| //31-08-2008 HOUSTON – Continental Airlines added larger aircraft and additional flights into and out of New Orleans to assist with evacuation efforts on Saturday.
They said the extra capacity will provide space for more than 1,200 additional customers through Sunday. The airline has also transported employees into the region to provide additional staffing.
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| //31-08-2008 Alitalia files for bankruptcy protection and transatlantic carrier Zoom goes belly up, stranding thousands of travelers. |
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| //30-08-2008 Dream of flying again 'unlikely'; nightmare continues for 4,500 U.K. passengers still stranded without a flight home
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| //26-08-2008 Russian air carrier S7 is considering taking part in the contest for a stake in Austrian Airlines, S7 spokesperson Irina Kolesnikova said Monday. She declined to say whether S7 has actually placed a bid.
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| //26-08-2008 It looks like American Airlines has opened up in-flight WiFi. One of our readers, Rod, sent me this email he received from American Airlines today.
This is great news and I am sure that the other airlines will be following suit in the very near future. I want to thank Rod for passing this along. You can read the letter after the break.
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| //26-08-2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air traffic at some major U.S. airports was returning to normal on Tuesday after many planes were delayed due to a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans, the Federal Aviation Administration said. |
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| //26-08-2008 Air traffic at more than two dozen major airports across the United States was delayed this afternoon due to a communications network problem, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's website. |
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| //26-08-2008 Air traffic was delayed at several major US airports due to a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The Department of Homeland Security said there was no link to terrorism and the FAA said the computer glitch did not affect its ability to track planes in the air.
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| //25-08-2008 United Airlines, struggling to curb losses from record fuel prices, will become the first U.S. carrier to stop serving free meals in the coach cabin of some overseas flights.
Instead, the second-largest U.S. carrier will offer food that can be purchased aboard trips to Europe from Washington's Dulles International Airport starting Oct. 1, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said. |
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