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June 14, 2010 at 11:35 a.m.

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Continental reveals plans for first flight to Africa‎

Dow Jones Newswires | Continental Airlines Inc. announced plans to launch daily nonstop
flights between Houston and Lagos, Nigeria, its first destination in
Africa.

The No. 4 airline in the U.S. said the addition makes Houston one of
four cities in the world — and the only one in the Western Hemisphere
– to have nonstop service to every inhabited continent. The company
expects the route’s success to be enhanced by additional traffic flows
as a result of its pending merger with UAL Corp.’s United Airlines.

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June 11, 2010 at 2:42 p.m.

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Talks continue but Spirit pilots still set to strike

By Julie Johnsson | Pilots of Spirit Airlines are due to walk off the job at midnight if
last-ditch negotiations fail to produce an agreement with the
controversial discount carrier.

Florida-based Spirit has canceled much of its weekend flight schedule in
anticipation of a strike by its 500 pilots though talks continued
Friday. “We are contacting customers whose flights are affected,” said
Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson.

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June 11, 2010 at 12:45 p.m.

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U.S. may ban peanuts on planes

Associated Press | The federal government is considering whether to ban peanuts from being served on board commercial airlines.

The U.S. Transportation Department says concerns from travelers with
peanut allergies prompted a call for public comment last week on
whether the snack should be regulated by requiring peanut-free zones on
planes or an outright ban.

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June 11, 2010 at 5:37 a.m.

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New contract for O’Hare Term. 5 concession

From Crain’s Chicago Business | Baltimore-based Westfield Concessions Management wrested the contract for concessions in O’Hare International Airport’s international terminal from Chicago Aviation Partners, formed by McDonald’s and Duty Free Americas, which has run concessions since the terminal opened in 1993.

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June 10, 2010 at 4:54 p.m.

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United hires Bain in Continental merger

From Bloomberg | United CEO Officer Glenn Tilton said the airline has hired consulting firm Bain & Co. to help plan its integration with Continental Airlines Inc.

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June 10, 2010 at 10:52 a.m.

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US Airways: We’re happy as a standalone airline

Associated Press | The CEO of US Airways says his airline will turn a profit during this quarter and has no plans to look for a merger partner right now.

United Airlines and Continental airlines are seeking government approval to combine into what would be the world’s largest carrier. That has prompted talk that US Airways and American Airlines may want to combine, too.

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June 10, 2010 at 9:54 a.m.

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Delta to offer New York-Chicago flights every hour

Associated Press | Delta Air Lines said that on Monday it will launch hourly shuttle service, with 11 flights each weekday, between New York’s LaGuardia and Chicago O’Hare International airports.

Delta, the world’s largest airline, was operating nine flights daily between LaGuardia and Chicago’s Midway and three between New York’s JFK airport and O’Hare.

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June 8, 2010 at 4:13 p.m.

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Filed under: Airlines, Chicago executives, Internet, Travel

Orbitz CFO Marsha Williams to retire

By Julie Johnsson
| Marsha Williams, 59, plans to retire by years’ end as chief financial
officer at Orbitz Worldwide Inc., the global online travel company
announced Tuesday.

Williams joined Orbitz in 2007 as it prepared to go public, spinning out
from parent company Travelport. As Orbitz restructured amid a rocky
travel market over the past 18 months, she led efforts to trim $45
million in operating and capital costs and to attract new capital to
shore up its capital structure, said Barney Harford, president and CEO
of Orbitz Worldwide.

Williams held key financial positions at many iconic Chicago companies
over a 37-year-career that began with First National Bank of Chicago,
where she worked from 1973 to 1988. She served as treasurer of Amoco
Corp., which she left in 1998; chief administrative officer at Crate and
Barrel until 2002, and executive vice-president and chief financial
officer at Equity Office Properties Trust.

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June 8, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.

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‘Legend of Flight’ crashes on PR run

By Julie Johnsson
| A public relations stunt for an Imax movie celebrating the Boeing 787
Dreamliner and other iconic aircraft went awry Tuesday morning when a
vintage Boeing aircraft buzzing downtown Washington, D.C., crashed after
landing.

The 1940s-era Boeing Stearman PT17 biplane, featured in the film,
“Legends of Flight,” flipped on its back as it touched down at Reagan
National Airport, a not so uncommon event in the early days of flight.

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June 8, 2010 at 12:09 p.m.

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Spirit Airlines says it will keep flying if pilots strike

Associated Press | Spirit Airlines says it will work with other
air carriers to keep flying if its pilots go on strike Saturday.

Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson says the airline is partnering with
other carriers. She declined to provide details or to say how much of
its schedule it will maintain in a strike.

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June 8, 2010 at 9:03 a.m.

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More airlines discussing mega-mergers

From Bloomberg News | Get set for more mega-mergers that could remake the global airline industry. The CEOs of Australia-based Qantas and U.K.-based Virgin Atlantic said they are open to deals in the latest consolidation wave, which started with the proposed merger between Chicago-based United Airlines and Continental Airlines.

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June 8, 2010 at 8:35 a.m.

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Emirates Airline orders 32 more A380s

By Julie Johnsson | Emirates
Airline announced Tuesday that it is purchasing 32 additional Airbus
A380 super-jumbo jets, an order worth at $11.5 billion. The order is
the largest ever placed for the double-decker aircraft and would bring
the total number of A380s in the fleet of Dubai-based Emirates to 90
jets.

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June 8, 2010 at 4:00 a.m.

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Fliers more satisfied despite fees

United and Contintal planes at O’Hare. (Bloomberg photo)

By Julie Johnsson | Passengers may grumble about hidden fees and lugging bags onto
aircraft, but their satisfaction with airline travel improved
noticeably over the past year, a new survey suggests.

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See chart: Continental is No. 2, United ranks 2nd to last

June 7, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.

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Filed under: Airlines, Manufacturing, Politics

Boeing to bid on presidential helicopter

Eric Gershon/The Hartford Courant | Boeing will seek a contract to build the next U.S. Presidential
helicopter, Marine One, which means Sikorsky Aircraft must again compete
to keep work it’s had for decades.

Boeing said Monday it has licensed an AgustaWestland medium-lift
helicopter to offer against an entry from Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed
Martin, which are working as a team.

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June 7, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

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Global airlines expect $2.5B profit in 2010

Reuters | Global airlines banished two years of economic misery
with an abrupt turnaround in industry forecasts on Monday, though they
were laced with a strong note of caution on Europe’s carriers.

The International Air Transport Association said it now expects global
airlines to report a $2.5 billion profit this year, an improvement of
more than $5 billion from its forecast of a loss just three months ago.

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