Airline News - North America.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jul 10, 2006 US airlines recorded an ontime arrival rate of 78.3% in May, down from 83.7% in the year-ago month and 78.4% in April 2006. 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. the Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and , the 20 reporting carriers cancelled 1.2% of domestic flights in May, higher than the 0.9% cancellation rate in the year-ago month and the 1.1% rate in April. Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines is the 11th largest commercial airline in the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i and is commonly referred to by the acronym "HAL". led the way in May with a 95% ontime arrival rate while ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, is an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter reported the lowest rate at 66.1%. Frontier Airlines This article is about Frontier Airlines that was founded in 1994. For the company known as Frontier Airlines from 1950 to 1986, see Frontier Airlines (1950-1986). For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service. cancelled just 0.1% of its May flights. American Eagle had the highest cancellation rate at 3.5%. For more: http://www.airguideonline.com/info_services.htm or eMail: bizintel@airguideonline.com Jul 7, 2006 More amenities help on long flights. Airlines have added many amenities designed to pass the time on long-haul flights, The 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 Times' Joshua Kurlantzick writes. Some flights feature an extensive selection of movies, seats that recline re·cline v. re·clined, re·clin·ing, re·clines v.tr. To cause to assume a leaning or prone position. v.intr. To lie back or down. into beds, and exercise bars for stretching. Jul 5, 2006 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 American Airlines to Operate All-Boeing 777s Between Miami / New York and Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. . American Airlines will fly all Boeing 777 aircraft to Buenos Aires from both Miami and New York starting this fall, adding more passenger and cargo capacity to one of South America's most dynamic cities. Jul 5, 2006 American Eagle American Eagle, the regional carrier for American Airlines, on Wednesday said its June traffic grew 12.7 percent on more modest capacity growth of 5.5 percent. The carrier reported June traffic grew to 826,042 revenue passenger miles, an industry unit for a paying passenger flown one mile. Capacity grew to 1 million available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. , while occupancy increased 5.2 percentage points to 80.5 percent in the month. Year to date, the carrier said traffic is up 17.8 percent on 10 percent capacity growth, while occupancy is up 4.9 percentage points to 73.8 percent. Jul 5, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines will add new daily nonstop service between Marathon, Fla. and Atlanta, effective Nov. 16, 2006. Delta Connection carrier 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. will operate the daily flights. The new service mirrors Delta's historic decision to add nonstop flights between Key West and Atlanta in 2002, making Delta the only airline to offer nonstop service to the Florida Keys from a city outside of Florida. Jul 6, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest expands first-class meal options. Northwest Airlines has brought back meal choices for first-class passengers on long domestic flights. Fliers can now pick a meat or vegetarian meal for breakfast and lunch, and the airline will offer the same options for dinner by August. Jul 5, 2006 Northwest Airlines Northwest, Delta cut the most flights in past year. Northwest Airlines has cut more flights in the past year on a percentage basis than any other major carrier as it seeks to cut costs, according to a report by USA Today. The paper studied flight-schedule data from Back Aviation Solutions, an industry research firm based in Virginia. The results: Between July 2005 and July 2006, Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest went from 2,911 flights per day to 2,481 flights, a 14.8 percent decline. Jul 3, 2006 Pinnacle Airlines Pinnacle Airlines flew 5.8 percent more passengers in June 2006 compared to June of last year, the airline announced Friday. Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines passengers during June, versus 749,756 during June 2005. Jul 7, 2006 US Airways US Airways mulls removing 10 first-class seats. US Airways may eliminate 10 seats in its first-class sections, The Washington Post's Keith L. Alexander writes. The change could make it harder for some business travelers to secure upgrades. In a separate decision, this fall the carrier has plans to add six seats to the coach section of its A319s. Jul 5, 2006 |
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