Big Sky Airlines and Skybus ceased operations.

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The terminal is critical to the airline's efforts to create a hub for its flights and for those of its partner airlines in the Sky Team alliance.

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And if they do, it could set back the recovery of some of the world's big airlines just when the sky was starting to look a lot less grey.

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This has helped earn Mr. Fyfe the position as inaugural chairman of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, not to mention requests from other airlines for the technology behind the "sky couch, " which offers flat-bed seating in economy.

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Sky-high fuel prices mean for a lot of small airlines, competitive advantage is gone, at least for now.

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Other than perhaps Southwest Airlines, JetBlue is the only carrier in the sky with a with a truly strong brand identity.

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The European sky used to offer a stark choice between full-service and budget airlines.

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This isn't the first time Malaysia Airlines has instituted a controversial policy relating to kids in the sky.

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There are three major frequent flyer alliances that bring together the loyalty programs from several different airlines: Star Alliance (United, Continental, US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, and 21 more), One World (American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, and nine others) and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM, plus 10 more).

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With problems appearing in a forward electrical compartment on Wednesday's All Nippon Airlines (ANA) 787 emergency landing, aviation historian Courtwright, author of "Sky as Frontier: Adventure, Aviation, and Empire, " worried the situation is more serious than simply problems confined to the aft electrical bay.

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