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airline industry stories: 175 news summaries

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Racing to Fly With Biofuel

Air New Zealand, Virgin Air plan green commercial flights

Sep 30, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(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. "... More »

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

Southwest Tinkers With Seating

Airline will introduce boarding queue, keep free-choice seating

Sep 19, 07 6:24 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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

Antiquated FAA in a Tailspin

New system won't be ready until 2025

Sep 2, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

New Delta CEO Raises Questions

Appointment revives rumors that merger with Northwest is preparing for takeoff

Aug 22, 07 8:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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airline industry • merger • Northwest Airlines • Delta • Richard Anderson • Gerald Grinstein • Jim Whitehurst • Ed Bastian

Skybus Soars With No-Frills Flights

Passengers snap up
$10 seats but extras add up fast

Aug 20, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Cheap Flights:
a Ticket to
Skin Cancer

Rise in beach holidays blamed for increase
in melanoma

Aug 9, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Airlines Plead Guilty of
Price Fixing

British Airways and Korean Air socked with $300M fines in ongoing investigation

Aug 2, 07 4:28 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Plane in Brazil Crash Had Brake Problems

Demand for answers, heat on absent president grow

Jul 20, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Officials Demand Sao Paulo Airport Shutdown

Authorities blame airplane crash on poor runway conditions

Jul 19, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Singapore Airlines Sends Airbus Skyward

Huge order of planes puts Airbus ahead of rival Boeing

Jun 22, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a $3.78 billion order from Singapore Airlines as the Paris Air Show wrapped up today, Airbus regained the lead over archrival Boeing, Bloomberg reports. The carrier ordered 20 new A350s from the world's largest maker of commericial aircraft, bringing the total of the company's record number of firm... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • Singapore Airlines • Airbus A350

Airbus, Boeing Cross Wings
at Air Show

Top aircraft manufacturers ride high
as industry rebounds

Jun 18, 07 10:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rival aircraft producers Airbus and Boeing landed a slew of new orders at a gigantic air show that began today outside Paris. The biennial air show, the largest in the world, takes place as the airline industry begins to turn around; after two years of losses, profits this year are... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show • GE • US Airways • Qatar • Airbus A380 • airplane

2007 Paris Air Show Is This Week

Jun 17, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 99-year old Paris Air Show, the air industry's largest trade show, starts this week. Over the years every major flying machine, including the Space Shuttle, has appeared at the show. This year the battle for attention is between Airbus' double-decker  A380 (and its little sister the A350) and Boeing's... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Airbus • Paris Air Show

New Airlines Fly on a Wing and $10

Bargain-basement US carriers
prepare to rock the industry

May 21, 07 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frequent fliers will soon be reminiscing about the small luxuries a $200 airline ticket bought: like free Diet Coke. A new wave of start-up airlines is selling ultra-affordable flights as low as $10. But prepare to plunk down for seat assignments, checked baggage—and even peanuts. More »

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travel • flight • airline industry • Skybus • Skybus airlines • budget • Ryanair • cheap • Allegiant Airlines • American Airlines • air travel • airplane

JetBlue
Bumps CEO
From Top Spot

Board ousts founder
of discount airline, promotes president

May 10, 07 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - JetBlue's maverick founder and CEO is out of the top job, the company announced this morning. David Neeleman, who led the carrier during February's service breakdowns—which left passengers stranded on the tarmac for hours and cost the airline tens of millions of dollars—will assume "a more strategic... More »

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flight • airline industry • JetBlue • David Needleman • airline

Delta Flies Out of Bankruptcy

Apr 30, 07 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Delta has emerged from bankruptcy, riding an aggressive restructuring plan to exit Chapter 11 a year ahead of schedule. The No. 3 domestic airline, which staved off a hostile takeover bid from US Airways this year, used court-enforced protections to secure cuts to wages and pension programs as it shored... More »

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flight • bankruptcy • airline industry • Delta Air Lines • US Airways • stock • airline

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