Airline Industry

Release 0.9: When 2.0 -- Adding the Fourth Dimension

Esther Dyson | Posted 12.14.2009 | Technology

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

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

DailyFinance | Bruce Watson | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

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

AP | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

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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Southwest Airlines Seeks To Acquire Denver-Based Frontier

The Denver Post | Ann Schrader | Posted 08.30.2009 | Denver

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 08.25.2009 | Politics

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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The End of the Age of Oil: Will It Be a Soft or Hard Landing?

Anis Shivani | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Suburbs, Christopher Steiner, Crude Oil Prices, $20 Per Gallon, Sustainable Food, Peak Oil, Nuclear Power, Electric Cars, High Speed Rail, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Airlines, Wal-Mart, Farming, Mass Transit, Alternative Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Airline Industry, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Oil Prices, Better Place, James Howard Kunstler, Business News
Anis Shivani

Reading Steiner's $20 Per Gallon makes us realize how contingent our way of life is, and how uncertain its future prospects are.

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World Airlines To Lose $9 billion This Year

AP | EILEEN NG | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Giovanni Bisignani, American Airlines, Airline Industry, Airlines, International Air Transport Association, Iata, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, Malaysia, China, Japan, India, Business News

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The world's airlines will collectively lose $9 billion this year _ nearly double the previous projections _ and face a ...

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Airline Survey: Southwest, Continental Are Top

Yahoo! Finance | Joshua Freed | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: American Airlines, Airline Industry, Airlines, Customer Service, Southwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, Business News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Airlines are doing a better job of taking care of the passengers they still have, according to a new study. The increase came as ...

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O'Hare Gate Changes Signal Shakeup, Increased Competition

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz and John Pletz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Travel, O'Hare, O'hare Gate Changes, Airline Industry, Airlines, Delta Airlines, O'hare Gates, Chicago News

A major shuffle is about to begin at O'Hare International Airport in which two airlines move in with new partners, potentially freeing gates for addit...

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Fix the Airlines Instead of Bailing Out Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Indianapolis, Wall Street Bailout, Small Business, Sales, Ronald Reagan, Img, Faa, Business Travelers, Bailouts, Cincinnati, Travel, Airport Security, Business, Southwest Airlines, Air-Traffic-Control, Airport Delays, Memphis, Dayton, Louisville, Marketing, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Bill Clinton, Air Traffic Control, Mark McCormick, United Airlines, Washington DC, Airports, Don McNay, Harvard Business School, American Airlines, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Bermuda, Business Travel, Deregulation, Jimmy Carter, Entrepreneurship, Airlines, Productivity, Chris Rock, Business News
Don McNay

I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.

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$4.7 Billion Airline Loss In 2009, Topping Sept. 11 Figures: Report

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: $4.7 Billion Airline Loss, Airline-Losses, International Air Transport Association, Airline Industry, Airlines, International-Air-Transport-Association Report, $4.7B Airline, Airline Loss, Business News

GENEVA — World airlines will lose $4.7 billion this year due to the economic crisis, while revenues will drop by more than after the Sept. 11, 2...

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Slapped by the Invisible Hand

Mike Papantonio | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Markets, Ring of Fire, Chelsey-Sullenberger, Mike Papantonio, Industry, Airline Industry, Deregulation, American Airlines, Invisible Hand, Air America Radio, Delta, Pilot, Business News
Mike Papantonio

As Sullenberger continues to speak out, he should make it clear that all the pilots and crews who are still operating in the deregulated airline industry are truly heroes.

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Delta Reports $1.4 Billion Loss

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, Airlines, Delta Airlines, Delta, Delta Profits, Business News

ATLANTA — Demand for air travel continues to weaken as deep fare sales in recent weeks have not spurred customers to open up their wallets in dr...

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Reflections on Reconciliation: Paradox of Excess & Deprivation

Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Excess, Human Family, Safety Net, Barack Obama, Reconciliation, Us Airways Hudson River, U.S. Economy, US Airways Plane Crashes, Plane Crash Hudson River, Economy, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Sully, Bankers, Airline Prices, Chesley B. Sully Sullenberger, Healthcare Workers, Hudson River Plane Crash, Great Depression, Sully Pilot Hero, US Airways, Money, Investment Bankers, US Airways Crash, US Airways Pilot, Pensions, Airline Industry, US Economy, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, Sully Plane Crash, Schools, Healthcare, Business News
Terry Leach

I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.

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Airlines Faced Fewer Fines In 2008 Despite Traveler Troubles

Wall Street Journal | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, Airlines, Airline Fines, Department of Transportation, Business News

The Department of Transportation's enforcement of airline rules dropped sharply last year with the total of fines levied against airlines and travel c...

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Rapper Subdues Bomb Suspect on LAX Flight

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Lax, Fbi, Rappers, Music, Bombing, Hip-Hop, Airline Industry, Airlines, Bomb Scare, Flights, Asher Roth, Airplane Bomb Scare, Politics News
Raymond Leon Roker

According to his publicist, none other than Atlanta rapper Asher Roth was involved in detaining the man who just made a bomb threat on an Atlanta-to-L...

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Airlines say holiday bookings still strong

AP | HARRY R. WEBER and KRISTIN A. LEE | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, Airline Bookings, Holiday Season, Airlines, Business News

ATLANTA — Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Christmas. The 35-year-old sa...

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30 Airlines Will Fold Before Christmas

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, XL Leisure, Brussels Airline, Domestic Flights, Willie Walsh, Alitalia, British Airways, Airlines, Lufthansa, American, Open Skies Treaty, Airline Industry, Department of Transportation, Sabena, Business News
Blake Fleetwood

The larger players Lufthansa, British, and American have access to the credit markets (and government help) and are using this opportunity to gobble up weaker, struggling competitors.

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Flying And Food: A Bumpy Marriage At Best

Louise McCready | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style

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

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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US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water

Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Chen | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, US Air Water, US Airlines, Airlines, Water, Business News

Charging for checked luggage and legroom isn't enough for some carriers -- starting today, coach passengers flying aboard US Airways Inc. must pay for...

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American Airlines And Delta Airlines Each Lose $1 Billion In One Quarter

New York Times | ABHA BHATTARAI | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: American Airlines Losses, Delta Airlines Losses, American Airlines, Airline Industry, Delta Airlines, Business News

Two major airlines reported quarterly losses of more than $1 billion each on Wednesday, reflecting the industry's struggle to cope with higher jet fue...

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US Airways will stop movies on domestic flights

AP | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, Us Airways Movies, Us Airways Flights, Economy, Business News

TEMPE, Ariz. — Better bring a book on flights. US Airways says it will start removing in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights in Nov...

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United To Lay Off 950 Pilots

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: United Pilots, United Airlines Layoffs, Airline Industry, United Firing Pilots, Airline Industry Layoffs, United Airlines, Business News

United Airlines is planning to cut about 950 pilot positions, or about 14%, over the next 18 months as it grounds about 100 aircraft. United already ...

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Northwest Airlines Slashing More Flights

New York Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Airline Woes, Airline Industry Problems, Northwest Airlines Cuts, Airline Industry, Business News

Northwest Airlines said Tuesday that it planned to eliminate more planes from its fleet, including Boeing, Airbus and McDonnell Douglas jets, by the e...

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Summer Airfares Double, Triple, Quadruple

USA Today | Dan Reed | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Continental Airlines, Airlines, Airline Industry, Delta, United Airlines, Business News

The law of supply and demand is kicking in for airline passengers this summer -- and not in their favor. Despite a string of price increases this yea...

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