Still traveling for business, but carefully
July 13, 2009 ·
Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow — the business traveler. Corporate travelers, who pay higher airfares when they sit in the front cabins of planes or book close to the date of travel, are flying coach [...]
DOT says more flights were on time in May
July 9, 2009 ·
U.S. airlines have cut many flights and they are getting better at staying on schedule with their remaining flights, as more trips arrived on time in May than a year earlier. The Transportation Department also said Thursday that fewer flights were canceled and passengers reported fewer cases of mishandled baggage. Airlines have been cutting flights [...]
Boston airport tests radar to avoid bird strikes
July 9, 2009 ·
Logan International Airport is testing a specialized radar system the Air Force uses to protect its fighters and NASA uses to guard its $2 billion shuttles, as it considers stepping up its efforts at preventing collisions between birds and airplanes. With a wildlife mitigation lineup that already includes five full-time employees, Logan has long had [...]
Southwest means business as it comes to New York
June 26, 2009 ·
LaGuardia Airport is the smallest of the three major airports in the New York area, with just two main runways. Planes often sit in long lines on the tarmac, waiting their turn to take off. So why would Southwest Airlines, a carrier that boasts about its on-time prowess, want to go there? In many ways, [...]
Southwest CEO says June looking worse than May
June 11, 2009 ·
The chief executive of Southwest Airlines said Thursday that June looks weaker than May, judging by a key measure of revenue, and he doesn’t yet see signs of a turnaround. “It’s a very, very difficult time, and earnings are going to be very stressed until the economy changes,” CEO Gary Kelly said. Kelly said that [...]
FAA missing inspections at airlines
June 10, 2009 ·
A government watchdog told a Senate panel Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has missed safety inspections at major airlines. The Transportation Department’s inspector general, Calvin Scovel, said that the cozy relationship between FAA inspectors and Southwest Airlines that he warned Congress about last year extends to more offices within the agency and more airlines. [...]
Southwest Airlines launches new ad campaign
June 1, 2009 ·
Southwest Airlines, which has posed stewardesses in hot pants and the CEO with a bag over his head to sell tickets, is launching a new campaign that tells consumers to get over the recession and fly again. One spot ends with the narrator saying, “We don’t fly around tough times. How about you?” The ads [...]
