Low Cost Airline News - North America.Nov 13, 2006 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). JetBlue Airways flew 1,86 billion RPMs in October, a 16.3% increase over the year-ago month. Capacity climbed 15.7% to 2.36 billion ASMs and load factor rose 0.4 point to 78.8%. Nov 7, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue 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. discusses his "growth airline". Jet Blue founder and CEO David Neeleman David G. Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is the founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways. Neeleman, an American of Dutch descent, was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] takes the blame for failing to hedge the airline's fuel purchases, which led to rising fuel costs increasing some airline flight prices up to $50, he told The Wall Street Journal. Neeleman also outlined his planned response to help the airline industry and the U.S. by taking the fuel problem into his own hands -- "I wrote my first piece of legislation," he said. "I got tired of people talking about dependence on foreign oil." Nov 6, 2006 Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest Airlines flew 5.7 billion RPMs in October, up 10.7% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 11.2% to 8.13 billion ASMs and load factor dipped 0.3 point to 70.1%. Nov 10, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines will establish both pilot and flight attendant bases in 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. by October 2007. The 17,000-sq.-ft. facilities will be located near McCarran Airport's C Concourse and initially will accommodate 350 pilots and 600 cabin staff. When fully staffed, SWA adv. 1. So. will employ 600 pilots, 1,000 flight attendants and 2,500 total staff at the airport. It operates 225 daily flights out of LAS to 53 cities. Nov 10, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines will launch Detroit Metro-Orlando International service and add a Denver-MCO service on Dec. 20. Nov 10, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest's Phoenix service upgrades pay off in efficiency. Southwest Airlines last year launched a customer-service makeover at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport “PHX” redirects here. For other uses, see PHX (disambiguation). Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (IATA: PHX, ICAO: KPHX, FAA LID: PHX that included faster check-in and baggage claims. The airline added self-service kiosks, passenger traffic cops and improved staffing. The airline plans to introduce similar improvements in other cities it serves. Nov 10, 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 30, 2006 |
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