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		<title>Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines raise fees for checked bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta Airlines and Continental Airlines have increased fees for checked baggage.
Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United Stats, and its wholly owned subsidiary Northwest Airlines have added a surcharge of $5 on domestic flights for the first two checked bags unless fees are prepaid online.
The new surcharges of $5 will apply to tickets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Canada to let dogs and cats travel in cabin as hand-luggage from July 1, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, and its regional airline Jazz will allow passengers to take pets such as dogs and cats board as hand-luggage from July 1, 2009.
However, pets are not allowed on flights to or from the United Kingdom.
At present, Air Canada allows pets to travel only in containers as checked baggage. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US-based airlines better on-time performance in April 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Sates-based airlines improved their on-time and baggage-handling performance in April 2009 as compared to a month earlier.
In all, 19 US-based carriers report every month to the Department of Transportation on-time data and the causes of delays and cancellations for non-stop flights.
These airlines report the causes of delays in broad categories that include ‘extreme weather’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of &#8216;mishandled&#8217; luggage comes down in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airlines around the world &#8216;mishandled&#8217; 23 per cent less baggage in 2008 compared to 2007. The reason: Passengers generally carried fewer luggage in order to avoid fees for baggage as well as the latest technology the airlines used to monitor luggage.
According to the annual Baggage Report compiled by SITA, the world’s leading provider of information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain likely to lift curbs on carrying liquids in passengers&#8217; cabin baggage</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/britain-likely-to-lift-curbs-on-carrying-liquids-in-passengers-cabin-baggage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government of the United Kingdom is planning to revoke the restrictions on liquids that airline passengers can carry in their cabin baggage as they fly in and out of Britain.

The ban is expected to be lifted at some airports in Britain by the end of 2009, media reported said. Because of the new X-ray [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget airlines top airline-quality rankings in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among airlines based in the United States, low-cost carriers have topped the rankings for “being on-time and for uniting bags with passengers.”

In contrast, according to a new study of airline quality, big airlines such as American Airlines were way behind in rankings.
In the study of 17 United States-based airlines, released on November 10, 2008, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta Air Lines to charge $15 for first checked bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines, which took over Northwest Airlines on October 29, 2008, has decided to charge a fee of $15 to check a first bag for customers flying in the United States.
Among the major airlines in the United States, Delta Air Lines was the only one not to have charged fee for checking a first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Airlines waives checked-baggage fee for Chase cardmembers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is good news for some passengers of the United States-based Continental Airlines, the world’s fifth largest airline: Continental Airlines will waive its fee of $15 each way to check a first bag for Chase credit cardmembers and debit cardmembers.

Over 1 million people carry a Continental credit or debit card from JP Morgan Chase &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Airlines raises fee for second checked bag from $25 to $50</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States-based United Airlines has decided to double the fee it charges some passengers to check a second bag, citing as reason the volatile prices of aviation turbine fuel.

In a statement, United Airlines said that the current fee of $25 would go up to $50 one-way for tickets bought beginning September 23, 2008, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curbs on carrying liquids on board to stay for 5 more years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stern restrictions now in place on carrying liquids and gels in hand luggage on flights have been extended by another 5 yeas.The rigorous rules on carrying liquids in hand luggage was introduced after a group of British Muslims were arrested and accused of using liquid bombs disguised as soft-drinks bottles in order to blow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag from October 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has decided to charge some passengers fee for checking in one bag at the airport.

The charge of $15, which takes effect from October 7, 2008, will apply to flights within the United States and between the United States and Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines waives third-bag fee for active members of US military</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has decided to waive the longstanding fee to check a third bag for active members of the United States military. The airline has always waived fees for first and second checked bags for active service members of the US military, a statement from American Airlines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Blue may charge passengers for checked luggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Blue, the low-cost airline of Australia, is considering charging passengers for checking in their baggage as a part of its bid to cope with high fuel costs.Launched by British businessman Richard Branson’s Virgin Group on August 3, 2000, Virgin Blue is Australia’s second-biggest airline as well as the largest airline (by fleet size) with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish airlines Ryanair, Aer Lingus raise baggage charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryanair and Aer Lingus, two major airlines of Ireland, have increased charges for luggage. While Ryanair has raised its checked-in baggage charge to 10 euros and check-in fees to 5 euros, passengers of Aer Lingus who check in bags at the airport will have to shell out 18 euros and a fee of 12 euros [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines to charge $15 for first checked bag</title>
		<link>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-to-charge-15-for-first-checked-bag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/american-airlines-to-charge-15-for-first-checked-bag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 20:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviation Correspondent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines has decided to charge a fee of $15 (£7.50) to check a bag on domestic flights, thus becoming the first major airline in the United States to charge passengers for a first checked bag.
Those exempted from the fee for first checked bag include international travelers, some of American Airlines’ frequent fliers as well [...]]]></description>
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