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Nation & world business: American raises fees (Detroit Free Press)
AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, will require more frequent-flier points and higher fees for certain award tickets, after a similar move by Delta Air Lines Inc. last week.

BERNAMA.COM general (Bernama)
PETALING JAYA, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- Three committee members of the "Save MCA" campaign -- Datuk Theng Book, Datuk Thong Sah Chong and Datuk Lim Choon Kin -- have announced their intention to contest for the party's central committee seats in the October polls.

American Airlines finds new fee to raise (Moldova.org)
U.S. carrier American Airlines Inc. said it was raising fees for ticket upgrades for its frequent fliers, due to rising fuel costs.Upgrades from discounted economy class seats to business and first class seats will cost $50 plus 15,000 frequent flier miles, the airline said. The increase begins Oct. 1, the Dallas Morning News reported.The disparity between discount and premium tickets is too ...

Air Arabia net profit soars to AED 160 million in first half of 2008, up 39 per cent (Mena Report)
Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today its financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008, demonstrating continued superior performance and ongoing organic growth.

American Airlines finds new fee to raise (UPI)
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. carrier American Airlines Inc. said it was raising fees for ticket upgrades for its frequent fliers, due to rising fuel costs.

Olympics is no road to gold for airlines (Chicago Tribune)
Many business travelers shunning travel to Asia, costing carriers revenue There is a glut of open seats on flights to China next week, with last-minute fares from Chicago going for as low as $2,100 round trip. That's good for last-minute sports fans, but bad for struggling airlines who hoped to make money on Pacific traffic this summer.

US Airways begins charging for all drinks (The Beaver County Times)
US Airways, Pittsburgh International Airport?s busiest carrier, will start charging most passengers on domestic flights for in-flight drinks, beginning today.

Comments on this story are moderated (Toronto Star)
MONTREAL?Air Canada filled 83 per cent of its seats in July, matching a July 2005 record load factor and above a year-before 81.8 per cent last July.

Pillow Talk, Airline-Style (Aviation.com via Yahoo! News)
It's getting almost comical the way revenue-hungry airlines are justifying all the new fees and surcharges they are laying on travelers in lieu of charging realistic fares.

WestJet flies light (Calgary Sun)
WestJet flew slightly more empty planes in July but increased its capacity, whereas rival carrier Air Canada flew fuller planes but slashed its capacity.