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July 29, 2008
As Most Airlines Struggle, Middle East Carriers Are Expanding

As carriers from American Airlines to Thai Airway International respond to high oil prices by shedding jobs, culling routes and grounding aircraft, Middle Eastern carriers are expanding as fast as they can in hopes of redefining their region as the aviation crossroads of the globe.

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July 29, 2008
A Posher Domestic First Class

Take a Boeing 757, remove 40% of the seats and give customers lots more room, better food and flat beds. Does that sound like a typical recipe at a U.S. airline these days?

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July 29, 2008
Another Amenity Vanishes as Carriers Shut Lounges

AIRPORT lounges are the latest casualty of the current crisis in the airline industry.

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July 28, 2008
End of cheap flights boom as airlines raise fares in line with oil prices

More than five million British passengers could be priced out of the budget holiday market as airlines raise their fares, bringing the era of cheap travel to an end.

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July 28, 2008
Fuel hedging only one reason Southwest continues to fly high

In the wake of most airlines facing huge deficits, Southwest reported its 69th consecutive quarterly profit in a string dating back to 1991. How did they do it?

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July 28, 2008
Ryanair reported an 85% fall in first-quarter net profit and warned it could plunge into the red for the full year.

Ryanair shares tumbled 15% to €2.74 (217p), dragging down low-cost rival easyJet, which fell 10% to 301.75p.

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July 28, 2008
BCD Travel's 2008 Travel Program Survey

In an effort to reduce costs, travel and procurement managers are focusing on enforcing travel policy - but while they may be driving out costs in some areas, preferred supplier compliance is declining, according to BCD Travel's 2008 Travel Program Survey

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July 25, 2008
Union Votes to Strike

Germany's biggest airline faced a major strike by its ground and cabin crews next week after union members voted overwhelmingly to support a massive walkout.

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July 25, 2008
Airlines tell Bush to resolve oil crisis

More than 130 organisations in the United States, including most of the major US airlines, have signed a letter to President Bush urging him to take immediate steps to resolve the energy crisis.

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July 24, 2008
Hotels cut room rates 'by up to 60%'

Dubai hotels have cut room rates by an average of 50 to 60 percent this summer, as the rising cost of air travel, global inflation and rising competition takes its toll on the sector.

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