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Delta bumps up high-end
fares
Apr 5, 2006 - Delta Air Lines Inc.
has again increased its high-end fares in some
markets after withdrawing from a similar move last
week
Northwest Matches Delta Fare
Increase, Passenger Charge
Apr 6, 2006 -
NWA matched a move by Delta last week to pass
facility charges onto passengers on applicable
domestic itineraries.
Exit-Row Fees Worry NWA Flight
Attendants
Apr 6, 2006 - Flight attendants
at Northwest Airlines Corp. are raising safety
concerns about the airline's program to sell
exit-row seats with extra legroom to passengers
willing to pay a $15 fee.
NWA Pilots begin concession
vote
Apr 7, 2006 - Pilots at Northwest
Airlines Inc. began voting Thursday on a new
contract that would cut their pay and force them
to work more hours.
United rescinds business-fare
increase
Apr 5, 2006 - United Airlines has
dropped the $50 one-way air fare increase it put
into place for business travelers last week after
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Delta strike fear causing travelers
to avoid airline
Apr 6, 2006 - When Kay
Rudd flew in Thursday for a business meeting, she
didn't use her regular airline - Delta Air Lines
Inc. - even though she could have caught a Delta
plane from an airport just 33 miles from her
home.
Strike Vote Puts Delta in
Limbo
Apr 6, 2006 - With Delta Air Line
pilots threatening to strike, local travel agents
say they are advising clients to book flights on
other carriers if possible.
Delta pilots likely won't strike,
but consequences great if they do
Apr 6,
2006 - Delta Air Lines Inc. can look forward to a
"slow death and ultimately a possible distressed
merger" if it cannot reach a contract accord with
its pilots and full cutting costs are not
achieved.
Fly Business Class for
less
Apr 4, 2006 - Air Tran Airways is
currently offering discounted business class rates
for travel between select U.S. cities.
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Airlines & Airport News
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US Airways traffic drops 10.7%
Apr
6, 2006 - US Airways Group Inc. reports a 10.7 percent
drop in traffic for March. But with reduced capacity,
the airline did a slightly better job of filling its
planes.
Judge: NWA mechanics can't get
benefits
Apr 6, 2006 - Northwest Airlines Corp.
mechanics are still not eligible for unemployment
benefits, a Minnesota judge ruled Wednesday, according
to media reports.
Bermuda bans smoking in bars and
restaurants
Mar 3, 2006 - A smoking ban in
Bermuda's bars and restaurants began on Saturday with
drinkers who sneak an illegal puff eventually facing
fines of $250.-
Parables of the frequent-flier
programs
Time to share two new frequent-flier
program parables. The one about the heretic and the
bottled water and the parable of the holy man and the
restricted-mile awards. |
Continental and Alitalia Begin Code
Sharing
Apr 6, 2006 - SkyTeam alliance members
Continental Airlines and Alitalia are beginning to code
share; they are two of nine carriers in SkyTeam, which
also includes Aeromexico, Air France, Czech Airlines,
Delta Air Lines, KLM, Korean Air and Northwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines seeks gates at
Washington's Dulles airport
Apr 5, 2006 -
Southwest Airlines Co. will begin service this fall at
Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C.,
stepping into a void left by the collapse of
Independence Air.
Online tools pack big punch for travel
managers at large employers
Apr 3, 2006 - En
route to an important business meeting, a seasoned road
warrior arrives at any given airport only to discover
she's misplaced her travel itinerary. No problem.
Airline quality slipping, study
finds
Apr 2, 2006 - Airlines are losing more bags
and customers are losing their patience, according to an
annual survey by university researchers that rates
carriers' quality.
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Boeing hires director for Heath
operation
Apr 5, 2006 - Boeing Co. has named Mike
Emmelhainz director of the company's Guidance Repair
Center in Heath.
We're No. 1 in national travel
poll
Apr 5, 2006 - Hawaii captured two of the top
three spots in this year's National Leisure Travel
Monitor survey of Americans' favorite travel
destinations.
$1 for a bag of airline
pretzels?
Apr 4, 2006 - Ask for a pillow and
blanket to help get through a long flight and you may be
out of luck. Or you may be able to buy a "comfort
package" from Air Canada for $2. |
U.S. Airfares Rise: 2005 Shows Consecutive
Quarterly Hikes After Years Of Declining
Prices
Apr 3, 2006 - Huge fuel costs, continued
competition amid record load factors and cutbacks in
capacity are driving major and low-cost carriers alike
to raise U.S. fares.
TSA Screens NYC Heliport Fliers
Apr 3, 2006 - Business travelers in Manhattan
who want to take a short helicopter flight from Wall St.
to John F. Kennedy International Airport can now clear
airport-like security procedures before they board the
chopper.
Long-awaited O'Hare Airport expansion
takes flight
Apr 2, 2006 - After decades of
debate and scrapped blueprints, crews are moving dirt
and pouring concrete at O'Hare International Airport for
the largest airport expansion in the nation's
history.
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Rail / Hotel / Car /
Cruise News
No hope for the cruise to nowhere - Read
cruise lines' fine print
Hotels Seek Guarantees: Meeting Buyers
Look To Secondary Cities, As Chains Demand Revenue
Minimums
Apr 3, 2006 - Hoteliers and other
corporate meeting service providers have begun to warn
their customers that they must book smaller events
earlier to ensure availability—or pay the price either
in guaranteed revenue minimums or by settling for a
lower-tier property or location.
Hotel prices, tax included
Apr 6,
2006 - When it comes to booking a hotel room online,
figuring out the total cost of a night's stay can be as
annoying as listening to a fellow guest snore through a
paper-thin wall. |
RFP Cos. Add Integration For '07 Bids
Apr 3, 2006 - RFP Express, Lodging Logistics and
Uversa International are modifying their hotel
procurement process tools to provide a more automated,
integrated solution for corporate travel buyers and
hoteliers in time for the 2007 bid season.
Small Mtg. Space Scarce: Buyers Trying
Techniques To Address Tight Hotel Availability In The
Short Term
Apr 3, 2006 - Corporate meeting
buyers have begun to reexamine their internal policies
and procedures as it becomes increasingly difficult to
find space for small meetings. |
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Other
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Screening equipment fails in Nashville
airport
Mar 31, 2006 - A software glitch knocked
out the computerized X-ray machines at Nashville
International Airport for five hours Friday, causing
long lines and flight delays.
Airline delays, complaints on the
upswing
Apr 3, 2006 - JetBlue and other low-fare
airlines once again held the top rankings in a national
survey of carrier quality, made public Monday. The
survey found that people are flying more and complaining
more.
DIA security roughed-up mom, 83
Apr
3, 2006 - Sally Moon had to cool off for the better part
of this week before she could see straight enough to
write a complaint about a security agent's treatment of
her elderly mother at Denver International Airport.
Cases of unruly airline passengers fall,
but bad behavior still rampant
Apr 2, 2006 -
Reports of disruptive and unruly passengers have
remained high since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,
according to government data. |
Oil's two-month high hits
airlines
Apr 6, 2006 - Airlines closed in the red
Thursday after oil prices reached a two-month high,
raising concerns about the impact of high jet fuel
prices as summer demand picks up.
FAA declares impasse in talks with
controllers
Apr 6, 2006 - Contract talks between
the government and the air traffic controllers' union
broke off Wednesday after the Federal Aviation
Administration declared an impasse.
Business flight across China leaves man
stranded
Apr 6, 2006 - As the sun dipped low in
the sky last Sunday and his plane began its descent,
Eugene Nelson had a sinking feeling that something was
wrong.
People fly more, complain more too, study
says
Apr 3, 2006 - JetBlue and other low-fare
airlines once again held the top rankings in a national
survey of carrier quality, made public Monday. The
survey found that people are flying more and complaining
more.
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