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		<title>Hundreds of flights across United States fouled up as FAA&#8217;s flight-plan system crashes once again</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/faa-flight-plan-system-crashes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Countries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second time in little over a year, a malfunction at one of the two centres handling flight-plans for the air travel system in the United States caused delays and cancellations for passengers across the nation.
The glitch in the computer system of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 19, 2009, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot strike: Finnair to ground all scheduled domestic, international flights from November 16, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/pilot-strike-finnair-to-ground-all-scheduled-domestic-international-flights-from-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finnair, the flag-carrier airline of Finland ands also the country’s biggest carrier, has announced that it will ground all its scheduled domestic and international flights from November 16, 2009, in view of the planned strike by pilots.
About 800 pilots of Finnair, belonging to the Finnish Airline Pilots Association, have announced that they will start striking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways incurs £102-million loss, to cut 1,200 more jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/british-airways-incurs-102-million-loss-to-cut-1200-more-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/british-airways-incurs-102-million-loss-to-cut-1200-more-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has posted a net loss of £102 million ($168.8 million) in the second quarter of the fiscal ended September 30, 2009.
The airline will be cutting more jobs, too.
This loss has raised the carrier’s deficit in the first half to £208 million, an almost 5-fold increase from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Airlines to cut 16 more international, domestic routes starting Dec 09</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/japan-airlines-to-cut-16-more-international-domestic-routes-starting-dec-09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/japan-airlines-to-cut-16-more-international-domestic-routes-starting-dec-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cash-strapped Japan Airlines (JAL) has decided to eliminate 16 more international and domestic routes starting early December 2009, as a part of a drastic overhaul plan intended to curb the carrier’s mounting losses.
n a statement, Japan Airlines said that, staggered from now till September 2010, the airline plans to cut a total of 61 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Airways cutting flights, jobs by 2010 to stem losses</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-airways-cutting-flights-jobs-by-2010-to-stem-losses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-airways-cutting-flights-jobs-by-2010-to-stem-losses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[job cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US airways]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US Airways, based in Tempe, Arizona, the United States, is cutting about 1,000 jobs (including 200 pilot-jobs) by 2010, terminating its fights from Philadelphia to 5 cities in Europe, as well as cutting back 43.8% daily departures from Las Vegas as a part of the airline’s efforts at ‘restructuring’ to curb losses.
In a memo to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Licences of Northwest Airlines pilots who were busy with their laptops in cockpit suspended</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/licences-of-northwest-airlines-pilots-who-were-busy-with-their-laptops-in-cockpit-suspended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/licences-of-northwest-airlines-pilots-who-were-busy-with-their-laptops-in-cockpit-suspended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Controversy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The licences of the two airline pilots have been suspended after the incident in which they not only overflew their destination – the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport – a week ago but also was out of contact with the air traffic control (ATC) for about 80 minutes in spite of repeated calls from the ATC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iberia Airlines cancels 400 flights on October 26-27, 2009, owing to planned strike by flight attendants</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/iberia-airlines-cancels-400-flights-on-october-26-27-2009-owing-to-planned-strike-by-flight-attendants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/iberia-airlines-cancels-400-flights-on-october-26-27-2009-owing-to-planned-strike-by-flight-attendants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iberia airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[madrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iberia Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Spain, has canceled about 400 flights scheduled for October 26 and 27, 2009, in view of the strike planned by the flight attendants of the airline.The flights that have been canceled are mainly those from Madrid to the other cities of Spain, such as Barcelona, Valencia, Pais Basco, Andalucia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US FAA proposes fines against United Airlines, US Airways for violating safety norms</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-faa-fine-united-airlines-us-airways-for-violating-safety-norms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-faa-fine-united-airlines-us-airways-for-violating-safety-norms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed fines against two major US-based airlines – US Airways and United Airlines – for having flown their  planes “on hundreds of occasions” violating the FAA’s rules or other standards for airline safety.

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking – for unrelated violations – a fine of $3.8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok Airways to end Siem Reap-Phnom Penh flights in October</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/bangkok-airways-to-end-siem-reap-phnom-penh-flights-in-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/bangkok-airways-to-end-siem-reap-phnom-penh-flights-in-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok Airways, the regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand, will stop its service between Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and Siem Reap in Thailand when the aviation agreement between Cambodia and Thailand expires on October 25, 2009, and Cambodia will not renew the licence.

Bangkok Airways has been operating daily flights between Phnom Penh and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France Flight AF447 crash: European Aviation Safety Agency warns over airspeed sensor in Airbus A330, A340</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-france-flight-af447-crash-european-aviation-safety-agency-warns-over-airspeed-sensor-in-airbus-a330-a340/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-france-flight-af447-crash-european-aviation-safety-agency-warns-over-airspeed-sensor-in-airbus-a330-a340/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aircraft]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European aviation safety regulator has issued a safety warning for an airspeed sensor supplied by the United States-based Goodrich Corporation for the long-haul Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 jet aircraft and asked airlines to test the gadget.

The airspeed sensor in question, called the Pitot, is made by the French firm Thales SA.
Goodrich Corporation, based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines restructures route system; Lambert-St Louis International Airport to lose flights heavily</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-restructures-route-system-lambert-st-louis-international-airport-to-lose-flights-heavily/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-restructures-route-system-lambert-st-louis-international-airport-to-lose-flights-heavily/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Airports]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines is making a major restructuring of its route system, with some airports based in the United States gaining flights and many others losing services.

The airline’s hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and Miami International Airport are expected to have a double-digit growth in flights – with 57 extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Federal Aviation Administration orders replacement of airspeed sensors in Airbus A330, A340 planes</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-federal-aviation-administration-orders-replacement-of-airspeed-sensors-in-airbus-a330-a340-planes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-federal-aviation-administration-orders-replacement-of-airspeed-sensors-in-airbus-a330-a340-planes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aircraft]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered US-based airlines to replace airspeed indicators in some Airbus aircraft following suspicions that the devices might have had a role in the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, in which all 228 people on board perished.

Investigators in France [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slovakia’s low-cost carrier SkyEurope Airlines goes bankrupt, stops all flights</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/slovakia%e2%80%99s-low-cost-carrier-skyeurope-airlines-goes-bankrupt-stops-all-flights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/slovakia%e2%80%99s-low-cost-carrier-skyeurope-airlines-goes-bankrupt-stops-all-flights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jose Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=2063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SkyEurope Airlines, the budget airline based in Slovakia, has declared bankruptcy because of what it described as the “shortage of sufficient interim funding to finance ongoing operations.’

Just before declaring bankruptcy on the midnight on August 31, 2009, SkyEurope had canceled 12 flights bound for various destinations, mostly from airport in Bratislava, (the capital of Slovakia), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charter flight fatalities up in the US, in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/charter-flight-fatalities-up-in-the-us-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/charter-flight-fatalities-up-in-the-us-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a rise in the number of deaths in the United States in 2008 from crashes of charter flights that include medical helicopters, air taxis and tour flights. In all, 66 people died in the US in 2008 because of accidents involving 56 charter flights, the highest total since 2000, the United States National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passenger revenue of US-based airlines plunges by 19% in February 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/passenger-revenue-of-us-based-airlines-plunges-by-19-in-february-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/passenger-revenue-of-us-based-airlines-plunges-by-19-in-february-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Passenger revenue of airlines based in the United States has dropped by 19% in February 2009, compared to February 2008 – the decline applying to both domestic flights as well as flights across the Atlantic and the Pacific and to Latin American countries.
This is the fourth successive month that witnessed a decline in passenger revenue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qantas Airways to cut 100 senior jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/qantas-airways-to-cut-100-senior-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/qantas-airways-to-cut-100-senior-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Qantas Airways to scrap 100 senior executive posts in a bid to tackle the tough times.
Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia and the country’s largest carrier, will cut 100 senior executive jobs as a apart of its efforts to deal with the fall in demand for air travel worldwide.
A reorganisation of the airline’s management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAA grounds 2,800 Bell helicopters across the United States for safety inspection</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/faa-grounds-2800-bell-helicopters-across-the-united-states-for-safety-inspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered grounding and inspection of Bell Helicopter’s civil aircraft models for checking and repairing a control mechanism that was improperly installed.

An official of the Federal Aviation Administration said that 2,800 Bell helicopters would be grounded to look for “improperly installed bearings that could cause the co-pilot controls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing 777s may land in trouble again; NTSB asks Rolls-Royce to re-design engine component</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/boeing-777s-may-land-in-trouble-again-ntsb-asks-rolls-royce-to-re-design-engine-component/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The agency that investigates air accidents in the United States has warned that there is “a high probability” of the fault which led to the crashlanding of two Boeing 777s in 2008 happening to other aircraft. 
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an “urgent safety recommendation” the other day in which it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s aviation sector losses touch 28 billion yuan in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/chinas-aviation-sector-losses-touch-28-billion-yuan-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/chinas-aviation-sector-losses-touch-28-billion-yuan-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s aviation sector posts losses amounting to 28 billion yuan in 2008 – its biggest loss in 30 years.
The aviation industry in China suffered a total loss of 28 billion yuan, or about US $4.09 billion, in 2008.
This is considered as the biggest loss that the Chinese aviation industry has suffered in 30 years.
According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duncan Aviation to lay off workers at its facilities across the United States</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/duncan-aviation-to-lay-off-workers-at-its-facilities-across-the-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/duncan-aviation-to-lay-off-workers-at-its-facilities-across-the-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the United States, has announced that it will lay off workers across the United States in view of the fall in use of business aircraft amidst the global economic recession. 
The family-owned Duncan Aviation – which is engaged in customising and refurbishing private aircraft as well as providing technical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frontier Airlines reports fall in traffic, capacity for February 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/frontier-airlines-reports-fall-in-traffic-capacity-for-february-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/frontier-airlines-reports-fall-in-traffic-capacity-for-february-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frontier Airlines, the low-fare airline based in Denver, Colorado, the United States, has announced that its traffic for February 2009 fell by 19.9% compared to the same period a year ago, mainly on account of a deceleration in demand for air travel.

The carrier flew 664,930 paying passengers in February 2009, as against 760,816 paying passengers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aegean Airlines, Chrysler Aviation make offers to buy Olympic Airlines</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/aegean-airlines-chrysler-aviation-make-offers-to-buy-olympic-airlines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/aegean-airlines-chrysler-aviation-make-offers-to-buy-olympic-airlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aegean Airlines, a private airline company based in Greece, and Chrysler Aviation, a leading aircraft charter and management company based in the United States, have put forward new bids for Olympic Airlines, the national carrier of Greece.






While Aegean Airlines has offered €170 million for buying the debt-ridden Olympic Airlines, Chrysler Aviation made an offer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing to cut 90 jobs, mostly from its unit in Brisbane</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/boeing-to-cut-90-jobs-mostly-from-its-unit-in-brisbane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/boeing-to-cut-90-jobs-mostly-from-its-unit-in-brisbane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boeing Company, the major aircraft-manufacturer based in the United States, has decided to cut 90 jobs within a week. 
Boeing said in a statement that those workers who are to lose jobs – mainly from the company’s unit located in Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia – would be given 60 days’ notice saying that “their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines likely to lay off 410 flight attendants by April 1, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-likely-to-lay-off-410-flight-attendants-by-april-1-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-likely-to-lay-off-410-flight-attendants-by-april-1-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, says it is planning to lay off up to 410 flight attendants on April 1, 2009, “unless the carrier can get, by March 6, 2009, sufficient number of volunteers to take leaves, early departures or other steps to reduce their ranks.”

The media quoted a spokeswoman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crash victim&#8217;s kin sue Continental Airlines and aircraft maker Bombardier Aerospace</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/crash-victims-kin-sue-continental-airlines-and-aircraft-maker-bombardier-aerospace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/crash-victims-kin-sue-continental-airlines-and-aircraft-maker-bombardier-aerospace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Relatives of a woman who was killed, along with 48 other people, when a commuter plane of Continental Airlines crashed into a suburb in Buffalo, New York, on February 12, 2009, have filed a lawsuit against the airline and the manufacturer of the plane. 
Susan Wehle, 55, of Amerst, New York, the United States, died [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air New Zealand’s profit dropped by 79% in the first half of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-profit-dropped-by-79-in-the-first-half-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-profit-dropped-by-79-in-the-first-half-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Air New Zealand, the national flag carrier of New Zealand, has announced that its net profit in the half-year2008  plunged by 79% mainly because of higher prices of fuel. The net profit for the six months ended December 31, 2008, was NZ $24 million ($12.2 million), compared with NZ $115 million a year ago. 
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Canada suffers $1-billion loss in 2008, plans to clip flights and seat capacity further</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-canada-suffers-1-billion-loss-in-2008-plans-to-clip-flights-and-seat-capacity-further/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, recorded a colossal loss of $1 billion in 2008 because of what the airline described as record-high prices of fuel, declining demand for air travel, and unfavourable foreign exchange that hit earnings.

Air Canada, also the largest airline of Canada, said it was planning to trim its network further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France-KLM posts losses in third quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-france-klm-posts-losses-in-third-quarter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-france-klm-posts-losses-in-third-quarter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Air France-KLM, the biggest airline in Europe, has suffered losses in the three months to December 2008, which it blamed on the global economic recession.

The company announced a net loss of €505 million ($648 million) in its fiscal third quarter, compared a profit of €139 million in the same period a year before.
The operating losses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawker Beechcraft Corporation suffers $139.9-million net loss in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/hawker-beechcraft-corporation-suffers-1399-million-net-loss-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/hawker-beechcraft-corporation-suffers-1399-million-net-loss-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, the United States, has posted a net post-tax loss of $139.9 million for the 12 months ending December 31, 2008.

However, HBC’s sales went up in 2008, according to the company’s 2008 financial report.
For the 12 months ending December 31, 2008, the company reported net sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers steal huge amount of data from US Federal Aviation Administration’s computers</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/hackers-steal-huge-amount-of-data-from-us-federal-aviation-administration-computers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/hackers-steal-huge-amount-of-data-from-us-federal-aviation-administration-computers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has told its employees that one of its computers was hacked and that “personally identifiable information” of over 45,000 employees and retirees was “stolen electronically.”

All the affected employees, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement on its website, would be receiving individual letters notifying them about the [...]]]></description>
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