Bodies, debris retrieved from Air France crash
Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets. Navy ships found the bodies of two men and debris including a blue seat with a serial number matching Air France Flight 447, a rucksack containing a vaccination card, and a briefcase with an Air France ticket inside, rescue officials said.

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Amadeus and ITA to display airline charges by end of 2009
The controversial ancillary charges levied by airlines are expected to be included in screen display by at least one GDS later this year. Amadeus said it hoped to have details of the various charges by each airlines alongside fares by the fourth quarter. Robert Buckman, Amadeus North America’s director airline distribution strategy said his IT company and ITA Software would be able to offer the content. ITA Software is an American based IT company and one of the so called GNEs - global new entries - which several years back threatened to challenge the supremacy of the GDSs. Mr Buckman said both Amadeus and ITA had been working “very hard” with other industry bodies, among them the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to perfect the software needed.
http://www.abtn.co.uk/news/1412478-airline-charges-appear-gds

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Ryanair to allow travel meta-search sites to search its inventory
Ryanair will introduce a licence agreement where, for a small annual charitable donation of GBP 100, price comparison only websites, which provide fare comparison and seat availability information to consumers will be authorised to access Ryanair’s website at www.ryanair.com .
http://peanuts.aero/low_cost_airline_news/airline/22622/59/Ryanair+price+comparison+only+website++

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