Airline News - North America.Jul 30, 2007 AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed in real-time on flight and airport status, delays, gate changes, security wait time and more. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Jul 29, 2007 In the Passenger Transportation segment, six-month revenue climbed 6.6% to [euro]6.95 billion while operating profit Operating profit (or loss) Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions. operating profit See operating income. nearly doubled to [euro]278 million from [euro]140 million and the segment result more than doubled to [euro]482 million from [euro]236 million. Lufthansa's airlines flew 56.75 billion RPKs during the six months, up 7.7% year-over-year, against a 4.6% lift in ASKs to 74.57 billion that boosted load factor 2.1 points to 76.1%. Jul 27, 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. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a fall fare sale, including one-way fares starting at $44 between popular West Coast destinations and starting at $69 for flights between Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Mexico destinations. Jul 27, 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' New Amenity-Filled JFK Terminal Nearly Complete. With work on its new $1.3 billon bil·lon n. 1. An alloy of gold or silver with a greater proportion of another metal, such as copper, used in making coins. 2. An alloy of silver with a high percentage of copper, used in making medals and tokens. terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK nearly complete, American Airlines is promising its corporate customers a faster, more efficient 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 travel experience. Jul 23, 2007 American Airlines, United Airlines Both American and United Airlines on Monday announced the introduction of lie-flat business class seats on transatlantic flights. Jul 24, 2007 American Eagle American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will add nonstop service between LaGuardia International Airport (LGA LGA abbr. large for gestational age LGA Large for gestational age, see there ) and Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. (FNT FNT Font (File Name Extension) FNT Front FNT Fontana (postal locality, Malta) FNT Fascinating New Thing (song) FNT Flint, MI, USA - Bishop Int'l Airport ), beginning Nov. 4. Jul 29, 2007 American Eagle American Eagle will launch twice-daily Dallas/Fort Worth-Roswell service on Sept. 5. Jul 27, 2007 Comair Pilots faulted for Comair crash. The NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the pilots of Comair Flight 5191, which crashed last summer in Lexington, Ky., missed several signs that should have alerted them that they were on the wrong runway, including lighted signs and numbers painted on the ground. Officials say there was no single, specific factor that fully explained the errors that led to the deadly crash, which killed 49 of the 50 people aboard. Jul 27, 2007 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines will launch twice-daily Cleveland-Ottawa service with a 37-seat E-135 operated by ExpressJet Airlines and a daily CLE-Oklahoma City flight aboard a 50-seat E-145, both on Sept. 30. Jul 26, 2007 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines will launch flights to Santa Fe from Los Angeles (daily) and Salt Lake City (twice-daily) on Dec. 10. ExpressJet Airlines will operate the routes aboard 50-seat Embraer ERJs. Jul 27, 2007 Eos Airlines Eos Airlines using 48-seat single aisle Boeing 757s with lie flat pods, the airline has built up a reputation as an exclusive operation pitched somewhere between the better business class services and the top grade first class operations, without the hassle of Heathrow. The airline has attracted clientele from both sides of the Atlantic who find both airports convenient and are not too bothered about frequency or bonuses available from the main line carriers. Eos currently operates 32 flights per week between New York JFK and Stansted, to be increased to 40 from September onwards. The airline has the distinction of offering the last flight out of London to New York at 22:30 arriving at Kennedy at 01:25. Jul 23, 2007 Flybe Flybe has announced details of its new frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons programme (FFP FFP - Formal FP. A language similar to FP, but with regular sugarless syntax, for machine execution. See also FL. ["Can Programming be Liberated From the von Neumann Style? A Functional Style and Its Algebra of Programs", John Backus, 1977 Turing Award Lecture, CACM ) that sees all travellers in both classes now eligible for membership benefits. Passengers joining the Rewards4all scheme will be able to exchange points for either free flights or one year[sup.1]s executive lounge access in what the carrier claims is a low cost industry first, although bmibaby might beg to differ. Jul 25, 2007 United Airlines United passengers to stretch out in comfort. United Airlines has unveiled its new international United Business cabin, featuring 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. 180 degrees to a 6-foot, 4-inch bed. The carrier says its passengers will enjoy more privacy and personal space than before. Jul 24, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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