Honoring Tradition In Troubled Times
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msnbc.msn.com
Brother, can you spare $44.61?
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UK
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timesonline.co.uk
British NHS dentists were accused this week of over-treating patients to maximise profits.
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Airlines Seek To Make Up Loss
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freep.com
The financial hit at the gas pump is a lot less painful since oil prices dropped dramatically - but don't expect airfares to follow the same heading.
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Grounded
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flightmapping.com
Spanish airline LTE International has suspended all its flights because it can no longer cover costs.
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Access America - Traveler Frustration Index
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eTN
RICHOMOND, VA – The quarterly barometer that tracks traveler frustrations with such headaches as cost, safety and service found movement in both directions during the past summer.
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Fuel Costs And Your Cruise
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msnbc.msn.com
We've all had to adjust to rising fuel costs.
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Cruise News
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boston.com
Would you pay thousands for monthly Internet service?
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EasyJet
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bbc.co.uk
The airline Easyjet has announced it is to shed up to 60 jobs.
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AirAsia X
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AFP
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Long-haul budget airline AirAsia X said it will not hit the wall like other low-cost carriers, with ticket sales strong despite faltering economies and high fuel costs.
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India
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ndtv.com
Rising airfares due to expensive fuel has a direct impact on the Indian middle class, many of whom are now switching back from flying to other modes of transport.
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Canada
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metronews.ca
For 40 years, motel owner Gordon Heading counted on American travellers for a steady stream of business each summer along Cape Breton’s scenic Cabot Trail.
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Beijing Olympics: Costly hotels blow to tourism
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foxsports.com.au
But foreigners who may now want to fly to the capital, assuming they can get better room rates during the Olympics, are likely to be disappointed, even if they can get a visa.
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ANA
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AFP
TOKYO - All Nippon Airways, Japan's second largest carrier, said Wednesday it was scrapping routes and flights due to high fuel costs, as bigger rival Japan Airlines also considers further downsizing.
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Addiction to cheap airfares is causing travel ruin
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Chris Pummer, marketwatch.com
SAN FRANCISCO - Return for a moment to 1981 and the dawn of airline deregulation: People Express launches a no-frills service with $29 regional one-ways and $99 coast-to-coast fares cheap enough for a
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state of the industry with tim clark
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theaustralian.news.com.au
Up to a quarter of the world's airlines could go broke if fuel costs fail to keep going down and oil prices return to $US145 a barrel, Emirates president Tim Clark has warned.
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Bus travel
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iht.com
NEW YORK: It's a tale of two cities: Nikita Bernstein, 29, a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker with a business in Boston, was in need of a cheap way to travel between his two homes.
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Northwest CEO blames speculators for fuel cost rise
SAN FRANCISCO - Northwest Airlines Chief Executive Doug Steenland told a congressional panel Monday that oil speculation poses a serious challenge to the airline industry, and urged legislators to inc
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Adding Things Up
In the past few weeks all we hear is that the airlines are going under and fuel costs are to blame. I don't hear the media offering anything to explain the situation.
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Airlines Passing The Buck To The Passengers
Passengers will have to pick up more of the tab, paying more for airline tickets and add-on fees, if the US airline industry is to turn a profit in the face of sky-high fuel costs, according to Gerard Arpey, chairman and chief executive of AMR Corp, American Airlines' parent.
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Annoying Airline Charges
By now, you've heard that American Airlines is charging many of its passengers an additional $15 fee for their first checked bag. Though customers and consumer groups alike are protesting the charge, few have noted that it's just the latest of many add-ons tacked onto the price of some tickets. Bringing golf clubs on your trip to Florida?
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