5 Airlines in marketing pact to rival Star Alliance

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American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, and Australia-based Qantas Airways Ltd. have formed an alliance to challenge the Star Alliance initiated by UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The new alliance called One World will require no regulatory approval. One World will facilitate the participating airlines' access into Asia despite the region's economic downturn.

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Amer Airlines, Brit Airways, Canad Airlines, Cathay Pacific Air, & Qantas Air have formed alliance to challenge Star Alliance

United States, Australia, Canada, Scheduled Airlines, Scheduled Air Transportation, Hong Kong, Alliances, partnerships, Airlines, British Airways PLC, American Airlines Inc., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Qantas Airways Ltd., Canadian Airlines International Ltd., 451

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British Petroleum planning "firm" cuts in emissions

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British Petroleum Co. (BP) reported recently, plans to cut emissions by 10% of their 1990 levels by 2010. A spokesman for the company said that the 1990 emission levels produced 40 million tons, a figure that would increase by 18 million tons over the the next 12 years if measures to reduce them were not taken. The cuts that BP is planning exceeds those promised by industrialized countries in 1997.

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Reported recently, plans to cut emissions by 10% of their 1990 levels by 2010

Production management, Petroleum, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Ethics, British Petroleum Company PLC

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