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Memorial ceremony to mark ninth anniversary of 9/11 attack
With the ninth anniversary almost upon us, organizers have announced two memorial events at the 9/11 Memorial in Grapevine to remember the crew members, passengers and others who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
There’ll be a 7:30 a.m. S…
DOT turns down Delta-Virgin Blue linkup
The U.S. Department of Transportation, which hardly ever turns down a request for antitrust immunity, said Wednesday it’s proposing to reject the application from Delta Air Lines and the affiliates of Virgin Blue Group.
The two had proposed a close re…
Road Closures near D/FW Airport
Here’s the release from D/FW International Airport:
DFW Airport sees road closures due to high water
Passengers advised to leave early for airport due to road flooding issues
(September 8, 2010) – DFW International Airport is advising passengers tr…
D/FW Airport endures rain freight train
I’d post the radar image but it would be dated pretty quickly, but believe me when I tell you that the core of this tropical storm remnant is currently running over the top of the world’s third-busiest airport (by flights).
Flightstats.com, ever the …
AA’s Arpey speaks to TheStreet.com
Arpey doesn’t exactly run around giving out media interviews, so here’s a link to Ted Reed’s work for TheStreet.
And Ted’s 5 Facts that would make AMR shareholders happy.
And in his swing through the Metroplex, Ted also sat down with the APA to talk …
Top 5 questions facing the airlines this fall
Ah, Labor Day. We mourn the vacation that’s now only in our memories, trudge into eight or nine months of school and wonder when it’ll ever be cool in Texas.
The airlines wonder if business will continue its upward swing or head downward again. Here a…
Q&A with AA’s Jim Ream
We had the chance to sit with American Airlines’ new senior vice president of maintenance and engineering, Jim Ream, who ran ExpressJet Airlines and had spent time at Continental Airlines prior to returning to American.
Click to get into the transcrip…
Monday morning trivia
Southwest Airlines tends to be the largest carrier in the markets where it flies. But that’s not always true, even in its really big markets.
Our question this week: In one of Southwest’s top five markets, it ranks second to another carrier in passeng…
3 idle thoughts for Friday
1. It’s easy to make magic for a dog.
2. A lot of us around here are wondering what happens when you accuse your pilot of having been drinking, and the tests then clear him.
3. A friend told me he’s not sure whether he’s retired or just unemployed.
Speaking of airline fees…
“Bizarro” cartoon, from the print edition of the Dallas Morning News, Sept. 2, 2010:
