Woman gives birth on Southwest Airlines flight
USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 5:21 pm ETA woman gave birth to a baby boy on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago that had to be diverted to Denver International Airport.
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Boeing urges airlines to conduct retrofit program: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 5:35 am ETBoeing Co is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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American Airlines, partners offer $1.1 bln to JAL
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:05 am ETStruggling Japan Airlines was offered a 1.1 billion dollar lifeline on Thursday from partners led by American Airlines, amid a bidding war with Delta Air Lines for a piece of Asia's biggest carrier.
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Southwest Airlines Nov Traffic Rises 12%, Load Factor Surges
Nasdaq - Fri Dec 4, 9:47 am ETSouthwest Airlines Co. (LUV) said traffic leaped in November as its reduced count of flights flew much fuller. Shares were up 1.6% before the opening bell at $9.66. Through Thursday, the stock had risen 10% in 2009, underperforming the market as a whole.
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United Airlines saw November traffic rise 1.8 pct
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 6:44 pm ETUnited Airlines said Thursday that its traffic rose 1.8 percent in November. That plus a smaller fleet added up to planes that were 80.2 percent full.
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U.S. Airlines Post Smallest Traffic Drop in 18 Months (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 4:19 pm ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. led the six biggest U.S. carriers to their best traffic results in 18 months in a sign that the air- travel slump is ending.
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Obese Man On American Airlines Flight (PICTURE, POLL)
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 4, 9:58 am ETWhat's Your Reaction? MSNBC passes along this picture of a slightly awkward situation on an American Airlines flight. Originally reported by Kieran Daly at airline blog FightGlobal.com , the picture was supposedly taken by a worried flight attendant who wanted to ensure that the seating arrangement didn't compromise the safety of the other passengers.
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Honor and hard cash ride on Airbus, Boeing tests
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 5:59 am ETEngineers at Airbus and Boeing are racing against the clock to carry out long-awaited test flights and shore up ventures worth billions of dollars.
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American Airlines Offers Aid to Japan Carrier
International Herald Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 5:41 am ETAmerican Airlines countered a $1 billion offer of aid for Japan Airlines, escalating a tug-of-war with Delta Airlines and its partners over the Japanese airline.
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American Airlines, partners offer $1.1 billion to Japan Airlines
USA Today - Thu Dec 3, 1:44 am ETAmerican Airlines upped the ante in the tug-of-war over Japan Airlines, vowing Thursday to lead a $1.1 billion investment in the struggling carrier to prevent it from falling into the orbit of rival Delta.
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US Discount Airlines See Strong Nov Traffic Levels; Others Lag
Nasdaq - 54 minutes agoU.S. discount airlines saw notable traffic increases in November as the hub- and-spoke carriers saw muted results and as the industry works to recover from a demand slump the past year.
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United Airlines Nov. Traffic Rises, Capacity Down
Fox News - Thu Dec 3, 6:02 pm ETUnited Airlines Nov. Traffic Rises, Capacity Down
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American Airlines November traffic down 0.5 pct
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 5:30 pm ETAmerican Airlines cut its November flying, so even with a slight drop in demand, its planes were fuller. The nation's second-largest carrier said on Thursday that it cut its capacity 4.2 percent, to 11.92 billion available seat miles, compared with November 2008.
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Southwest Airlines traffic rose 11.7% in November
Post-Bulletin - Fri Dec 4, 11:09 am ETDALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. said today that November traffic jumped 11.7 percent over the same month last year, when recession and shock waves in the financial industry were hurting business travel
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American Airlines Nov. Traffic, Capacity Declines
Fox News - Thu Dec 3, 5:03 pm ETAmerican Airlines Nov. Traffic, Capacity Declines
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American Airlines, partners offer 1.1 bln dlrs to JAL
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 12:08 am ETAmerican Airlines, the oneworld alliance and private equity firm TPG on Thursday offered to invest 1.1 billion dollars in struggling Japan Airlines (JAL).
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