San Diego Airport Closed after Earthquake on upper Baja California peninsula of Mexico
April 7, 2010 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Airlines News, Airports, American Airline, Aviation, Delta Air Lines
A major earthquake of 7.2 magnitude which struck at forty seconds after 3:40 p.m. PDT on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 was centered 39 miles (63 kilometers) SSE of Calexico, CA in the upper Baja California peninsula of Mexico, near the town of Guadalupe Victoria. There are reports of extensive damage to buildings in Mexicali and elsewhere within the northern Baja California peninsula of Mexico. Tremors from the quake lasted about forty seconds, rattling windows, knocking objects from shelves, and causing water main breaks and building cracks in San Diego, 140 miles to the north and west. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seismologist Lucy Jones, over 20 million people in the U.S. and Mexico felt the quake.
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Southwest Airlines Puts Storm Revenue Loss at $15M
March 11, 2010 | Airline Flight, Southwest Airlines, US Airways
Southwest Airlines Co. says that winter storms along the East Coast last month cost it $15 million in lost passenger revenue.
Southwest’s estimate on Friday came after two other airlines said earlier this week that the poor weather cost them about $55 million in lost revenue.
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