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January 22, 2008

Report: United/Continental Merger Seen To Be In Offing

Airlines Choosing Their Partners Ahead Of Delta Announcement

You could probably see this coming. Just days after ANN reported Continental Airlines CEO Larry Kellner was cool to the idea of pursuing a merger with another airline, a report in the Financial Times of London suggests his earlier comments may have been a head-fake.

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Report: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Ahead For Travelers If Mergers Happen

Study Says New Uber-Airline Would Likely Spur Increased Prices

An analysis of a possible merger between Delta and either of two competitors rumored to be candidates would be a "game changer." That's the finding of OAGback Aviation Solutions in a study commissioned by USA Today.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Tuesday 01.22.08

A Case For Congestion Pricing, With The Reason Foundation's Robert Poole

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 01.22.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 01.22.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- A Case For Congestion Pricing: 01.22.08 (ANN Special Report, with Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Studies for The Reason Foundation.)

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Air France Begins Inflight Cell Phone Trials

Only Text, Email Allowed To Start... But Voice Calls Are Coming

Somebody had to go first. Air France recently began flying an Airbus A318 equipped with the Mobile OnAir system, and is conducting a six-month test in Europe in which passengers are allowed to use their mobile phones during the flight.

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Thai Flight Attendants Steamed At Steamy Soap Opera

Gee... Can't Imagine Why...

A new soap opera on channel 5 in Bangkok, Thailand has as its central characters female flight attendants who become romantically involved with airline pilots.

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New FAA Training Program Graduates First Student Pilot

Delta Connection Academy Boasts First FAA-Approved FITS Program

Delta Connection Academy made history on January 4, 2008 when Steven Harden became the first flight school student pilot nationwide to complete the 141 FAA/Industry Training Standards (FITS) program designed to increase aviation safety, reduce the number of accidents and improve pilot skills and decision making in technically-advanced aircraft.

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TAM Kicks Off 2008 With Big Airbus Deal

Firms Up Orders For 66 Planes

Brazilian carrier TAM Linhas Aereas announced Monday it has firmed up its order for 22 A350XWBs, models 800 and 900, to be delivered from 2013 onwards. TAM, Airbus' biggest customer in the southern hemisphere, now has the largest A350 XWB fleet in the region on order, and will be the first in Latin America to incorporate this aircraft into its fleet.

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