Low Cost Airline News - North America.Nov 13, 2006 JetBlue Airways 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 discusses his "growth airline". Jet Blue founder and CEO David Neeleman 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 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 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 SWA - South West Asia SWA - Safe Workplace Association SWA - Scleroderma Webmasters Association SWA - Scotch Whisky Association SWA - Scrambled Wrestling Association SWA - Sea World Aviation SWA - Secure Web Access SWA - Seriously Wounded in Action SWA - Shantou, China (Airport Code) SWA - Ship Will Advise SWA - Shockwave Audio (file extension) SWA - Single Wire Armor SWA - Sliding Window Algorithm SWA - Small World Adoption Programs, Inc. 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 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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