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InsideFlyer June 2009	New Delta Bag Fee Most domestic airlines charge bag-check fees when flying within the U.S. However, Delta Air Lines is the first U.S.-based airline to charge passengers $50 to check a second bag on flights to international destinations.
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The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away The parent company of American Airlines reports tomorrow, and I doubt shareholders look forward to booking that flight.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Tim Beyers	Will You Unplug? Investors bet big money on your need to stay connected.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004	The Big Airlines' Loyal Fans These days, most everyone wants to bash the old-line carriers. But they're still No. 1 with an important group: business travelers.
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The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Tim Beyers	Let's Nationalize the Airlines! For all of the blunders airlines have made the inescapable truth is that we travelers are paying less than we did six years ago. Yet per-barrel oil prices are up more than 300% over the same period. What can be done about this?
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The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Rich Smith	Southwest Sails Higher As major airlines lose pricing power, Southwest finds it. Who's on top now?
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The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Another Song and Dance Who says nice guys always finish last? Delta Air Lines' answer to low-cost air flight, Song, has come up with what is quite possibly the weirdest promotion I've ever heard of: It will offer free tickets to passengers who are... nice.
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IEEE Spectrum March 2006	Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried.
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