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Northwest Airlines posts $377 million 2Q loss
AP Business WriterNorthwest Airlines, which already plans to reduce flying from now through the end of the year, could shrink more and keep raising fares if fuel prices don't come down, Chief Executive Doug Steenland said on Wednesday. Michigan's largest passenger air...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Transportation, The Fall, Employees, Michigan
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Near Miss for Airliner and Small Plane
Associated PressONTARIO -- A jetliner and a small plane passed too close - less than a mile apart - in the skies near Ontario, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The westbound Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 on approach to Los Angeles International Airport at 11,900...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Transportation, Laura Brown, New York, Emergency Planning
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NTSB investigates near collision at O'Hare
Associated Press WriterThe National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport -- the third such incident at a major airport this month. The board said in a statement that the...Tags: Transportation, New York, Emergency Planning, Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents
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Near midair collision at O'Hare, NTSB says
Chicago Tribune reporterThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a midair near-collision at O'Hare International Airport on Monday afternoon in which a departing commercial airliner and a corporate jet landing on an intersecting runway came within 325 feet of...Tags: Transportation, Embraer SA, O'Hare International Airport, Emergency Planning, Transportation Industry
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Extra charges are key to airline survival
New travel fees mean hundreds of millions of dollars a year for beleaguered airlines, and executives say they need them more than ever as fuel costs continue to suck profits out of the industry. United Airlines, US Airways, and JetBlue posted big...Tags: JetBlue, Transportation, United Airlines, Air Transportation Industry
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Plane crashes into Ocean Ridge City Hall
South Florida Sun-SentinelA home developer who said in court documents that he kept a plane secret from creditors during his bankruptcy crashed a twin-engine Cessna on Tuesday afternoon at the site of the town's nearly completed $4 million municipal complex. Construction and...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Transportation, Ocean Ridge, Employees, Financially Distressed Companies
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United, JetBlue to reduce flights from Southern California airports
Times staff writerSouthern California airports faced substantial reductions in flight traffic and revenue after two major carriers Tuesday announced they would cut service at Los Angeles International and Ontario airports this fall. Citing slowing demand and high fuel...Tags: JetBlue, Transportation, Corporate Officers, New York Mercantile Exchange, Petroleum Industry
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UAL gets cash infusion amid $2.73 billion loss
AP Business WriterUnited Airlines shares zoomed up 45 percent on Tuesday after it announced plans for a major cash infusion, a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, and reductions in flying and jobs intended to help it fight high fuel prices. Chicago-based United...Tags: Transportation, Los Angeles, Credit and Debt, Bankruptcy, Layoffs and Downsizing
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You are now free to take a flying leap
Chicago Tribune ReporterDid you hear the one about the passenger who was charged an extra $15 by the airline to lose his first checked bag? And another $25 for a second bag mistakenly loaded onto an airliner to Calcutta instead of Cincinnati? That might sound like a Jay Leno...Tags: Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Government, Tickets, Employees
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Airlines Counting On Lift From A La Carte Fees
Associated PressNew travel fees mean hundreds of millions of dollars a year for beleaguered airlines, and executives say they need them more than ever as fuel costs continue to suck profits out of the industry. Plane tickets, it seems, now come with only the bare bones...Tags: JetBlue, Corporate Officers, Transportation, Petroleum Industry, Delta Air Lines
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