HARRY R. WEBER

AP Business Writer
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Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.

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AirTran to put ads on seatback tray tables

It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier.

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UPS pegs Dec. 21 as busiest day of 2009

UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, expects to deliver roughly 22 million small packages on its busiest day this year — projected to be Dec. 21.

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Alaska Air Group believes smaller is better

The parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air believes the company's smaller size relative to some of its bigger rivals is an advantage in a financially challenging environment.

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Police: UPS executive accused of rape kills self

A vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia, police said Monday.

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AirTran sees more opportunity for fee revenue

AirTran Airways sees more opportunity to increase revenue from add-on fees it charges passengers.

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UPS reports much smaller 3Q profit

Profits and sales were down for another quarter at UPS, but investors will look ahead to the upcoming holiday season to see if the world's largest shipping carrier — and the U.S. economy — are truly on the road to recovery.

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Delta reports $161 million 3Q loss

Delta Air Lines Inc. will cut system capacity 3 percent next year and plans to shed more jobs, as it reported a quarterly loss Thursday bigger than a year ago. Executives were hesitant to say when the world's largest airline will grow again amid an economic recovery that is only starting to take shape.

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Alaska Air reports 3Q profit

Improvements it has made in on-time performance and being insulated from the slump in international travel helped Alaska Air Group post a profit for the third quarter.

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AirTran posts 3Q profit of $10.4 million

AirTran Airways' financial results are benefiting from the discount carrier's low costs and laser focus on domestic routes where it believes it can make money, and it actually wants to grow in 2010 when other major carriers have more conservative plans.

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Ga. executes man who killed store manager in 1994

A man who fatally shot a pizza store manager during a 1994 robbery in which he stole a little more than $100 to give to his girlfriend has been executed by lethal injection.

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Delta adjusting international routes it serves

Delta Air Lines Inc. is adjusting the international routes it serves, number of flights it offers and the size of planes it uses for next summer as it seeks to return to profitability.

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Earnings Preview: UPS

UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, reports third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Earnings Preview: Alaska Air Group

Alaska Air Group Inc., operator of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reports third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Earnings Preview: Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, reports third-quarter results on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Judge tosses suit saying pilots got sham divorces

A federal judge Monday tossed out a Continental Airlines Inc. lawsuit accusing nine pilots of getting sham divorces so their ex-spouses could collect the pilots' retirement benefits while they kept flying.

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Earnings Preview: AirTran Airways

AirTran Holdings Inc., operator of discount carrier AirTran Airways, reports third-quarter results on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Flyer advocate says Delta obtained hacked e-mails

A passenger rights advocate accused Delta Air Lines Inc. in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of conspiring with a Virginia company to obtain hacked e-mails from her computer to help them derail her efforts to protect air travelers from lengthy tarmac delays and other inconveniences.

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Low-cost airlines all a-Twitter with customers

A Seattle woman tweets from an airport that JetBlue's birthday present to her was forgetting to put her wheelchair on her flight. Seven minutes later, an airline official tweets back that the crew will work quickly to make things right.

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ATA wants union decertification made easier

A trade group for U.S. airlines urged the National Mediation Board in a letter this week to make it easier for airline workers to decertify a union, if the panel makes it easier for workers to approve a union.

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Little-known airline fees that tug at your wallet

You can make waves after your next flight on Allegiant Air, but it's going to cost you extra to check your boogie board.

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Delta extends lease agreement with Atlanta airport

Delta Air Lines Inc. has reached a deal with the world's busiest airport to extend its lease agreement there through 2017, culminating sometimes testy negotiations between the two parties.

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AirTran Airways bolsters cash position

The parent of discount carrier AirTran Airways said Wednesday it has reached deals to extend its credit card processing agreement with its largest card processor and to give itself more financial flexibility.

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Delta Air Lines plans $500M private debt offering

Delta Air Lines Inc. wants to give itself some more breathing room to deal with $904 million in debt that would come due after it receives a single operating certificate to fully integrate Northwest Airlines into its fold.

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Delta says available cash will continue to dwindle

Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest airline operator, said Monday its available cash on hand will continue to fall by the end of the year as demand for air travel has been hit hard by the economic downturn.

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