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  • January 2008

    • Co-Pilot Cuffed in Midair After Breakdown

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 30, 08 2:14 PM CST

      Co-Pilot Cuffed in Midair After Breakdown

      (Newser) - An Air Canada flight from Toronto to London had to make an emergency landing Monday in Ireland after the co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown in midair, the Telegraph reports. The pilot started screaming God's name while at the controls of the Boeing 767; crew members removed him from the cockpit, bound his wrists and ankles, and handcuffed him to a seat in front of shocked passengers. More »

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      airline industry  • air travel  • mental illness  • Air Canada

  • December 2007

    • Employees as Hard on Airline as Customers

      New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 7:07 PM CST

      Employees as Hard on Airline as Customers

      (Newser) - US Airways has the worst on-time performance of any major US airline; it also has 36,000 employees encouraged to e-mail CEO Douglas Parker about everything from smelly planes to lousy in-flight snacks to a reservation system that doesn't work yet, reports the New York Times. Says Parker: The feedback “keeps management extremely honest.” More »

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      airline industry  • US Airways

    • Lufthansa Buys $300M Stake in JetBlue

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 13, 07 4:59 PM CST

      Lufthansa Buys $300M Stake in JetBlue

      (Newser) - Lufthansa will purchase a 19% stake in lagging JetBlue Airways for about $300 million, a move that reflects the industry-wide consolidation underway in recent months. The sale price of $7.27 a share is a 16% premium on yesterday's closing price of $6.25. The announcement immediately bounced JetBlue shares up 13% to $7.06, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      airline industry  • JetBlue  • Lufthansa

    • Boeing: Dreamliner on Schedule

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 11, 07 3:25 PM CST

      Boeing: Dreamliner on Schedule

      (Newser) - Boeing said today that it remains committed to delivering 109 Dreamliners by the end of 2009 despite persistent supply-chain problems, the Chicago Tribune reports. Although the aviation giant expects to eventually be able to produce one plane in 3 days, the first six—which will be used for test flights—won’t be finished until the second quarter of 2008. More »

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      airline industry  • Boeing  • airplane  • 787 Dreamliner

    • Use Your Cell Phone as a Boarding Pass

      USA Today  |  Dec 4, 07 2:29 PM CST

      Use Your Cell Phone as a Boarding Pass

      (Newser) - Passengers flying Continental out of Houston today will be able to use their cellphone or PDA in lieu of a boarding pass as part of a three-month pilot program, USA Today reports. After checking in, an encrypted barcode is sent to passengers’ mobile handsets, which is scanned by a TSA screener at boarding. A successful test could lead to national expansion. More »

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      cell phones  • airline industry  • TSA  • Continental Airlines  • Air Canada  • boarding pass

  • November 2007

    • United, Delta in Merge Talks

      Associated Press  |  Nov 14, 07 3:47 PM CST

      United, Delta in Merge Talks

      (Newser) - United Airlines and Delta are in talks to merge and create the nation's largest airline, the AP reports. The new airline would keep the United name and surpass American as the nation's biggest. Delta's CEO denied that any specific talks are under way, but the company said it had formed a committee to consider all its options, including mergers, the Wall Street Journal says.  More »

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      airline industry  • mergers and acquisitions  • United Airlines  • Delta Air Lines

    • Travelers May Spend Thanksgiving on the Runway

      Washington Post  |  Nov 13, 07 4:08 PM CST

      Travelers May Spend Thanksgiving on the Runway

      (Newser) - A 4% increase in holiday passengers will likely cause lengthy delays, the airline industry warned yesterday—bad news for those who miss connections and could wait 3 days for another flight. Though airlines have hired seasonal workers in the first staff expansion since 9/11, some 2.5 million passengers may travel next Wednesday, up from a typical 2.1 million, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      travel  • airline industry  • airline delays  • holiday  • Thanksgiving

    • Southwest Unveils Perks for Biz Flyers

      MarketWatch  |  Nov 7, 07 9:28 PM CST

      Southwest Unveils Perks for Biz Flyers

      (Newser) - Southwest unveiled today a raft of new initiatives designed to shore up revenue, including new pricing plans that benefit business travelers. The discount carrier’s new “business select” program will price seats $10-30 higher than regular fares. In exchange, Southwest, which doesn’t assign seats on its flights, will guarantee business travelers first access to the plane and a complimentary cocktail. More »

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      airline industry  • Southwest Airlines  • energy prices  • business travelers  • Gary Kelly  • discount carriers

  • October 2007

    • Airbus Finally Delivers First A380 'Superjumbo' Jet

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 15, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      Airbus Finally Delivers First A380 'Superjumbo' Jet

      (Newser) - After 2 years of delays, Airbus SAS delivered its first behemoth A380 to Singapore Airlines today. The world’s largest jet fell behind schedule, and development costs ballooned to $18 billion, when workers were forced to install 300 miles of wiring by hand. It should fly on Oct. 25, but investors still doubt Airbus can meet production goals for future A380s, Bloomberg says. More »

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      airline industry  • Boeing  • airplane  • Airbus  • Airbus A380

    • Not So Fly: Worst US Airlines

      Forbes  |  Oct 4, 07 1:31 PM CDT

      Not So Fly: Worst US Airlines

      (Newser) - Lost luggage, canceled flights and appalling delays seem to be par for the course in air travel these days.  But some airlines are worse than others.  Forbes provides the hit list: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Comair (a division of Delta Air Lines) American Eagle Airlines (a division of American Airlines) More »

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      list  • travel  • airline industry  • American Airlines  • United Airlines  • airline delays  • luggage  • US Airways  • Delta Airlines  • Comair  • Mesa Airlines

    • Airlines Fail to Deliver at Baggage Claim

      Washington Post  |  Oct 1, 07 1:28 PM CDT

      Airlines Fail to Deliver at Baggage Claim

      (Newser) - As if delays and cancellations weren't enough of a headache, airline customers have another nuisance to deal with: a surge in lost bags. From May to July, US airlines delayed, lost, damaged, or confiscated a record 1 million pieces of luggage, the Washington Post reports. Airlines blame the air traffic control system and bad weather, but the culprits are manifold. More »

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      airline industry  • air travel  • airline delays  • luggage

  • September 2007

    • Racing to Fly With Biofuel

      BBC  |  Sep 30, 07 5:45 PM CDT

      Racing to Fly With Biofuel

      (Newser) - Kiwis are planning to launch the first green commercial flight in about a year, the BBC reports. Air New Zealand promises to fly a 747 with 1 of 4 engines running on a kerosene-biofuel blend, but Virgin Atlantic may beat them to it with a bio-flight in early 2008. "It's not particularly a race, that's not the objective," says a spokeswoman. More »

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      airline industry  • biofuel  • green energy  • Virgin Atlantic  • Air New Zealand

    • Southwest Tinkers With Seating

      MarketWatch  |  Sep 19, 07 6:24 PM CDT

      Southwest Tinkers With Seating

      (Newser) - Southwest Airlines will keep its trademark open-seating policy but will assign a boarding order to cut down on passengers queuing up far in advance of boarding. Southwest currently boards its airplanes in a sequence of three groups, with passengers free to pick their seat. While Southwest fans enjoy the freedom, critics that have called the procedure a "cattle call." More »

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      airline industry  • air travel  • flight  • Southwest Airlines  • JetBlue  • Gary Kelly

    • Antiquated FAA in a Tailspin

      BusinessWeek  |  Sep 2, 07 10:24 AM CDT

      Antiquated FAA in a Tailspin

      (Newser) - With canceled flights, hours on the tarmac, overbooking and a disturbing increase in near  collisions, one might be better off traveling by pony than plane, reports Business Week, and the authority responsible seems least able to fix it. As FAA chief Marion Blakey steps down, she leaves an antiquated agency mired in a struggle to get its Next Generation Air Travel System airborne. More »

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      airline industry  • air travel  • FAA  • flight  • Marion C. Blakey  • NextGen

  • August 2007

    • New Delta CEO Raises Questions

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 22, 07 8:48 AM CDT

      New Delta CEO Raises Questions

      (Newser) - Delta's choice for its new CEO—an outsider who won the job over two internal candidates—is raising questions, the Journal reports. Newly emerged from 19 months of wrangling in bankruptcy court, the airline appointed former Northwest CEO Richard Anderson yesterday, sparking speculation about a future merger with Northwest and a possible new post-Chapter 11 strategy. More »

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      airline industry  • merger  • Northwest Airlines  • Delta  • Richard Anderson  • Ed Bastian

    • Skybus Soars With No-Frills Flights

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 20, 07 6:36 AM CDT

      Skybus Soars With No-Frills Flights

      (Newser) - Budget-conscious flyers have snapped up seats on Skybus Airlines from Columbus, Ohio, to 11 cities, with $10 tickets selling out on each new route hours after they go on sale. The Los Angeles Times tests the Skybus experience, where everything costs extra, from pillows to pretzels. The plane, a new Airbus A319, gets high marks, but cost-cutting applies to leg room, too, with 2 inches less per seat than on other airlines. More »

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      advertising  • travel  • airline industry  • flight  • plane  • Skybus

    • Cheap Flights: a Ticket to Skin Cancer

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 6:36 AM CDT

      Cheap Flights: a Ticket to Skin Cancer

      (Newser) - Doctors in Britain have blamed a 50% rise in the incidence of skin cancer on cheap flights to the beach, reports the Independent . Statistics from Cancer Research UK and the British travel agents' association confirm that easier access to sunny climates have made melanoma the nation's fastest-rising disease, particularly among young people. More »

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      health  • cancer  • airline industry  • vacation  • skin cancer  • beach  • melanoma  • sun

    • Airlines Plead Guilty of Price Fixing

      Reuters  |  Aug 2, 07 4:28 AM CDT

      Airlines Plead Guilty of Price Fixing

      (Newser) - British Airways and Korean Air have agreed to plead guilty and pay $300 million each in criminal fines for engaging in massive conspiracies to fix the prices of passenger and cargo flights for the past six years, the US Justice Department said yesterday. BA will pony up another $247million fine to the UK government for discussing fuel surcharges with rival Virgin Atlantic Airways. More »

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      Department of Justice  • airline industry  • antitrust  • British Airways  • conspiracy  • price fixing  • Korean Air  • planes

  • July 2007

    • Plane in Brazil Crash Had Brake Problems

      Reuters  |  Jul 20, 07 6:15 PM CDT

      Plane in Brazil Crash Had Brake Problems

      (Newser) - The Airbus A320 that crashed at the Sao Paulo airport Tuesday was flying with part of its braking equipment disabled, the manufacturer said today, as pressure on the government escalated. Flying without one of the aircraft's two thrust reversers is legal, but the revelation suggests the slick, short runway probably wasn't the sole cause of Brazil's deadliest air disaster. More »

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      airline industry  • Brazil  • airplane  • plane crash  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  • air disasters

    • Officials Demand Sao Paulo Airport Shutdown

      BBC  |  Jul 19, 07 5:39 PM CDT

      Officials Demand Sao Paulo Airport Shutdown

      (Newser) - In the wake of Tuesday's catastrophic plane crash, Brazilian officials are calling for the closure of Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport pending a review of safety conditions, the BBC reports. The Tam Airlines Airbus 320 landing in heavy rain skidded off a wet runway that was resurfaced last month and had not yet had drainage grooves inscribed on the new concrete. More »

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      airline industry  • Brazil  • airplane  • plane crash  • aviation  • Sao Paulo  • air disasters

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