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		<title><![CDATA[Virgin America's Ownership Question]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10001217/virgin-americas-ownership-question/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've written several posts around the question of whether or not Virgin America should be considered "American" (here, here, and here, to start).  Now, after having some more time to think about it, I thought I'd spend a little more time on this question. by Brett Snyder]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:29:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson Announces Fourth Destination, Still Short of Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10001239/branson-announces-fourth-destination-still-short-of-plan/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Branson's new, privately-funded airport has been on a roll.  The airport just announced that Sun Country will begin serving Dallas/Ft Worth, the fourth destination for the airport which opens in just over a month.  This is great news for the airport, though it is still going to end...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:02:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson Airport Gets Its First Tenant: AirTran]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/1000435/branson-airport-gets-its-first-tenant-airtran/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I wrote about the all new, federal funding-free Branson Airport that's popping up on hills in the Ozarks.  Yesterday, the airport announced that it now has its first tenant.  AirTran will fly to the airport once daily from Atlanta. by Brett Snyder]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:20:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson Builds the First Commercial Airport in the US Without Government Money]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/1000346/branson-builds-the-first-commercial-airport-in-the-us-without-government-money/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The airport business is an interesting one in the US in that it's generally considered a public utility.  Cities or airport authorities tend to run most airports, and all of them take federal funds.  Now, for the first time in the US, an airport is being built for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:15:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Travel Roundup: Virgin America Gets Cash, Aston Maui Lu to Close, Amtrak's Record Ridership and More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/1000261/travel-roundup-aston-maui-lu-to-close-virgin-america-gets-cash-amtraks-record-ridership-and-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Branson adds money to Virgin America -- Richard Branson,Â founderÂ andÂ part owner of Virgin America, announced he will add more capital to the fledgling U.S. service to help it "break even" during peak fuel prices. The British billionaire didn't say how much he would be helping out, only that he wouldn't be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:04:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Herschend Family Entertainment Announces Management Promotions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation HFE CEO and President Joel Manby announced today three key promotions as the company continues to grow its portfolio and position itself for the future. Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation owns, operates or partners in 23 properties in 10 states.  "In recent years, we've...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blunt Addresses Annual CPAC Meeting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Nick Simpson, Antonia Ferrier, or Christ Tucker, all of the Office of House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, +1-202-226-7022  WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) spoke today at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. A full transcript of his remarks is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Treasury backs private owners; Rock boost as Government bonds scheme unveiled]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter  TREASURY bosses today revealed new funding plans to help back a private sale of Northern Rock.  Shares in the bank sank to new lows last week amid fears the Rock would be nationalised.  But a potential private sector deal has been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aircraft News - Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_Jan_14/ai_n28497366]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jan 14, 2008  Aerospace shares decline on warning of slowdown in orders. Warnings that orders will slow in 2008 sent shares of aerospace companies tumbling on Monday. Boeing lost 3.5%, while shares of Airbus parent EADS fell 7.5%. Analysts noted the weak dollar is hurting EADS. Jan 8, 2008...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Boeing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_Jan_14/ai_n28497449]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jan 14, 2008  BAE Systems is to equip American Boeing 767-200s with test antimissile systems. BAE Systems received a $29 million award from the US Dept. of Homeland Security to equip three American Airlines 767-200s with its Jeteye infrared aircraft missile defense systems on a test basis. DHS already...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Virgin Group]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_Jan_14/ai_n28497474]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jan 14, 2008  Strike off for Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic cabin crew will not strike tomorrow Jan. 9 after the Unite union agreed to a two-year deal of a 4.8% increase on basic pay in year one and then rising with inflation in the second. Both 48h strikes ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big dreams, few results in private space exploration]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200709/ai_n20529014]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LAS CRUCES, New Mexico AFP &#8212; A dusty launchpad in a remote region of New Mexico could become one of the first gateways to the heavens for private individuals clamoring to be the pioneer generation of space tourists.  If British billionaire Richard Branson's vision is realised, by 2010, tourists...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson's Virgin Group takes 20 percent of Malaysia's AirAsia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR AFP &#8212; Richard Branson's Virgin Group is taking a 20 percent stake in Malaysia's AirAsia long-haul carrier, with the British billionaire vowing Friday to pilot the project into profitability.  "Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group is our new strategic global investment partner," said Kalimullah Hassan of Fly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson wants full ownership of Virgin Atlantic: report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200707/ai_n19348114]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON AFP &#8212; Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson wants to buy back Singapore Airlines' 49-percent share of the carrier he founded in 1984, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday.  Branson, who holds 51 percent of the carrier, told London's City A.M. financial daily that he would consider...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson criticises changes in French mobile phone system]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP &#8212; Richard Branson, head of phone company Virgin Mobile, was quoted Saturday as saying a new French system allowing subscribers to change mobile operators in 10 days was still too lengthy a process.  French newspaper Journal du Dimanche quoted the British tycoon as saying he was not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson unveils glimpse of Virgin civilian spaceship]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200609/ai_n16929858]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled a mockup of his Virgin Galactic civilian spaceship, vowing to do his part to make space travel a reality for millions of people. SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle being built in California's Mojave Desert, has technology that could also be used in airplanes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson unveils aviation overhaul to curb global warming]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200609/ai_n16929726]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; British tycoon Richard Branson urged the aviation industry to join his Virgin Atlantic airline in an ambitious plan to combat the potential "catastrophe" of global warming. The billionaire founder of the Virgin Group of companies said that airlines around the world had to play their part...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson's crewsgo on a diet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060924/ai_n16748829]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SIR Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crews have gone on emergency diets... because they were worried they were getting too fat.    Staff have voted to bin fatty food and sweet treats from their in- flight food.    Gone are high-calorie roasts with all the trimmings -...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson made green pledge under pressure from Gore, Turner]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200609/ai_n16929172]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, EnglandAFP &#8212; British businessman Richard Branson made a multi-billion-dollar pledge to fight global warming under pressure from US media mogul Ted Turner and former vice-president Al Gore. He told the Independent on Sunday that global warming was approaching "a tipping point" and Turner and Gore had convinced him it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Branson scoffs at Jetstar.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200609/ai_n17485780]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Louise Longman    Sep 18, 2006 (Travel Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The introduction  of Jetstar's low-cost long international flights has been greeted  with scepticism by the head of the Virgin Group.  Richard Branson does  not believe the model being used by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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