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Airline Industry

Which Airline Has The Best On-Time Rating?

AP | Posted 05.15.2013 | Travel
Read More: Airline on-Time Rankings, Video, Travel Tips, Airline Ratings, Airline Industry Canceled Flights, Airline Rankings, Worst Airlines, Airline on-Time Rating, Airlines, Airline Industry, Airline With the Most Canceled Flights, Best Airlines, Travel News

WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Department says fewer flights arrived on time and more were canceled in March than a year ago. On the other hand, fe...

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K Street: Then and Now

Scott Lilly | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics
Read More: Flight Delays, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget Cuts, Lobbying, Faa, Budget, Airports, Airlines, Airline Industry, K Street, Sequestration, U.S. Budget, Politics News
Scott Lilly

Airlines for America CEO Nick Calio's recent lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration demonstrates that lobbyists today aren't as invested in the details as they used to be.

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Airline To Charge Passengers By Weight

AP | By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE and NICK PERRY | Posted 04.08.2013 | Business
Read More: Video, Samoa Air Ticketing, Airfare by Weight, Airline Travel, Samoa Airlines, Airfare, Airline Industry, Somoa Air, Airline, Ap, Business News

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kil...

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In Defense Of Flight Attendants

Helen Davey | Posted 05.12.2013 | Travel
Read More: Pocket Knives and Athletic Equipment, Flight Safety, Trauma, In-Flight Safety, Terrorism, New Tsa Policy, Pocket Knives, John C. Pistole, Flight Attendants, Airline Industry, Regulations for Carry-Ons, Ptsd, Airlines, Travel News
Helen Davey

Please, TSA, re-consider this new policy that was put in place without consulting airline employees. It can have far-reaching and very damaging emotional effects.

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The End Of Cheap Airfare

Slate | Matthew Yglesias | Posted 02.22.2013 | Business
Read More: Video, Ronald Reagan, US Airways, Southwest, American Airlines US Airways Merger, Delta, American Airlines, Airline Prices, Airlines, Airfare, Airline Industry, Flights, Business News

Time to shed a tear into your tiny plastic cups of tomato juice, because the merger between US Airways and American Airlines announced last week m...

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Airlines' Billion-Dollar Bonanza Underscores Need for Real Climate Action

Bill Hemmings | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Aviation, Airline Industry, Climate Change, EU Airline Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Airline Fees, Green News
Bill Hemmings

Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution, rising 3 to 4 percent per year. Getting a handle on this problem is critical if we're going to head off catastrophic climate change.

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JetBlue Steps Up To Help In Shooting Aftermath

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.18.2012 | Business
Read More: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Noah Pozner, Fedex, Newtown, Jetblue Letters, Delivery, Corporate Responsibility, Jetblue, Jetblue Newtown, Noah Pozner Funeral, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, Airline Industry, Noah Pozner Jetblue, Business News

To one family hit by the Newtown tragedy, JetBlue is flying higher after it delivered relatives' goodbye letters to be buried with 6-year-old victim N...

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Your Terrible Flying Experience Is Helping Airlines

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 02.12.2013 | Business
Read More: Airline Cost Cuts, Video, Airline Profits 2013, Business News, Air Travel Hassles, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Airline Profits, Airlines, Business News

GENEVA — U.S. airlines will lead a recovery in the global sector's profits next year, mainly thanks to cost cuts and restructuring measures take...

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Airlines Scrooge Their Customers With Bag Fees

Kate Hanni | Posted 01.29.2013 | Travel
Read More: Airline-Ticket-Fees, Passengers, Obama White House, White House, Frequent Flyers, Flyers, Airline Passengers, Airlines, Airline Industry, Airline Fees, Ticket Fees, Travel News
Kate Hanni

During a slow economic recovery, the flying public is being financially damaged by the airlines' refusal to post the hidden ancillary fees.

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Small Business Job Creation -- Rhetoric vs. Reality

Nancy K. Humphreys | Posted 12.28.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Farm Bill, Boeing, Exim Bank, Government Spending, US Exports, Obama Job Creation, Republican Party, Airline Industry, Eric Cantor, Small Business, Job Creation, Small Business News
Nancy K. Humphreys

How many more of these "bipartisan" deals to block new job creation now while raising government spending in the future has Congress made to get rid of Obama?

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Cell Phones Here To Stay On Emirates Flight, But Must Be Turned Off Before U.S. Airspace

Posted 10.10.2012 | Technology
Read More: Emirates Allows Cellphones, Emirates Cell Phone, Faa Electronics Bans, Video, Faa Guidelines, Airline Cell Phones, Airline Industry, FCC Cellphone Ban, Smartphone Use, Technology News

On Monday, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines said it will now allow passengers on its A380 aircraft to use cell phones during flights. However, the Mid...

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Did Poop Fall From The Sky Again? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 09.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Long Island, Valley Stream, Faa, N.Y., Blue Ice, Federal Aviation Administration, Lois Farella, Airlines, Airline Industry, Nbc, Ann Grace, Home News

Did poop fall from the sky again? The Federal Aviation Administration says no. Angry homeowners say yes. The FAA concluded Wednesday that mysteriou...

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Foes of EU Airlines Carbon Plan Look To U.N.

Reuters | Posted 10.02.2012 | Green
Read More: Europe Carbon Tax, Video, Eu Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions Tax, Airline Carbon Tax, Carbon Tax, Eu Airline Carbon Tax, Airline Carbon Emissions, Reuters, Climate Change, Eu, Eu Carbon Emissions Tax, Airline Industry, Green News

* EU Commission welcomes countries' engagement with ICAO * ICAO alternative could allow EU to waive its scheme * Many en...

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American Airlines CEO Calls US Airways Desperate

AP | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business
Read More: Ground Control, Tsa, American Airlines Bankruptcy, US Airways, Airline Travel, Travel, American Airlines, Airlines, Airline Industry, Video, Business News

BOSTON — American Airlines CEO Tom Horton wants to set the record straight: It was he who approached US Airways CEO Doug Parker about the possib...

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The Latest Way Airlines Are Squeezing Their Customers

Posted 07.23.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Fuel-Surcharges, Airline Fuel Surcharges, Jet Fuel, Airline Fuel Costs, Business News, Jet-Fuel-Cost, Slideexpand, Airline Industry, Airline Fuel, Business News

In perhaps not-so-shocking news, airlines are squeezing their customers. The fees that airlines add to tickets ostensibly to cover fuel costs rose ...

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The Airlines Americans Love

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.22.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, American Customer Satisfaction Index, Clayton Osbon, Jetblue, J.D. Power and Associates, American Airlines, Airlines Customer Satisfaction, Slideexpand, Airline Industry, Customer Satisfaction, Business News

Evidently, some airlines are actually enjoyable. Despite a few public relations disasters over the past year, American Airlines and JetBlue ranked...

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D.M. Levine

Merger Efforts In the Works

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.20.2012 | Business
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 | Business
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 | Business
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 | Travel
Read More: Airlines, Travel Blogs, Airline Industry, Pan Am, Adventure Travel, Travel News
Richard Bangs

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

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

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 | Politics
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 | Travel
Read More: Airfares, Airline Industry, Airline Revenues, Airline Deals, Travel News
George Hobica

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

"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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