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DETROIT-- Port officials will celebrate the arrival of a steel-hauling vessel from the United Kingdom as the first international ship to deliver cargo this year to Detroit. The bulk carrier Federal Mattawa arrived Wednesday and was unloading cargo at the Nicholson Terminal& Dock Co. in southwest Detroit.
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CHICAGO-- Boeing Co. said Thursday that it delivered 137 commercial planes during the first quarter, the same as a year earlier, and it booked orders for 209 more planes. Boeing has been speeding deliveries of those planes. It's Boeing's smallest commercial plane and in the U.S. is generally used on domestic routes.
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WASHINGTON, April 4- The president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank on Thursday defended his agency from conservative Republicans who want to close it down, as well as against a new complaint by Delta Air Lines Inc that the bank's support for Boeing gives foreign airlines an unfair advantage.
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Delta Air fell$. 38 or 2.5 percent, to $14.56. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 18 or 2.8 percent, to $6.16. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 14 or 1.1 percent, to $12.54.
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Mobile, Ala., April 3- Strong winds caused the Carnival cruise ship Triumph to break loose on Wednesday from its moorings at a Mobile, Alabama, shipyard where it was being repaired, a company spokesman said, and it drifted into a cargo vessel.
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MIAMI, April 3- Strong winds caused the Carnival cruise ship Triumph to break loose on Wednesday from its moorings at an Alabama dock where it was being repaired after its ill-fated cruise in February, a company spokesman said.
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April 3- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd suffered its second oil spill in a week on Wednesday, but said just four barrels of light crude leaked from tanker cars in a morning derailment in a remote area of northern Ontario.
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MADRID, April 3- International Airlines Group said on Wednesday it had firmed up orders for 18 of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, a show of confidence in the jet that has been grounded since January because of battery problems.
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NEW YORK-- Stocks of major U.S. airlines fell for a second day after US Airways said Wednesday that a key revenue measurement was weaker than expected in March. US Airways blamed the federal government's automatic spending cuts for cutting into last-minute bookings and causing March unit revenue to be flat instead of up 2 to 4 percent, as the airline had predicted.
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Delta Air fell$. 62 or 4.1 percent, to $14.32. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 06 or. 9 percent, to $6.28. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 09 or. 7 percent, to $12.59.
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Delta Air fell$. 07 or. 4 percent, to $14.88. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $6.33. Southwest Airlines Co. rose$. 07 or. 6 percent, to $12.75.
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ZURICH, April 3- Global air travel demand continued to recover in February on the back of stronger business optimism, particularly in emerging markets, the International Air Transport Association said on Wednesday.
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*US Airways shares down 0.4 pct. April 3- US Airways Group said on Wednesday that federal budget cuts likely hurt a key revenue measure in March because of reduced last-minute demand for flights.
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TEMPE, Ariz.-- US Airways said on Wednesday that government spending cuts are hurting business, as a key revenue figure was lower than expected in March. US Airways, the fifth-biggest U.S. airline by traffic, is particularly vulnerable because it is the largest carrier at Washington's Reagan airport, which is favored by travelers on federal business.
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Canada was one of more than 30 countries, mostly Western, that benefited from a visa waiver the UAE offered to their citizens. Dubai carrier Emirates had been lobbying the Canadian government to boost its thrice-weekly direct flights to Toronto and more Canadian destinations, with support from the UAE government, but failed to gain greater access.
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SYDNEY, April 3- A Samoan airline that says it is the world's first carrier to charge passengers by their weight rather than per seat defends the plan as the fairest way to fly, in some cases actually ending up cheaper than conventional tickets.
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CHICAGO-- Unionized ground workers at United Airlines have rejected contracts designed to cover them whether they came from that airline or Continental. The International Association of Aerospace Machinists and Aerospace Workers said it would survey members to assess their priorities for future talks.
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Delta Air fell $1.31 or 8.1 percent, to $14.94. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 40 or 5.9 percent, to $6.34. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 55 or 4.2 percent, to $12.68.
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Delta Air fell $1.16 or 7.1 percent, to $15.10. JetBlue fell$. 24 or 3.5 percent, to $6.51. Southwest fell$. 49 or 3.7 percent, to $12.74.
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*Carrier cites less last-minute government travel. April 2- Delta Air Lines Inc on Tuesday curbed its growth forecast for a key revenue measure for the first quarter, saying March demand was hurt by lower last-minute travel from government clients in the wake of U.S. budget pressures.
Behind the Wheel with Phil Lebeau
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Ford and its Indian advertising agency have apologized for ads showing women in bondage.
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These days crossovers and sport wagons have become the vehicle of choice for many in suburban America.
