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Midwest Airlines March performance improves
Midwest Airlines Inc. reported improved performance figures for the month of March, including a moderation in the cost of fuel.
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Finnair group airlines transported a total of 810,100 passengers during March, an increase of 6.3 pct year-on-year, it said in its periodic update on traffic performance.
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Report supports closing Love Field
City-owned Dallas Love Field should be closed to commercial passenger traffic over a three year period and the hub carrier there, Southwest Airlines Co., should move to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to the Pennsylvania-based Business Travel Coalition Inc.
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Airlines face stealth 'strike'
As possible labor strife looms at Delta and its subsidiary Comair, it may look nothing like the Comair pilots strike in 2001.
Source: news.enquirer.com

Airlines gear up for mad rush for tickets
DOHA: In view of the reported directives issued by the Ministry of Education to the private schools to curtail their summer vacations, airlines have geared up to cope with the possible rush of expats during June-end and mid-August.
Source: www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

China Eastern Airlines Reports Net Loss
China Eastern Airlines Co., one of the mainland's three major state-owned carriers, said Monday it swung to a net loss of 467.3 million yuan in 2005, as rising fuel costs ate into profits.
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Airbus Should Redesign A350, Singapore Airlines Says
Airbus SAS may need to redesign its long-range widebody A350 jet to match sales of Boeing Co.'s new 787, Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, said today.
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

African airlines work for safer skies
Africa's air industry and civil aviation officials were grappling with how to fix the continent's reputation for dangerous skies, where more than a third of worldwide air accidents occur, at a first-ever conference held on Friday in Mali.
Source: travel.iafrica.com

Aviation boom - for how long?
As air traffic skyrockets in the country, new airlines are emerging at an unprecedented rate. Crores of rupees are being earmarked for infrastructure improvements, prompting experts to wonder how long will the boom last.
Source: www.deccanherald.com

SSNIT distances itself from GIA
Accra, April 6, Palaver -- The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has confirmed Ghana Palavers worst fears that the Government of Ghana (GOG) is gradually capitalising the GIA-USA PLB, the so-called American partners in the Ghana International Airlines (GIA) out of what is turning out to be a very risky venture and assuming all the risks of an Airline that seems bound to fail.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com