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Airlines pass oil savings on to customers
For the first time since oil prices began their meteoric rise earlier this year, airlines are slashing fuel surcharges on most flights between the United States and Europe. It's the first roll-back of one of the bewildering raft of new fees that have...Tags: Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Transportation, Commodity Markets, Air Transportation
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Ruling: FAA failed to restrict pilot for heart problems
keith.herbert@newsday.comThe Federal Aviation Administration failed to restrict a Freeport stunt pilot from aerobatic flights despite the pilot's history of heart problems before he died in an air-show crash in Virginia last year, the National Transportation Safety Board has...Tags: Oceana, Western Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, GEICO, Transportation Accidents
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Fuel surcharges to Europe shrink
Chicago Tribune reporterFor the first time since oil prices began their meteoric rise this year, airlines are slashing fuel surcharges on a major international market: most flights between the U.S. and Europe. It's the first rollback of the largest of the bewildering new fees...Tags: Commodity Markets, Air Transportation, Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Transportation
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Like other working parents, Obamas juggle kids, jobs with help from close friends, family
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ When class lets out for Michelle and Barack Obama's two daughters, their grandmother is there to pick them up. When 10-year-old Malia needs her hair done in the two-strand twist style she likes, a family friend brings a beautician to the...Tags: Michelle Obama, U.S. Elections, Dancing, John McCain, University of Chicago
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Severe weather grounds flights at Fort Lauderdale International
SunSentinel.comSevere weather this afternoon is keeping flights from leaving Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration instituted a "gate hold" order at about 2:20 p.m., airport spokesman Greg Meyer said. The order keeps...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Miami International Airport
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Best from BWI: Warm places
Do the cooler temperatures have you thinking ahead to winter and a getaway to someplace warm? Here are a few popular winter retreats and what it will cost for a round-trip flight in December. Miami - $186 Airtran -------------------- Nassau, Bahamas...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation
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In a holding pattern
Of The Associated PressA World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more...Tags: Satellite Technology, Southwest Airlines Company, Air Transportation, Emergency Planning, Bart Gordon
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What about me? investors ask
Chicago Tribune reporterSome things are just so ugly you can't bear to look. That's the stock market these days. Losses of more than 40 percent during the last year—18 percent in the last week alone—have spread such shock and fear that some Americans can't even look...Tags: Loyola University Chicago, Economic Indicator, Economy, Stock Market, Consumers
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Holiday airfares in Orlando are taking off
Sentinel Staff WriterCentral Floridians planning to fly this holiday season will pay more than they did last year, as airlines' reduced flight schedules drive airfares higher. An analysis by the travel-consulting company Harrell Associates found that Orlando fares are up...Tags: Orlando, Prices, Transportation Accidents, Marketing, Tourism and Leisure
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Airlines cutting their own throats
I used to enjoy flying. In fact, I couldn't wait to get to the airport. Airlines prioritized the comfort of passengers and offered moderately priced fares, which made travel for business or vacation practical and possible. Airports hummed with the...Tags: Transportation Industry, Transportation, Vacations, Air Transportation
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Why you should look at your firm from the outside in
Financial TimesWhy do big companies routinely overlook new opportunities that are presumably staring them in the face? Why did Nestle and Kraft fail to predict the popularity of Starbucks, for example? Why didn't American Airlines or Delta Air Lines create Southwest...Tags: Sales, Starbucks Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Transportation, Wedding Services
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Union: Inexperience in tower leads to accidents
Of The Morning CallA near collision at Lehigh Valley International Airport last month has stoked an already raging feud between union officials and the federal government over staffing of air traffic control towers at the nation's airports. Air traffic controllers union...Tags: Unions, Emergency Planning, Laura Brown, Transportation, Retirement
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