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Trial set in suit to block Delta-Northwest deal
AP Business WriterA 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....Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Anti Trust Crime, Petroleum Industry, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Antitrust Issues
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Southwest Airlines bucks airline trend with profit
Southwest Airlines, the biggest carrier at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, earned a profit in the second quarter and beat Wall Street expectations by continuing to rely on financial deals that lowered its fuel costs. Contining to stand apart...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Southwest Airlines Company, Air Transportation, Transportation, Transportation Accidents
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Alaska Airlines Earnings Up
The Associated PressAlaska Air Group says its second-quarter profit rose 37 percent despite rising fuel prices, as it accounted for fuel hedges that will close in future quarters. But the operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air also said it will cut capacity, and...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Commodity Markets, Alaska Air Group Incorporated, Energy Saving, Air Transportation
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Southwest Airlines profit, sales up
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: American Airlines, Inc., Southwest Airlines Company, Petroleum Industry, Sales, Air Transportation
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Flash flood watch in effect
john.valenti@newsday.comThe National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch that will remain in effect through Thursday evening, as heavy rains and thunderstorms rolling through the metropolitan area have flooded some roads and are causing big delays at local airports....Tags: New York Weather, Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings, Disasters, Air Transportation
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Lauderdale airport ranks as 4th cheapest destination in country
South Florida Sun-SentinelFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ranked high in the nation for its affordability and drop in airfares in early 2008, the government reported Wednesday. Average fares fell 7.7 percent from $258 to $238 in the first quarter, compared with...Tags: AirTran, Southwest Airlines Company, Beach Vacations, Frontier Airlines Incorporated, Puerto Rico
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Look down on Manhattan in Central Park balloon
Associated Press WriterWant to look down on the rich and famous? Go eye to eagle-eye with a winged predator? See the sun rise over Queens? How better to do this than from a balloon 30 stories above Central Park? The opportunity arises, so to speak, on Friday when a private...Tags: Ceremonies, Jules Verne, Central Park, Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted
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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: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Retirement, Southwest Airlines Company, Air Transportation, Transportation
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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: Westbury, Boeing Co., Air Transportation, Air and Space Accidents, Transportation
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Indian carriers likely to buy more planes
Boeing Co. raised the 20-year aircraft sales outlook in India as rising disposable incomes boost travel demand there. India's carriers may buy 1,001 new planes worth $105 billion in the next two decades, the planemaker said in a release in Mumbai on...Tags: Boeing Co., Sales, Air Transportation, Transportation
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