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Pre-emptive triage up for bleeding airlines

Gearing up for further bloodletting, airlines seem to be performing pre-emptive triage.

CNNMoney: Stocks cut losses

Stocks cut losses Monday, ending mixed, as investors scooped up bank and consumer shares and kept an eye on Treasury bond yields, the dollar and commodity prices.

How to survive a plane crash

We tend to assume that if an airplane crashes our time is up. But recent experience and statistics tell a different story.

CNNMoney: Fuel charges: Mile high shell game

With fuel prices so low, consumers may be wondering when it will be reflected in smaller bills. But as airlines, taxis and truckers scrounge for additional revenue, surcharges formerly tagged for fuel remain - albeit by a different name.

Time.com: Russian Plane Crash Kills 88

A passenger jet carrying 88 people on board crashed as it was preparing to land in central Russia early Sunday

Heathrow tests biometrics

A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.

Time.com: Fewer Fliers, More Packed Planes

Fewer Americans are expected to fly this summer, but don't expect more empty seats as carriers pack planes to help offset surging fuel costs

Fingerprinting proposal rankles travel companies

Airline and cruise ship companies will be required to fingerprint foreign nationals leaving the United States under a controversial Department of Homeland Security proposal released Tuesday.

Review of 2007: Business travel

It has been a year of promising news for the globe-trotting business traveler. Yes, there have been all the woes of increased airport security, packed planes, heaving hotels and bursting business-class lounges, but some of the headlines have brought encouragement for a better future.

All About: Planes

The airplane has become, for many, climate change public enemy number one. And for good reason, say environmentalists. The air travel sector now carries the label of "the world's fastest growing source of greenhouse gases" according to Friends of the Earth (FoE), with airplanes pumping out more than 600 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year. That's nearly as much CO2 as the African continent annually expels.

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