While airlines are keen to promote the positives of these alliances, there are negatives.
While airlines cater to the cream of their customers, the rest of us can expect some improvements in the back of the plane, albeit some you can't see.
What SBC questioned was why oil and gas companies shut down their turbines for maintenance roughly twice a year while airlines only maintained their turbines one every couple years.
While airlines might offer best airfares, they do not offer the convenience of bundling hotel stays and holiday packages, which is where online travel agencies still have an edge.
While airlines appear to be happy so far with the results they are getting from their social media ventures, some are still not ready to expand dramatically just yet.
Meanwhile, United Airlines is still emerging from bankruptcy, while American Airlines has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for a while.
Meanwhile, United Airlines (nasdaq: UAUA - news - people ) is still emerging from bankruptcy, while American Airlines (nyse: AMR - news - people ) has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for a while.
While some airlines have suspended services, Egypt Air and British Airways are operating on reduced schedules.
Delta Air Lines, for instance, has about 11, 000 followers, while United Airlines has more than 33, 000 watchers.
While American Airlines was in bankruptcy, it was able to negotiate from a position of strength with US Airways.
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Competitor Lockheed Martin was down 1%, while major airlines like Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United Continental were mixed.
While most airlines around the world are faltering, state owned Etihad is growing.
While American Airlines showed a solid performance in its international flights, US Airways saw stronger activity in its domestic flights.
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It also flies to nearby Kayseri from Istanbul, as does Anadolu Jet, while Pegasus Airlines flies from both Istanbul and Izmir and Sun Express flies from Germany.
For example, some tour operators and villa companies are offering four nights for the price of three while Aegean Airlines has some keen offers for domestic flights.
"While other airlines were busy doing deals or arguing among themselves, all 54, 300 of us at Continental just focused on running a good airline, " president Greg Brenneman said.
Delta notes that while other airlines have two mileage redemption levels (low and high, with the high level typically costing twice as many miles), it also has a midlevel tier.
While most airlines had some sort of healthy offering, coach buy-on-board menus are laden with high-calorie salty foods that may be particularly bad for people who get dehydrated on long flights.
On Wednesday, All Nippon Airways said it had replaced batteries 10 times over the past few months, while Japan Airlines said it had done so in a "few cases" over the past few months.
Air France signed a letter of intent to buy 10 super jumbos, with options for four more, while Emirates Airlines said it planned to buy five A3XX, had the option to buy five more, and ordered two freighter versions of the aircraft.
While most US airlines voluntarily assist affected passengers, compensation is arbitrary and varies from airline to airline.
These planes open up the long-haul market while reducing the airlines' risk, because they need to fill fewer seats to cover the trip cost.
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Costs have come down by 10% over the past year, while most other big airlines have struggled to stop them rising.
He said he does not know the man accused of trying to detonate an explosive while aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day.
While looking for other airlines to use the airport - Wizz is the only other significant operator, linking to Gdansk and Warsaw - its operators fear the rise in air passenger tax will hurt business further.
Another major cutback hit U.S. Airways in Arlington, Virginia, where 11, 000 workers were given pink slips, while in Houston, Continental Airlines announced 12, 000 layoffs.
However, both are concerned that while U.S. airlines may fly within Europe, their ability to do the same in the United States will remain restricted.
The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait is urging U.S. citizens who want to leave the country to contact airlines for reservations while commercial flights are still available.
While some Asia-based airlines openly embrace glamour in the cabin, most U.S. and European airlines long ago altered such strategies to reflect shifting social standards and more severe legal restrictions.
While most of the major airlines long resisted giving domestic-partner benefits, now, Caplan notes wryly, you'll see them aggressively marketing their services to gay consumers at San Francisco's annual pride parade.
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