NEWS ABOUT: Aloha Airlines
Aloha Airlines stories: 8 news briefs
Discount airline says it will continue flying as it reorganizes
Wall Street Journal Apr 11, 08 6:25 AM CDT
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Discount carrier Frontier Airlines today said it was filing for Chapter 11 but would keep flying thorough its reorganization, the Wall Street Journal reports. The carrier made the move after its credit-card processing company decided to withhold a larger share of ticket revenues from Frontier. Aloha and ATA also declared bankruptcy this month; both discontinued operations. Frontier reported a $18.7-million loss in 2007.
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Hong Kong airline becomes 4th carrier to go bust this month
New York Times Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
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Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month in the face of soaring fuel prices and economic jitters.
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Low-cost Ohio carrier with $10 fares is airline industry's third casualty in a week
Columbus Dispatch Apr 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
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Anybody who wondered how Skybus could make money with its famous $10 airfares can stop: they didn't. The Ohio-based airline has become the latest US carrier to go bankrupt in the face of soaring fuel costs and a sluggish economy, the Columbus Dispatch reports. It made its last flight yesterday and passengers boarding planes were warned their return tickets had suddenly become one-way.
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Big carriers scurry to boost bottom line as small airlines go bust
Wall Street Journal Apr 4, 08 2:38 AM CDT
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Northwest Airlines is jacking up fares and fees and scaling back domestic operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. The airline, trying to deal with soaring fuel costs and a slowing economy without instituting pay cuts, also plans to freeze hiring. Northwest will keep adding international flights, but will add fuel surcharges as high as $160.
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Fierce competition and rising fuel costs push carrier over the edge
Honolulu Advertiser Mar 31, 08 7:11 AM CDT
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Unable to find a buyer and running out of cash, Hawaii’s ubiquitous Aloha Airlines is shutting down operations after today, idling 1,900 workers and ending more than six decades of island-hopping and transpacific flights, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The airline filed for bankruptcy March 20 because of rising fuel prices and fierce competition from startup go! airlines.
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More than 26% of all domestic flights were late or canceled
Associated Press Feb 6, 08 1:08 PM CST
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It's now official: 2007 was an awful year for airline delays—the worst since the record delays of 2000. More than 26% of domestic flights were delayed or canceled, due to huge demand and a growing swarm of small planes gobbling up runway space, reports the AP. The airline with the best record was Hawaii's Aloha Airlines, with a 93% on-time arrival rate.
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Carriers eye plastic-only policies to 'save bazillions of dollars'
Reuters Oct 6, 07 3:35 PM CDT
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More airlines are letting flyers buy perks with plastic, hoping it will speed up service and save money. American Airlines is the latest to sell meals by credit or debit, but others are way ahead: JetBlue, Alaska Air and Virgin America are already cashless. Nixing cash sales will ease the burden on already overworked attendants, one analysts says: "That has to save bazillions of dollars."
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Hundreds of jets to be checked for loose nut that caused China Airlines fire
Bloomberg Aug 28, 07 4:30 AM CDT
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The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to inspect hundreds of Boeing 737s after a loose bolt punctured a China Airlines jet last week, causing a fire that destroyed the aircraft. Southwest, Delta, Continental, AirTran, Alaska Air, ATA and Aloha Airlines have 24 days to check for loose nuts on a wing assembly used during takeoff and landing.
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