Airline News.Airlines mishandle mis·han·dle tr.v. mis·han·dled, mis·han·dling, mis·han·dles 1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage. 2. To treat roughly; maltreat. more suitcases in 2005. The rate of lost bags on U.S. carriers increased 23% in 2005, 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. Department of Transportation statistics. Reasons for the increase included more passengers, tighter inspections, delays and budget cuts. Airlines lost an average of 10,000 bags each day. US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. has added ground workers and new equipment for handling bags. Feb 17, 2006 Airlines add transatlantic flights | Transatlantic flight is any flight of an aircraft, whether fixed-wing aircraft, balloon or other device, which involves crossing the Atlantic Ocean — with a starting point in North America or South America and ending in Europe or Africa, or vice versa. to increase revenue. Large airlines have increased capacity on transatlantic routes in hopes of generating more revenue. Experts said it is too early to determine how the additional flights will affect airfares and urged airlines to view the markets cautiously if capacity continues to grow. Feb 16, 2006 Airlines urge creation of European airspace blocks. Airline groups want European countries to form large functional airspace blocks that will make it easier for flights to cross European airspace. The carriers say the countries are not moving fast enough to form the blocks. The blocks are vital part of the Single European Sky The Single European Sky is a European Commission initiative that is intended to change the future structure of air traffic control across Europe. The aim is to use more efficient air traffic management that is more closely based on actual flight patterns, rather than using the program, which aims to make European airspace less complicated. Feb 15, 2006 Soaring fuel costs may push airfares higher, experts say. Higher fuel prices and stronger demand will push airline ticket prices up in 2006, experts say. Fuel prices remain 50% higher now than they were in 2004. Some airlines have already raised fares on some routes. Feb 15, 2006 Airlines making progress in restoring flights after weekend blizzard. East Coast airports and airlines were still recovering Monday from a weekend storm. One hundred flights were canceled from Newark airport through midday Monday, compared with 432 cancellations for all of Sunday. Feb 14, 2006 Airlines delay adding service to battered Cancun. Many U.S. carriers are delaying plans to expand in Cancun, which was hit by Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Exceeding the 21 storms of the 1933 season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth last year. 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 will not restart flights from Boston and St. Louis until the spring; US Airways will not resume flights from Pittsburgh until at least May. Feb 13, 2006 |
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