Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s largest carrier by traffic, said its domestic and international flights were experiencing “minimal” delays Saturday after Friday’s alleged terrorism incident aboard one of its Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flights from Amsterdam.
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Despite extensive spending since 2001 on intelligence and counterterrorism programs, sophisticated airport scanners and elaborate watch lists, it was something simpler that averted disaster on a Christmas Day flight to Detroit: alert and courageous passengers and crew members.
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An American Airlines jet scraped a wingtip and partially veered off the runway while landing in poor visibility Sunday night at Charlotte, N.C., and federal air-safety regulators are looking into why it took the carrier four hours to notify them about the event.
While none of the crew or the 110 passengers aboard Flight 1402 was injured, the Federal Aviation Administration is treating the event as an accident. On Monday, FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said American’s timing in notifying the agency “is part of the investigation.” Read More…
It now seems that air travel over the holiday season will fall by 2.5 percent when compared to last year. The Air Transport Association of America said that it expects 41 million passengers to fly on United States airlines over a 21 day period from December 17th to January 6th. The busiest travel days are expected to be Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday after Christmas on December 26th through the 28th.
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British Airways goes to court today in a desperate bid to get the Christmas strike by cabin crew ruled illegal.
The 12-day walkout could cost loss-making BA £30million a day and ruin the airline. It will also wreck Christmas travel plans for more than a million passengers.
Many were yesterday scrambling to book with other airlines. But increased demand has led to carriers bumping prices even higher and thousands of travellers will be priced out.
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Rising demand will reduce carriers’ red ink to $5.6 billion, the International Air Transport Assn. predicts. A U.S. group, citing volatile fuel prices, is not so optimistic.
The airline industry will rebound modestly next year, losing only about half of what it is expects to lose in 2009, a trade group predicted Tuesday.
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The holiday season can be a difficult time for many, especially during an economic downturn. It is also the darkest time of the year. Yet there are many signs of generosity and light which affirm our humanity and universal bonds. We came across several good news stories involving San Diego International Airport, American Airlines, and Southwest Airlines that we’d like to share. May they brighten your day, and also help you to think about helping others. Read More…
A “core group” of 15 airlines have agreed to buy alternative aviation fuel from two producers, the Air Transport Association of America announced Tuesday.
One of the companies, Seattle-based AltAir Fuels, announced it had entered into a memorandum of understanding to negotiate the purchase of up to 750 million gallons of renewable jet fuel and diesel derived from camelina with Air Canada, American Airlines, Read More…
American Airlines is upping the ante for an alliance with Japan Airlines in an effort to outbid Delta and gain access to JAL’s trans-Pacific routes.
American Chief Executive Gerard Arpey told JAL Wednesday that his company will not compete with the financially struggling Japanese carrier for connecting passengers to other points in Asia if it remains American’s partner in the Oneworld alliance, according to The Associated Press. American’s exclusivity offer would involve American feeding traffic between the U.S. and Japan but not elsewhere in Asia.
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