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FindTheBest Awards Smart Badges to Airlines, Resorts, and Destination Spa Services
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011  /PRNewswire/ -- FindTheBest, an unbiased, data-driven comparison engine, announces the release of its Smart Badges for United States-based airlines, all-inclusive resorts and destination spas comparisons. FindTheBest's hybrid rating system, the Smart Rating, combines reviews from industry experts with a Quantitative Rating, which is compiled from verified objective data.

American Airlines and China's Hainan Airlines Announce Joint Cooperation
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and Beijing-based Hainan Airlines have signed an agreement to codeshare on each other's flights and to offer their frequent flyer members new opportunities to earn and redeem miles/points, while providing new growth opportunities for American in China and for Hainan Airlines in the United States. Hainan, a Skytrax 5-Star airline, operates more than 2,800 weekly flights to cities throughout China as well as international destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America.

American Airlines Joins Japan Airlines in Sponsoring Honolulu Marathon
HONOLULU, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines announced today it has become a new sponsoring partner of the Honolulu Marathon. "American is pleased to join oneworld® and trans-Pacific joint business partner Japan Airlines (JAL) in supporting what is one of the world's finest marathons," said Theo Panagiotoulias, American's Vice President and Managing Director – Asia Pacific.

Southwest, JetBlue and United in The Top 10 Most Followed Airlines on Facebook
BARCELONA, Spain, December 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- eDreams [ ] launches Top 50 Most "Liked" on Facebook chart for airlines Online travel agency eDreams launched a new page on their travel blog today http://blog.edreams.com, a list of the world's 50 most popular airlines on Facebook: http://blog.edreams.es/facebook-airlines/ The daily self-updating chart counts the total number of likes on the airlines' Facebook Pages and displays them in decreasing order on the page.

FAA Issues Single Operating Certificate to United Airlines and Continental Airlines
CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) announced today that it received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for a single operating certificate, marking another significant achievement in the integration of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. This regulatory milestone, while significant from an operational policies and procedures perspective, does not change how customers interact with the airline.