I still don't know how Roger does this. I don't get this garbled stuff from= anybody else.... =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Continental Air gets nod to join Star Alliance=3D0ATue Apr 7, 2009 4:18pm E= DT=3D =3D0A =3D0A =3D0AEmail | Print | =3D0AShare=3D0A| Reprints | Single Pag= e=3D0A[-] Te=3D xt [+] =3D0A =3D0A1 of 1Full Size =3D0AMarket News =3D0AU.S. oil= prices =3D slip more than $1 on API build | Video =3D0AEarnings could throw wrench= i=3D n U.S. stock rally | Video =3D0AWall Street tumbles as earnings season = ki=3D cks off | Video =3D0AMore Business & Investing News... =3D0AWASHINGTO= N (R=3D euters) - Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N)=3D0Awon the U.S. government's no= d =3D on Tuesday for its plans to join the Star=3D0AAlliance, which allows airlin= es=3D to cooperate in marketing their routes=3D0Aand pricing to the public. =3D0A= The=3D U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said it would give=3D0AContinental = a=3D ntitrust immunity for its participation in the alliance. =3D0AThe alliance = in=3D --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Continental Air gets nod to join Star Alliance > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 7:23 PM > Continental Air gets nod to join Star > Alliance=3D0ATue Apr 7, 2009 4:18pm EDT=3D > =3D0A=A0 =A0=A0=A0=3D0A =3D0AEmail | Print | > =3D0AShare=3D0A| Reprints | Single Page=3D0A[-] Te=3D > xt [+]=A0=A0=A0=3D0A=A0 =A0 =3D0A1 of 1Full > Size=A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0=3D0AMarket News =3D0AU.S. > oil prices =3D > slip more than $1 on API build=A0=A0=A0|=A0 > Video=A0 =3D0AEarnings could throw wrench i=3D > n U.S. stock rally=A0=A0=A0|=A0 Video=A0 > =3D0AWall Street tumbles as earnings season ki=3D > cks off=A0=A0=A0|=A0 Video=A0 =3D0AMore > Business & Investing > News...=A0=A0=A0=3D0AWASHINGTON (R=3D > euters) - Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N)=3D0Awon the U.S. > government's nod =3D > on Tuesday for its plans to join the Star=3D0AAlliance, which > allows airlines=3D > to cooperate in marketing their routes=3D0Aand pricing to > the public. =3D0AThe=3D > U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said it would > give=3D0AContinental a=3D > ntitrust immunity for its participation in the alliance. > =3D0AThe alliance in=3D > cludes UAL Corp's United Airlines (UAUA.O) and Germany's > Lufthansa AG (LHAG=3D > .DE). =3D0AContinental also received approval for a joint > venture with Air Ca=3D > nada (ACa.TO), Lufthansa and United Airlines. =3D0A"Antitrust > immunity allows=3D > airlines to coordinate their services and=3D0Aact as a > single carrier for in=3D > ternational air services covered by the=3D0Aimmunity," the > DOT said in a stat=3D > ement. =3D0AThe DOT said the alliances would increase service > in internationa=3D > l=3D0Amarkets, give consumers more options and shorter trip > times, and reduce=3D > =3D0Afares. =3D0AAs a condition of the approval of the joint > venture, the DOT=3D > =3D0Aproposed that the carriers implement it within 18 months > and give=3D0Aregu=3D > lators annual reports. =3D0AThe public has three weeks to > file objections to =3D > the DOT's actions. =3D0ARepresentative James Oberstar, > chairman of the Transp=3D > ortation=3D0ACommittee in the House of Representatives, has > co-authored a pro=3D > vision=3D0Ain aviation legislation that would launch a > government study of wh=3D > ether=3D0Athe alliances serve the public interest, especially > those with=3D0Aan=3D > titrust immunity. =3D0AU.S. and overseas airlines have asked > the Obama admini=3D > stration to oppose this. =3D0AAntitrust immunity widened this > decade to meet =3D > world travel demand,=3D0Aallowing alliance members to operate > as one flight o=3D > n certain routes.=3D0ACarriers are able to share pricing and > scheduling infor=3D > mation,=3D0Aticketing and facilities. =3D0AImmunity is an > easier way for carrie=3D > rs to build networks without=3D0Arunning afoul of U.S. law > that discourages m=3D > ergers between domestic and=3D0Aoverseas airlines. =3D0AThe > arrangements can be=3D > lucrative and are inexpensive to carry out compared with a > merger. =3D0A(Rep=3D > orting by Karey Wutkowski and Tim Dobbyn)=A0 =3D0A=A0 > =3D0A=3DA9 Thomson Reuters 2009=3D > All rights reserved >=20 > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>= >>>>> >=20 > If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please > send an E-mail to: > "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".=A0 > Within the body of the text, only write the > following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE". > =0A=0A=0A <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".