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Stephen P. Joyce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) has been named National Chairman of the U.S. Travel Association, the 1,500-member national organization representing every segment of the travel community.

TACA Airlines closed the year 2009 with an 88.89% on-time performance. Its nearest competitor reached an index of 87.6% The airline carries out an analysis in relation to its competitors, airlines such as American, Continental, Copa, Delta and United Among the months with better results are January with 92.02%, February with 92.65%, and October with 93.35% on-time performance

81 Prozent aller United-Inlandsverbindungen erreichen ihr Ziel „on-time“

Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Continental Micronesia today submitted a joint application to the Department of Transportation to provide nonstop service from the carriers' hubs in New York/Newark and Guam to Tokyo's Haneda airport

Virgin Blue Airlines Group’s new boutique international long-haul airline, V Australia, and the world’s largest airline, US-based, Delta Air Lines, are pleased to announce that from today members of each carrier’s frequent flyer programmes will enjoy reciprocal points accrual for travel with both airlines and reciprocal lounge access within Australia and the US

First U.S. carrier to offer paperless boarding passes from an international destination

Southwest Airlines' Dallas and Houston operations were recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its leading Green power purchase and for its support and participation in the Agency's Fortune 500 Green Power Challenge.

Selection of the KC-45A Tanker was announced by the U.S. Air Force, culminating a multi-year evaluation. The programme award calls for 179 aircraft with an estimated contract value of US$ 40 billion.

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] was awarded a $1.25 million concept refinement contract for the U.S. Navy's EPX program. EPX is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the Navy's EP-3 signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform.

Airbus announced a commitment to establish an A330 Freighter aircraft final assembly line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama, if Northrop Grumman (supported by Airbus's parent company, EADS) receives the order to build aerial refuelling tankers from the United States Air Force.