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August 4, 2008
Emirates makes airline history

Emirates made history when an Airbus A380 landed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday following a flight from Dubai.

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August 3, 2008
High Fuel Costs Delay Airplane Orders

When Emirates airline?s gigantic A380 aircraft glides into Kennedy International Airport on Friday, Airbus executives will breathe a sigh of relief at seeing their flagship jet complete its maiden American journey.

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August 2, 2008
Branson's sky-high plans for Virgin

Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Despite the hour, a disc jockey played pulsing club music, a soundtrack that soon continued onboard a Virgin America Airbus with "My Other Ride is a Spaceship" emblazoned behind its nose.

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August 2, 2008
Rule 240 Still Lives - After a Fashion

Much has been written in the past few months about how a regulation called "Rule 240" used to require an airline to rebook you on another carrier when it canceled your flight - and whether or not the rule still exists.

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August 1, 2008
Airlines sell frequent-flier miles for fast cash

Airlines searching for extra cash to survive their deepening financial crisis are finding out just how valuable their frequent-flier programs really are.

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August 1, 2008
BA reports 88 per cent slump in profits

British Airways has blamed the "worst trading environment ever" for an 88 per cent drop in profits for the three months until the end of June.

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July 31, 2008
Zoom drops Gatwick-JFK link

Zoom Airlines will cease flying between London and New York on October 31, a result of high fuel prices and increased competition on the route following the Open Skies agreement.

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July 31, 2008
Eurostar adds 11th daily Brussels service

Eurostar is adding an 11th daily service in each direction between London and Brussels from December 14.

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July 31, 2008
Airport passenger and freight traffic slows in June

Airports report a slowing passenger traffic growth trend in June 2008, with worldwide growth at a modest 2 percent. High oil and jet fuel prices, stock market turbulences, inflation and an uncertain economic outlook have taken their toll on air traffic in June, also impacting half year figures.

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July 31, 2008
BA plans to fill the void left by Silverjet

British Airways is aiming to fill the void left by Silverjet and other failed business-only airlines with changes to its subsidiary OpenSkies.

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