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AMR cancels 1,094 flights for inspections 9 Apr 08, 22:48 ET Reuters - American Airlines canceled 1,094 flights, or nearly half its schedule, on Wednesday to reinspect aircraft, a disruption that affected about 100,000 passengers and triggered chaos at the busiest U.S. airports. more American Air expects 900 cancellations Thursday 9 Apr 08, 19:24 ET Reuters - AMR Corp's American Airlines, which canceled more than 1,000 flights on Wednesday to reinspect wiring on MD-80 aircraft, said it now expects 900 cancellations on Thursday. more Lawmaker says airline 're-regulation' an option 9 Apr 08, 18:49 ET On a day when American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights and stranded about 100,000 passengers, the powerful chairman of a congressional committee overseeing transportation warned Wednesday that pressure is mounting to "re-regulate" the airline industry. "The leash is a very short one," said Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and ... more AA Pilot: Airline Mentality Often Cost Over Safety 9 Apr 08, 17:11 ET While thousands remain inconvenienced, the most important issue remains: how safe is it to fly with American, the world's largest airline? Stranded passengers, even by the thousands, are nothing new in the airline industry. But this time it's a spotlight on safety that has grounded nearly half of the world's largest fleet. Captain Sam Mayer, an American Airline Pilot who leads the New York ... more American Airlines cancels 1,000 flights for inspections 9 Apr 08, 16:12 ET Reuters - American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights, or nearly 45 percent of its daily schedule, on Wednesday, affecting many thousands of passengers and creating chaos at the busiest U.S. airports as it conducted safety inspections of its MD-80 aircraft. more American Airlines cancels over 1,000 flights 9 Apr 08, 15:57 ET AFP - American Airlines said Wednesday it had been forced to cancel over 1,000 scheduled flights because of tests the government required on wiring fitted to its fleet of MD-80 aircraft. more TURBULENCE FOR AIR TRAVELERS 9 Apr 08, 13:17 ET Doom-and-gloom headlines have been circling the airline industry like a fleet of 757s waiting to land in a thunderstorm. Rising fuel prices. Spotty maintenance. Baggage surcharges. And just in the past few weeks, three more discount carriers have been grounded for good. more What The Airline Industry May Have Up Its Sleeve 9 Apr 08, 12:48 ET Over the past week, the airline industry has been hit with a triple whammy. Oil seems to have settled into a comfortable range of trading at over $105 a ... more Canada's airline industry likely to post profit of $150M in '08: conference board 9 Apr 08, 12:10 ET OTTAWA - Canada's airline industry can expect to post "modest profits" of $150 million in 2008 as rising costs and competition offset increased demand for travel, the Conference Board of Canada said Wednesday. more Canada's airline industry likely to post profit of $150M in '08 ... 9 Apr 08, 12:06 ET OTTAWA — Canada's airline industry can expect to post "modest profits" of $150 million in 2008 as rising costs and competition offset increased demand for ... more Canada's airlines likely to post $150m profit in 2008 9 Apr 08, 10:59 ET OTTAWA — Canada's airline industry can expect to post “modest profits” of $150-million in 2008 as rising costs and competition offset increased demand for travel, the Conference Board of Canada said Wednesday. more Rising costs ground airline industry profits 9 Apr 08, 09:42 ET OTTAWA, April 9 /CNW Telbec/ - After barely breaking even last year, Canada's airline industry can expect to post modest profits of $150 million in 2008. ... more Airline Industry Discusses Mobile Ticketing and Mobile Payment via ... 9 Apr 08, 08:02 ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CellTrust™ Corporation (www.celltrust.com), the leading secure mobile information management and delivery provider, ... more Airline Industry Discusses Mobile Ticketing and Mobile Payment via Secure SMS at the First Global Airline Payment ... 9 Apr 08, 08:00 ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----CellTrust™ Corporation , the leading secure mobile information management and delivery provider, today announced that CellTrust CEO Sean Moshir will be speaking at the upcoming Airline Payment Summit, April 9 - 10 in Toronto, Canada. more Air travelers can expect prices to soar 9 Apr 08, 07:42 ET Doom-and-gloom headlines have been stacking up over the airline industry like a gaggle of 757s waiting to take off in a thunderstorm. Rising fuel prices. Spotty maintenance. Baggage surcharges. And just in the past few weeks, three more discount carriers have been grounded for good. more Lone HK budget carrier Oasis halts flights 9 Apr 08, 07:09 ET Reuters - Hong Kong-based budget carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines said on Wednesday it had halted flights and would go into liquidation after just 17 months in the air as record high fuel prices and stiff competition triggered heavy losses. more Ahead of the Bell:Airline Delays Hearing 9 Apr 08, 06:20 ET Lawmakers on Wednesday will hear about the efforts of regulators and the airline industry to avoid a second straight summer of record flight delays and the accompanying wrath of passengers. more Ahead of the Bell: Airline Hearing 9 Apr 08, 06:19 ET Lawmakers on Wednesday will hear about the efforts of regulators and the airline industry to avoid a second straight summer of record flight delays and the accompanying wrath of passengers. more Bankruptcies grow familiar for airline industry 9 Apr 08, 02:13 ET NEW YORK -- Aloha Airlines, ATA, Skybus -- one week, three airlines out of business. Add in soon-to-be-defunct Champion Air and December casualty MAXjet Airways, and last week's rapid-fire round of airline failures starts to look like an ominous trend. more Airlines face adjustments to fuel costs 9 Apr 08, 01:08 ET To help people understand the real costs of $108-a-barrel oil on the airline industry, Phil Trenary pulls out the show-stopper. more American expects more cancellations 9 Apr 08, 00:42 ET AP - American Airlines expected to cancel more flights Wednesday - and perhaps beyond - as it tried for a second time to comply with federal rules about wiring on about 300 of its planes. more

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