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Airline Industry

Each Major US Airline In Mega Merger Negotiations

Reuters | Jui Chakravorty Das | Posted 05.04.2008 | Business

Read More: American Continental, Continental United, US Airlines, American US Airways, Airline Industry, Airline Mergers, Airline Consolidation, Delta Northwest, Mergers, Business News

American Airlines (AMR.N) has had early-stage merger talks with US Airways (LCC.N) and is in advanced talks for an alliance with Continental Airlines ...

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Pilots No Longer Living The Dream

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Pilot, Dream Jobs, Career Changes, Airline Industry, Pilots, Business News

Among the jobs little boys dream of -- policeman, fireman, bulldozer driver -- airline pilot long held the added virtue of satisfying grown-up dreams:...

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Complaints About Airlines on the Rise

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 04.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Delays, Air Travel Complaints, Late Flights, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Mesa Airlines, Consumer Complaints, Business News

WASHINGTON — Late flights and lost bags, to say nothing of higher fares, are making air travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality sa...

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House Investigates Airlines Industry's "Cozy" Relationship With FAA Regulators

CBS News | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, House Investigates FAA, Faa, House Committee, Airlines, House Probes FAA, Business News

A House committee will report the findings of its investigation into the Federal Aviation Agency's safety oversight Thursday and hear testimony from a...

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Southwest's Quirky Ways Keep It Profitable

New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Gary Kelly, Gary C. Kelly, Southwest Airlines, Southwest, Airline Industry, Business News

Southwest Airlines, with a raucous corporate culture that is the exception in the grim airline industry, stands to look even wilder as some of its big...

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United Airlines Is Looking To Merge

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Ual, Businessweek, Airline Merger, Airline Industry, Delta, United Airlines, Business News

UAL Corp (UAUA.O), parent of the No. 2 U.S. carrier United Airlines, is keen for a possible merger, according to an article in the Dec 3 edition of Bu...

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Airbus To Deliver First New "Superjumbo" Jet

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Aviation, Superjumbo, Airlines, Airbus A380, Airbus, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Singapore Airlines, Business News

Airbus is set to hand over its first finished A380 "superjumbo" to Singapore Airlines on Monday, 18 months behind schedule. The construction of the A...

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Fatal Airline Crashes In US Down 65 Percent In Past Decade

New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Plane Crashes, Airlines, Airplanes, Air Disasters, Airline Industry, Airports, Business News

After two infamous crashes in 1996 that together killed 375 people, a White House commission told the airline industry and its regulators to reduce th...

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Stores And Spas Sprout At Airports As Flight Delays Mount

Los Angeles Times | Peter Pae | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Flight Delays, Airport Concessions, Airline Industry, Airport Delays, Airports, Business News

Ricky Yngsdal flies at least twice a month, but lately he has been spending more time in airports than on planes because of the soaring pace of flight...

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Woman Booted By Southwest For Skimpy Outfit Sees Red Over New Ad Campaign

ABC News | Hanna Siegel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Airline Industry, Air Travel, Kyla Ebbert, Home News

The woman who was singled out by Southwest Airlines for wearing an outfit deemed too skimpy by a flight attendant says she's been victimized a second ...

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