Airline News - North America.Nov 27, 2006 Airlines are supposed to provide helpful flight information but the report found that gate agents for 13 of 15 airlines at 17 airports did not make timely announcements more than 40 percent of the time. One instance involved a Dallas-to-Philadelphia flight that was running 2-1/2 hours late. "No announcements were made regarding the delay and no reason was provided," Scovel said. Nov 23, 2006 The Air Transport Association, the trade group for the biggest airlines and most of those evaluated over the past year, said carriers are committed to good service. Nov 23, 2006 Allegiant Air Allegiant Air is an American low fare airline, owned by Allegiant Travel Co. (NASDAQ: ALGT), headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The airline operates scheduled and charter flights from focus cities at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport, Orlando Sanford Allegiant Air will launch four-times-weekly Knoxville-Las Vegas service and twice-weekly Orlando Sanford-Fort Wayne flights on Feb. 15 aboard 150-seat MD-80s. Nov 21, 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 said it has equipped more than 365 self-service kiosks with passport readers to allow international self-service check-in, with more to come. Nov 21, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines Chairman and 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. Larry Kellner Lawrence W. "Larry" Kellner (born 1959) has been CEO of Continental Airlines since December 2004, when former CEO Gordon Bethune retired. He previously served as a vice president, chief financial officer and chief operations officer for the airline[1]. told employees in a taped message cited by several media outlets that CO would consider some kind of merger if the US/DL deal goes through and it concludes the new carrier would diminish its ability to be competitive as a standalone operator. "If the landscape of the US airline industry does indeed change, we will do what we need to do," he said, emphasizing that his preference is to remain independent. Nov 22, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines said it will launch 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-Phoenix service on Feb. 15 aboard a 737-800. Nov 20, 2006 SkyWest SkyWest Inc. said yesterday that it has been selected for the first allocation of regional jet flying by Delta Air Lines. It will operate 12 Bombardier CRJ700s from Cincinnati previously flown by Comair beginning in February, bringing the number of aircraft it operates for Delta to 228 RJs and 24 turboprops. SkyWest said it has not determined which of its operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. will fly the aircraft. Nov 22, 2006 US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. , Delta Air Lines US Airways: New Delta will be 'low-cost maverick'. Calling itself "a pro-consumer maverick," US Airways moved quickly Friday to head off an antitrust challenge to its proposed $8 billion takeover of Delta Air Lines, asserting in a government filing that the "New Delta" will offer "consumer-friendly fares" and will not stifle competition in a market in which LCCs play a significant role. Nov 20, 2006 WestJet WestJet will operate seasonal Halifax-Tampa service weekly from March 13 to May 1. It also will add frequencies from Toronto to Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Tampa and Nassau Jan. 8-April 28. Nov 20, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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