Airline Industry

Merger Efforts In the Works

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Bankruptcy, US Airways, Secured Creditors, American Airlines, Slidepollajax, Unions, Airline Industry, Mergers, Business News

US Airways says it has taken a first step to a potential merger with rival American Airlines. The company has reached an agreement with the three ...

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Company To Lay Off Workers After Telling Them To Fudge Pay

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ryanair, Video, Travel Industry, American Airlines Strike, American Airlines Bankruptcy, Primeflight, Air Services, Air Canada Strike, Business News, Primeflight Layoffs, Airline Industry, Airlines, Business News

Talk about adding injury to insult. PrimeFlight, a contractor that provides wheelchairs and other services to airlines, is laying off more than 30...

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The Controversy Over Free Drinks

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Video, Free Drinks, Southwest Free Drinks, Reuters, Business News, Southwest Drink Coupon Lawsuit, Airlines, Airline Industry, Southwest Drink Coupons, Business News

* Fraud claims tossed, breach of contract claim survives * Coupons for free drinks had no expiration date--lawsuit * Pas...

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The Next Pan Am?

Richard Bangs | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Airlines, Travel Blogs, Airline Industry, Pan Am, Adventure Travel, Travel News

Pan Am was the world's largest international airline for decades, and my ticket to adventure. So, like so many, I was devastated when Pan Am went bankrupt in 1991.

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The Customer Is Always Wrong

Ernan Roman | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Airline Industry, Airline Public Relations, Overweight Airline Passengers, Airline Customer Service, Business News

Most airlines start from the assumption that customers who complain are probably wrong.

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How Not To Be That Annoying Airline Passenger

George Hobica | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Airline Industry, Holiday Travel Tips, Civility, Holiday Travel, Manners, Airline Travel, Travel News

While there's not much you can do about long lines and delayed departures, there is one little thing you can do to make the trip more bearable for yourself and others: Don't be annoying!

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FAA Chief Replaced After Arrest

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Video, Randy Babbitt, Babbitt, Faa, Randy Babbitt Resigns, Federal Aviation Administration, Babbitt Resigns, Airline Industry, Airlines, Michael Huerta, Ray Lahood, Department of Transportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The sudden resignation of its chief leaves the Federal Aviation Administration in the hands of Deputy Administrator Michael Huerta,...

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Confessions Of An Airline Revenue Manager

George Hobica | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Airfares, Airline Industry, Airline Revenues, Airline Deals, Travel News

Ever wonder Is there a best time of the day or best day of the week to buy airline tickets? We've got the answer.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Ask An Airline Gate Agent

George Hobica | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Travel, Airline Industry, Airlines, Airline Travel, Travel Blogs, Gate Agents, Travel Secrets, Airports, Travel News

"On an oversold flight, we can definitely move someone up to first class, and yes, the better dressed you are, the more likely you are to nab that seat."

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..As WestJet Profit Soars

CP | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Westjet, American Airlines, Airline Earnings, Klm, Airline Industry, Cathay Pacific, Home News

CALGARY - WestJet has seen its second-quarter profits soar almost 275 per cent as higher fares and cost controls helped offset increased fuel prices, ...

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Republic Aims To Give Up Control Of Money-Losing Frontier Airlines

AP | By JOSHUA FREED | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Republic Airways, Frontier Losing Money, Frontier Airlines Bankruptcy, Frontier Airlines, Denver News, Frontier Bankruptcy, Airline Industry, Frontier Airlines Financial Trouble, Frontier Financial Mess, Denver News

-- Republic Airways plans to shrink its ownership of money-losing Frontier Airlines to a minority stake by the end of 2014 under an agreement with Fr...

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Incredible: Airlines Want to Charge You a Fee for Giving Them Your Money

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Spirit Airlines, Hotel Fees, Baggage Fees, Airline Industry, Airlines, Airline Fees, Charles Schumer, Travel News

Gone are the days of customer service with a smile. There are fees for everything, and while some are worth it, others are an obnoxious way for the airlines to pick your pocket.

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I'll Have the Can, Hold the Cups

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airplane Travel, Plastic Waste, Airplanes, Recycling, Corporate Responsibility Report, Southwest Airlines, Plastic-Waste, Paper-Waste, Waste, Delta Air Lines, Plastic, Delta Airlines, Plastic Cups, Northwest Airlines, Flight Attendant, Plastic Pollution, Corporate Sustainability, US Airways, United Airlines, Airplane, Plastic Bottles, Delta Northwest, Napkins, Airline Industry, Paper Napkins, Delta Northwest Merger, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Plastics, Paper Waste, In-Flight, Soda Cups, Corporate Responsibility Reports, Plastic-Pollution, Reuse, In Flight, Airlines, Green News

Tell the flight attendants you want just the can, no napkin, next time you need a shot of carbonated caffeine while in the air. Why use so many plastic cups, and what happens to them when the plane lands?

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Priorities of Volcanic Proportions (PHOTOS)

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eyjafjallajokull, Katla Volcano, Airline Industry, Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Nato, Reykjavik, Glass-Steagall Act, Sec, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Volcano, Eyjafjallajokull Glacier, Airlines, Volcano, Glass-Steagall, Eyjafjallajokull Evacuation, Myrdalsjokull, Iceland Economic Crisis, Eyjafjallajokull-Glacier, Katla-Volcano, Iceland Volcano Eruption, Warren Buffett, Reykjavik-Iceland, Iceland Volcanic Activity, Securities and Exchange Commission, World News

It was inevitable. The airlines -- caught between safety and profits -- have chosen profits.

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Icelandic Volcano's Daily CO2 Output Is Nothing Compared To European Aviation Industry's

Gizmodo | Jack Loftus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: European Aviation, Eyjafjallajökull Carbon, Carbon Emissions, Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland Volcano, Airline Industry, Iceland, Iceland Volcano Carbon, Airline Industry Carbon, Green News

Mt. Eyjafjallajökull is wreaking havoc on European travel right now, but what about the continent's environment? That's a lot of CO2 in the air, afte...

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Congress May Bring Back Airline Regulation

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airline Industry Regulation, Airline Reregulation, Airline Regulations, United Continental Merger, United Airlines, Airline Industry, Continental Airlines, Airline Regulation, Airlines, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Restoring financial regulation of the airline industry will be put before Congress if the Justice Department approves a proposed me...

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Rapid Disruption's Next Victim: The Airline Industry

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video-Teleconferencing, Cisco, AT&T, Dispruptive Technology, Web Conferencing, Airline Industry, Technology News

One of the next candidates for rapid disruption is the airline industry.

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The Sorry State of Our Ship of State

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Computer Glitch, Airline Industry, Volcano, Flash Crash, It, Technology News

Every time we wake up and look around, we find another example of how our society has become completely dependent on complex technologies for the fundamentals of daily living.

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Frontier's Customer Service Has Miles to Go

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disney, Frontier Airlines, Mickey Mouse, Airline Horror Story, Aspen, Airline Industry, Denver Airport, Denver News

"Forgetting that the idea of a sick baby on a plane seems borderline cruel -- what about your other passengers?" we asked politely. "We have rules," Britney repeated matter-of-factly.

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As Airlines Cut Corners, Pilot Fatigue Could Run The Industry Into The Ground

DailyFinance | Bruce Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Faa, Northwest Flight 188, Federal Aviation Administration, Airplanes, Pilot Fatigue, Airlines, Airline Industry, Business News

On Wednesday night, Northwest Airlines (DAL) Flight 188, an Airbus A-320, overshot its destination by 150 miles before the pilots re-established conta...

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Release 0.9: When 2.0 -- Adding the Fourth Dimension

Esther Dyson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lendaround, rezz.it, Real-Time Information, Airline Industry, Dvd, When 2.0, Revenue Management, Xtify, Timesharing, Technology News

With real-time information about customers' needs and vendors' offers, there's a widespread shift to make use of the opportunities for granularity and personalization of offers around location and time.

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Airline Industry Lost Over $6B In 1st Half Of '09

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Air Transport Association, Continental-Airlines-Earnings, Airline Industry, Business News

GENEVA (AP) -- Airline companies lost more than $6 billion during the first half of the year due to the economic crisis, even as fresh figures showed ...

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Flying And Food: A Bumpy Marriage At Best

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bad Airplane Food, Airplane Food, Airline Food, Airline Industry, Airlines, Food, Travel, Air Travel, Style News

Parisian chef Raymond Olivier designed a flight-friendly meal for the French airline UTA in 1973. Dryness was overcome with his sauce-drenched French classics — coq au vin, veal in cream sauce and beef bourguignon. Today, you'll have to leave the land of pretzels and hot dogs to find a gourmet (read: edible) in-flight meal.

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Southwest Airlines Seeks To Acquire Denver-Based Frontier

The Denver Post | Ann Schrader | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Frontier, Frontier Airlines, Frontier Offer, Frontier Sell, Airline INdustry Consolidation, Frontier Airlines Sold, Southwest, Airline Industry, Denver News

Southwest Airlines confirmed today that it has submitted a bid to acquire Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Southwest's nonbinding initial bid of "a mi...

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Antitrust Chief Facing Resistance From Obama Admin Officials Over Industry Crackdowns

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airline Industry, Antitrust, Railroad Industry, Obama Admin Officials, Obama Administration, Christine Varney, Politics News

President Obama's top antitrust official and some senior Democratic lawmakers are preparing to rein in a host of major industries, including airline a...

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