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Continental Airlines escaped the second quarter in far better financial shape than rivals american airlines and Delta Air Lines, reporting a $3 million net loss that compared to a $228 million profit in the year-ago period.

One day after announcing a service cut at Dublin, Ryanair yesterday unveiled a series of winter schedule reductions and temporary base closures that it used as a platform to attack airport monopolies and increasing charges.

Expansion and fuel costs weighed heavy on Norwegian's bottom line in the second quarter as the LCC reported a NOK62.2 million ($12.3 million) loss that represented a reversal from a NOK44.7 million profit in the year-ago period.

Heavy noncash impairment charges and record fuel prices sent american airlines parent AMR Corp. plunging to a $1.45 billion second-quarter net loss, reversed from a $317 million profit in the year-ago quarter.

Such is the state of the US airline industry that Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson found a silver lining to the $1.04 billion second-quarter loss announced yesterday, which represented a reversal from the $164 million earned in the year-ago quarter.

SEATTLE, WA (MARKET WIRE) Yapta.com, Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Yapta was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team with assistance from KPMG's emerging business practice, KPMG VC Practice, who together surveyed more than 500 venture investors, investment bankers, and technology insiders to determine the top 250 private global technology companies based on innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz.

SAUSALITO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Triton Distribution systems, Inc. (OTCBB: TTDS) announced today it signed a contract with MilitaryToGo.Com. All reservations, including ticketing, changes and exchanges handled through their website, will now be powered by Triton's ReservationExpert.