| //14-05-2009 MINNEAPOLIS ¡ª Former America West pilots won a federal jury verdict on Wednesday saying their new union at US Airways didn't represent them fairly.
If it stands up on appeal the decision could help move the airline toward merging pilots who came from US Airways with those who came from America West. The US Airline Pilots Association said it will appeal.
America West bought the former US Airways out of bankruptcy in 2005, but the airlines still run mostly separate flight operations because of the dispute.
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| //11-05-2009 Southwest Airlines reached a new four-year contract agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) on Tuesday.
The union represents 5,300 reservation and customer service agents with the carrier,.
Tom Higginbotham, IAM District 142 president told Reuters that “the tentative agreement provides retroactive wage increases, increased retirement benefits, and expands job security provisions.” |
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| //11-05-2009 Hawaiian and Alaska airlines change their policies toward the use of pillows and blankets |
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| //11-05-2009 China quarantined more than 130 of the 150 passengers aboard a flight that carried a Chinese man who was the mainland's first suspected case of H1N1 flu, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The 30-year-old man's girlfriend, father and a taxi driver had also been quarantined, said Xinhua, which cited officials at a press conference held in the provincial capital of Chengdu, in southwestern China.
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| //08-05-2009 Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) said Friday that its first-quarter loss soared by 39 per cent as weak economic conditions reduced passenger traffic, particularly among lucrative business customers.
The Montreal-based air carrier reported a loss of $400 million or $4 per share for the quarter, deepening year-earlier losses of $288 million or $2.88 per share.
"It's obvous from these results that the economic environment out there is indeed very ugly as we face some other challenges over and above the impact of this long and unrelenting recession," Calin Rovinescu said in his first conference call since he become CEO five weeks ago.
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| //08-05-2009 May 08, 2009 (AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) -- PNCL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp (NASDAQ:PNCL) has reported its financial results for the first quarter 2009, ended 31 March |
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 | //08-05-2009 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - US Airways fell more than 11% early Friday to lead a decline in the airline sector as more gains in the price of oil kept the group from participating in the broader market rally. |
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| //08-05-2009 Hawaiian Airlines said Friday its systemwide traffic and occupancy fell in April, while capacity grew, compared with the same month a year ago.
The carrier said it flew 667.4 million revenue passenger miles in April, a 2.5-percent decline from 684.7 million revenue passenger miles recorded a year earlier.
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 | //24-04-2009 HONG KONG (Reuters) - At a plush Hong Kong airport hotel, the only sign of activity comes from the dining-room where a queue of locals fill up their plates at a dinner buffet offered at a promotional rate to Hong Kong residents. |
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 | //24-04-2009 TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Delta Air Lines wants to eliminate two of the three Tupelo-to-Memphis flights it now runs.
The two flights also make stops in Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Delta's plan also calls for the addition of a route to Atlanta. That flight would make a stop in Muscle Shoals.
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 | //24-04-2009 ATLANTA — Robert Fornaro's first full year as chief executive of AirTran Airways — 2008 — was, as he puts it, like a "baptism by fire."
As oil prices soared to a record $147 a barrel, the discount carrier known for its cheap fares posted an annual loss following years of steady profits.
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 | //23-04-2009 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airlines shares were mixed Wednesday after Continental Airlines reported a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss, while a note from J.P. Morgan cautioned investors to beware of a recent rally in the sector. |
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| //23-04-2009 U.S. airlines today may not be in the financial distress they were after the 1990-'91 and post-2001 downturns.
But with smaller cash hordes and most of their assets already borrowed against, they don't have as much in reserve to weather a prolonged or deep decline in business, analysts at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services warned Wednesday.
The U.S. carriers are "better managed, and they react more quickly in a rational way to the threat they're facing," said Phil Baggaley, S&P managing director. "But they've used up their potential cushion, if you will."
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| //23-04-2009 Shares of major airlines in Asia traded mainly higher Thursday, with investors looking beyond the sector's troubles and to the prospect of a turnaround in profit. |
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 | //23-04-2009 Continental Airlines Inc. and AirTran Holdings Inc. posted first-quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates after falling fuel prices helped blunt a decline in travel.
AirTran jumped the most since October in New York trading, while Continental erased earlier gains when the fourth-largest U.S. carrier said its revenue outlook is “bleak,” especially on trans-Atlantic routes favored by full-fare business fliers.
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| //23-04-2009 AirTran Airways wants to be one of the first airlines to operate scheduled flights into Cuba if restrictions on tourism to the country are eased, said AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro.
“It’s a very pretty country and the curiosity level as well as the ethnic flying back and forth is going to be substantial,” Fornaro said in an interview. “I think it’s going to be a very, very strong leisure destination.”
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| //17-04-2009 HONG KONG -- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it will reduce passenger and cargo capacity, delay aircraft deliveries and ask staff to take unpaid leave following a drop in first-quarter revenue.
Chief Executive Tony Tyler said Friday the airline expects an extremely challenging 2009, with a "toxic" combination of low fares, a fall in first- and business-class travel, weak cargo loads and poor yields.
"There's no visibility on how long this will last ... This makes it more challenging than anything I've experienced," Mr. Tyler said.
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| //17-04-2009 The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today reported(1) that passenger revenue(2) fell 23 percent in March 2009 versus the same month in 2008 - the fifth consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year.
March passenger traffic on U.S. airlines fell by 10 percent, while the overall cost to fly one mile fell by 13 percent. Declines extended beyond the mainland United States to transatlantic, transpacific and Latin markets.
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 | //17-04-2009 If you are an overweight traveler flying coach and are worried about being charged for two seats by United Airlines or any other airline, here's one tip -- certain aircraft and certain airlines have wider seats than others in both domestic and international coach. |
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