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• FAA seeks $18,000 penalty for United violations
MINNEAPOLIS - The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing an $18,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for two maintenance violations the FAA said occurred before a United jet skidded off a runway and ended up in three feet of snow in ...
• NWA flight attendants to wear Delta uniforms
ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc. wants its flight attendants' uniforms, designed by Richard Tyler, to be worn by Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants in spring 2009. Atlanta-based Delta is seeking to buy Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest in a stock ...
• Stocks end mixed after a day of trading lower
But the rise in oil weighed on sectors like airlines. United Airlines parent UAL Corp. fell 98 cents, or 7.9 percent, to $11.42, while Continental Airlines Inc. fell 77 cents, or 5.1 percent, to $13.49.
• American expands in-flight Internet program
NEW YORK - One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. The move could create a new stream of revenue for an ...
• N.Y., N.J. governors oppose slot auctions
The governors said ticket prices could rise 12 percent as airlines absorb the cost of acquiring slots. They also predicted that airlines, having paid top dollar for a slot, would be most likely to fill it with a big jet flying to a lucrative long ...