Financial Time (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The concern comes after European lawmakers gave the go-ahead to a deal forcing the airline industry to start paying for greenhouse gas emissions in four years
Global Intellect (Free subscription) | yesterday
News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Parsing Yahoo: We Find Rejection Very Attractive It’s a Hypercompetitive World After All Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time Subscribe to Portfolio magazine What’s the airline-industry jargon for unconventional wisdom? Southwest Airlines. By some estimates, the country’s major carriers have consumed perhaps $100 billion in capital during the past decade, but...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
I was experimenting with my Time Cube, and the harmonic four-sided time wave expanded to one completeness supernatural wisdom (got too big). For just a fraction of a second, the end of the radome was in a different, earlier time phase than the non-time waved reality, while still being physically connected. Since the plane was moving forward quickly, this ever so slight rearward time jump moved the...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
photo by Craig Forrester In the ongoing effort to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, the airline industry has been the focus of a good deal of criticism. Some airlines themselves have announced plans to reduce their environmental impact— Lufthansa , JAL , and Virgin Atlantic have all taken steps in this direction. Now comes word from the EU that...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - UAL Corp's United Airlines has postponed opening a route to Russia from the United States by six months due to soaring jet fuel prices, a source with the Russian Civil Aviation Agency said on Monday.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The European Parliament voted Tuesday to include airlines in their emissions trading rules, starting in 2012. The rule would impact airlines operating in the E.U., whether foreign or local. Ryanair Holdings, which along with many airlines protested against the rules, estimated that the cost could add 50 euros per flight to the cost of passenger tickers. Market Pulse Stories...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. says it plans to offer international service — a first for the low-fare carrier — through a deal with Canada's WestJet.
Aviation India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mumbai: Upset over air-carriers' decision to withdraw 5 per cent commission to travel agents from October, representatives of various travel bodies have decided to meet airline industry officials seeking a rethink on the issue. This was decided at a joint meeting of five travel agents' bodies here on Monday. "We all are unhappy with the decision as we feel it will be detrimental for the travel industry....
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
AirTran Airways is cutting 480 jobs — 180 pilots and 300 flight attendants — or more than 5 percent of its work force, a company executive said Monday. In Colorado, Frontier Airlines told state officials it was cutting 456 jobs, and United Airlines said it planned to eliminate 150 jobs there.
Later On (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The airline industry is in bad shape—not just financially, but from top to bottom. Kevin Hall of the McClatchy Washington Bureau has a good article that makes one hesitate to book that next trip on an airline. It begins: Rising jet fuel prices are being cited by airlines as the reason for cancelling service to smaller [...]
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. is laying the groundwork to bring flights to Canada. (LUV)
The East Bay Business Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. is planning to add international flights through a partnership with WestJet, a Canadian carrier. (LUV)
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. is planning to add international flights through a partnership with WestJet, a Canadian carrier. (LUV)
The New Mexico Business Weekly (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. is planning to add international flights through a partnership with WestJet, a Canadian carrier. (LUV)
The Pittsburgh Business Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southwest Airlines Co. is planning to add international flights through a partnership with WestJet, a Canadian carrier. (LUV)
