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“Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers”

Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said. via Free Republic

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Passengers say it was scary. A Compass Airlines flight landed in Fargo late last night after a fire was reported in a restroom. via KMOT-TV Minot

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“I'm particularly pleased with the operating performance of Air Canada in the first quarter”

An Air Canada flight takes off from Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Thursday September 30, 2004. via Canadian Business Magazine

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“All affected travellers on the altered Auckland-Wellington schedule will be contacted and put on to another service that day or be given a full refund or a credit shell, whichever they prefer.”

Air New Zealand said today it had no immediate plans to increase its domestic airfares by up to 10 percent, as it accuses Pacific Blue of doing last week. via NBR Newsroom

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“I don't know how much that relieves the pressure.”

Mesa Air Group Inc. hopes shareholders will soothe its financial troubles this week by allowing the airline to issue millions of new shares valued at nearly twice the company's current market capitalization.

The Phoenix-based carrier is expected to ask permission Tuesday at its annual shareholders meeting to sell as much as $37.8 million in new common stock. The shares would help the airline pay off debt that comes due in June and bolster the company's beleaguered operation.

If it's not able to sell more shares, Mesa said in a regulatory filing that there 'can be no guarantee that the Company would have adequate cash resources' to pay holders of the senior convertible notes it issued. Read more

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Production delays on the 787 Dreamliner could cost Chicago's Boeing Co. billions in late fees, industry analysts said. via Political Gateway

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“One could say that by putting him out there in this position ... they are putting their best talent out there in the front.”

UAL Corp's United Airlines on Thursday named John Tague to the position of chief operating officer, a move one industry expert said may represent a management reshuffling ahead of a possible merger with US ... via Earth Times

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News reports say three people were injured as passengers evacuated a Chinese jetliner at Beijing airport following a fire alarm.

The Communist Party newspaper People's Daily says the alarm went off as the China Eastern Airlines flight was preparing to take off Saturday.

It says the passengers were ordered to evacuate, and three people were injured. The reason for the alarm was under investigation.

A woman who answered the phone at China Eastern's office at the Beijing airport has confirmed the incident occurred but refused to give more information or her name. Read more

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“Our revenue model delivered solid revenue growth, and contributed to a 4.8 per cent improvement in our unit costs in the quarter, excluding fuel”

- Air Canada (TSX:AC.A) produced stronger than expected results in the traditionally slow first quarter as its operating performance improved despite rising fuel costs that have battered all the world's air carriers.

The Montreal airline said Thursday its operating loss in the January-March quarter fell sharply to $12 million, improving on a year-ago operating loss of $78 million.

"Despite record fuel prices, we are probably one of the few carriers around the world to post better operating results, something that all of us at Air Canada are very proud of," president and CEO Montie Brewer said in a conference call with analysts. Read more

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Southwest Airlines says it is adding five nonstop flights and three destinations from Denver.

The Dallas-based low-cost carrier said Wednesday it will add nonstop flights to Sacramento, Calif., Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Fla., and New Orleans.

Southwest says it will add one daily nonstop to Phoenix, for a total of seven.

The airline now has 61 daily nonstops from Denver, up from 13 when it returned to the city in January of 2006.

Its latest expansion comes less than a month after Denver-based Frontier Airlines sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Frontier said its principal credit card processor had planned to begin withholding more proceeds from ticket sales. Read more

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British Airways will start transferring its Heathrow long-haul flights to the ill-starred new Terminal 5 on June 5. BA and Heathrow operator BAA said eight long-haul flights, including services to New York, ... via Hereford Times

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Northwest Airlines will begin daily nonstop service from Sea-Tac Airport to Beijing on March 1, 2009.

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“That's why we're moving now rather than waiting on fuel to continue to erode our ability to manage together.”

US airlines may be approaching a "break point" on fuel costs, making the merger between Delta Air Lines Inc. via Boston Globe

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JetBlue founder David Neeleman's Brazilian domestic airline may seem vaguely familiar to American travelers.

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The march of oil prices to record highs is causing unrelenting pain for US airlines, whose attempts to balance their fuel bills through fare increases may soon meet stubborn resistance from customers.

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Profits for Brazil's Embraer jet maker rose 8.4 percent in the first quarter amid strong global demand for its mid-size passenger planes and new executive jets, the company said Tuesday.

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LONDON : British Airways said on Tuesday faltering economy class travel helped cut passenger traffic by 7 percent in April, sending its shares lower.

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American Airlines and United Airlines led drops in April air traffic by four of the five largest U.S. carriers, a sign that the cooling economy and higher ticket prices are restraining air travel.

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Record-high oil prices and declining passenger traffic were sinking airline stocks early Tuesday.

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Jamaica signed an agreement with a U.S. federal trade agency Monday to get its debt-ridden national airline off its books by 2009.

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Delta Airlines on Monday added a $110 roundtrip fuel surcharge to its Los Angeles-Honolulu flights.

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If United Airlines parent UAL and US Airways Group merged, the pairing could result in massive cost savings for the new carrier as well as higher fares for the troubled industry.

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Delta Air Lines Inc. announced a 3% pay raise for its non-union employees, effective July 1. The announcement Friday comes as Delta flight attendants vote on whether to join the Association of Flight Attendants ...

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“Anything that helps them out will probably be good for the industry in the long term.”

Drivers have long known that slowing down on the highway means getting more miles to the gallon. via WSLS-TV Roanoke

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