San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
United Airlines has told the union that represents its mechanics at San Francisco International Airport that it will lay off as many as 414 workers beginning Dec. 7, as part of its efforts to contain costs. The workers will be shed in what is the second round...
Forbes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Not that there aren't plenty of contrarian plays available in the stock market these days -- just about anything you might want to invest in could qualify -- but even by the miserable standards of this week's trading, the U.S. airline sector seemed to be getting unfairly walloped on Tuesday.“They are far oversold,” said Stifel Nicolaus analyst Hunter K. Keay. He said there are a lot of differences...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
CHICAGO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Airlines today reported its preliminary traffic results for September 2008. The company reported a September passenger load factor of 79.7 percent. Total scheduled revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased in September by 9.2 percent on a capacity decrease of 8.6 percent in scheduled available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Dropping crude prices, typically a catalyst for a surge in the airline sector, didn’t bring much relief to investors in the group Monday, as double-digit declines ravaged the stocks amid another harsh broad-market pullback.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- United Airlines, operated by UAL Corp. , said late Friday that its total September traffic fell 9.2% to 8.33 billion revenue passenger miles from 9.18 billion a year ago. A revenue passenger mile equals one passenger flown one mile. Total September capacity fell 8.6% to 10.46 billion available seat miles from last year. Load factor, or the percentage of...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
FORT WORTH, Texas – The idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner is becoming as quaint as stewardesses in short skirts. American Airlines is about to accelerate the trend of breaking the cost of a trip into an airfare plus many smaller fees.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
FORT WORTH, Texas -- American Airlines is about to accelerate the trend of breaking the cost of a trip into an airfare plus many smaller fees.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The airlines examined in the report were AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, America West Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. American Airlines, the nation's largest domestic carrier, was not included, the inspector general said, because it handles...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Nine major U.S. airlines are farming out aircraft maintenance at twice the rate of four years ago and hire outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major work, the government says. Contractors overseas handled one-quarter of the outsourced maintenance.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Nine U.S. airlines outsourced more than 70 percent of their major aircraft maintenance last year, and federal aviation officials' oversight of repair facilities is lagging, according to a government report.
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
US carrier's foray into Gulf will be its only new destination this year, starts Oct 26.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
WASHINGTON - Nine U.S. airlines outsourced more than 70 percent of their major aircraft maintenance last year, and federal aviation officials' oversight of repair facilities is lagging, according to a government report.One-fourth of the outsourced maintenance is being handled by contractors overseas.The Transportation Department's inspector general said the outsourcing, which has more than doubled...
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
A beautiful video ad clip for United Airlines by BDM agency. Thanks to Nick for this. @ haha.nu.
The Bargainist (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Travelocity - Fall adventures w/United Airlines from $116 round-trip If it's time for a much needed vacation, visit Travelocity for Fall adventures with United Airlines from just $116 round-trip. Watch the leaves change in a scenic New England town, visit the museums of Washington, D.C., or party on Bourbon Street till the break of dawn. Book by 10/03/2008 for travel through...
Ask Mr. Credit Card (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
United Airlines offers several credit cards through it’s partner Chase that return points in their Mileage Plus system. United, like virtually all airlines, offers some bonuses beyond a mile per dollar spent. I have always found that formula a little arbitrary anyways. Why not use a kilometer like most of the world, or better yet, [...]
