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British Airways, American Airlines offer to give up slots to win approval for alliance

BA-AA Trans-Atlantic Alliance

British Airways, American Airlines offer to give up slots to win approval for alliance

By Stephanie Bodoni and Erik Larson

British Airways Plc and AMR Corp.’s American Airlines offered to give up at least four takeoff and landing slots in the U.S. and U.K. to win approval for their proposed trans-Atlantic alliance.

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Hawaiian Airlines jumps into Haneda bidding

Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines jumps into Haneda bidding

By Alan Yonan Jr.

Hawaiian Airlines will be competing against heavyweights Delta, American, United and Continental airlines in its bid to win coveted slots opening up at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

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Walsh: BA-AA deal may not cost Heathrow slots

Airline Industry

Walsh: BA-AA deal may not cost Heathrow slots

By John Hughes

U.S.

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JetAmerica delays its first flights for 31 days

US$500,000.00 In Refunds Issued

JetAmerica delays its first flights for 31 days

By eTN Staff Writer

JetAmerica, the nation's newest low-fare, air-carrier service that offers non-stop seats starting at US$9 each way, announced it is self-imposing a 31-day delay of the launch of its first flights, whi

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How airlines play the aviation slot machine

Airline Industry

How airlines play the aviation slot machine

By reuters.com

European airlines have asked authorities to drop a rule forcing them to use landing and take-off slots at least 80 percent of the time so that they can slash flight volumes during the economic downtur

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US Airways requests authority for first ever non-stop flight From Washington, DC Reagan National Airport to Akron-Canton Airport

Carrier Files US Department Of Transportation Requesting Slots

US Airways requests authority for first ever non-stop flight From Washington, DC Reagan National Airport to Akron-Canton Airport

By eTN

GREEN, OH - Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) has a once in a lifetime opportunity to gain non-stop service to Washington, DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), whose capacity is restricted by the US go

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Pulling Alitalia out of the gutter seems to be an all-European endeavor

EU To Allow Sale Of Airline Slots, Potentially Helping Alitalia

Pulling Alitalia out of the gutter seems to be an all-European endeavor

MILAN - The European Union has issued a directive allowing European airlines to buy and sell from each other the takeoff and landing slots that they do not use, allowing Italy's troubled airline Alitalia SpA to potentially refurbish its distressed accounts, according to a report in Sunday's Corriere della Sera.

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