Brazil

2007 Brazil air crash blamed on authorities, airline: report

SAO PAULO (AFP) — An official probe into the 2007 Sao Paulo plane crash that killed 199 people has blamed the accident on the pilots, Airbus, the airline and the airport authorities, reports said.

Northwest CEO blames speculators for fuel cost rise

The finger-pointing over pathetic state of the airline industry has begun

SAN FRANCISCO - Northwest Airlines Chief Executive Doug Steenland told a congressional panel Monday that oil speculation poses a serious challenge to the airline industry, and urged legislators to inc

UK: Cruise Wars

'Dodgy dot.coms' blamed for cruise discounting

Agents have demanded operators stamp out rampant discounting in the cruise industry by clamping down on commission rebating by “dodgy dot.coms”.

At this week’s UK Cruise Convention, lines were confronted by agents who complained they were being priced out of the market by online agents using preferential deals to trash the ... read more

Macau Blames Crime Increase On Visitors

Jump in crime blamed on tourists

The total number of criminal activities registered in Macau during the first quarter of this year increased by 264 cases or 8.6 percent over the same period of 2007, the security secretary reported yesterday.

However Cheong Kuoc Va attributed the growth to the flood of visitors in the SAR rather than an increase in the criminal behaviour ... read more

Arpey Takes The Blame For AA Mess

AMR chief takes blame for recent airline turbulence

After American Airlines’ third straight day of cancellations totaling nearly 2,500 flights and the grounding of 300 MD-80 jetliners for additional safety inspections, Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said during a press conference on April 10 that he took responsibility for the situation and he expressed his profound sorrow for the stress it has ... read more