Teamsters-led clerks at Southwest reject contract

2010-02-23T13:31:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Teamsters-led group of 170 stock clerks reject contract offer from Southwest Airlines</div><div><p>A group of more than 170 stock clerks at Southwest Airlines Co. rejected a contract negotiated with the discount carrier.</p><p>Southwest said Tuesday that the contract it negotiated with the Teamsters union, which represents the clerks, would have run until Aug. 16, ...

Kevin Smith fuels row over "fat" plane passengers

2010-02-22T09:22:32Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film director Kevin Smith has reignited a heated debate about airlines' treatment of overweight passengers after being thrown off a flight for being too large to fit in one seat.</p><p>An angry tirade posted on his

Delta posts loss; shares lower premarket

2010-02-22T14:50:10Z

<div><p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines &lt;DAL.N&gt;, the world's biggest air carrier, reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday as cost cuts outweighed revenue pressures.</p><p>But excluding merger-related exp...

Storms cancel hundreds of Southwest flights

2010-02-22T16:53:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds of flights in California, Arizona due to rain, wind</div><div><p>Southwest Airlines says it has canceled hundreds of flights in Southern California and Arizona due to heavy rains and strong winds.</p&gt...

Southwest Earns

2010-01-21T05:31:21Z

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 (background) lands while Southwest Airline's Lone Star One, a Boeing 737-300, taxis to the gate Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-500 lands Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwes...

FAA orders inspections for 135 aging Boeing 737

2010-02-22T21:29:21Z

<div><p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the civilian authority overseeing US aircraft and airports, on Tuesday ordered inspections of 135 Boeing 737 plans for possible cracks in the fuselage of the aging aircraft.</p><p>The agency...

Changing flight plans due to illness can cost you

2010-02-23T21:50:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Opting not to fly when you are sick still the best choice even though it may cost you</div><div><p>Passengers are encouraged not to fly if they are sick, but it could cost you if you follow that advice.</p><p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people do...

Sector Snap: Airlines down with broader market

2010-02-24T01:38:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Airlines fall with broader market, despite drop in oil prices</div><div><p>Airline shares fell with the broader market on Friday, even though airline investors got something that would usually count as good news — falling oil prices.</p><p>The Amex airline index fell 1.9 percent, with all 13 of its components trading down.</p><p>Broader markets fell after Blackstone Group buys Southwest Airlines, sells Calpine shares in latest quarter</div><div><p>Private equity firm Blackstone Group, run by co-founder Stephen Schwarzman, bought a $7.8 million sta...

DOT releases airline delay list for September

2010-02-24T07:52:09Z

<div id="subtitle">The Transportation Department's on-time arrival ranking for US airlines</div><div><p>The percentage of airline flights in September that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department. In parenthesis is the carrier's ranking the ...

Air fare hike shows new pricing power

2010-02-24T15:14:03Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines have launched a $10 round-trip domestic fare increase, marking the fifth industrywide fare hike in 2009 and possibly signaling new pricing power for airlines as they claw their way out of an economic downturn.</p><p>The increase, initiated earlier this week by Southwest Airlines will launch service to northwest Florida next year</div><div><p>Southwest Airlines Co. said Wednesday it will begin service to a new airport near Panama City, Fla., next May.</p><p>It will be the disc...

Sector Snap: Airlines shares rise

2010-02-24T19:29:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Shares of largest US airlines rise with broader market; Southwest reports earnings Thursday</div><div><p>Shares of the largest U.S. airlines rose Wednesday, helped by a rally in the broader market that pushed the Dow close to 10,000.</p><p>The Dow Jones i...

Airlines Social Networking

2009-10-12T13:15:59Z

In this Oct. 9, 2009 photo, Public Relations Coordinator Christi Day is shown monitoring Southwest Airlines social networking sites at there headquarters in Dallas. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

DOT releases airline delay list for August

2010-02-24T22:09:39Z

<div id="subtitle">The Transportation Department's on-time arrival ranking for US airlines</div><div><p>The percentage of airline flights in August that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, according to the U.S. Transportation Department:</p><p>1. Hawaiian, ...

Airlines Fares

2009-10-05T15:00:45Z

FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, a JetBlue Airbus flies over a pair of Southwest Airlines' jets from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Southwest Airlines announces new fare sale, prices said to be higher than last year</div><div><p>Southwest Airlines Co. on Tuesday launched a new fare sale for late fall and winter, although it includes plenty of limits and blackout dates around the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's holidays.</p><p>The airline sa...

Shrinking Airlines

2009-09-20T07:01:50Z

FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, a JetBlue Airbus flies over a pair of Southwest Airlines' jets from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank,

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