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Airline Asks Passengers to Pee Before Flying to Save Energy

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:41:53 -0400

Sure, one person's deposits into an airplane toilet don't weigh much, but what about the pee from 200 people? Japanese airline ANA thinks full bladders lead to airplanes being weighed down by excrement, so it is implementing a wacky new policy: pee before you fly.

American Airlines Announces On-Board WiFi

Chris Dannen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:51:26 -0400

The Internet Age dawned about a decade ago, and still American Airlines [NYSE:AMR] is the first of the major airline carriers to finally get on-board Wifi. Sure, it's pitifully late -- bus services like Bolt and MegaBus have had wireless internet for a while now -- but also a welcome addition to all of their long-haul Boeing [NYSE:BA] 767 flights.

Teleconferencing: The New Air Travel

Brendan Collins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:03:53 -0400

Not all business travel is essential. That’s why some companies are eschewing air travel for video-conferencing and online communication. The fuel crunch has inflicted a serious wound on the air travel industry, with American Airlines as the biggest casualty – it announced two weeks ago that it would slash 7,000 jobs by the year’s end.