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Delta eyes American Airlines bid

Breitbart.com 01/14/2012 01:39 01/12/2012
Delta eyes American Airlines bid

Delta Air Lines is eyeing a bid for bankrupt rival American Airlines, a source close to the matter said on Thursday, despite doubts that the proposed mega-carrier would win regulatory approval.

Delta Adding LaGuardia Flights in Bid to Dominate NYC Travel

Natalie Doss and Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg.com 12/16/2011
World's biggest super-jumbos must be GROUNDED, say engineers after cracks are found in the wings of three Airbus A380s

Australian aircraft engineers have called for Airbus A380 - the world's biggest passenger aircraft - to be grounded, after Singapore Airlines and Qantas found cracks in the wings of their super-jumbos.

Delta Adding LaGuardia Flights in Bid to Dominate NYC Travel

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) will add more than 100 flights and 29 destinations at New York’s LaGuardia by mid-2012 as it builds the airport into a domestic hub and seeks to dominate the nation’s busiest aviation market.

American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles.

Delta Air's New York LaGuardia Swap Makes American 'Vulnerable'

Delta Air Lines Inc. is poised to take over about half of the flight slots at New York's LaGuardia airport, widening its advantage over AMR Corp.'s American Airlines in the world's busiest aviation market.

Biggest US airlines have combined 1Q loss over $1B

With fresh red ink at Delta and US Airways, the five biggest U.S. airlines showed a combined loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter. Soaring jet fuel prices are the big culprit.

U.S. plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail

Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an ambitious $53 billion U.S. program to build new high-speed rail networks and make existing ones faster over the next six years.

China may build high-speed rail in California

TIM SHEEHAN The Sacramento Bee 01/06/2011
China may build high-speed rail in California

In the 19th century, laborers from China helped build railroads spanning California and linking the U.S. coasts. In the 21st century, the Chinese may be back -- not for backbreaking labor, but with financial and technological muscle.

IATA chief executive Giovanni Bisignani

The world's five biggest airlines now hail from Asia and Latin America, highlighting the industry's shift away from the U.S. and Europe to higher-growth countries, the International Air Transport Association said Tuesday.


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