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• Lufthansa Buys 60% Share in All Remaining Independent Carriers
• Hauenstein: Delta Confident on South Pole Route Despite Lack of Airport
• Mesa's Ornstein Denies Plan to Charge Flight Attendants for Duty Flights
• Southwest Records Mark-to-Market Loss on $13/bbl Fuel Hedges
• Pittsburgh May Move Entire Population to City's Empty Airport Terminals
• Port Authority Admits Three Pan Am Flights Still Taxiing at JFK
• Obama Names Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich New DOT Secretary
• New Owners of Alitalia Switch to Fiat 500s on Rome-Milan Route
• FAA Says Retirement of Last Air Traffic Controller 'Not Unexpected'
• Baltia's Dmitrowsky Still Expects First Flights to Launch in 21st Century
• BAA Report Blames Tainted Windex for Botched Terminal 5 Opening
• United Arranges Sale-Leaseback of CEO Tilton's Office Furniture
• TSA Will Fine Travelers Who Choose Wrong Self-Select Lane
• Chart: Crandall's 500 Reasons Why Labor Ruined Everything
• Chart: Airlines Still Paying Wolf for Change-of-Control Clauses
• Chart: The Ten American Airlines Flights at DFW That Run On-Time