Airline News - North America.Philosophies on weather differ among airlines. Some airlines are willing to keep flying during heavy snowstorms while others cancel flights, Wall Street Journal columnist Scott McCartney Scott McCartney is The Wall Street Journal's travel editor, as well as a regular columnist for the newspaper. Background McCartney currently lives in Dallas, though he is a native of Boston. He attended Duke University and graduated in 1982 with an A.B. writes. American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the and United Airlines prefer to cancel flights early to avoid having passengers stranded at airports. Meanwhile, JetBlue and Continental try to fly in poor weather as long as they can do so safely, McCartney reports. All carriers say they operate within safety guidelines during poor weather. Feb 21, 2006 ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment says TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). partly to blame for lost luggage: While Department of Transportation statistics show airlines lost an average of 10,000 bags each day last year, the Air Transport Association says the TSA is part of the problem because airlines have less control over baggage handling. "Bags are delayed in the security screening process, which has been a cause of baggage mishandling," ATA Managing Director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Victoria Day said. Feb 20, 2006 DOT lifts codeshare discrimination rule. The Department of Transportation on Friday ruled airlines that own or operate computer reservations systems may deny access to two or more airlines whose flights share one designator code Designator code may refer to:
US DOT lifts GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards restrictions on codeshare discrimination. US Dept. of Transportation released its expected ruling Friday eliminating the prohibition on airlines that own, control or operate computer reservations systems from denying access "to two or more carriers whose flights share a single designator code and discriminating against any carrier because the carrier uses the same designator code as another carrier." Feb 20, 2006 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. Alaska to check fleet's cabin-pressure systems. Alaska Airlines is checking the cabin-pressure systems on its fleet of jetliners. The airline has experienced several in-flight depressurization incidents involving the systems. Alaska says the inspections will not disrupt its schedule. Feb 24, 2006 American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, FedEx Venezuela restricts access of four US carriers. Venezuela's Instituto Nacional de Aeronautica Civil said in a statement on its website Friday that it is reducing dramatically the number of flights US carriers American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and FedEx will be allowed to operate into the country beginning March 30. Feb 24, 2006 American Eagle American Eagle will begin daily New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK-Baltimore/Washington service from April 3 aboard 37-seat ERJs. Feb 20, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental to expand in U.S., international markets. Continental Airlines President Jeff Smisek Career Jeffery Smisek is president of Continental Airlines Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors. He is responsible for corporate communications, federal affairs, global real estate and security, human resources and labor relations, technology, sales and marketing, says the airline this year will boost capacity in U.S. and international markets. Smisek says the move is in response to discount carriers' increased presence in Continental's hub markets. "We will not let any of our competitors take our customers on price," Smisek said. Meanwhile, rival American Airlines said it will shrink its domestic capacity. Feb 24, 2006 Continental raises its first-quarter outlook. Continental Airlines announced today it is raising its first-quarter outlook for cash and short-term investments to between $1.9 billion and $2.0 billion. President Jeff Smisek also ended speculation that the airline could consider a merger. "We have a very strong preference at Continental to remain independent," Smisek said. Feb 23, 2006 Continental Airlines said it will return to its pre-Hurricane Katrina departure frequency from New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded by May. It operated 111 flights per week from MSY MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield MSY New Orleans, LA, USA - Moisant International Airport (Airport Code) MSY Male Specific Region of Y (genetics) MSY Moisant Stock Yards in New Orleans prior to the storm and now has reached 86% of its former capacity. Feb 22, 2006 Delta Air Lines "Spirit of Delta" retires from fleet. Delta Air Lines is retiring "The Spirit of Delta," the Boeing 767 employees bought in a 1982 fund drive. After a farewell tour, the jetliner will move permanently to a hangar at the company's headquarters. Feb 20, 2006 Trans States Airlines Trans States Airlines is an American regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways. Trans States Airlines expects to complete its transition to an all-jet fleet by September when its six remaining Jetstream 41s are retired. Four of the nine markets currently operated with J-41s will be upgraded to jet service. Trans States will end service to five other J-41 markets: Columbia, Joplin and Springfield, Mo., and Decatur and Springfield, Ill. It said it will work with its partner American Airlines to continue service to these communities. TSA also flies for US Airways and United Airlines. Feb 22, 2006 US Airways US Airways will launch new services to three key European cities from Philadelphia in time for the summer peak. The new daily routes will start in May and June to Milan, Lisbon and Stockholm. The new services will give US Airways 19 daily flights to 16 cities in 10 countries throughout Europe. http://www.usairways.com Feb 26, 2006 |
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