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		<title>Azul Airlines of Brazil to conduct demo flight using sugar-based fuel in 2012</title>
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Azul Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Brazil, will conduct a demonstration flight in 2012 to test an aviation fuel based on sugar.
The sugar-based aviation fuel was manufactured by Amyris Biotechnologies Incorporated, headquartered in Emeryville, California, the United States.
The flight by Azul Airlines will mark the conclusion of a project aimed at evaluating the technical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/azul-airlines-of-brazil-to-conduct-demo-flight-using-sugar-based-fuel-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>US FAA&#8217;s new rules on airspace over Hudson River come into force</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government of the United States has introduced new safeguards for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York in response to the fatal mid-air collision between a small aircraft and a helicopter in August 2009.
The crowded airspace over the Hudson River has been divided into tow: A low-altitude zone for local traffic, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-faa-new-rules-on-airspace-over-hudson-river-come-into-force/</link>
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		<title>Bombardier considering Gulfstream G650 business jet competitor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bombardier Incorporated, the aircraft manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, says it is considering making its largest business jet so far in order to compete with Gulfstream’s G650 model.

Bombardier is the third largest commercial aircraft-maker in the world, after Airbus Industrie and Boeing Company.
The Gulfstream G650 is a twin-engine business jet, being developed by Gulfstream [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/bombardier-considering-gulfstream-g650-business-jet-competitor/</link>
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		<title>Air Austral buying 2 all-economy-class Airbus A380 Superjumbo planes to carry 840 passengers in each</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Air Austral, based in Reunion, France, has announced that it plans to buy 2 Airbus A380 planes, nicknamed Superjumbo, configured with all-economy-class to carry as many as 840 passengers in each.

This will be the largest number of people to be carried in a single plane so far. That also answers the question of many aviation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-austral-buying-2-all-economy-class-airbus-a380-superjumbo-planes-to-carry-840-passengers-in-each/</link>
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		<title>Lufthansa signs code-share pacts Continental Airlines and JetBlue Airways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has entered into code-share agreements with the United-based airlines Continental Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will lead to seamless travel throughout the United States.
Continental Airlines is based in Houston, Texas, the United States.
The low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways is headquartered in New York, with its  main hub at New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/lufthansa-signs-code-share-pacts-continental-airlines-and-jetblue-airways/</link>
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		<title>Emirates Airlines to operate additional Dubai-Kolkata flights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emirates Airlines, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is introducing additional flights between Dubai and Kolkata in India from December 3, 2009.
Emirates will operate the new flight on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
This will take the total number of fights that Emirates operates between Dubai and Kolkata to 12 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/emirates-airlines-to-operate-additional-dubai-kolkata-flights/</link>
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		<title>Recent pilot-related near-mishaps raises concern in aviation circles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A series of recent incidents involving pilot behaviour have given rise to widespread concerns in the passenger-aviation sector.
The latest one of these incidents is about a pilot of the United States-based United Airlines who was arrested in London, just before his flight the flight was to take off, on charge of having consumed alcohol.
The pilot, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/recent-pilot-related-near-mishaps-raises-concern-in-aviation-circles/</link>
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		<title>Pilot strike: Finnair to ground all scheduled domestic, international flights from November 16, 2009</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/pilot-strike-finnair-to-ground-all-scheduled-domestic-international-flights-from-november/</link>
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		<title>Strike by engineers won&#8217;t hit flights or safety, says Qantas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has sought to assure passengers that the strike by the carrier’s engineers would not result in grounding any flights and asked the passengers to check departure times on mobile phones and also on its website.
Around 200 engineers who check the airworthiness of the Qantas fleet has been on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/strike-by-engineers-safety-says-qantas/</link>
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		<title>Myrtle Beach-Toronto non-stop flights from February 28, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a gap of over 3 years, Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina, the United States, is offering its first non-stop international flight, starting in early 2010.
From February 28, 2010, Porter Airlines, the regional airline based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will operate 2 flights a week – on Thursdays and Sundays – between Myrtle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/myrtle-beach-toronto-non-stop-flights-from-february-28-2010/</link>
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		<title>Southwest Airlines launches special fares on its winter flights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines, the low-cost carrier based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has launched sale of special fares on its winter flights – with fares starting from as low as $59 one-way for select destinations.
A statement from Southwest Airlines said that these fares should be bought before November 23, 2009.
The fares, which need a 14-day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/southwest-airlines-launches-special-fares-on-its-winter-flights/</link>
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		<title>Air Canada to notify passengers via text message, e-mail about flight delays and cancellations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, is introducing a new service which notifies its customers by a text message or email or when their flights are delayed or cancelled.
Passengers whose flights are disrupted because of problems like storms can re-book flights using their mobile phones and devices such as BlackBerrys and iPhones or computer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-canada-to-notify-passengers-via-text-message-e-mail-about-flight-delays-and-cancellations/</link>
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		<title>United Airlines launching flights from Chicago to Eau Claire, Hancock/Houghton, Muskegon and Paducah in US Midwest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has announced that it will start new services from the carrier’s hub at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to 4 cities in the US Midwest – Eau Claire (Wisconsin), Hancock/Houghton (Michigan), Muskegon (Michigan), and Paducah (Kentucky) from early 2010.
The flights from Chicago to Paducah and Muskegon will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/united-airlines-launching-flights-from-chicago-to-eau-claire-hancockhoughton-muskegon-and-paducah-in-us-midwest/</link>
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		<title>Alaska Airlines starts Oakland-Hawaii flights; San Jose-Hawaii, Sacramento-Hawaii services from March 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Airlines, based in SeaTac, near Seattle, Washington in the United States, has announced new flights to Hawaii.
The airline has launched service between Oakland, in California, and Kahului, on the island of Maui in Hawaii, with 4 flights a week, as well as between Oakland and the Hawaiian island of Kona, with 3 flights a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/alaska-airlines-starts-oakland-hawaii-flights-san-jose-hawaii-sacramento-hawaii-services-from-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>After a gap of 20 years, Iraq to resume Baghdad-Paris flights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi Airways, the national airline of Iraq, is planning to resume direct flights between Baghdad and Paris after a gap of 20 years.
The government of Iraq said in a statement that the state-owned Iraqi Airways will sign an agreement with the authorities in France in the middle of November 2009, aimed at resuming weekly flights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/after-a-gap-of-20-years-iraq-to-resume-baghdad-paris-flights/</link>
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		<title>On-time arrival of US-based airlines improve in September 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On-time arrival of airlines based in the United States improved in September 2009, the highest in 6 years, even as the number of scheduled flights dropped to the lowest for a September since 2002.
The on-time arrival rate of September 2009 was 86.2%, as against 86.4% in October 2003, according to the United States Department of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/on-time-arrival-of-us-based-airlines-improve-in-september-2009/</link>
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		<title>UAE drawing up blacklist of unsafe airlines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The aviation regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing a blacklist of airlines that are to be banned from using airports in the UAE owing to poor safety records or other issues of concern.
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates is making the airline blacklist in its effort to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/uae-drawing-up-blacklist-of-unsafe-airlines/</link>
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		<title>British Airways incurs £102-million loss, to cut 1,200 more jobs</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/british-airways-incurs-102-million-loss-to-cut-1200-more-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Japan Airlines to cut 16 more international, domestic routes starting Dec 09</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/japan-airlines-to-cut-16-more-international-domestic-routes-starting-dec-09/</link>
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		<title>AirTran Airways adds flights, starts new ones from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AirTran Airways, the low-cost airline based in Orlando, Florida, the United States, is adding 2 daily, non-stops flights between General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport from April 6, 2010, thereby expanding connections to the Midwest and Northeast of the US.
The Boeing 717 twin-jet planes will be used on the Dallas/Fort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/airtran-airways-adds-flights-starts-new-ones-from-milwaukee-mitchell-international-airport/</link>
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		<title>Jet Konnect starts flights from Delhi to Chennai, Patna, Raipur; additional Mumbai-Coimbatore service from November 11, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jet Airways Konnect, the all-economy, low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways, the privately owned airline based in Mumbai, India, has started 3 new flights from Delhi to Chennai, Patna and Raipur.
Jet Konnect Flight 9W 2263 departs from Delhi at 16.05 hours and lands in Chennai at 18.40 hours. In the return direction, Flight, 9W 2264, takes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/jet-konnect-starts-flights-from-delhi-to-chennai-patna-raipur-additional-mumbai-coimbatore-service-from-november-11-2009/</link>
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		<title>Solar-powered flight around the world: First engine-tests of Solar Impulse successful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A prototype-aircraft called the Solar Impulse, being developed as apart of a Swiss project for solar-powered flight around the world, has successfully undergone its first engine run-up at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland.

For the first time, all the 4 solar-powered electric motors of the high-tech Solar Impulse, officially known as the HB-SIA, were switched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-first-engine-tests-of-solar-impulse-successful/</link>
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		<title>First flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner likely in late December 2009; first delivery in 2010-end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boeing Company says the first flight of its much-awaited Boeing 787 jetliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, is very likely in late December 2009, and the Dreamliner will be delivered to the first customers at the end of 2010.

According to the company, the target of the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is waiting for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/first-flight-of-boeing-787-dreamliner-likely-in-late-december-2009-first-delivery-in-2010-end/</link>
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		<title>Airbus may put off deliveries of some Airbus A380 Superjumbos till January 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Airbus Industrie is likely to put off delivery of one or two of the 13 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft, earlier scheduled for 2009, till January 2010.
On October 2009, Airbus had reduced its delivery target of Airbus A380 Superjumbos from 14 to 13. Follow this link if you are looking for photos of the Airbus A380
Till [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/airbus-may-put-off-deliveries-of-some-airbus-a380-superjumbos-till-january-2010/</link>
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		<title>Emirates to add flights from Dubai to Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta and Sydney from Dec 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emirates Airline, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that it is increasing capacity by 13% to 4 cities in South-East Asia and Australia between December 2009 and January 2010.
The airline will add 17 weekly flights as well as new aircraft on routes from Dubai to Bangkok (Thailand), Manila [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/emirates-to-add-flights-from-dubai-to-bangkok-manila-jakarta-and-sydney-from-dec-2009/</link>
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		<title>Etihad Airways starts Abu Dhabi-Hyderabad flights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has started flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Etihad Airways has thus become the first airline to operate service between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad.
To start with, there are 4 flights a week, which will raised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/etihad-airways-starts-abu-dhabi-hyderabad-flights/</link>
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		<title>JetBlue Airways raising number of flights from Boston to US cities and Caribbean by 30%; starts New York-St Lucia service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JetBlue Airways, the low-cost airline based in Forest Hills, New York, the United States, is expanding its services within the United States and to the Caribbean.
The airline will increase its service from Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, by as much as 30% by the summer of 2010 – offering 78 daily flights to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/jetblue-airways-raising-number-of-flights-from-boston-to-us-cities-and-caribbean-by-30-starts-new-york-st-lucia-service/</link>
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		<title>US Airways cutting flights, jobs by 2010 to stem losses</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/us-airways-cutting-flights-jobs-by-2010-to-stem-losses/</link>
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		<title>Air India airhostess chargesheeted in molestation case, after probe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Komal Singh, an airhostess with Air India, has been issued a charge sheet for breaking the airline’s conduct rule. Singh had filed a complaint against two pilots in the same airline for molesting her. &#8220;Airhostess Komal Singh has been issued a charge sheet for violation of conduct rule and for not complying with the company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/air-india-airhostess-chargesheeted-in-molestation-case-after-probe/</link>
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		<title>Kingfisher Airlines reports Rs 419-crore net loss for Q2 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kingfisher Airlines, the privately owned carrier based in Bangalore, India, has reported a net loss of Rs 419 crore for the second quarter of the 2009-10 fiscal, which ended on September 30, 2009 – down by 3.2% from the corresponding period in the last fiscal, when it incurred a net loss of Rs 483 crore.
A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/kingfisher-airlines-reports-rs-419-crore-net-loss-for-q2-2009/</link>
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