Low Cost Airline News - North America.Oct 16, 2006 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from AirTran to add more Indianapolis-Florida flights. AirTran Airways will add four flights between Indianapolis and Florida, filling a gap left after the decline of ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, is an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter . "We've done very well in Indianapolis, particularly to Florida," says Kevin Healy, AirTran vice president of planning. "Indianapolis is a city we've really invested in." Oct 11, 2006 Click Mexicana Click Mexicana is a self-proclaimed low-cost airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It is a subsidiary of Mexicana operating services between 25 Mexican cities. Its main base is Mexico City International Airport[1]. Click Mexicana to Start Service in the West Coast. Click Mexicana, Grupo Mexicanas first low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. in Mexico, announced the beginning of its services 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 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. to Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. Oct 15, 2006 Frontier Airlines This article is about Frontier Airlines that was founded in 1994. For the company known as Frontier Airlines from 1950 to 1986, see Frontier Airlines (1950-1986). For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service. Frontier Airlines said its fiscal second quarter earnings will be lower than forecast as a result of the August terrorist threat. The company earned $4 million in the quarter ended June 30. "We had expected our September quarter results to be in line with our June quarter earnings of $.10 per diluted common share, but due to the developments in the month of September we now expect earnings to fall between $0.01 and $0.05 per diluted common share excluding the impact of unrealized fuel derivative gains and losses," 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. Jeff Potter said. Yield was up 0.6% during the month to 10.38 cents but passenger RASM RASM Revenue per Available Seat Mile RASM Reliability, Availability, Scalability and Manageability (Red Hat, Inc.) RASM Rear Admiral Submarines (UK) RASM Recorded Announcement Systems Manager fell 4.2% to 7.02 cents. Frontier flew 616.5 million RPMs in September, up 11.3% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 17% to 911.6 million ASMs and load factor declined 3.4 points to 67.6%. Oct 12, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways reportedly has revised its request for landing authorizations at Chicago O'Hare down to four, half the number it asked for last month. It expects to announce details of its proposed ORD service later this month and commence flying by Jan. 27. Oct 13, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines promoted Senior VP-Enterprise Spend Management Bob Jordan to executive VP-strategy, procurement and technology and named Senior Management Committee and Executive Planning Committee member Ron Ricks as the new executive VP-law, airports and public affairs. Both will report to CEO Gary Kelly. It also promoted Chief Development Officer Jan Marshall to VP-technology and Chief Information Officer and Director of Application Architecture Kerry Schwab to VP and chief technology officer. It named Lori Rainwater the new VP-internal audit. Oct 12, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest's first-come, first-served seating may stay. An experiment this summer to decide whether Southwest Airlines should forgo its first-come, first-served seating policy yielded mixed results. "Some boarding methods were a little faster, most were a little slower," says Southwest CEO Gary Kelly. He says the airline will likely continue research and make a decision next year. Oct 9, 2006 Virgin America Virgin America unveiled its first aircraft, an A320 named Jefferson Airplane, yesterday in San Francisco in a ceremony attended by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The startup, which has leased 34 A320s, still has not received a go-ahead from US authorities while potential US competitors challenge its citizenship, claiming that real control rests with Richard Branson's Virgin Group, not US investors. The unveiling indicated the carrier is "ready, willing and able to fly," CEO Fred Reid told reporters in attendance. DOT is expected to issue a ruling in January. Virgin America could be flying between San Francisco and 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 . Oct 13, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 9, 2006 |
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