US Airways cutting 1,000 jobs, reducing flying
October 28, 2009 ·
Struggling US Airways said on Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes. It’s a major retrenchment, and Chairman and CEO Doug Parker said he hopes it gets the airline making money again. US Airways Group Inc. [...]
Continental Airlines joins Star Alliance
October 27, 2009 ·
Continental Airlines on Tuesday officially joined the Star Alliance, a move it says will give passengers more options and the airline more places to expand. The Star Alliance is the world’s biggest airline grouping, with 25 members; including United, US Airways, Lufthansa and Air Canada. Continental was a member of the SkyTeam alliance, but left [...]
Thanksgiving travel options by the numbers
October 21, 2009 ·
Holiday surcharges. Bag fees. Fees for just about everything. Long airport security lines. Flying might not be your cheapest, quickest or most comfortable option to travel to grandma’s house this Thanksgiving. Consider taking the bus or Amtrak, driving or even renting a recreational vehicle for a family adventure. At an average $2.57 a gallon this [...]
FAA seeks millions against United Airlines and US Airways
October 14, 2009 ·
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday proposed levying multimillion-dollar fines against United Airlines and US Airways for safety violations, including flying a plane after mechanics stuffed shop towels into an engine. The agency said it has proposed a $5.4 million fine against US Airways of Tempe, Ariz., for operating eight planes on a total of [...]
Low-cost airlines all a-Twitter with customers
October 12, 2009 ·
A Seattle woman tweets from an airport that JetBlue’s birthday present to her was forgetting to put her wheelchair on her flight. Seven minutes later, an airline official tweets back that the crew will work quickly to make things right. On a Facebook page used by Delta Air Lines, a traveler suggests Delta wrap its [...]
Airlines improve on-time arrivals in August
October 6, 2009 ·
Arriving on-time was just a little bit easier for airline passenger traveling in August. The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that 79.7 percent of flights arrived on time in August. That was an improvement from 78.4 percent in August 2008, and 77.6 percent in July. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. was the most punctual of the [...]
The lowdown on airline food
September 29, 2009 ·
If you were a TWA first-class passenger traveling from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco, California, in October 1970, your menu read more like a feast for the Sun King than a precooked meal heated in a convection oven. You might have started out with crêpe farcie aux fruits de mer, with lobster, shrimp, crabmeat, and [...]
