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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2166 travel Airline Industry en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:13:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2166 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airlines_sector_snap ap/20091107/us_airlines_sector_snap AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:13:10 GMT AP - Airline stocks rose Friday as oil prices tumbled, easing the carriers' fears over jet fuel costs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_american_airlines_strike ap/20091105/us_american_airlines_strike AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:20:57 GMT AP - Flight attendants at American Airlines say they will hold mock strikes around the country this month and could seek permission for real strikes early next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_southwest_airlines_traffic ap/20091105/us_southwest_airlines_traffic AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:54 GMT AP - Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday traffic in October rose a modest 1.9 percent even as the discount carrier aggressively cut flights, so there were fewer empty seats than a year ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_northwest_pilots_babbitt ap/20091104/us_northwest_pilots_babbitt AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:13:06 GMT AP - The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem &mdash; eroding professionalism among commercial airline pilots, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_united_airlines_lobbying ap/20091103/us_united_airlines_lobbying AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:11:19 GMT AP - United Airlines spent $510,000 in the third quarter lobbying on legislation including the cap-and-trade bill that was taken up in the Senate this week, according to a recent disclosure form. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_southwest_airlines_pilots ap/20091102/us_southwest_airlines_pilots AP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:03 GMT AP - Pilots for Southwest Airlines have approved a new 5-year labor contract that the union president said has smaller pay raises than his members wanted. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/bs_afp/irelandairlinecompanyearningsryanair afp/20091102/irelandairlinecompanyearningsryanair AFP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:17:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/bs_afp/irelandairlinecompanyearningsryanair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257146887351-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=5baf0XZuoG4XvRysJe5bYA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, reporting a surge in first half profit, has threatened to cancel or delay orders for 200 planes from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing unless it gets a better deal.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, reporting a surge in first half profit, on Monday threatened to cancel or delay orders for 200 planes from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing unless it gets a better deal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/bs_afp/irelandairlinecompanyearningsryanair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257146887351-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=5baf0XZuoG4XvRysJe5bYA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, reporting a surge in first half profit, has threatened to cancel or delay orders for 200 planes from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing unless it gets a better deal.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_amr_antitrust ap/20091029/us_amr_antitrust AP business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:55:20 GMT AP - The union representing flight attendants at American Airlines is supporting the company's bid to win antitrust immunity and work more closely with British Airways and Iberia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jetblue_boston_expansion ap/20091029/us_jetblue_boston_expansion AP business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:41:06 GMT AP - JetBlue said Thursday it will boost its service from Boston Logan by 30 percent by next summer, as bigger carriers pull back and competition from rival Southwest heats up. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/bs_nm/us_airlines nm/20091029/us_airlines Reuters business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/bs_nm/us_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091028/i/r4151999933.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8INQWykDi1bXCWzDpXoE0w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A US Airways plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Germany's Lufthansa and the airline industry's representative body provided a gloomy outlook for the sector as carriers around the world struggled to make a profit amid a fierce battle for business.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/bs_nm/us_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091028/i/r4151999933.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8INQWykDi1bXCWzDpXoE0w--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Airways plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/bs_nm/us_airlines_union nm/20091029/us_airlines_union Reuters business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:19:41 GMT Reuters - National Mediation Board, a U.S. federal labor-management relations agency, is considering a proposal to allow airline workers to form unions with the majority approval of those voting, Bloomberg news agency said, citing people familiar with the matter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_bi_ge/us_us_airways_job_cuts ap/20091028/us_us_airways_job_cuts AP business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:34:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_bi_ge/us_us_airways_job_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091028/capt.9a324469edd846ce8da4bc4b20186aea.us_airways_job_cuts_flwl210.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=PXHKMjSuO1KZTYQDwtBtYA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, a US Airways plane takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami. US Airways will reduce flying and cut 1,000 jobs starting next year in a plan that will leave it focused on its four key hubs.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Struggling US Airways said Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_bi_ge/us_us_airways_job_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091028/capt.9a324469edd846ce8da4bc4b20186aea.us_airways_job_cuts_flwl210.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=PXHKMjSuO1KZTYQDwtBtYA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, a US Airways plane takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami. US Airways will reduce flying and cut 1,000 jobs starting next year in a plan that will leave it focused on its four key hubs.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_bi_ge/us_continental_airlines_code_share ap/20091028/us_continental_airlines_code_share AP business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:22:17 GMT AP - Continental Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it signed two new partnerships with airlines, a day after it joined the world's largest carrier alliance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091028/ap_on_bi_ge/us_southwest_airlines_nuggets ap/20091028/us_southwest_airlines_nuggets AP business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:18:55 GMT AP - Southwest Airlines Co. says it signed a two-year deal to extend its sponsorship of the NBA Denver Nuggets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091028/bs_nm/us_amr nm/20091028/us_amr Reuters business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:12:25 GMT Reuters - American Airlines parent AMR Corp will eliminate up to 700 jobs as it downsizes its maintenance and engineering operations, the company said on Wednesday in a letter to employees. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airlines_continental ap/20091027/us_airlines_continental AP business Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:57:55 GMT AP - Continental Airlines on Tuesday officially joined the Star Alliance, a move it says will give passengers more options and the airline more places to expand. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/bs_nm/us_eu_airlines nm/20091026/us_eu_airlines Reuters business Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:27:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/bs_nm/us_eu_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091026/i/r3275434837.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2lnv.QNQl6.nPNyILAOSBQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="American Airlines jets taxi to and from gates at O'Hare International airport in Chicago, Illinois in this December 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Frank Polich/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - British Airways , American Airlines and Iberia may have to give up take-off and landing slots for their Oneworld transatlantic alliance to go ahead, the Financial Times reported on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091026/bs_nm/us_eu_airlines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091026/i/r3275434837.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2lnv.QNQl6.nPNyILAOSBQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="American Airlines jets taxi to and from gates at O'Hare International airport in Chicago, Illinois in this December 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Frank Polich/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airlines_fares ap/20091023/us_airlines_fares AP business Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:02:06 GMT AP - The last of the major network airlines matched a $10 increase in the price of many round-trip tickets, making it likely that the fare boost will stick. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/bs_afp/aviationeconomyfinanceiata afp/20091023/aviationeconomyfinanceiata AFP business Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:23:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/bs_afp/aviationeconomyfinanceiata"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256307726918-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=BxjBKkPabWEG5IqyghuOvg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A commercial airliner prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport. The head of the airline industry body IATA has said that the tough conditions suffered by carriers hit by the global economic crisis are improving.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The head of the airline industry body IATA said on Friday that the tough conditions suffered by carriers hit by the global economic crisis were improving.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/bs_afp/aviationeconomyfinanceiata"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256307726918-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=BxjBKkPabWEG5IqyghuOvg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="A commercial airliner prepares to land at London's Heathrow airport. The head of the airline industry body IATA has said that the tough conditions suffered by carriers hit by the global economic crisis are improving.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_us_airways ap/20091022/us_earns_us_airways AP business Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:47:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_us_airways"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.29da956088114846a78f1ad7b57d946a.earns_us_airways_nybz173.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=ocW36oeT_W8btEOpAit9HQ--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="FILE - In this April 22, 2008 file photo, a US Airways Airbus 319-112 takes off from the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. US Airways joined formation with the other big carriers and reported a third-quarter loss on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, as it cut fares and flew less. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - US Airways joined formation with the other big carriers and reported a third-quarter loss on Thursday as it cut fares and flew less.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/airlines/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_us_airways"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091022/capt.29da956088114846a78f1ad7b57d946a.earns_us_airways_nybz173.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=ocW36oeT_W8btEOpAit9HQ--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this April 22, 2008 file photo, a US Airways Airbus 319-112 takes off from the Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. US Airways joined formation with the other big carriers and reported a third-quarter loss on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, as it cut fares and flew less. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)