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Airline traffic, capacity and loads were all up in January 2011
Major U.S. airlines wound up with more traffic and capacity in January than a year earlier, despite the winter storms that kept hammering the nation.
Alaska Airlines reported the biggest jump in traffic and capacity last month. JetBlue Airways reporte…
Atlantic Southeast, AirTran lead airline industry in improving their on-time record in 2010; Pinnacle, Southwest are at bottom
Atlantic Southeast Airlines usually finishes way down in the rankings for on-time arrivals.
But let’s give credit where credit is due and reward the airlines that showed the most improvement.
ASA, a regional carrier owned by SkyWest, did the best job…
United Airlines is best major carrier in on-time arrivals for December, and all of 2010
United Airlines survived the bad weather of December to finish tops among the big carriers in on-time performance in December, with 83.1 percent of its flight arriving on time.
At the bottom was JetBlue Airways, with 58.6 percent.
United was second o…
Finally — an aviation story in which the dog doesn’t die in the end
We’ve had so many sad stories about dogs dying in the care of airlines or dogs escaping from airplanes at the airport and never being found … sigh.
But we’re pleased to pass on a story involving a dog and an airport and a happy ending. It’s the stor…
Analyst applauds pilot union president’s comments in American Airlines talks
Hunter Keay, airline analyst at Stifel Nicolaus, took note of the comments of Allied Pilots Association president Dave Bates, and he liked what he heard.
Bates on Tuesday told the union’s board of directors that the APA had put too many items on the t…
American Airlines to recall 368 furloughed flight attendants in June, summer
American Airlines will recall 368 flight attendants in February and March to begin work in June and afterward, the air carrier and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday.
APFA president Laura Glading said the union was “extre…
American Airlines to recall 368 furloughed flight attendants in June, summer
American Airlines will recall 368 flight attendants in February and March to begin work in June and afterward, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday.
APFA president Laura Glading said the union was “extremely pleased” with t…
Airport scene: Not quite as dire as you might think (Updating)
Behold, the power of pre-treating your runways for an ice event.
Flights are leaving both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport despite the wintry mix falling (I heard crackling ice just an hour ago or so up here), and the outl…
American Airlines pilot union chief: We asked too much, put too many items on the table
In a remarkably blunt speech, the president of American Airlines’ pilot union said Tuesday it’s the union’s own fault that negotiations have gone so slowly with little to show.
In prepared remarks to the union’s board of directors, Allied Pilots Assoc…
American Airlines pilot union chief: We asked too much, put too many items on the table
In a remarkably blunt speech, the president of American Airlines’ pilot union said it’s the union’s own fault that negotiations have gone so slowly with little to show.
In prepared remarks to the union’s board of directors, Allied Pilots Association p…
