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	<title>Airliner Blog</title>
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	<description>A blog about Airlines, Airplanes, Airline Passengers and Air Travel</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Concorde Trial: Continental Airlines and five other face trial</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/concorde-trial-continental-airlines-and-five-other-face-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Air France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Air France 4590]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alternative Theories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CDG]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charles de Gaulle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Concorde]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Crash]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On July 25th 2000, Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde) crashed (in Gonesse, France) after taking off from Paris&#8217; Charles de Gaulle Airport killing 113 people (100 passengers, 9 crew and 4 on ground). The reason of the crash was attributed to rubber from the punctured tires (from the metal on the runway) rupturing the plane&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brtish Airways buys French all-business carrier Airline L&#8217;Avion</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/brtish-airways-buys-french-all-business-carrier-airline-lavion/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/brtish-airways-buys-french-all-business-carrier-airline-lavion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[757]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Newark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[All-Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[British Airways]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[L'Avion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buy-out]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[OpenSkies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frantz Yvelin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British Airways seem to be heading the all-business US - EU(or Europe) route. As a strategic deal that will bolster their OpenSkies subsidiary, it bought the two plane French Airline L&#8217;Avion that flies between Pairs (Orly) and New York (Newark) for  £54m (or $107.6 million).
Facts about L&#8217;Avion -

Founded by - 31 year old French [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia signs deals with South Africa and Kenya for better airspace</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/australia-signs-deals-with-south-africa-and-kenya-for-better-airspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Airports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel Location]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Airspace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia has signed a deal with South Africa and Kenya to open up their airspace for the countries&#8217; airlines allowing more flights between the South Africa - Kenya and Australia.
From Dispatch Online -
&#8220;Under the deal,
the number of weekly services Australian airlines can fly to South
Africa will immediately double to 10, rising to 14 in October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lufthansa: Worker strike causes 44 flight cancellations</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/lufthansa-worker-strike-causes-44-flight-cancellations/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/lufthansa-worker-strike-causes-44-flight-cancellations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Passengers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel Woes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Strike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cancelations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Delays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lufthansa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deutsche Luftansa AG]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pay Raise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frankfurt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Munich]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stuttgart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cologne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Luthansa (or Deutsche Luftansa AG), flag carrier of Germany and second largest airline in Europe, canceled 44 flights and delayed many more after its workers in Frankgurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne walked off the job to press for higher pay raise. Lufthansa has earlier offered 5.5% raise in two steps instead of the union&#8217;s request [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Most Expensive Private Jets</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/worlds-most-expensive-private-jets/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/worlds-most-expensive-private-jets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pilots]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Planes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[747-8]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[767]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[A380]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BBJ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bombardier BD-700 Global Express]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dassault Falcon 900]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Embraer Lineage 1000]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gulfstream G550]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jet 3]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Million]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Priciest Private Jets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Private Jets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Forbes had an article for the priciest private jets (with a slide show).
The world&#8217;s priciest private jets are -Airbus A380$300 million-plusUnnamed Middle Eastern Head of State (Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud?)New York-based jet-interior expert Edése Doret is doing the interiors for $100 million
Boeing 747-8$270 million-$280 millionFour people (subjet to FAA&#8217;s non commerical approval)
Boeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Airlines fined for Price-Fixing</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/four-airlines-fined-for-price-fixing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Air Cargo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Air France-KLM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cathay Pacific Airways]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fined]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Martinair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Million]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Price-fixing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SAS Cargo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four airlines have pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total of $504 million on charges that they conspired to fix prices for air cargo.
Facts -

Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Air France-KLM) to pay $350 million (Second largest fine criminal antitrust investigation by Department of Justice)
Cathay Pacific Airways to pay $60 million
Martinair to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilots in India Flying Under the Influence (FUI) of Alcohol</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/pilots-in-india-flying-under-the-influence-fui-of-alcohol/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/pilots-in-india-flying-under-the-influence-fui-of-alcohol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pilots]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel Woes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jet Airways]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kingfisher]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FUI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Flying under influence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drunk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grounding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jetlite]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that around 50 pilots in India each year get grounded because they are found to have consumed alcohol before their flight. India has one of the fastest growing airline industry with about around 5000 commercial pilots. Though, the number is 0.01% of the total (and even lesser for the number of flights affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Heathrow&#8217;s third runway the best solution?</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/is-heathrows-third-runway-the-best-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/is-heathrows-third-runway-the-best-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Airports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Passengers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BAA]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Mathews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Heathrow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Heathrow Hassle]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Third runway]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wille Wash]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British Airways (CEO Willie Wash) and BAA (CEO Colin Matthews) have called for the construction of a third runway at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport. This statement came after a business group, London&#8217;s First, has called for &#8220;drastic action to end the problems of &#8220;Heathrow hassle&#8220;&#8221;. The group has called for scrapping of some flights at peak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Experience with the Virtual Strip Search</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/my-experince-with-the-virtual-strip-search/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/my-experince-with-the-virtual-strip-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Airports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Passengers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Checkpoint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millimeter Wave Scanner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix Sky Harbor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PHX]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Selectee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SSSS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Virtual Stip Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I had to fly from Phoenix AZ to San Jose CA and since I had bought a one way ticket, I got the notorious &#8220;SSSS&#8221; on my boarding pass which allowed me the opportunity to use the Millimeter Wave Scanner (or Virtual Strip Search). &#8220;SSSS&#8221; means Secondary Security Screening Selection/Selectee, which is printed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news everyone: LAX gets a new taxiway to improve safety</title>
		<link>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/good-news-everyone-lax-gets-a-new-taxiway-to-improve-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://airlinerblog.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/good-news-everyone-lax-gets-a-new-taxiway-to-improve-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Airline Blogger</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Collision]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles International Airport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Today ( June 24th 2008 ) LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) is opening a new $83 million taxiway. The taxiway is expected to reduce the risk collision when airplanes cross one of the two runways on the airport&#8217;s south side.
From LA times -
&#8220;Historically, LAX has had one of the highest rates of so-called runway
incursions in [...]]]></description>
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