Texas airline exec describes enemies at porn trial

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The founder of a South Texas cargo airline testified in his own defense on Friday, the fifth day of his federal trial on child pornography charges, and described several people motivated to set him up. Robert Hedrick told jurors about disagreements with two business partners, his ex-wife, a city...

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Mesa Airlines Continues Its 3rd Consecutive Year as #1 On-time Regional Airline

PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Mesa Air Group, Inc., the #1 On-time Regional Airline in 2010 and 2011, announces its #1 rank among US regional airlines for on-time arrivals in March 2012, as reported by US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics in the Air Travel Consumer...

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Lufthansa may be interested in Portuguese airline TAP

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Russian Flight Attendant Fired For Incredibly Insensitive Tweet After Plane Crash Kills 45

May 16, 12 Russian Flight Attendant Fired For Incredibly Insensitive Tweet After Plane Crash Kills 45

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Flickr / randomduck Last week, a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into a mountainside in Indonesia, killing 45 people. After the crash, an Aeroflot flight attendant named Ekaterina Solovyeva took to Twitter to share her very negative feelings on the aircraft. According to the New York Post, it was enough to get her fired. Even...

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Airline food: Trying to make it fly

Airlines are refreshing their menus for the busy summer flying season, wooing first-class and international travelers with fare as ambitious as cramped, low-humidity, low-pressure cabins will permit. In coach class, however, passengers get a hot meal only if they cross an ocean. For all the airlines’ efforts, even first-class...

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