Category Archives: Airlines

Boeing to close Kansas defense plant by end of 2013

By doris | Published: January 8, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WICHITA, Kan. — The Boeing Co., for decades the brand that helped support Wichita’s claim as the aviation capital of the world, announced Wednesday it will shut down facilities in the city by the end of 2013 and send work to plants in three other states as it deals with defense [...]

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2011: The year of annoying fees

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Angry Verizon Wireless customers took to chat forums and social networks on Thursday after the company said it would begin to charge customers $2 for making one-time bill payments online or by phone using a credit card. “This has seriously got to be the dumbest thing I [...]

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Boeing’s 787, ‘Murphy’s law of airplanes,’ finally gets to a customer

By doris | Published: September 26, 2011

Full Story at BottomLinemsnbc.msn.com Boeing officially delivered its first 787 jet to All Nippon Airways on Sunday, more than three years after the airplane maker originally promised to get the new model to its Japanese customer. “It’s been just one problem after another,” said Scott Hamilton, a longtime aerospace analyst with Leeham Co. “It’s been [...]

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Australia may extend Tiger Airways grounding

By doris | Published: July 3, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com Aviation regulators were discussing Sunday whether to seek court approval to extend the grounding of Tiger Airways Australia, as the airline vowed to fix its problems and get back in the air. Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) on Saturday suspended all the budget carrier’s domestic services as they posed a [...]

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Google gets green light to buy airline fare tracker

By doris | Published: April 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Google Inc. won government clearance with restrictions Friday for its $700 million purchase of airline fare tracker ITA Software in a deal that will give the Internet search giant a key role in online travel. Google promises to give consumers more choices and better ways to search for plane [...]

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Alaska Airlines cancels flights after outage

By doris | Published: March 26, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com DALLAS – Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate canceled 95 flights Saturday because a computer system used for flight planning failed. The outage lasted intermittently for about seven hours and resulted in the two airlines scrapping about 12 percent of their combined schedule before technicians fixed the system, which returned at [...]

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Air fares are up, up and away

By doris | Published: September 22, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you want to fly for the holidays, then get ready to empty your wallet, because air fares are heading sky-high. The average price to fly one mile rose 14% in August, compared to the same month in 2009, according to a report by the Air Transport [...]

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Justice Dept signs off on United-Continental deal

By doris | Published: August 29, 2010

Full Story at Yahoo.com MINNEAPOLIS – The Justice Department said Friday that it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal that would combine United and Continental into the world’s largest airline. To win that approval, the airlines had to open the door to Southwest Airlines at Continental’s hub in Newark, N.J., where it is [...]

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Spirit Airlines cancels all flights as pilots strike

By doris | Published: June 13, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com “Immediately after 5:00 a.m., the Spirit Pilot Master Executive Council, as authorized by our pilots, called for and instituted a lawful strike against our management,” said Capt. Sean Creed, head of the Spirit unit of the pilot union, Airline Pilots Association. The airline cancelled all flights for Saturday and, in a message [...]

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British Airways cabin crews begin 5-day strike

By doris | Published: May 31, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LONDON – Members of a British Airways cabin crew union began a second five-day strike on Sunday after talks aimed at resolving the long-running dispute ended without agreement Friday. The new wave of industrial action by the airline’s cabin staff started officially at midnight with little sign on the horizon of [...]

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United and Continental to merge

By doris | Published: May 4, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — UAL Corp.’s United Airlines announced on Monday it will merge with Continental Airlines in a deal worth $3.2 billion, creating the world’s largest airline. The combined company, which will fly under the United moniker and Continental logo, is now larger than Delta Air Lines (DAL, Fortune 500), which [...]

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