Airlines | featured news

LA Times: American Airlines out to ground some frequent fliers using lifetime first-class passes

Lifetime airline pass

...The LA Times story focuses on a few very frequent flyers, including Dallas marketing mogul Jacques Vroom, who paid more than $350,000 for an unlimited AAirpasses, then proceeded to use it, and use it, and use it…

 

Delta buys a refinery in bid to cut its fuel bill

Delta Air Lines said on Monday that it will buy a refinery near Philadelphia in the hope of slicing $300 million a year from its jet fuel bill.

 

Looking for low airfares? Good luck

Douglas Quinby was shocked at the price. Traveling from Atlanta to New Orleans in two weeks for work, the travel industry analyst found an airline ticket for $130 a week ago and grabbed it.

 

American Airlines says it needs labor cuts to survive; unions disagree

American Airlines says it needs labor cuts to survive; unions disagree.

 

US Airways Strikes Deal With AMR’s Unions

US Airways Group said it has made deals with three unions at American Airlines, contingent on a possible merger of the two airlines.

 

Airliner carrying 131 crashes in Pakistan: air official

Pakistani Airline Crash

A Pakistani airliner with 131 people on board crashed in bad weather near Islamabad's international airport on Friday, a civil aviation official said.

 

Mishandled bag rates drop, but cabin tensions remain

According to a new report, the total number of mishandled bags worldwide dropped sharply last year. Soime passengers, however, believe airlines have moved the problem from the cargo hold to the cabin.

 

Delta Air Lines leads latest airfare hike attempt

Heads up, travelers. For the sixth time this year, an attempt is underway to bump up airfares.

 

Malaysia Airlines offers child-free zone on flights

Malaysia Airlines will start flying its first Airbus A380-800 on July 1, but kids won't be welcome on the massive airliner's upper deck.

 

Airline employee resigns amid celeb tip-off claims

Airline Celebrity Sightings

A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following newspaper allegations that she routinely fed information about the company's celebrity clientele to a paparazzi agency, the airline said Friday....

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content