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12 min ago | Toledo Blade

10 firms paid execs $350M with pensions underfunded

UAL Corp., US Airways Group Inc., and eight other companies paid executives $350 million in the five years before the United States was forced to take over their underfunded employee pension plans, a government report said.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Transportation, United Airlines, George Miller, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

SanLuisObispo.com

Southwest Airlines changes board election rules

Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win a majority among shareholder votes cast to be elected, instead of just a plurality.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Southwest Airlines

CBS 13

Alleged Drunk Pilot Misses Court Appearance

Share + Comments Nov 20, 2009 8:00 am US/Pacific DENVER A United Airlines pilot from Colorado accused of being drunk in the cockpit before a flight was to take off from London didn't attend a court his court hearing in England on Friday.

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Related Topix: United Airlines, Business News

Miami Herald

Continental matches hike in spring peak surcharges

Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday it matched a move by other carriers to raise surcharges for travel on a few peak days in March and April to $30 each way.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Continental Airlines, Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

english.people.com.cn | Glitchrf

United Considers First Plane Order in Decades

United Airlines, the third largest airline in the United States, is about to place its first aircraft order in more than a decade, airline sources said Thursday.

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Related Topix: United Airlines

XtraMSN Real Estate

Air France A380 set for first transatlantic flight

An Air France A380 superjumbo , the world's largest civilian airliner, is to set off on Friday on the first Air France flight across the Atlantic bound for New York with 538 passengers aboard.

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Related Topix: Air France - KLM

TulsaWorld.com - Business

AA prepares to fight for Japan Air

American Airlines says preparations for an investment in Japan Airlines Corp. are at an advanced stage after Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Delta Air Lines

Thu Nov 19, 2009

ABC News

Hawaii Marine Monument to Welcome Teachers

Managers of the nation's largest single conservation area are offering up to 12 teachers and community leaders an opportunity to spend a week in the pristine reserve north of Hawaii.

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Related Topix: Travel, Hawaii Travel, Hawaiian Airlines

Kildare Nationalist

O'Leary says deal with Boeing is 'highly unlikely'

Ryanair Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Leary said a deal to buy new planes from Boeing is "highly unlikely." He said talks with the aircraft company will end if a deal isn't reached by the end of the month.

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Related Topix: Ryanair Holdings

Reuters Video

Business Update: UK debt mounts

Nov 19 - Air France-KLM plans further job cuts after posting H1 loss. UK retail sales hit 17-month high.

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Related Topix: Air France - KLM, Video, Business News

CNN

Airline computer glitch fixed

The failed computer system that caused flight delays across the country has been restored, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, AirTran Holdings, Travel

The Age

Air France-KLM to cut jobs after posting net loss

Air France-KLM says it will cut 1700 jobs next year after Europe's largest airline posted a bigger than expected net loss for the second quarter.

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Related Topix: Air France - KLM

MyFoxOrlando

Virgin America expands to Florida

Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd.

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Related Topix: Florida, Transportation, Railroads, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Kansas City Star

Emergency landing in Kan. after plane loses engine

An airline passenger suffered a slight injury while coming down an escape slide when a charter plane made an emergency landing in Kansas after losing an engine.Allegiant Air spokeswoman Sabrina LoPiccolo says the MD-80 was carrying 125 passengers from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Laughlin, Nev., on Wednesday night and had stopped at Mid-Continent Airport in ...

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Related Topix: Transportation, Laughlin, NV

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Americana s flight attendants stage mock strike

FORT WORTH, Texas - Flight attendants for American Airlines, bitter over stalled contract negotiations, staged a fake strike Wednesday that included airport picket lines.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Transportation, AMR

Connecticut's WB 20

Late-paying airline and hotel customers may face a new fee _ courtesy of credit card company

In this Dec. 14, 2007 file photo, a traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif.

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Related Topix: American Express, Financial Services, Transportation, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Travel/Tourism, Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Banking, JP Morgan Chase

Cincypost.Com

Discounts Lure People To Airport

The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports that Allegiant Air will begin offering some tickets for $9.99 on its one-way flights between Owensboro and Orlando, Fla.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation

Chicago Business

United hits post-Super Bowl travelers with fee

United Airlines was among the airlines on Tuesday that confirmed it will cost travelers more to fly on certain busy days next year.

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Related Topix: United Airlines, Transportation, Northwest Airlines, Business News

Reuters

JAL shares slide; court-led bankruptcy not ruled out

Japan Airlines Corp's stock slid to a new low on Wednesday after the nation's transport minister declined to rule out a court-led bankruptcy and despite a report that private equity firm TPG may invest as much as $1.1 billion.

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Related Topix: AMR

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

AirTran to put ads on seatback tray tables

It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier. AirTran Airways is installing ads on the bottom of seat-back tray tables on all its planes.

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Related Topix: Transportation, AirTran Holdings, Orlando Metro, Marketing

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