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Supreme Court To Hear Frequent Flyer Case
May 20, 2013
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh whether federal law prevented a customer from suing an airline for removing him from its frequent flyer scheme for allegedly complaining too frequently about the service.
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All United 787s To Return To Service This Week
May 20, 2013
United Airlines expects to have its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners back in service this week, as the airline's first flight with the airliner in four months landed safely in Chicago.
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Countdown To A350 First Flight - Factbox
May 20, 2013
The final countdown is under way to the first flight of the Airbus A350. Here are the key steps to the first flight.
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Airbus A350 Could Fly At Paris Air Show
May 20, 2013
Airbus could steal the Paris air show with a flypast of its newest passenger jet, the A350, as confidence grows over a first flight in about four weeks.
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Slovenia To Launch Airline, Airport Selloff
May 20, 2013
Slovenia will launch in September a sale process which will include its largest airport and its national carrier, finance minister Uros Cufer said on Monday.
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Mauritius Q1 Tourism Revenue Drops 12.4 Pct
May 20, 2013
Mauritius's earnings from tourism dropped 12.4 percent from a year earlier to MUR12.06 billion rupees (USD$386 million) in the first three months of this year as the weak economic environment in Europe hurt visitors' spending.
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Ryanair's Charges Help Lift Profit
May 20, 2013
A sharp rise in earnings from add-on charges for items such as baggage and pre-assigned seating helped boost Ryanair's earnings in the past year.
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Emissions Deal May Not Come Before EU Deadline
May 20, 2013
Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a September deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.
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US Airways Plane Belly Lands At Newark Airport
May 19, 2013
A US Airways made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark's Liberty Airport early on Saturday after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said.
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LAN Argentina Halts Operations Until Saturday
May 17, 2013
LATAM Airlines said its Argentina unit was halting all of its flights in the country until Saturday after a state company unilaterally decided to stop providing services to the airline.
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Aviation Up But Distribution Down At John Menzies
May 17, 2013
John Menzies said trading was stronger in its aviation business, but that its core newspaper distribution business was slower in the first four months of 2013 than last year.
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Emirates Renews Paris Soccer Sponsorship
May 17, 2013
French league champions Paris St Germain and Dubai airline Emirates extended their shirt sponsorship deal by another five years on Friday.
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Gold Goes Missing At Miami Airport
May 16, 2013
A shipment of gold with a declared value of USD$625,000 has gone missing in a suspected heist at Miami Airport, authorities said on Thursday.
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Brussels Airport Moves To End Baggage Strike
May 16, 2013
Brussels airport began to resume baggage operations on Thursday after a four-day strike by baggage-handlers over working conditions left more than 20,000 pieces of luggage stranded in Belgium's largest hub.
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US Government Blacklists Syrian Airline
May 16, 2013
The US government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces.
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