Although car sharing is a growing trend, a new partnership between General Motors and RelayRides may just be the tipping point for the industry.

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First is the point that Bastian sought to make: Delta, which is growing in New York, benefits immensely from its pending acquisition of 49% of Virgin Atlantic, which controls 22% of the Kennedy-Heathrow traffic.

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