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May 07, 2007

Air Canada Tries 'Bulk' Approach To Ticket Sales

Offers Fliers Option To Purchase Time In Advance

A pricing practice used by fractional aircraft ownership operations, flight schools, and several current and upcoming air taxi services, is also being tried out on a far larger scale by Air Canada. USA Today reports the airline is testing the concept of selling tickets in bulk, for customers to use at their convenience.

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Official Confirms No Survivors In Kenya Airways 737 Downing

Plane Impacted Mangrove Swamp Southeast Of Airport

"No." That was the answer given Monday by a Cameroonian official, when asked whether any of the 114 passengers onboard a Kenya Airways 737 that crashed Saturday had survived the accident.

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Qantas Buyout Bid Dead, Then Alive, Then Dead... Now In Purgatory?

APA Says It Has Shares Needed For Majority Control

Airline takeovers are seldom pretty... but when local media label the entire endeavour a "farce," that's rarely a good sign. Such was the case Monday, as The Australian newspaper reported on Airline Partners Australia's latest attempt to purchase national flag carrier Qantas.

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NWA Pilots Protest CEO's Bonus

Steenland To Receive Millions In Stock Options

Add another airline to the list, whose pilots are unhappy with some big executive bonuses. Pilots at Northwest Airlines say they gave up $358 million in annual salary, as part of a nearly 24-percent cut in pay the pilots agreed to last year... which makes the $26.6 million stock bonus Northwest CEO Doug Steenland may soon receive a bit tough to swallow.

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TSA Fumbles Its Own Security

Hard Drive With Employee Data Missing

Data Security Breach. It's what we in the journalistic trade call a "standing head" -- so commonplace, that few are surprised when another occurrence takes place.

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Airbus To Start Negotiations To Sell Three Plants Under Power8

Putting Out The "For Sale" Signs At Two German, One French Plant

With more than 10 "interested parties" reportedly on the table, including strategic and financial investors, negotiations for the sale of three Airbus plants will commence this month, reports Forbes.

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Airbus A380 Makes Indian Debut

Planemaker Bets On Country's Need For Long-Haul Flights

Scores of people waited on the sides of the road near India's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Sunday, in anticipation of a big event... involving a big plane.

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Amorous Boyfriend Facing Prison For Inflight Incident

PDA A Little Too Public; Allegedly Threatened FA

Take some "embracing, kissing, and acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable" with girlfriend, add in two threats to a flight attendant, don't mix in any alcohol (to the consternation of the couple)... and you, too, may find yourself convicted of interfering with a flight attendant, a charge carrying a prison sentence of up to 20 years, just like California's Carl Warren Persing.

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