist government, led by Marek Belka, on Thursday was trying to head off defeat in a vote of confidence by making last- minute deals to stay in power
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Are low-fare carriers growing too fast and too big for their own good? Low-fare granddaddy Southwest Airlines plans to challenge bankrupt US Airways at its Pittsburgh stronghold beginning in May, furthering its encroachment into the Northeast.
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Next year the price of airline tickets in Russia may drop considerably because the Russian market will welcome several European budget airlines which offer their services for much lower tariffs.
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The German travel and transport group TUI and flag carrier Lufthansa have launched talks to set up a low-cost airline, the former's TUI Travel subsidiary said Tuesday.
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The airline is offering the buyouts in an effort to cut costs as the discount carrier heads into a period of expected slower growth.
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A new low-cost, high-frills French  airline entered the cutthroat transatlantic market on Friday  with an all-business class service aimed at cost-conscious  "Paryorkers."
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WARSAW -- Poland's all-or-nothing negotiating style has helped the postcommunist state win concessions on a new EU treaty, but at the cost of relations with some key partners in the European bloc.
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LOT Polish Airlines has set up a budget carrier, Centralwings, which is to start operating in February next year.