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1 hr ago | WBZ-TV

FAA Blames 819 Flight Delays On Equipment Outages

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration

5 hrs 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, Airlines, United Airlines, George Miller, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

9 hrs ago | 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: Airlines, Continental Airlines, Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

13 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

'Green' trains chug into Avon

CSX Transportation unveiled two trains called GenSet Locomotives Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Video, Environmental

17 hrs ago | 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: Delta Air Lines, Airlines

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WBAY

FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays

New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer says the Federal Aviation Administration needs more resources to prevent problems like the computer glitch that's causing cancellations and flight delays nationwide.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration

WBZL-TV Hollywood

Virgin America to launch its first flights out of Ft. Laud.

Sir Richard Branson speaks to guests after dual inaugural flightsA arrived from Los Angeles and San Francisco at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, A Sir Richard Branson lent his flamboyant celebrity persona to Virgin America's debut in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, hoping to appeal to South Floridians' sense of cool.

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Related Topix: Hollywood, FL, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Airlines, Railroads

7Online.com

MTA releases final budget proposal

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday released its final 2010 budget proposal and its November financial plan for 2010-2013. The approximately $11 billion 2010 budget proposal is balanced with no fare increase or reductions to scheduled service, with the help of rescue legislation enacted in Albany in May.

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Related Topix: Railroads

CLTV - Chicago Land's TV

FAA computer problem causing flight delays across country

Passengers at O'Hare and Midway airports may experience delays this morning because of a glitch in a computer system used to file flight plans, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration

ABC News - Brian Ross

American's Flight Attendants Stage Mock Strike

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

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

KansasCity.com

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: Airlines, Wichita Metro

East Valley Tribune

Another credit card fee about to take flight

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, Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Travel/Tourism, Hotels, Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Banking, JP Morgan Chase

The Indianapolis Star

Simon reportedly mulls General Growth bid

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. has hired a financial adviser and a law firm to help the company come up with a plan for a possible offer for all or some of General Growth Properties Inc.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Simon Property Group, General Growth Properties, Indiana

Bizjournals

Atlanta council OKs new Delta lease

The Atlanta City Council Monday approved a seven-year extension of Delta Air Lines Inc.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Delta Air Lines, Airlines, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

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: Airlines, AirTran Holdings, Orlando Metro, Marketing

NY Daily News

Delta offers $1 billion to Japan Airlines

Delta is 'by far the strongest partner for Japan Airlines,' company president Edward Bastian told reporters in Tokyo.

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Related Topix: Delta Air Lines, Airlines, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Plain Dealer

Frequent flyer upgrades in store for Continental, United passengers

Elite-level frequent flyers on Continental Airlines and its new alliance partner, United Airlines , are getting upgraded service starting in mid-2010. The two airlines announced Tuesday that members of each carrier's frequent flyer program who have earned elite status will receive unlimited, complimentary domestic upgrades on flights operated by ...

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Related Topix: Airlines, Continental Airlines

MyFox St. Louis

Neb. court puts Union Pacific case back on track for woman who says she got West Nile at work

Union Pacific Railroad will have to defend itself from a lawsuit by a former employee who says the company should have done a better job protecting her against West Nile virus.

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Related Topix: Health, West Nile Virus, Railroads

5NEWSonline.com

American Airlines drops plans for larger jets for flights between Little Rock and DFW

American Airlines is dropping its plans to bring mainline jet service back to Little Rock National Airport.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

WTIC-TV Hartford

Government, Cendant Corp. could collect billions under ex-chairman Forbes' new divorce decree

The federal government might get to collect billions of dollars in court-ordered restitution under a new divorce decree between imprisoned former Cendant Corp.

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Related Topix: Travel/Tourism, Hotels, Cendant, Bridgeport, CT, New Haven Metro, Bridgeport Metro, New Canaan, CT

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