Company Watch - US Airways.May 21, 2007 US Airways Investing In Customer Service US Airways last week said it is investing to improve customer service at airports, including hiring 1,000 airport personnel and upgrading checkin kiosks. US Airways is creating passenger operations control centers in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Boston and Washington, D.C., modeled on its Phoenix hub. The centers monitor incoming flights for passengers to facilitate connections or rebook re·book v. re·booked, re·book·ing, re·books v.tr. 1. To book again. 2. To change a booking for (a performance or reservation). v.intr. flights and prepare meal and hotel accommodations "if there are no other flight choices that day." May 16, 2007 US Airways today announced the results of its annual stockholders' meeting held in Philadelphia. Shareholders voted to re-elect re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re Denise M. O'Leary, George M. Philip, and J. Steven Whisler to three-year terms on the Board of Directors, expiring at the annual shareholders meeting in 2010. In addition, shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol as the company's independent registered accounting firm. Shareholders also voted against a shareholder proposal relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc disclosure of political contributions. May 15, 2007 US Airways experiences delays; releases pilot seniority list US Airways experienced delays on Sunday and said it held packed flights to avoid stranding travelers. The delays occurred subsequent to US Airways pilots learning of their seniority ranking. May 14, 2007 US Airways nears decision on long-haul fleet. US Airways may announce new orders for jetliners at the Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International next month for its long-haul fleet. It plans to add three new long-haul destinations each year. Some observers expect US Airways to choose the Airbus A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) . May 17, 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 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 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. May 14, 2007 |
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