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American Airlines resumes most flights – Yahoo! Finance

American Airlines played catch-up Wednesday, resuming most flights and even adding a handful that weren’t on the schedule to help passengers stranded by a massive technology failure that grounded the carrier’s entire U.S. fleet a day earlier.But some cancellations persisted, and delays were still common. About a third of American flights were late as of …

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Pay strike grounds 40 percent of Lufthansa flights – Yahoo! Finance

Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) canceled close to 40 percent of its flights on Thursday as staff went on strike on the eve of wage talks with the German airline, which is trying to cut costs to compete with Middle East and low-cost carriers. The strike, announced by labor union Verdi on Wednesday, left exasperated passengers stranded as …

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Construction Begins for Newest Goodyear Blimp – Yahoo! Finance

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) announced today that it has begun construction of the first of a new generation of airships to replace its fleet of world famous blimps. The new Zeppelin LZ N07-101 airship, manufactured by Germany’s ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, will be assembled at Goodyear’s Wingfoot Lake Hangar near Akron, Ohio. An …

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JetBlue’s Premium-Seat Plan Cedes Coach-Only to Southwest – Bloomberg

JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) will add premium seats on some transcontinental jets, leaving Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) as the lone airline among the seven biggest U.S. carriers with coach-only service. JetBlue will offer the premium seats and Wi-Fi Internet service on daytime flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy airport and Los Angeles and San …

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