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Holiday Announcement
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our valued clients for their continued support throughout the year. We are grateful, as well, to our employees, who continuously provide exceptional service to our clients. To thank our employees for their hard work and dedication throughout the year, we would like to give them a three day weekend to enjoy additional time with their family and friends. TSG will be closed on Monday, December 26 in observance of the Christmas holiday, and on Monday, January 2, in observance of the New Year's holiday. Our Travel Helpline will be available for emergency reservations or assistance on those days.
“Have a happy and safe holiday.” | |
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U.S. airlines buffeted by fuel costs but hopeful of recovery
Dec 12, 2005 -- Eight airlines are flying in bankruptcy and jet fuel prices are still wrecking budgets after spiking to all-time highs this fall. 2005 marks a fifth straight year of multibillion-dollar losses. MORE
New TSA Surveillance Tactic Curtailed
Dec 15, 2005 -- Just two days into an experimental program that would place undercover air marshals in train, bus, ferry and other mass transit stations, TSA yesterday said its test has been scaled back, owing to confusion over the rollout. MORE
Not Even Soda Is Sacred
Dec 13, 2005 -- Some frequent travelers have long joked that it was bound to happen, and now it has: An airline will begin charging $1 for a cup of soda, taking away one of the last in-flight perks that airlines historically have given away. MORE
US Airways to add airport club at LAX
Dec 14, 2005 -- US Airways Group Inc. is about to open a US Airways Club at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). MORE
Transit Talks Proceed in Starts and Stops
Dec 15, 2005 -- With a contract deadline just after midnight tonight, representatives of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the transit workers' union met intermittently yesterday to stave off a strike as the agency's top negotiator warned that "we are not in a good place." MORE |
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IATA sees airlines losing $10.2 billion in 2005-06
Dec 15, 2005 -- Propelled by losses among US carriers, the global airline industry is expected to lose $6 billion this year and $4.2 billion in 2006 before returning to the black in 2007 with a profit of $6.2 billion. MORE
BWI to buy $6.9M network to boost public safety
Dec 14, 2005 -- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport plans to buy a $6.9 million radio system to improve safety communication within BWI and its neighboring counties. MORE
Plane at Midway needed more runway
Dec 15, 2005 — A jetliner that skidded off a landing strip and into a city street needed about 800 more feet of runway to come to a safe stop, federal investigators said Thursday. MORE
The Department of State Reopens the New Orleans Passport Agency
Dec 13, 2005 -- The Department of State will officially celebrate the reopening of the New Orleans Passport Agency on Tuesday, December 13, 2005. MORE
House Approves Pension-Reform Bill
Dec 15, 2005 -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve an overhaul of the nation's pension laws, reversing an earlier decision and clearing the way for final negotiations with the Senate for a bill that could yield more time for financially struggling airlines to fund their employee retirement plans. MORE | | |
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Delta Air Lines continues adding Latin American flights
Dec 15, 2005 -- Delta Air Lines Inc. is starting new routes in Latin America as part of its ongoing international expansion. MORE
Delta pilots accept 15 percent pay cut
Dec 12, 2005 -- Leaders of the pilots union for Delta Air Lines have agreed to a 15 percent pay cut, the company announced Sunday, temporarily averting a threatened strike that analysts warned might kill the bankrupt carrier. MORE
American Airlines to end service from Long Beach Airport
Dec 15, 2005 -- American Airlines will stop its service from Long Beach Airport in early 2006, company officials said. MORE
American Airlines Center vendor laying off 523 employees
Dec 14, 2005 -- A company that provides food and beverage service at the American Airlines Center in Dallas says it will begin laying off 808 workers in February. MORE
Southwest to sell flights on ATA out of D/FW Airport
Dec 15, 2005 -- Southwest Airlines will expand its ATA Airlines codeshare agreement to include ATA flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Chicago Midway beginning in January. MORE
American feels the Love, follows Southwest to Missouri
Dec 14, 2005 -- American Airlines announced daily flights from Dallas Love Field to St. Louis, Kansas City, San Antonio and Austin will begin March 2. MORE |
NWA won't get break on runway, gate fees
Dec 15, 2005 -- The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) on Wednesday turned down a request by Northwest Airlines to delay a $10.8 million increase in its landing, ramp and gate fees, the Star Tribune reports. MORE
Northwest to slim down Great Falls flights
Dec 15, 2005 -- Northwest Airlines will temporarily cut one of its daily flights linking Great Falls and Minneapolis next month in order to makes its way through bankruptcy reorganization. MORE
Mechanics union leader urges rejection of NWA offer
Dec 15, 2005 -- The head of the Northwest Airlines mechanics union urged striking members Wednesday to reject the airline's latest contract offer, the Star Tribune reports. MORE
Albany airport loses some Independence Air flights
Dec 14, 2005 -- Independence Air will drop four of its 21 weekly departures from the Albany International Airport to Dulles in Washington, D.C., the financially troubled airline said. MORE
Independence Air cuts more flights, jobs
Dec 14, 2005 -- With a Friday deadline looming for bids to buy Independence Air, the low-cost carrier is cutting more flights and jobs to further reduce expenses. MORE
Frontier considers service to Canada
Dec 15, 2005 — First came touchdown in the warm resort cities of Mexico. Now Frontier Airlines is looking north to snowy Canada. MORE |
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BA Sacks Union Official Over Heathrow Strike
Dec 15, 2005 -- British Airways said on Thursday it had sacked one employee and suspended a second for their involvement in a strike at London's Heathrow Airport in August. MORE
BAA minimizes fuel disruption
Dec 15, 2005 -- BAA is implementing a range of options to avoid a shortage of fuel supplies for the airlines operating from London Heathrow following Sunday's explosion at the Buncefield oil depot. MORE
Cathay Pacific firms up $2.85B 777 order
Dec 15, 2005 -- Cathay Pacific Airways has finalized a purchase agreement for 12 Boeing 777-300ERs, and took purchase rights for another 20 of the planes. MORE |
Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air add off-line booking fee
Dec 15, 2005 -- Alaska Air Group Inc. said customers using reservation call centers or airport ticket counters for reservations at its airlines will be charged $10 per transaction beginning Jan. 18. MORE
Boeing inks blockbuster 787 deal with Qantas
Dec 14, 2005 -- Qantas, the Australian flagship airline, will purchase up to 115 of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliners as it renews and expands its fleet over the next several years. MORE
All-Premium Startup Carriers Add Flights, Distribution Channels
Dec 13, 2005 -- After a month of operations between New York JFK and London Stansted airports, all-business class MaxJet Airways today announced plans to launch in early 2006 new service from Washington Dulles International Airport to London. MORE |
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Rail / Hotel / Car / Cruise News
Starwood Closes On Le Meridien, Hilton Seeks Unification
Dec 5, 2005 -- Hilton Hotels Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts are continuing to broaden their international reaches, as Starwood in recent weeks closed its Le Meridien acquisition and Hilton continues to work on purchasing its U.K.-based namesake, Hilton International. MORE
Late Hotel Rate Deals Delay Loading
Dec 5, 2005 -- The process of loading 2006 negotiated hotel rates into global distribution systems, which many corporate travel buyers typically would begin this week and complete by the end of the month, at many companies is taking a back seat to the challenging task of renegotiating and securing 2006 contracts. MORE |
PwC Forecasts Strengthening Hotel Seller's Market
Dec 8, 2005 -- The U.S. lodging industry's per-room revenue this year will register the highest percentage growth in 20 years, PricewaterhouseCoopers said today during its 10th Annual U.S. Lodging Industry Briefing. MORE
Search on for lost passenger on Jewel of the Seas
Dec 12, 2005 -- The cruise ship Jewel of the Seas returned to Port Everglades without one of its passengers, a Canadian woman reported missing by her husband. U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and Bahamian naval boats spent Sunday combing the waters off Nassau where a Canadian woman may have fallen overboard from a cruise ship, officials said. MORE |
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