For the first time in years the U.S airline industry is in terrific shape.
The loser would have to serve as a female flight attendant on the winner's airline.
Take away that one day, and Mr Spinetta's airline is having a bumper year.
And it will serve the merged company especially well in today's airline business, which is all about scale.
Any open skies deal with America is also bound to bring a welcome shake-up to Europe's airline industry.
More than 80% of America's airline travel now takes off from or lands at the busiest 1% of airports.
But at Reagan National Airport on Friday, some passengers expressed skepticism in general about the nation's airline regulatory safety net.
Japan's airline authority has followed the US regulator in clearing Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner to fly again once batteries are replaced.
Even with the EU in charge, tearing up the web of bilateral treaties which entangle Europe's airline industry could take years.
Low-cost carriers now control more than half of Southeast Asia's airline market.
The nightmare scenario is that a wave of Chapter 11 bankruptcies could sweep through America's airline industry, condemning it to many further years of instability.
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Many East Asian countries, overjoyed at being declared SARS-free, have launched expensive campaigns to entice visitors back (Hong Kong's airline, Cathay Pacific, plans to give away more than 10, 000 tickets).
Mr Amiri was also quoted as saying that the US government had wanted to return him quietly to Iran using another country's airline and in doing so "cover up this abduction".
The US airline had consistently argued that the Concorde caught fire before it hit the metal strip, and that they were being used as a scapegoat to protect France's airline industry.
Even if American freight carriers were to copy El Al, Israel's airline, and hold goods for a day for security checks, it would not greatly erode the advantages of air freight over other means of transport.
Still, Trinamool's defection adds to political turmoil in India and could imperil the economic measures taken by the government last week, which also include allowing greater overseas participation in India's airline and broadcasting sectors, as well as boosting diesel-fuel prices to lower subsidies.
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Indeed, in an effort apparently designed to calm concerns, one of Boeing's airline customers - Bjorn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle - has come out in defence of the plane, echoing the view that "minor problems" such as these should be expected.
Effective immediately, professional tennis's summer schedule will become the Emirates Airline U.S. Open Series, with the airline succeeding Japan's Olympus Corp.
Russia's national airline, Aeroflot, is one of the country's top export earners, but it has cash problems.
Brazil's largest airline TAM Linhas Aereas is looking to join with Chile's LAN as demand for air travel in Latin America continues to grow.
As well as taking a sizable chunk of an airline's inflight catering budget, wines also contributes a large part to an airline's image, particularly among premium passengers.
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Might United's plight deal a severe blow to the world's largest airline alliance, the Star group, founded by United and Germany's Lufthansa, and since extended to about a dozen other carriers?
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Spring Airlines, the country's budget airline, will offer around 100 scenic flights from September 26 to 28.
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The EU also tightened its arms embargo and targeted three companies including Syria's flagship airline.
United Airlines is currently the only U.S. airline operating the 787, with six airplanes in service.
On March, 2007 Iran Air, Iran's national airline, had completed its first direct flight to Venezuela.
But air travelers are unlikely to see anything like it on a large U.S. airline, he said.
The FAA's action directly affects United Airlines, which is the only U.S. airline with 787s in its fleet.
Feb. 13, 2013: The boards of American and US Airways approve a merger creating the world's biggest airline.
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