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Brazil began a search mission off its northeastern coast for the Air France flight.
The plane could have been hit by lightning.

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An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris is missing after running into lightning & strong thunderstorms

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##atmecom Trazzler news...world's best list in process...from ATME Conference in Las Vegas

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AA's looser frequent-flier program makes it easier for customers to redeem miles setting a new standard for other carriers reward offerings

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British Airways on Friday posted a net loss of 375 million pounds, or $523 million, for the year ended March 31, the worst result in ages.

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A $12 billion-per-year Air France-Delta joint venture will own 25% of transatlantic traffic, and could spur more airline consolidation

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GLOBAL AIRLINE CAPACITY FOR MAY HOLDS STEADY, REPORTS OAG.
Year on year decline has not accelerated; 5% fewer flights and 2.7% fewer seats

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American Express is cutting 4,000 jobs this week amid more than 50% in losses.

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School trip to the East Coast is on! Glad to see they're not cancelling due to the flu. Travel travel.

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Asked him how he felt seeing the word "Virgin" next to the word "America." Great he said but prefer "Virgin" all by itself.

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Had another great day with Sir Richard Branson in the inaugural flight for Virgin America to SNA Orange County Airport

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Holding a Town Hall Meeting on using LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/392049970

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Virgin America is launching five daily SFO-SNA roundtrips with fares
starting at $49 one way.

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Virgin America (VX), the award-winning domestic airline, is
launching its new high-tech, low-fare service from (SFO) to (SNA)

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China is giving away 2 million tickets to tourist sites in Beijing; http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20090425/103031.shtml

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Consumer interest in researching travel brochures online increases 55% in March. See www.myvacationbrochures.com.

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Learn more about LinkedIn in this free Webinar: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,b0d03dfb-b778-480a-bdcf-3e4637a076b9

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Lots of deals in the front of the plane.

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So many business travelers trading down to coach instead of buying first-class & business-class tickets:purchases were down 21.1% worldwide

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Sitting on the 210 freeway on my way to Palm Springs for a family barbecue. The city has lots of great hotel deals.