Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.Mar 19, 2007 Delta improves Web site for frequent fliers. A new search feature on Delta Air Lines' Web site displays a month's worth of flights with seats available for frequent fliers. Previously, travelers were able to check only a few days at a time. Mar 15, 2007 Delta committee hopes to hire new chairman Delta Air Lines' unsecured creditors Unsecured Creditor An individual or institution that lends money without obtaining specified assets as collateral. This poses a higher risk to the creditor because they have nothing to fall back on should the borrower default on the loan. A debenture holder is an unsecured creditor. committee wants to pay a search firm to help recruit a non-executive chairman for the airline's board. The committee on Tuesday asked a court for permission to pay SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. , a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . Mar 14, 2007 Delta Air Lines is amending its service agreement to lower rates and cut some flying done by Republic Airways. At the same time, it tapped Mesa Air Group Mesa Air Group (NASDAQ: MESA) is a Nevada Corporation[1] commercial aviation holding company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The company operates three regional airline subsidiaries: Mesa Airlines, Freedom Airlines, and Air Midwest, and five supporting to operate 14 new Delta-owned CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 900s under a 10-year agreement. The Mesa deal also includes six additional ERJ-145s, bringing the number of 145s it flies for Delta Connection to 36 and the total fleet to 62. Mesa will receive a general unsecured claim of $35 million as part of DL's bankruptcy proceedings bankruptcy proceedings n. the bankruptcy procedure is: a) filing a petition (voluntary or involuntary) to declare a debtor person or business bankrupt, or, under Chapter 11 or 13, to allow reorganization or refinancing under a plan to meet the debts of the party . In August 2008, DL will remove eight 145s. Mar 15, 2007 United Chief Says Industry Mergers Still Possible A failed bid by US Airways for bankrupt Delta Air Lines has not dimmed the outlook for airline mergers, the chief executive of United Airlines said on Thursday. Mar 15, 2007 Storm prompts airlines to cancel East Coast flights A winter storm on the East Coast prompted JetBlue, Delta, American, and Northwest to cancel hundreds of flights on Friday. More than 200 of the canceled flights were to or from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK . A JetBlue spokesman said the cancellations were made so crews would be available when needed and so departure gates would be available if weather forced planes to return. Mar 16, 2007 Mesa's contract flying for Delta expands under agreement Mesa Air Group will expand the contract flying it does for Delta Air Lines under a new settlement. Mesa will also receive a $35 million unsecured claim in Delta's bankruptcy case under the agreement. Mar 15, 2007 Northwest's merger prospects need examination, trustee says The court overseeing Northwest Airlines' bankruptcy case should appoint an examiner to review the carrier's merger potential, a U.S. trustee said Wednesday. Northwest objected to the appointment of an examiner, which was requested by hedge funds that hold a large amount of its common stock. The airline said the funds are acting on "baseless" assumptions that Northwest planned to merge with Delta Air Lines. Mar 15, 2007 United Airlines' 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. said in a speech that the big carrier welcomed the deal. Delta Air Lines also said it favored what it called a landmark deal. Mar 16, 2007 US Airways will continue taking risks to get great returns, CEO says US Airways will continue to seek out business opportunities that promise great returns, CEO Doug Parker
William Douglas Parker is the current chairman and chief executive officer of US Airways. said Wednesday during the airline's media day. The company earlier this year withdrew its bid to merge with Delta Air Lines. "If you're not trying stuff like that, you're not trying hard enough," Parker said of the offer to buy Delta. "We're going to keep taking chances like that. It invigorates us and makes us want to go out and find other things to do." Parker also promised to fix operational problems at the airline's Philadelphia hub. Mar 14, 2007 Airlines may still merge, United CEO says Despite the recent failed bid of US Airways Group US Airways Group Inc. NYSE: LCC is the Tempe, Arizona-based airline holding company that operates US Airways, US Airways Express and America West Airlines. It also operates additional companies that provide associated services. to acquire Delta Air Lines, consolidation among domestic air carriers remains possible, United Airlines CEO Glenn Tilton Glenn Tilton (born April 1948 in Washington, DC) is the Chairman, President, and CEO of UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines. He has held this role since September 2002, 3 months before UAL Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. said Thursday. "Nothing has changed, as far as I am concerned, in the context of the case for consolidation," Tilton said. He also noted that domestic network airlines have stabilized, but are not healthy enough to make the same level of investment in their businesses as international competitors. Mar 16, 2007 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please 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 AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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