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July 16, 2008
Airlines get ready to test fledging Wi-Fi in flight

In-flight Wi-Fi will eventually take off for passengers aboard some U.S. airlines, but it won't happen before months of testing and slow rollouts of the wireless service.

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July 16, 2008
Cheap Airlines Are Losing Altitude

Expensive oil could end up spelling the end for once-celebrated budget airlines. Increasingly, Air Berlin, easyJet and co. are running into major difficulties. And getting rid of excess ashtrays won't be enough to save them.

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July 16, 2008
Planes ‘fly empty' to keep slots at Heathrow

Ghost flights to secure multimillion-pound rights. Britain’s third-largest airline, bmi, will fly near-empty aircraft from this autumn to preserve multimillion-pound take-off and landing slots, The Times has learnt.

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July 15, 2008
No gamble: hotel room rates declining

Declining hotel room rates may be good news for travelers but bad news for owners and the industry, say tourism observers.

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July 15, 2008
Etihad to add 200 new aircraft

Etihad Airways has placed orders with Airbus and Boeing which could add more than 200 aircraft to its fleet.

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July 15, 2008
Mobile phone technology potential still untapped

A survey conducted by Amadeus has revealed that corporate travel managers are aware that mobile tecnnology is the future of business travel yet few have done anything about it.

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July 15, 2008
Airlines start placing on ads on boarding passes

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, seeking new revenue sources amid record fuel costs, are starting to place advertisements, coupons and weather forecasts on boarding passes when travelers check in online.

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July 15, 2008
Snoozing at the Terminal

Sleeping at an airport overnight, once almost a sport for the young and short of cash, has become a lot more common lately, affecting even older and professional travelers.

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July 15, 2008
Bombardier moves into Boeing-Airbus airspace

Pierre Beaudoin has wasted little time in making his mark on Bombardier since becoming chief executive of the family-dominated Canadian aircraft and train maker last month.

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July 14, 2008
Russia, China may co-design new passenger plane

Russia may launch a joint venture with China to continue the development of a new passenger airliner, MS-21, the head of a Russian state-run aviation corporation said on Monday.

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