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American Airlines to recall more flight attendants?
American Airlines is in the process of recalling 368 flight attendants. Are there are more recalls on the way?
The buzz is that the carrier and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants will be announcing something Friday. We probably can assu…
J.D. Power singles out JetBlue, Southwest, WestJet for customer service
J.D. Power and Associates has identified three airlines – JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and WestJet Airlines, as “customer service champions.”
In all, J.D. Power identified 40 companies as such, including Four Seasons and the Ritz-Carlton hotels…
Southwest Airlines responds on Facebook to huge response from applicants for flight attendant jobs
Southwest Airlines reopened the window for applying online for flight attendant jobs on Wednesday. As on Monday, it appears there were many people disappointed because they weren’t able to get through.
Southwest’s Facebook wall was populated by the un…
Southwest Airlines employees get additional $150 bonus for Valentine’s Day
Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly has announced that Southwest is giving each employee a $150 bonus
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That bonus is in addition to Southwest’s profit-sharing payout of $157 million and $193 million in company match for the 401(k) plans. Bo…
Delta, United Continental hand out profit sharing pay
Delta Air Lines and United Continental said they’re distributing their profit-sharing checks to employees Monday.
Delta employees are splitting $313 million, while United Continental is handing out $224 million. Those figures don’t include other incen…
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…
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…
Factoids from Southwest Airlines’ annual report
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday filed its 10-K annual financial report for 2010. Let’s look at what’s in there:
• More passengers are connecting. Approximately 73 percent of Southwest’s passengers flew non-stop in 2010, compared to 76 percent in 2009 …
Factoids from Southwest Airlines’ annual report
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday filed its 10-K annual financial report for 2010. Let’s look at what’s in there:
• More passengers are connecting. Approximately 73 percent of Southwest’s passengers flew non-stop in 2010, compared to 76 percent in 2009 …
