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Airline Mergers Are Bad News For Summer Travelers
With the impending American Airlines/US Airways merger, travelers are right to feel wary about their upcoming summer vacations.Marking the fourth merger among major carriers in just six years,...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra has been touring China recently, marking the anniversary of a landmark 1972 trip that heralded the reopening of relations between the U.S. and Beijing.However, things hit a...
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Passenger On Inbound Flight To Newark Restrained After Saying Everyone On...
A passenger on Newark-bound United Airlines Flight 116 has been restrained after he said that everyone on board had been poisoned, the AP reports.Officials believe the man is disturbed and there is...
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The Airline That's Charging Passengers By Weight Has Created An 'XL Class'
Samoa Air, the world's first airline to charge people according to their weight rather than by seat, is introducing a special "XL class" to cater for larger passengers.The Pacific national airline is...
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Wants To Buy His Second Airline (ORCL)
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison may be interested in acquiring a second Hawaii airline after he bought most of the tropical island of Lanai last year.Island Air, a...
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There's Finally A Reason To Make First-Class Airline Passengers Feel Guilty...
First-class air passengers have a carbon footprint as much as seven times larger than the average passenger's, according to a new study from the World Bank. The study comes as airliners push the...
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RICHARD BRANSON: Here's How You Write A Brilliant Airline Complaint Letter
There are different ways of "making it" in the world of airline travel.You could gain lifetime elite status on your favorite airline. You could travel the world on miles you accumulated in all kinds of...
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We Flew On The Notorious Spanish Discount Airline That Has So Little Legroom...
Frequent flyers joke that legroom on airlines only seems to get smaller and smaller. But there's always been an assumption that some minimal amount of legroom must be required for humans to fit into...
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These Are The Technologies That Saved Lives On The Plane That Crashed At SFO
Over the weekend, a plane crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport. There were 307 passengers and crew aboard Asiana Flight 214 heading from Seoul, South Korea to San Francisco, Calif. Two...
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Singapore Airlines Is Making Some Major Upgrades For Economy Passengers
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has revealed the latest generation of seats they will be fitting in all new aircraft from September. Passengers on certain flights on the London-Singapore route will be the...
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12 Reasons Why Flying Is The Safest Way To Travel
Saturday's crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 was terrifying, disconcerting, and unfortunately fatal. But that doesn't mean you should change your travel plans.Not only are airplanes continuously...
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Regulators Increase Training Requirements For Pilots On US Airlines
(Reuters) - The United States will increase the flight experience required of pilots on U.S. airlines, a long-awaited move not related to the crash last weekend of an Asiana Airlines plane in San...
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A Mexican Airline And A Russian Plane Maker Have Made Low-Cost Flying...
Low-cost air travel is hardly synonymous with comfort, but a young Mexican airline is teaming up with a Russian manufacturer to bring the two together.At the Paris Air Show in June, low cost carrier...
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JetBlue Is Offering Major Discounts When NYC Temperatures Hit 90 Degrees
Jet Blue is cashing in on the summer heat in New York City, offering 90% off on some tickets on days the temperature hits 90 degrees Fahrenheit.The tickets are good for round trips from New York...
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Somalia's Unsafe Roads Are Good For Its Airline Industry
Pirates command its coast. Traffic along the country's few pockmarked roads is often disrupted by militias and criminals. Of more than 22,000 km of roadway, only 2,608 km are paved.And though Somalia's...
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Turkish Airlines Has A Simple Plan To Continue Dominating The Global Airline...
Turkish Airlines is dominating in its field.In an industry where making money is insanely hard, the airline's operating profit nearly tripled in 2012 (after dropping in 2010 and 2011).One of the...
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A Sword-Like Attachment For Planes Will Save United Airlines $200 Million Per...
There's a new United Airlines plane in the skies, with a dangerous-looking feature that will actually make it more efficient.The Boeing 737-800, which took its maiden test flight in Washington on...
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Sky-High Fuel Costs Are Excellent News For Boeing And Airbus
In the past ten years, fuel costs for airlines have more than doubled as a percentage of revenues, and buying fuel now makes up for 58% of an airline's running costs.That's good news for plane...
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American Eagle Airlines Fined For Leaving Passengers In A Parked Plane For...
The United States Department of Transportation has fined American Eagle Airlines $200,000 for excessive tarmac delays in December of 2012.On Christmas Day, a plane from Baton Rouge, Louisiana landed at...
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Spirit Airlines Has Replaced Southwest As The King Of Low-Cost Carriers
In the post de-regulation US airline industry, the single most recognizable words to the layman traveler have to be the “Southwest Effect” (though a case could be made for “Boeing 747”).Nominally the...
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