Company Watch - Northwest Airlines.Jul 30, 2007 Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines jointly launched SkyCorp Direct, an online travel management tool designed to provide companies with a "one-stop solution" for corporate travel needs. The site has no user or booking fees unless a ticket is booked on an airline other than the three sponsor carriers and can be used by companies of all sizes. It also will allow companies and their employees to book hotels and rental cars when purchasing flight tickets. Jul 24, 2007 Northwest Airlines, which has been struggling for a month with a pilot shortage that is forcing it to cancel abnormally high numbers of flights, yesterday said it suffered increased cancellations over the weekend as a result of a "significant spike" in absenteeism ab·sen·tee·ism n. 1. Habitual failure to appear, especially for work or other regular duty. 2. The rate of occurrence of habitual absence from work or duty. by some pilots assigned to narrowbody planes. Jul 29, 2007 Northwest Airlines said today that U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. He was previously the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, U.S. Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. , and Bob Corker Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee. He was formerly the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee and a successful businessman. He is the only freshman Republican Senator in the 110th Congress. , Congressmen Steve Cohen For other persons with a similar name, see . Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee's ninth district. , and John J. Duncan Jr. , and Mayors Willie Herenton and A.C. Jul 27, 2007 Northwest Airlines said yesterday that it will reduce domestic mainline mainline Drug slang verb To inject a drug capacity by another 1% next month and likely begin hiring new pilots later this year. The carrier previously announced plans to cut domestic mainline capacity by 3% from Aug. 1 to help mitigate cancellations. In a letter to employees made available yesterday, President 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. Doug Steenland said Northwest's "training facility for recalled pilots is operating at capacity" and that once the airline determines how many furloughed pilots will be returning, "we will begin hiring new pilots." He noted that furloughed pilots have until Aug. 1 to decide if they will return to the airline. Jul 26, 2007 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 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 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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