| December 17, 2004 |
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our valued clients for their continued support throughout the year. We are grateful, as well, to our employees, who continuously provide exceptional service to our clients. To thank our employees for their hard work and dedication throughout the year, we would like to give them a three day weekend to enjoy additional time with their family and friends. Travel-On will be closed on December 24 in observance of the Christmas holiday. Travel-On will be closed on December 31, in observance of the New Year's holiday. Our Travel Helpline will be available for emergency reservations or assistance on those days. “Have a happy and safe holiday.” |
December 16, 2004 -- US Airways and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), reached a tentative agreement on $94 million in cost savings as part of the company’s Transformation Plan.
December 16, 2004 — United and Ted today kicked off new expanded service from each of their five hubs to island and beach vacation areas throughout Mexico and the Caribbean. Passengers who travel on United or Ted between the United States and Mexico or the Caribbean between January 10, 2005 and March 12, 2005 are eligible to earn 1,500 bonus miles, plus an additional 1,000 bonus miles when booking online at united.com.
December 13, 2004 – United Airlines’ new premium service for coast-to-coast travelers called p.s.SM is now flying on an additional transcontinental route: New York - San Francisco. Recently launched between New York and Los Angeles, p.s. offers travelers more space and comfort, and a superior level of service on their five- to six-hour transcontinental flight.
Dec. 13, 2004—Vail Resorts and United Airlines are working together again to offer skiers and snowboarders a chance to ski for free at North America’s top resorts: Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone.
December 16, 2004 -- US Airways today won bankruptcy court approval allowing the company to proceed with the aircraft leasing, financing, and engine services agreement announced on Nov. 26, 2004, with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), and GE Engine Services (GEES).
Continental
cuts pay and benefits of salaried staff
December 16, 2004 -- Continental Airlines late Tuesday announced sweeping
changes to wages, work rules and benefits for most of its 5,200 US-based
management and clerical employees that will result in $48 million in savings
out of the previously announced $500 million reduction in annual labor
costs it is seeking
December 15, 2004 – Delta Air Lines SkyMiles Medallion® members - the airline's most frequent fliers - will benefit from a simplification of the elite qualification process and other changes, creating a program that is easier to understand and use. Delta also is standardizing, and in some cases reducing, fees for all customers on some of its most frequently requested travel services to $50 as part of its transformation plan, launched in September.
December 15, 2004 – Delta customers soon will have more access to India with new, planned daily service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Chennai (Madras), India, with a stop at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport, beginning May 9.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will temporarily relocate the US Airways Shuttle ticket counter to the upper level of Terminal C, adjacent to the current US Airways ticket counter, on December 14, 2004.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has opened a new passenger walkway equipped with moving sidewalks at Washington Dulles International Airport to connect the Terminal to Concourse B.
December 16, 2004 -- 7-Eleven, Inc. has become the latest retailer to offer the America West Gift Card for sale at participating stores nationwide. 7-Eleven(R) joins Valero/Diamond-Shamrock, Rite-Aid, Staples, and Winn-Dixie as current carriers of the first ever airline Gift Card. Additional retailers are added regularly, and the latest list of participating retailers is posted at www.americawest.com/?c=12270816711GiftCard, where customers will also find options for purchasing the cards online.
December 16, 2004 --Officials from the US Dept. of Transportation, FAA and NASA yesterday unveiled a new "Integrated National Plan for the Next Generation Air Transportation System" that aims to provide the ability by 2025 to handle three times as many operations as occur today.