Best Buy Launches 12 Best Buy Express Automated Kiosks in U.S. Airports

Best Buy today announced that it will begin rolling out twelve Best Buy Express™ automated kiosks in major airports across the U.S. as part of a pilot program. Best Buy Express kiosks will offer a variety of products and accessories at familiar store prices that will appeal to business and leisure travelers alike. Best Buy has teamed with third party ZoomSystems to launch the test. Read more

Sir Richard Branson Warns U.S. Presidential Candidates of Anti-Competitive Link-Up Between B.A. And A.A.

Sir Richard Branson, the President of Virgin Atlantic Airways, has written to both US Presidential candidates warning that a proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines would severely damage competition on major transatlantic routes and leave consumers worse off. Read more

Four British Airways Executives Charged with Price Fixing

Four current and former British Airways (BA) employees have been charged with price fixing by the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT). They are the first employees of a major UK company to be prosecuted for this offense. Read more

Boeing Next-Generation 737 Carbon Brakes Earn FAA Certification

Boeing has announced that it earned certification last week from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its new carbon brakes designed for the Next-Generation 737. Read more

British Airways Enters Merger Talks with Spanish Airline Iberia

United Kingdom flag carrier British Airways has entered merger talks with Spanish airline Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA. BA is already Europe’s third-largest airline. The proposed all-share merger of BA and Iberia, meanwhile, is approved by the boards of both companies. Read more

New Lie-Flat BusinessFirst Seat Unveiled By Continental

Continental Airlines today announced details of a new 180-degree lie-flat seat for the BusinessFirst cabin on its Boeing 787, 777 and 757 aircraft. Customers will begin seeing lie-flats seats on Boeing 777 aircraft that primarily serve trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific routes in the fall of 2009, with installation on Continental’s 757-200 fleet beginning in 2010 and on its Boeing 787 fleet as the aircraft are delivered to Continental. Read more

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