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Airlines cut capacity at Wis. regional airports
Wisconsin's regional airports are losing service as airlines struggle with high fuel prices and financial losses. New schedules show flights leaving Dane County Regional Airport will have 15 percent fewer available seats this fall. By November, less...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation
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Delta-Northwest lawsuit trial date set
A federal judge has set a trial date for a lawsuit by a group of airline passengers that seeks to block Delta Air Lines Inc. from acquiring Northwest Airlines Corp. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will preside over the Nov. 5 trial in San Francisco. The...Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Thanksgiving, Litigation, Air Transportation, Transportation
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Southwest profits from fuel hedging
Associated PressSouthwest Airlines Co. earned a profit in the second quarter and beat Wall Street expectations by continuing to rely on financial deals that lowered its fuel costs. Revenue increased by 11 percent as Southwest raised fares. But in a nod to high fuel...Tags: Southwest Airlines Company, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Air Transportation, Transportation
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FAA: Chicago airport traffic declines
Federal officials say traffic dropped at both Chicago's O'Hare International and Midway Airports in the first six months of 2008. O'Hare's 4.2 percent decrease in flights over the same time period last year was the biggest drop among the top five...Tags: O'Hare, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Midway, Air Transportation, Transportation
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S&P downgrades American, United and Northwest
AP Business WriterStandard & Poors downgraded the debt of some of the nation's largest carriers on Friday, saying high fuel prices are likely to cause heavy losses this year at American, United and Northwest Airlines. S&P airline analyst Philip Baggaley said that in...Tags: AMR Corp., UAL Corporation, Air Transportation, Transportation
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Unfriendly skies: Baggage fees pack wallop
Special To The SentinelI recently flew to New York, my first trip since fuel prices shot up. On departure day, I approached the counter and plopped my three bags down to be checked. "That will be an extra $105," the agent said. Suddenly my cheap airfare wasn't looking so good....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Transportation, Air Transportation
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Lawsuits still flying in fatal plane crash
Of The Morning CallThe web of legal actions spun around the plane crash that killed prominent Bethlehem lawyer Peter Karoly, his wife and a pilot is becoming ever-more tangled. Karoly, wife Lauren Angstadt and pilot Michael Milot were killed Feb. 2, 2007, when the plane...Tags: Whitehall, Lawyers, Air Transportation, Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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Exploring career goals
South Florida Sun-SentinelAt the beginning of the summer, Quinyra Clayton thought she wanted to own an airline, but after a few weeks, her career focus changed. On Thursday, during a visit to Geosyntec Consultants, a consulting and engineering firm in Boca Raton, she found a...Tags: Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Technology, Engineering
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My so-called glamorous life as a foreign correspondent
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe blast of insecticide jolted me awake. A Mexicana flight attendant had just doused me with a chemical cloud while her colleague explained over the intercom that the Cuban Health Ministry requires arriving aircraft to be fumigated. "The substance isn't...Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Rebellions, Healthcare Policies, Defense, John Paul II
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Southwest Airlines still profitable
The Associated PressJoe DiMaggio's hitting streak ended, so did Cal Ripken Jr.'s string of consecutive games. Will Southwest Airlines' mark of 69 straight profitable quarters be the next record to fall? On Thursday, the low-fare pioneer reported a bigger second-quarter...Tags: Southwest Airlines Company, Joe DiMaggio, Transportation, Air Transportation
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