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Airline Industry

Business in the friendly skies hasn't been high-flying of late

It's been a long, hard, half-decade for much of the airline industry. Since 9/11, it has been trying to recover from the decrease in passenger travel, only to be clobbered by high fuel prices in recent years—landing several of the American ‘majors’ in bankruptcy. Some of the upstarts continued to do well, including Southwest and JetBlue in the US and Ryanair and easyJet in Europe. Yet even the new lean airlines stumble from time to time, as JetBlue learned the hard way in February 2007, when an ice storm in New York snarled operations for almost a week.

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October 2007
- Not So Fly: Worst US Airlines
  
  Forbes | Oct 4, 07 1:31 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Airbus Execs Accused of Insider Trading
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Oct 4, 07 9:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Accusations of "massive" insider trading by Airbus executives and shareholders have exploded into full-out political scandal. French investigators have learned that 21 top executives and two big shareholders in EADS, the Franco-German consortium that owns the airplane company, cashed in stocks shortly before Airbus announced a June, 2006, production delay for its A380. The setback caused shares to drop 30% in one day. More »
- Airline Delays Continue; Complaints Up
  
  Associated Press | Oct 3, 07 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Customer complaints about airlines were up sharply in August—double the level a year before—as delays hit nearly 30%, according to a government report released today. The on-time rate was 71.7%, down from 75.8 last year, a survey of the 20 largest US carries showed, less than a week after President Bush said he would help fix the problem with new government regulations. More »
- Airlines Fail to Deliver at Baggage Claim
  
  Washington Post | Oct 1, 07 1:28 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Fatal Plane Crashes Fall 65%
  
  New York Times | Oct 1, 07 10:38 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The fatal domestic plane crash rate has fallen 65% in the last decade. It's not quite the 80% decrease over 10 years the government demanded in 1996 after two crashes killed 375 people, but it's a significant improvement, the Times reports. The decline rests on tighter air traffic control, better equipment, and a focus on accident prevention. More »
September 2007
- Passport Regs Kick Back In
  
  USA Today | Sep 28, 07 9:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The deluge of passport applications that forced a suspension of new rules has eased, and starting Monday, US airline passengers must carry a passport when traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda. And after Jan. 31, documentation requirements for those destinations will apply to travelers on water and land as well, reports USA Today . More »
- Prez Orders Action to Reduce Flight Delays
  
  New York Times | Sep 28, 07 8:28 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a summer of nightmarish ordeals for airline passengers, President Bush yesterday ordered his transportation secretary to sit down with the airlines and do something to reduce delays and improve treatment of travelers by next summer. “There’s a lot of anger amongst our citizens about the fact that, you know, they’re just not being treated right,” Bush said. More »
- Southwest Tinkers With Seating
  
  MarketWatch | 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, critics that have called the procedure a "cattle call." More »
- Airline to Offer Internet Access
  
  Associated Press | Sep 19, 07 5:17 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alaska Airlines will become the first US carrier to offer satellite-based Wi-Fi internet access to passengers, reports AP. The airline will install the wireless service on one 737 jet next spring with a view to outfitting the entire 114-plane fleet. American Airlines announced plans for internet access on some of its Boeing 767s, using an air-to-ground system relying on cellular towers to transmit the broadband signals. More »
- Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash
  
  Reuters | Sep 16, 07 1:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The death toll has risen to 88 in the crash of a budget airliner on a Thai island resort today, Reuters reports. Officials said the plane broke up and burst into flames as it tried to land in torrential rain.The 42 survivors are being treated for a variety of injuries, and at least one said he thought the plane descended too fast. More »
- 60 Bombardier Aircraft Grounded After Accidents
  
  New York Times | Sep 12, 07 11:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Aircraft maker Bombardier recommended grounding 60 of its turboprop planes after one skidded off a runway in Lithuania during an emergency landing today, just days after similar landing gear malfunctions forced a crash landing in Denmark. No one was seriously injured in either crash, but airlines took no chances and canceled hundreds of flights, the Times reports. More »
- Tapes May Play at First 9/11 Damages Trial
  
  Reuters | Sep 12, 07 6:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The dramatic last minutes recorded on Flight 93 may be heard at a wrongful death case filed by a victim’s wife, Reuters reports. In the first 9/11 damages case to reach trial, the black box recordings would play sounds of passengers breaking into the cockpit and retaking the airplane from hijackers. The tapes have not yet been released publicly, Reuters reports. More »
- Short Skirt Doesn't Fly at Southwest
  
  ABC News | Sep 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A San Diego co-ed (and Hooters employee) nearly got kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for showing too much skin. A flight attendant called Kyla Ebbert to the front of the plane and asked her to change out of her 'revealing attire' or take a later flight. Ebbert brokered a compromise and remained aboard, but now she may sue Southwest over the ordeal, ABC reports. More »
- Late Flights Hit All-Time Record
  
  Reuters | Sep 5, 07 7:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More than a million airline flights on the 20 biggest carriers have been late so far this year— keeping the US airline industry on track for the worst year for delays on record, reports Reuters. The flight most often delayed in the month of July was a Delta route from New York to Orlando, which was late a whopping 96.7% of the time. More »
- Antiquated FAA in a Tailspin
  
  BusinessWeek | 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 agency mired in a struggle to get its Next Generation Air Travel System airborne. More »
- 10 Taxes That Sneak Up on You
  
  Forbes | Sep 1, 07 4:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - You don't have to be a fool to part with your money. Forbes gives you the 10 hidden taxes that cost you the most. Gasoline tax Cigarette tax Sugar "tax" More »
August 2007
- FAA Orders Inspections of Boeing 737s
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 28, 07 4:30 AM CDT