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  • Key E.U. Members Resist Letting Some Liquids Onto Airplanes ” With just two weeks remaining before the European Union is due to partly lift a nearly five-year ban on liquids in air passenger hand luggage, several member states representing a significant share of the region’s air traffic have refused to...

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    Key E.U. Members Resist Letting Some Liquids Onto Airplanes ” With just two weeks remaining before the European Union is due to partly lift a nearly five-year ban on liquids in air passenger hand luggage, several member states representing a significant share of the region’s air traffic have refused to...

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  • Airlines now monitoring Twitter almost around the clock “A report has highlighted that major airlines, such as American Airlines (@AmericanAir) and Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir), are now monitoring Twitter almost around the clock. Through such initiative, the airlines are “trying to show customers they’re really listening to everything…,” reported nbcdfw.com.” tags:...

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    Airlines now monitoring Twitter almost around the clock “A report has highlighted that major airlines, such as American Airlines (@AmericanAir) and Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir), are now monitoring Twitter almost around the clock. Through such initiative, the airlines are “trying to show customers they’re really listening to everything…,” reported nbcdfw.com.” tags:...

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  • Spinetta pris en flagrant délit de mauvaise foi “Un an après son désormais célèbre discours devant les syndicats (“je me suis trompé sur les low cost “), le président du conseil d’administration d’Air France KLM reprend sa vieille rengaine sur Ryanair. “ tags: low cost spinetta air france air inter...

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    Spinetta pris en flagrant délit de mauvaise foi “Un an après son désormais célèbre discours devant les syndicats (“je me suis trompé sur les low cost “), le président du conseil d’administration d’Air France KLM reprend sa vieille rengaine sur Ryanair. “ tags: low cost spinetta air france air inter...

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  • http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Travelers-say-airlines-apf-1323824965.html?x=0&.v=3 “Travelers are lashing out at airlines for poor customer service after this week’s storm on the East Coast left thousands stranded and unable to get through to reservation agents. Travelers are incensed over what they say is the airlines’ effort to blame everything on the weather and take themselves...

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    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Travelers-say-airlines-apf-1323824965.html?x=0&.v=3 “Travelers are lashing out at airlines for poor customer service after this week’s storm on the East Coast left thousands stranded and unable to get through to reservation agents. Travelers are incensed over what they say is the airlines’ effort to blame everything on the weather and take themselves...

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  • L’IATA veut des voyageurs sans papier mais avec code barres “Après les cartes d’embarquement à bande magnétique aujourd’hui au pilon, après le billet d’avion électronique mis en place en 2008, l’IATA (Association internationale du transport aérien) veut généraliser le code barre 2 D sur les cartes d’embarquement, a révélé l’IATA...

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    L’IATA veut des voyageurs sans papier mais avec code barres “Après les cartes d’embarquement à bande magnétique aujourd’hui au pilon, après le billet d’avion électronique mis en place en 2008, l’IATA (Association internationale du transport aérien) veut généraliser le code barre 2 D sur les cartes d’embarquement, a révélé l’IATA...

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  • Who had the worst customer service in 2010? (Hint: it wasn’t the airlines) “The US airline industry, which has an unenviable record of failing practically every customer-service survey for the last generation, has a new rival: The Transportation Security Administration. “ tags: customer service survey TSA body scans pat-down security...

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    Who had the worst customer service in 2010? (Hint: it wasn’t the airlines) “The US airline industry, which has an unenviable record of failing practically every customer-service survey for the last generation, has a new rival: The Transportation Security Administration. “ tags: customer service survey TSA body scans pat-down security...

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  • 2010 Miss TSA Calendar via yfrog.com Permalink | Leave a comment  » Boeing and IBM Research Pilot Experimental Air Traffic Management Initiatives Boeing (NYSE: BA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that they have successfully completed a pilot research project designed to show how officials from multiple organizations can have more...

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    2010 Miss TSA Calendar via yfrog.com Permalink | Leave a comment  » Boeing and IBM Research Pilot Experimental Air Traffic Management Initiatives Boeing (NYSE: BA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that they have successfully completed a pilot research project designed to show how officials from multiple organizations can have more...

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  • Virgin America Rewards Checkins with Frequent Flyer Points Virgin America guests can now earn an additional 25 Elevate points per checkin to Facebook Places or Foursquare () — at the airline’s airport terminals or baggage claims — for a total potential of 50 extra points per flight. “Our innovative in-flight...

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    Virgin America Rewards Checkins with Frequent Flyer Points Virgin America guests can now earn an additional 25 Elevate points per checkin to Facebook Places or Foursquare () — at the airline’s airport terminals or baggage claims — for a total potential of 50 extra points per flight. “Our innovative in-flight...

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  • Another TSA Outrage This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns–but nothing that could have been used as a weapon. via redstate.com Permalink | Leave a comment  » How planes fly via thedailywh.at   Permalink |...

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    Another TSA Outrage This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine guns–but nothing that could have been used as a weapon. via redstate.com Permalink | Leave a comment  » How planes fly via thedailywh.at   Permalink |...

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  • Early Trent 900 Warning Sign As our engine guru Guy Norris reported back in September, the European Aviation Safety Agency has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for the Airbus A380’s Trent 900 engine intermediate pressure shaft which, if not performed, could result in an uncontained engine failure similar to those...

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    Early Trent 900 Warning Sign As our engine guru Guy Norris reported back in September, the European Aviation Safety Agency has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for the Airbus A380’s Trent 900 engine intermediate pressure shaft which, if not performed, could result in an uncontained engine failure similar to those...

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