| //02-11-2009 AEROFLOT EXTENDS GEOGRAPHY FOR ONLINE PASSENGER CHECK-IN |
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| //25-10-2009 Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Airlines Corp. has decided to slash its group workforce by 13,000 by the end of March 2015, 4,000 more than its initial plan, Kyodo News reported, citing sources with knowledge of the company’s plan.
JAL, as the airline is known, plans to reduce the workforce of the company and its consolidated subsidiaries to about 35,000, and cut the number of subsidiaries to around 50 from 120 as of the end of March this year, the report said.
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| //24-10-2009 American Airlines raised fares on round-trip flights by $10 and was followed by United Airlines and US Airways Group, said FareCompare.com. The boost is the fifth this year and the second in two weeks, said Rick Seaney, chief executive officer of FareCompare. There were 15 fare increases in 2008, he said.
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 | //24-10-2009 The mystery continues about why Northwest Airlines Flight 188 missed its destination by more than 150 miles and was out of radio contact for more than an hour. But one of the pilots insisted that they were in control of the aircraft. |
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 | //24-10-2009 WEST BAY — The first mustard seed for Southwest Airlines’ decision to come to Bay County was planted in July 1998 in conversations between Jerry Ray of The St. Joe Co. and former Airport Authority chairman Don Crisp.
Officials throughout Northwest Florida now hope that seed will grow into a mighty tree.
“This is a paradigm shift that will transform our region for generations to come,” said Buddy Runnels, chairman of Coastal Vision 3000, a regional marketing organization. “I firmly believe this region will lead Florida out of the recession.”
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| //16-10-2009 The Allied Pilots Association (APA), certified collective bargaining agent for
the 11,500 pilots of American Airlines (NYSE: AMR), thanked U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl
(D-Wis.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) for expressing their "significant" concerns
regarding the anti-competitive nature of American Airlines` antitrust immunity
application.
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| //16-10-2009 Investment analysts have had time to digest Q3 earnings from Southwest Airlines ($16 million loss GAAP, $23 million gain excluding special items). Here is a smattering of tidbits pulled from their investor reports... |
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| //16-10-2009 The U.S. airline industry, finally poised for rebound after a near financial meltdown in 2008, may owe its survival to the creative minds who brought you fees, fees and more fees.
The charges are a mixed blessing for airline passengers who resent paying for formerly complimentary services like bag checks, but who like the option to pay for in-flight Internet access, extra legroom or express check-in. For airlines, such charges are a gold mine with unlimited potential. |
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| //16-10-2009 REGIONAL AIRLINE SAFETY: Voting 409 for and 11 against, the House on Oct. 14 passed a bill (HR 3371) setting higher training and skill standards for pilots of the regional airlines that link smaller cities to hubs. The bill is a response to the 50-fatality crash last February of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo in which investigators are focusing on pilot inexperience and fatigue. |
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| //10-10-2009 Procedural delays have pushed back Hainan Airlines’ plans to offer service between Beijing and Honolulu.
Hawaii officials had hoped the regular service would begin this fall or in December.
But delays in the approval process from the U.S. Department of Transportation will force Hainan, and Honolulu, to wait at least until January. |
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| //09-10-2009 The ad-supported service is aimed at airline passengers who want to do some shopping. |
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 | //03-10-2009 PARIS — The European Union’s antitrust regulator said on Friday that it had raised objections to a joint venture proposed by British Airways, American Airlines and the Spanish flag carrier Iberia because of concerns it would curtail competition. |
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| //03-10-2009 Pent-up passenger demand and reduced capacity could boost U.S. ticket prices 7%, a report says. |
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| //02-10-2009 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Continental Airlines said late Thursday that its monthly traffic grew for the first time in more than a year, but fewer business travelers and lower ticket prices continued to pressure revenue. |
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| //02-10-2009 (HONG KONG) Dragonair has become one of the forerunners in offering mobile services to passengers, with the airline putting itself ahead of the pack by offering its “KA Mobile” application to users of different smart phone platforms. |
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| //01-10-2009 Mexico and Central America’s leading airline Mexicana will become part of oneworld®, the world’s leading quality airline alliance, on Tuesday 10 November, offering oneworld’s full range of services and benefits from then.
Its subsidiaries MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink will join oneworld at the same time, as affiliate members.
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