Airlines Companies Face Delays Amid Extra Security

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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Airlines Passengers Took Plane’s Survival Into Own Hands

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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Survey of Frequent Fliers, U.S. Airlines Get Thumbs Down From Frequent Fliers

The annual survey of frequent fliers by Seatguru.com, the popular online guide to airline seating, doesn’t have a lot of highlights for U.S.-based airlines.

U.S. carriers serve the worst food — if they serve food at all, that is — and have the least comfortable seats, the survey of 1,600 fliers found. Read more

Silkair To Fly Five Times A Week To Hyderabad

New Delhi, May 5 Taking over from its parent airline SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will start its five-day a week operations to Hyderabad from June 15, airline&aposs officials said. Read more

American Airlines and American Eagle Cuts Flight To Mexico

American Airlines and American Eagle operator AMR Corp. said Tuesday it would lower its number of flights to Mexico by 25% effective May 8 through June 10. Read more

Airline Seats to Hawaii Will Decline

Scheduled airline seats to Hawaii between January and March are expected to drop 16.1 percent compared to last year.
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