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UAL and Continental reach agreements with pilots Chicago Breaking Business Share     United Airlines and Continental Airlines said they hammered out transition agreements with their pilots' unions, a critical step towards reaching a broader labor accord with pilots. Talks between the merging airlines and pilots were halted late last month due to a dispute between Chicago-based United and its pilots over lay-off protections, sources told the Tribune. More Airlines see sunnier skies ahead as second-quarter earnings take off The Philadelphia Inquirer Share
Airlines are in the thick of reporting second-quarter earnings results, and the outlook so far has been bright. Delta Air Lines reported its biggest quarterly profit since 1999, and United Airlines posted its first quarterly profit since 2007. More Allegiant Air to offer service starting Sept. 15 to Phoenix, Long Beach, Calif. The Gazette Share
Low-fare leisure carrier Allegiant Air announced it will begin twice weekly service Sept. 15 to Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz., and Long Beach, Calif., with introductory one-way fares starting at $29.99. "We're pleased to bring two more affordable and convenient ways for our customers to get away," said Andrew C. Levy, Allegiant's president. More Qatar inks $500 million deal with Boeing for jets The National Share
Qatar Airways has placed a $500 million order with Boeing, taking its aircraft spending spree to $35 billion. The Doha airline exercised two options for 777-200 aircraft in the LR or long-range configuration, converting them into firm orders, said Akbar al Baker, its chief executive. More Atlanta renews airport leases with major carriers Atlanta Business Chronicle Share
Atlanta officials have signed seven-year lease extensions with the major domestic airline tenants at the world’s busiest airport. The city council voted unanimously to renew leases at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with AirTran Airways Inc., United Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., and US Airways Inc. More FAA orders inspections of pylons on Boeing 767 Jets Bloomberg Share
U.S. aviation regulators ordered inspections of 138 Boeing Co. 767 aircraft pylons that attach the engines to the wings to reduce the threat of cracking. Inspections must be conducted after 8,000 flights rather than 10,000 as now required, and the examinations must be done within 400 flights, or 90 days, whichever occurs later, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. More Move to Big Ten may alter how Huskers travel Freemont Tribune Share
Steve Glenn remembers when bus trips to Big Eight Conference contests meant card games and backgammon duels between him and his fellow Husker football players. Glenn, an NU offensive lineman in the late 1970s, said those days are over, especially with Nebraska moving to the Big Ten Conference next year. The founder and president of Executive Travel in Lincoln, Glenn said Husker teams may fly more frequently once NU joins the Big Ten. But that might not increase Nebraska's travel expenses. More Aircraft leasing orders point toward a strong recovery Wall Street Journal Share
As a group, leasing companies have been the biggest buyers this year at the biennial Farnborough Airshow, reflecting both the excitement over renewed air traffic growth and the reality that most airlines are flat broke. More T-Rays: The future of airport security, the end of suicide bombers? ABC News Share
It's the price we pay for living in a post-9/11 world - waiting on endless lines at airport security, worried about missing a flight, and wondering if all those metal detectors and pat-downs will make us any safer anyhow. Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have now made an advance that could substantially change that scenario. Instead of X-rays, try T-rays. More |
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