Airline traffic continues to decline
September 10, 2009 ·
Summer has come and gone without giving much lift to the nation’s airlines. The carriers offered fewer flights than a year ago, and they slashed prices to fill even that reduced supply of seats, according to August traffic reports released over the past week. Discount airlines fared relatively better in the recession, as they lured [...]
Pinnacle Airlines says August traffic fell 3.5 pct
September 9, 2009 ·
Regional airline operator Pinnacle Airlines Corp. said its August traffic fell 3.5 percent. Pinnacle, which hauls passengers under contract for big-name carriers, said on Tuesday it flew almost 408.7 million revenue passenger miles in August, or one paying passenger flown one mile. That’s down from 423.7 million revenue passenger miles flown in August 2009. Pinnacle [...]
Airlines improve on-time arrival ratings in July
September 8, 2009 ·
Airline passengers got to their destination on time a little more often in July. The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that 77.6 percent of airline flights arrived on time, up from 75.7 percent during the same month last year. July’s showing was also an improvement over the 76.1 percent on-time rate in June. Airlines have [...]
DOT releases airline delay list for July
September 8, 2009 ·
The percentage of airline flights in July that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department: 1. Hawaiian, 93.6 percent 2. Alaska, 87.2 percent 3. SkyWest, 83.6 percent 4. Southwest, 80.7 percent 5. US Airways, 80.6 percent 6. United, 79.6 percent 7. ExpressJet, 79.6 8. Mesa, 78.6 percent 9. Pinnacle, 78.6 [...]
Relief for airlines as fall in traffic slows
September 8, 2009 ·
Airlines and their suppliers are reporting tentative signs that a severe industry recession is bottoming out, sending shares higher on Tuesday. Airbus, the world’s largest producer of passenger jets, said airline traffic had possibly seen “the trough of the recession” and could start to rebound from next year. “In 2009 we believe total traffic is [...]
Hawaiian Airlines to impose first checked bag fee
September 3, 2009 ·
Hawaiian Airlines says it will join its competitors in charging a fee for the first checked bag on interisland flights. Hawaiian announced Wednesday that the $10 fee will go into effect Sept. 14. Glenn Taniguchi is Hawaiian’s senior vice president of marketing and sales. He says fares haven’t kept pace with rising costs. Such items [...]
US Airways pilots union sues pension agency
September 2, 2009 ·
The pilots union for US Airways filed suit Wednesday against the federal government’s pension agency, claiming it is not doing enough to investigate charges that the airline’s pension plan was mismanaged. The U.S. Airline Pilots Association wants the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. removed as trustee for the plan and replaced with someone who will actively [...]
