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  A380 Incident Video And ATC Audio

  Posted by Andrew Compart 3:00 PM on Apr 12, 2011

  The wing of an Air France Airbus A380 struck the tail of a Delta Air Lines regional jet--a Bombardier CRJ700--while taxiing last night, spinning the smaller jet nearly 90 degrees. ... Read More >>

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  Video: Hawaiian Airlines Chief On CNBC

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 3:36 PM on Mar 03, 2010

  CNBC interviewed Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO Mark Dunkerly yesterday. No major revelations but a good quick overview of the airline's success (one of the hosts, Larry Kudlo... Read More >>

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  $90 Oil?

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 5:26 PM on Nov 05, 2009

  This Bloomberg interview (just under five minutes long) is with MF Global Ltd. commodity analyst Edward Meier, who says oil prices could rise to $90 a barrel by the end of the ... Read More >>

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  Video: 1cast.com Serves Up The Wall Street Journal On Chinese Airlines

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 11:17 PM on Nov 04, 2009

  I'm always on the prowl for suitable videos, and there's a new outfit called 1cast that is serving up a lot of news, including airline news. This is a quick chat with two folks at ... Read More >>

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  BA's All-Biz-class Service: What Does It Mean?

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 4:30 PM on Sep 29, 2009

  Here's a six-minute Bloomberg spotlight on business-class service, pegged to the launch of all-business class service by British Airways between London and New York, including a in... Read More >>

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  Bloomberg Video On The Rise In Airlline Stocks

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 4:25 PM on Sep 24, 2009

  The setup line by the host on this Bloomberg segment is great: Investors "just don't seem to care that airlines aren't making any money."  The Bloomberg airline index increase... Read More >>

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  Reuters Video On JAL Cost-Saving Plan

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 3:08 PM on Aug 25, 2009

  The Reuters tagline for this vid: Japan Airways may split operations to cut costs and focus on more lucrative business travel as it struggles to restructure. They don't want this o... Read More >>

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  Bloomberg Video On The Weak Travel Sector

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 11:41 AM on Aug 21, 2009

  Yesterday Bloomberg interviewed Clem Bason, president of the travel booking site Hotwire.com, and it turns out prospects for airline and hotel bookings are still pretty bleak. One ... Read More >>

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  A Quick Look At JAL's Mega-Loss

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 3:27 PM on Aug 14, 2009

  Here's a handy if slightly dated review of JAL's $900 million quarterly loss, reported last week, via Reuters. Read More >>

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  Bloomberg Segment Looks At British Airways Loss

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 3:45 PM on May 22, 2009

   So British Airways is having a bad day with release of its financial results showing a  full-year loss of around $600 million. Another scary stat from this Bloomberg vid... Read More >>

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