Airline News - North America.Apr 2, 2007 Filing a DOT complaint can pay off for travelers. Some airlines acknowledge that they pay more attention to a customer complaint if the complaint is sent to the DOT The DOT sometimes uses the data to make rules and in enforcement actions against carriers. "We're more than just a statistics-capturing office," a DOT official says. "Airlines are very sensitive to the complaints the department receives." Mar 27, 2007 Domestic, international airfares climb in 2006, study says Travelers paid an average of 7.2% more for domestic airline tickets in 2006 than they did in 2005. The cost of international flights rose an average of 5.8%, 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. an American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Business Travel study. Mar 27, 2007 Air Canada Air Canada travelers choose to pay higher fares, 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. saysMany Air Canada passengers purchase higher-priced tickets when lower fares are available, CEO Montie Brewer Monte R. Brewer is the President and CEO of Air Canada. He joined Air Canada in 2002 and was appointed President and CEO in 2004. Previous to Air Canada, he worked at United Airlines. says. Brewer says the airline's lowest fare buys a seat on the airplane that is assigned at check-in. Passengers pay more for other services, which include in-flight food and beverages and the ability to choose a seat or change flights. Brewer also says the airline's fleet renewal plan will cut costs and increase efficiency. Mar 29, 2007 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. , Horizon Air Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air introduced bilingual kiosks this month to enable passengers to check in and obtain boarding passes in English or Spanish. Mar 30, 2007 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 announced an upgrade to its Raleigh/Durham service comprising new twice-daily American Eagle flights to Louisville, Jacksonville and Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). starting May 1, a daily mainline MD-80 flight to 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 LaGuardia from April 10 and an upgrade in service to Austin from American Eagle to mainline MD-80s. Mar 27, 2007 American Eagle American Eagle will operate daily Chicago O'Hare-Shreveport service beginning April 10 aboard ERJ-145s and weekend ORD-Halifax flights from May 1 aboard Bombardier CRJ700s. Mar 27, 2007 Delta Air Lines Fare increase stays in place over the weekend A fare increase of $5 each way remained in place over the weekend in most markets. Delta Air Lines boosted fares last week on domestic flights, and other carriers matched the increase. Mar 27, 2007 Harmony Airways Harmony Airways (Traditional Chinese: 國龍航空公司) was an airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver. It operated holiday flights from Canada to Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada and Manchester. Harmony Airways of Canada announced suspension of its scheduled services. It will fly to Toronto for the last time on March 30 and cease all other flights by April 9. Launched in 2002 and based in Vancouver, the full-service airline operates 757s to six Canadian cities, five Hawaiian destinations, Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. and Palm Springs. It reportedly is exploring continuing to fly as a charter or ACMI provider. "Harmony has always been committed to providing the best inflight service in Canada and we apologize for the inconvenience this causes," it said on its website. Mar 28, 2007 Horizon Air Horizon Air will launch daily Bombardier CRJ CRJ redirects here. For other meanings of CRJ see CRJ (disambiguation) The Bombardier CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet) is a family of regional airliners manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. 700 service from Spokane to Sacramento and Los Angeles on July 1. Mar 28, 2007 United Airlines, Dulles International Airport Inaugural flight to China draws "airline geeks" United Airlines on Wednesday launched its inaugural flight from Washington Dulles International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County and Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. to Beijing. The flight drew several "airline geeks," travelers who seek to be part of inaugural flights and other airline milestones. "I had this tremendous dilemma about which inaugural to take," said traveler Fran Jelley. "Washington-Beijing or Beijing-Washington. I figured the true inaugural was the first one, so I chose that. This is very symbolic -- capital to capital." 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