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Airline Missile Defense System Takes Flight With First Commercial Passenger Flight

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Web: www.twitter.com/flyingwithfish — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/07/2008 – Airline Missile Defense System Takes Flight With First Commercial Passenger Flight This morning an American Airlines (AA) Boeing 767-223 (762), departing New York’s JFK International Airport (JFK), for it’s 5-hour 34-minute flight to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The AA 762 slowly pushed back from Terminal 8’s Gate…

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A Humourous View Of ‘Airline Announcements’

Byflyingfish

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/07/2008 – A Humourous View Of ‘Airline Announcements’ In the past few months I have been tackling the serious subjects of airport security, personal security in transit and airlines liquidating and going out of business. As I have been rereading some information on aircraft being grounded due to the FAA…

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Winners Announced For ‘The Great Mountainsmith Bag Give Away From Flying With Fish’

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Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 16/07/2008 – Winners Announced For ‘The Great Mountainsmith Bag Give Away From Flying With Fish’ Choosing the top three ‘worst case scenarios’ most deserving of the Mountainsmith Parallax photo backpack for first place; the Mountainsmith Day Pack for second place and the Mountainsmith Cyber II for the third place was…

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US Airways Reduces Fuel On Aircraft To Reduce Fuel Expenses!

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Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 14/07/2008 – US Airways Reduces Fuel On Aircraft To Reduce Fuel Expenses! Recently US Airways announced it would be removing the in-flight entertainment systems from approximately 200 aircraft in an effort to save fuel. In theory I am sure this make sense, but then again the entertainment screens on the…

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11/07/2008-The Weekly Round Up : Watching The World Go By; The ‘New’ FareCompare; 12 CEOs Send Out An ‘Open Letter’; Southwest & WestJet Team Up; Etc

Byflyingfish

Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/07/2008-The Weekly Round Up : Watching The World Go By; The ‘New’ FareCompare; 12 CEOs Send Out An ‘Open Letter’; Southwest & WestJet Team Up; Etc This week has been an interesting week for industry news, with the CEOs of 12 major U.S. Airlines signing a single ‘Open Letter” to…

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Flying With Fish ‘Offshoot’ The Travel Strategist Featured On AeroChannel.com

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Web: www.fishfotoworlwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/07/2008 – Flying With Fish ‘Offshoot’ The Travel Strategist Featured On AeroChannel.com Not to long ago I had written about a new web site for travelers on the run, AeroChannel.com. AeroChannel.com, while still in its start up phase has continually been a great ‘one-stop’source of information for me while on…

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Southwest Airlines & WestJet Forge Code-Share Agreement : Is There A More Perfect Match For Two Airlines?

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Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 11/07/2008 – Southwest Airlines & WestJet Forge Code-Share Agreement : Is There A More Perfect Match For Two Airlines? Earlier this week two airlines I am fond of, that serve largely the same client base, came together to announce their intentions of forming a code-share agreement. One airline is a…

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Mountainsmith Bag Giveaway Deadline Is Rapidly Approaching!!!

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Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 10/07/2008 – Mountainsmith Bag Giveaway Deadline Is Rapidly Approaching!!! Come on, you know you want to win a Mountainsmith bag to load up your gear and go! Many travelers are procrastinators. Many photographers are worse procrastinators than travelers, so here is a friendly reminder that ‘The Great Mountainsmith Bag Give…

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Open Letter From 12 Major U.S. Airlines To All Airline Customers

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Web: www.fishfoto.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 9/07/2008 – Open Letter From 12 Major U.S. Airlines To All Airline Customers It’s not often any US airlines can agree on much. Even within airline alliances airlines fight to distance themselves and stand alone in the airline industry. Today the CEOs of twelve major carriers in the United States…

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FareCompare Updates Travel Tools

Byflyingfish

Web: www.fishfotoworldwide.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 9/07/2008 – FareCompare Updates Travel Tools For years many flyers have used FareCompare’s (www.farecompare.com) search tools to find multiple travel options, while comparing pricing options. The ‘old’ FareCompare was a bit challenging to use at times, however overall it was a good option for quickly referencing multiple options. The ‘new’…