Airline News - North America.For more airline data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm May 22, 2006 Airlines attract travelers despite fuel costs. Airlines may post gains during the summer season, and bookings for international flights are up from last year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. . "They just keep booking; it's really amazing," said Terry Trippler, an airline expert with Cheapseats.com. "We're looking at a summer of 2000 almost -- back to record levels." May 19, 2006 Legacy airlines fighting back. Larger carriers appear to be using their resources to their advantage to compete with low-fare competitors. US Airways for example cut fares between Charlotte, N.C., and New York's LaGuardia Airport LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough in response to JetBlue's plans to begin flying between Charlotte and New York's Kennedy International Airport Noun 1. Kennedy International Airport - a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy Long Island - an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end . LaGuardia Airport is closer to Manhattan. May 19, 2006 U.S. carriers expected to add few new planes. U.S. carriers are not expected to add many new planes to their fleets between now and the end of 2007, according to a study. The industry, which has delayed or canceled delivery of aircraft purchases after Sept. 11, seeks to improve profitability through higher capacity and now has a load factor of 80%, a record high. May 15, 2006 Air Canada Air Canada says GDSs' limitations forced it to pull Tango fares from systems. News from Travel Technology Update: The latest skirmish in the distribution wars turns the spotlight on whether traditional GDSs can accommodate new types of airline product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. May 16, 2006 Air Transat Nova Scotia has gained a new air service. From this week, until October 5, Air Transat will be operating a weekly non-stop flight from Gatwick using a two-class Airbus A310, with 20 seats in club and 239 in economy. Outbound Wednesday from Halifax with the return leaving Gatwick on a Thursday morning with a flight time of not much more than five hours. Zoom has a similar service on a Wednesday out of Gatwick with a Boeing 767. May 21, 2006 American Airlines Special airfares for Farnborough International Airshow visitors. Farnborough International Airshow 2006 visitors can take advantage of special rates with the show's official airline, American Airlines. As the show is 17th- 23rd July, American Airlines are offering a number of special discounted fares between North & South American and London during the period from the 10th- 30th of July 2006. May 15, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines today will begin daily Newark-Barcelona service aboard a 172-seat 757-200. Route will be served five-times-weekly during the winter. May 17, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines signed five-year, full-content agreements with Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network (STN) is the line of technology developed by Sabre Inc. that services travel agencies directly. Sabre Travel Network began when the Sabre Computer reservations system was installed in Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1960. and its Travelocity online travel site, as well as with Expedia. May 16, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines and Galileo International yesterday announced a seven-year, full-content agreement. Delta and CheapTickets, a subsidiary of Galileo parent Cendant Corp., also executed a marketing agreement. May 18, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines last night launched daily services from 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 to Manchester and Dublin/Shannon aboard all-economy 767-400s. The flights are the sixth and seventh of 11 new transatlantic routes the carrier will launch by next month. Service to Athens starts May 29. DL also announced a daily Atlanta-Sioux Falls flight beginning Aug. 7 operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines For the defunct low-fare airline, see . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is a fully certificated American airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. using CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200s. May 16, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines said that it will add 25 Delta Connection flights from New York JFK to 14 domestic destinations, with the services starting on various dates between July and October. Most of the added flights will come from increased frequencies on existing routes, but it plans to launch new four-times-daily services to Manchester, N.H.. and Portland, Maine, on Sept. 15 to be operated by Regional Freedom Airlines. May 15, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta expands in Latin American markets. Delta Air Lines' international expansion and focus on Latin America and the Caribbean is an important part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. The airline is adding new routes from its Atlanta hub and plans to be the "second-largest U.S. player in the region very, very quickly," said the company's COO. May 15, 2006 Horizon Air Horizon Air will launch flights to Sonoma County Airport from Seattle (13-times-weekly) and Los Angeles (daily) on March 20, 2007. The airport has been without commercial scheduled air service since United Express pulled out in October 2001. May 18, 2006 Mesa Air Group Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Nevada Corporation[1] commercial aviation holding company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The company operates three regional airline subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest, and five supporting , go Hawaiian market heats up. The market for interisland in·ter·is·land adj. Relating to, involving, or connecting two or more islands: interisland competition; interisland ferries. air service in Hawaii is becoming more competitive. Hawaiian and Aloha airlines quickly matched introductory fares by Mesa Air Group's startup "go!" May 16, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines flight attendants union expressed anger this week over a May 12 letter from Suzanne Boda, the airline's VP-inflight services, that promised the carrier was through bargaining and warned of potential ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl if Professional Flight Attendants Assn. members reject the tentative labor agreement reached in March that provides $195 million in annual savings to NWA NWA Northwest Airlines (ICAO code) NWA Northwest Arkansas NWA National Wrestling Alliance NWA National Weather Association NWA National Works Agency (Jamaica) NWA Network Analyzer . After outlining the potential benefits cabin staff might enjoy by ratifying the deal when voting concludes June 6, Boda wrote that the company "does not have the luxury of returning to the bargaining table," and that if the contract is rejected it will "seek to implement terms and conditions" including additional furloughs, assigning 30% of international flying to foreign cabin staff, elimination of "early out" or severance programs and more. She also indicated that a change in union representation would have no effect on NWA's position. May 18, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines, in a response to Boda posted on the PFAA PFAA Professional Flight Attendants Association PFAA Participating Field Activity website, President Gary Meek said the letter constituted "the latest of many incredible attacks on our flight attendants" and was a "blatant scare tactic." He said a "full-scale legal campaign would occur if Northwest took improper actions on abrogating our Collective Bargaining Agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. , if the TA were to be rejected...Be confident that PFAA will not stand by and allow you to break the law by way of a unilateral abrogation The destruction or annulling of a former law by an act of the legislative power, by constitutional authority, or by usage. It stands opposed to rogation; and is distinguished from derogation, which implies the taking away of only some part of a law; from Subrogation, ." May 18, 2006 Northwest Airlines Contract hearings start for Northwest, baggage handlers. Northwest Airlines and its baggage handlers still have not reached a contract agreement. Hearings to determine whether the carrier can void the current contract began Monday. May 16, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines and Farelogix signed a distribution agreement under which users of the Farelogix FLX FLX Finger Lakes (New York) FLX Fort Lauderdale Executive (airport code) FLX Federal Learning eXchange FLX Flatfishes Platform will gain direct access to NWA's full content. "Our strategy is to offer travel agents and corporate accounts access to our products through the most economical channels, using a variety of distribution technologies," NWA VP-Distribution and E-commerce Al Lenza said. According to Farelogix, the FLX platform "aggregates content from all four major global distribution systems, as well as airline, private and Internet fare sources, while its sophisticated pricing technology enables comparative shopping across sources." Last week, NWA signed a five-year, full-content distribution agreement with Worldspan designating the GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards as a "preferred distribution channel". May 16, 2006 United Airlines United pilots launch friendliness campaign. United Airlines pilots have started to interact more with travelers as part of a plan to boost customer satisfaction, The Washington Post's Keith L. Alexander writes. As part of the effort, pilots appear at the gate to explain why flights are delayed and thank customers for their business with personal notes. May 15, 2006 US Airways US Airways optimistic about future merger challenges. US Airways will continue working through challenges related to its merger, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Doug Parker said at the company's shareholders meeting. Unresolved issues include the combination of the US Airways and America West reservation systems, contract negotiations and seniority integration, he said. May 18, 2006 US Airways Customer satisfaction improves at US Airways, United. Customer satisfaction has improved at United Airlines and US Airways, according to a study by the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Satisfaction decreased for the industry overall. May 16, 2006 |
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