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What does a US Airways-American Airlines merger do for passengers?
msnbc.com: Aviation 25 Apr 2012 | 8:36 am
Like the death of Mark Twain, reports of a pending merger between US Airways and bankrupt American Airlines are greatly exaggerated, but travelers should still be prepared for higher prices and other challenges in the months to come.
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American Airlines seeks to break union deals
msnbc.com: Aviation 23 Apr 2012 | 2:14 pm
American Airlines on Monday kicked off a week-long court hearing on its bid to abandon union contracts, telling a judge that its bankrupt parent, AMR Corp, cannot survive without major concessions from its labor force.
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AMR unions ink deal with US Airways
msnbc.com: Aviation 20 Apr 2012 | 10:40 am
US Airways has inked deals with the three unions at American Airlines, raising expectations that the two carriers will soon join forces as a single airline.
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JetBlue still upbeat, but not darling it once was
msnbc.com: Aviation 5 Apr 2012 | 4:20 pm
Close connections with customers and a willingness to embrace popular technology is vintage JetBlue. However, a decade after launching, the low-cost carrier has lost some its luster.
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Delta Air Lines looking to buy an oil refinery
msnbc.com: Aviation 4 Apr 2012 | 5:51 pm
Delta Air Lines is seriously considering the purchase of an oil refinery, CNBC's Kate Kelly reported on Wednesday. This would be a first for a major airline.
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Moorabbin to Echuca
Downwind.com.au 26 Mar 2012 | 1:36 am
Of late I have spent more hours in a B777 than in a C172, so the time came to do a cross-country flight. I decided to take a couple of people up to Echuca- a destination that was far away (a few hours of driving) yet close (an hour of[…]
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Down the Islands & past the Gold Coast
Downwind.com.au 10 Mar 2012 | 3:13 pm
A mate of mine's wife approached me before Christmas asked if I could take her husband for a fly for his Christmas present.... what do you think my answer was ;-) A week after Christmas I ran into him asked what he thought of the gift he was very excited,[…]
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Melbourne pilot looking to share flying hours
Downwind.com.au 7 Mar 2012 | 12:39 am
First of all congratulations to the pilot below that just received their PPL. It's a fantastic milestone and one that you'll enjoy for many years to come. I saw this request for help and thought that it would be beneficial to highlight it on the main DownWind front page as[…]
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