| | NEWS HEADLINES | Delta willing to use bankruptcy court to impose pilot cuts
Oct 6, 2005 - Delta Air Lines is prepared to use the bankruptcy court to achieve $325 million in cost concessions from its pilots if the company and union can't reach a deal on their own. MORE NWA may try to return 115 planes
Oct 6, 2005 - Northwest is seeking bankruptcy court approval to renegotiate the leases on — or possibly even return — as many as 115 of its planes. MORE Fuel Costs Prompt More Service Cuts, Fresh Fare Hike
Oct 3, 2005 - Citing high jet fuel costs, American Airlines will suspend a total of 15 daily roundtrips on 14 routes from primary hubs in Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth until Oct. 29. At the end of the month, Northwest also plans to discontinue nonstop service between Chicago and Nagoya, Japan, following recent international service suspensions. MORE
| United scores $3B financing package
Oct 5, 2005 - United Airlines said J.P. Morgan and Citigroup will be joint lead arrangers for a $3 billion all-debt exit financing package in what it called a significant step toward exiting bankruptcy in February. MORE D.C. area airports changing: Dulles expansion moving forward; National to OK private planes
Oct 6, 2005 - Work on two new runways that are part of Dulles Airport's $3 billion expansion could begin in months, said the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's chief executive. MORE Registered Traveler Test Ends: U.S. Considers Findings As Private Airport Programs Proliferate
Oct 3, 2005 - The federal government ended a 14-month test of its Registered Traveler program that let frequent travelers who voluntarily underwent a background check speed through security checkpoints at five major airports. MORE |
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| Airline News | United Express Offers Brand New Service to the West Coast
Oct. 4, 2005 - Beginning Feb. 8, 2006, United Express will begin offering new daily service between San Francisco and Edmonton, Alberta, and three new daily flights between Los Angeles and Albuquerque, N.M. Tickets are now on sale. MORE American to cancel 15 major flights
Sep 30, 2005 - American Airlines plans to cancel 15 daily round-trip domestic flights from its two largest hub airports because of the skyrocketing price of jet fuel. MORE Alitalia revising businss plan as recapitalization stalls in face of fuel costs
Oct 6, 2005 - Alitalia is preparing a revised business plan that will take into account higher fuel prices as well as the latest changes in its financial situation. MORE | US Airways Group, Inc., To Repurchase Government Warrants
Oct. 3, 2005 -- US Airways Group, Inc., has agreed to repurchase all of the replacement warrants recently issued to the Air Transportation Stabilization Board (ATSB) in connection with the recently completed merger with America West Holdings Corporation. MORE Air France KLM Raises Synergy Benefits
Oct 6, 2005 - Air France KLM has raised its estimate for synergy benefits from the Franco-Dutch airline combination to EUR180 million (USD$216.9 million) in the current financial year. MORE AA Cargo Division Announces Increase in Fuel Surcharge
Oct 5, 2005 - AA Cargo division increased its fuel surcharge from $0.50/kg to $0.55/kg for most international shipments of U.S. origin, and from $0.20/lb to $0.22/lb for U.S. domestic shipments, effective October 19, 2005. MORE | | JetBlue begins flying at Continental's Newark hub
Oct 5, 2005 - Discount carrier JetBlue Airways began flying from Newark Liberty International Airport to two airports in Florida, with plans to fly to three other Sunshine State airports, and one in Puerto Rico, before Thanksgiving. MORE Alaska Air starts 'tug of war' with Southwest
Oct 4, 2005 - The parent company of Alaska Airlines says it would join the mix if King County decides to allow commercial airline flights to operate out of Boeing Field in south Seattle. MORE
| JAL to merge domestic and international operations next year
Oct 6, 2005 - JAL Group announced yesterday that Japan Airlines Domestic will be merged into Japan Airlines International effective Oct. 1, 2006.JAL Sales, which handles group travel sales, will transfer its activities to JAL International six months earlier, on April 1. MORE AirTran to end Richmond-Philly route
Oct 5, 2005 - Disappointing passenger numbers and soaring fuel costs are forcing AirTran to end its Philadelphia service out of Richmond, Va. MORE | | Car / Rail / Cruise NewsAmtrak Trains to Roll Out of New Orleans on October 9
Oct 5, 2005 - The passenger rail service from New Orleans will resume Sunday, Oct. 9, with the departures of the City of New Orleans to Memphis and Chicago and the Crescent to Atlanta and New York. MORE California Amtrak Trains Show Strong Ridership and Revenue Increases
Sep 30, 2005 - Passenger traffic on all three Amtrak trains in California showed impressive gains during the month of August 2005. MORE | Hotel News Marriott Earnings Surge
Oct 6, 2005 - Making gains in per-room revenue, occupancy and average daily rate over the same period last year, Marriott International--a strong beneficiary of increased demand-- said, "rarely have we seen a more favorable pricing climate for our industry." MORE Hotels Getting Hotter
Oct 5, 2005 - The business traveler is back this year, good news for major hotel chains that are booking rooms in more bulk and at higher rates. MORE Trump, developer to make tulip-shaped hotel
U.S. real estate and gambling kingpin Donald Trump is joining forces with top Emirates developer Nakheel to build a tulip-shaped hotel on a man-made island shaped like a palm tree. MORE | | Other Industry Related News Support for aviation fuel tax relief builds in Congress
Oct 6, 2005 - Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) has sent a letter to Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) expressing support "for a one-year suspension of the 4.3 cents-per-gallon excise tax on aviation fuel as the House of Representatives considers ways to facilitate recovery and mitigate the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita." MORE | A down-to-earth job outlook for airline workers
Oct 5, 2005 - Call it the after-airline life. For many of the nation's pilots, flight attendants, and mechanics whose love of the open skies defined their work lives for decades, it's something they never wanted to imagine. MORE | Congress plans $175M for port security grants in FY2006
Sep 30 2005 - Congressional leaders have come to a final agreement to fund the fiscal year 2006 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget, which will provide money for the Port Security Grant (PSG) program’s sixth round. MORE | Defense Travel System Under Fire
Sept 30, 2005 - After spending 10 years and nearly one-half billion dollars, the federal government is considering shelving the Department of Defense's online-based Defense Travel System amid claims of its ineffectiveness. MORE
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| Milwaukee opens cell phone lot
Oct 3, 2005 - October 3, 2005 - Drivers who circle Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International Airport, waiting for a cellular phone call to pick up an arriving passenger, no longer have to stay on the move. MORE | Clinton, Pataki press homeland security on passport rule
Oct 5, 2005 - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gov. George Pataki separately pushed the federal government to abandon its plan to require passports for crossing the Canadian border. MORE
| Lawmakers to encourage private airport screeners
Oct 5, 2005 - Four years after Congress put the federal government in charge of aviation security, it is about to change course and encourage private security companies to run airport checkpoints. MORE | Airline Fight Complicates US Senate Pension Bill
Oct 5, 2005 - Action has stalled on private pension reform legislation in the US Senate while lawmakers try to resolve a dispute about special aid for troubled airlines, said a senator and aides. MORE |
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