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After more than a year of calls for cutting production of narrowbody aircraft, Airbus and Boeing are headed in the opposite direction. Airbus announced Tuesday that it will increase rates on A320 starting in December, going from 34 to 36 aircraft per month and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Jim Albaugh, says that a decision will be made in April and this summer on 777 and 737 rates, respectively. In a business that is inherently cyclical, Boeing has reliably dropped narrowbody rates every 10 years ±1 year, the recession of 2009 has broken that trend.

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Boeing and Airbus defy the odds, but are there repercussions?

American Eagle , a subset of American Airlines, is offering two new twice daily non-stop routes this June. Flights will begin from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to August Regional Airport (AGS) in Augusta, Georgia and to Fayetteville Municipal Airport (FAY) in Fayetteville, N.C., beginning June 10.  The airline will use 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 jets and 44-seat Embraer ERJ-140 jets, respectively. Dallas flights to Augusta depart at 12:45 p.m.

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American Eagle adds two new routes

Photo: The Guardian In an attempt to attract visitors to travel to the United States , President Barack Obama has signed a new Travel Promotion Act into law that requires a $10 fee to enter the country. The income from this new fee will go toward a push for marketing and outreach to encourage more visitors. President Obama signed the bill on Thursday as part of a $100 million private sector fundraising campaign

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President Obama signs Travel Promotion Act

Travelers on the west coast now have more options when booking flights to Hawaii . Both Continental Airlines and Allegiant Air have added new flights to these Pacific islands.

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New flights to Hawaii from Continental and Allegiant

Nine more airports across the country will include the new full-body scanners , according to the Transportation Security Administration.  Those airports include the following cities: Fort Lauderdale, San Jose, Columbus, Ohio, San Diego, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Oakland, Kansas City.

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More full-body scanners are implemented in the U.S.

Boeing will shift control of its fleet of four modified 747-400 large cargo freighters or ‘Dreamlifters’ to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings as part of a compensation deal in the wake of delays incurred by the airframer’s 747-8 program, sources close to the agreement confirm. Atlas would not “confirm nor deny” that the nine-year Dreamlifter deal is part of compensation package for its delayed order for 747-8F aircraft, now scheduled to begin delivery in early 2011

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Sources: Dreamlifter deal part of 747-8 compensation to Atlas

Airlines have found plenty of ways to add fees in the last year – charging for everything from blankets to baggage . Now, Continental has created another way to add revenue through options by way of legroom. The airline isn’t the first to do this – JetBlue and AirTran Airways have done the same thing.

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Continental offers more legroom for a fee

Boeing has (unsurprisingly) announced that it will bid on the KC-X tanker contract to replace the KC-135 tanker.

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Boeing’s NewGen 767 tanker to feature 787-style flight deck

At a time when airline strikes are coming and going, American Airlines seems to be joining the ranks of those unions who demand more from their employers. The world’s second largest carrier is considering a strike after a five-day discussion that ended yesterday with no conclusion. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said that it would ask the National Mediation Board to affirm that those discussions are officially at a stalemate

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American Airlines may strike after inconclusive discussions

This month’s snowstorms weren’t only a hassle to the folks trying to travel to and from the Northeast – it also hit airlines hard as well. Even though canceling flights is a cheaper way to get through a snowstorm than to pay the extensive fines for impending tarmac delays, airlines still absorbed most of the cost that came with the inclement weather.

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Airlines feel the cost of snowstorms

Just north of Los Cabos , an hour up the Baja Peninsula you can find the towns of Pescadero, and Todo Santos. Leaving the more populated and active southern tip of Baja, it is here where you can discover a unique and different Mexico.

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Destination Spotlight: Touring Todo Santos, Mexico

Every vacation has an agenda. If rubbing elbows with Hollywood’s hottest team players is high on yours, then check out these 10 hopping locales to get a chance at your brush with pop culture royalty right now. Boston Beantown hasn’t always been the Hollywood hot spot that it’s become in recent years.

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Top 10 celebrity hot spots

In the world of green travel , scientists from the University of Wisconsin Madison made a unique discovery in the development of greener jet fuel. The innovation is through a brand new process that converts a biomass derivative to a chemical equivalent of jet fuel – but saves a lot more energy

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Univ. of Wisconsin scientists successfully create process for greener jet fuel

American Eagle , a subset of American Airlines will begin adding a first-class section to select flights starting this summer. Passengers who fly out of either the Chicago or Dallas Fort Worth hubs in July will have the option to purchase one of the nine first-class seats, or one of the 54-56 coach seats on their Bombadier CRJ-700 jets, which normally seat 70

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American Eagle adds select first-class flights this summer

As the Boeing Dreamliner makes its final touches and prepares for regular flights, orders from some of the US’s biggest airlines are coming in at high numbers.

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United Airlines finalizes order for 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Once again this month, a snowstorm in the Northeast has caused widespread flight cancellations in the New York area. Hundreds of flights were cancelled yesterday, but major New York airports are fully prepared for the storm and do not plan on closing

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Airlines cancel flights for Northeast snowstorm

At the Reuters’ 2010 Travel and Leisure Summit, two U.S. airlines made it clear that they are open to merging with other carriers from the U.S

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Reuters’ 2010 Travel and Leisure Summit brings talks of U.S. mergers

Located on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, Los Cabos provides visitors to Mexico an array of indulgent options. From abundant aquatic wonders to picturesque landscape, the traveler can explore much more than just its iconic arch.

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Destination Spotlight: The cool of Cabo in Mexico

After months of considering how to spend the $1 billion set aside by the Obama Administration to add extra security in airports, a fleet of 150 full-body scanners are finally being installed. Approximately $25 million have gone toward the effort, and next week, the first will be installed in Boston Logan International Airport .  Three machines will be installed in the Massachusetts airport, and in the next two weeks, there will be another implemented in Chicago O’Hare International .  The rest of the devices should be completely set up by June, and are expected to improve airport security by showing objects on the body that other scanners haven’t been able to see. Some privacy advocates are against the machines, stating that they are invasive and unnecessary, but the United States and select countries in Europe have agreed to go through with the fleet of new security methods for the sake of safety.

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Full-body scanners come to Boston

The Lufthansa strike that began yesterday for 4,000 pilots has been suspended, but flights with the German airline will continue to be irregular. Some routine flights are expected to return by the end of the week, but throughout the strike’s development, more interruptions may occur.

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Lufthansa strike postponed