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Posted Apr 30, 2010
US Airways executives this week during the carrier's annual media day in Phoenix fielded a question on language in the Senate version of the FAA Reauthorization bill which deals with required fee disclosures.
Posted Apr 13, 2010
Mergers in the Air...
Goodness, gracious! We have a lot to talk about this week. United and US Airways have announced they are in serious merger discussions. I honestly think my chances of winning the Masters are greater than the chances of this merger actually happening. The list of reasons why United and US Air cannot pull off this merger is longer than my arm, and I have long arms:
Posted Apr 7, 2010
For what it's worth, we've been hit by a number of emails in the last hour concerning a possible announcement regarding a move by US Airways on United Airlines. While this would certainly be big news, for those of you who follow the industry (and hopefully by reading PlaneBusiness Banter), you shouldn't be surprised. Yee haw. I hope these rumors are spot on. I'm tired of reading emails about diaper bags and charging for carryons.
Posted Dec 10, 2009
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas.
Or something like that.
Thanks to a wickedly strange website entitled Sketchy Santas for today's visual. If you have a warped sense of humor like I do, go on over and take a peek. I'll use a couple more of them here before we say goodbye to the Christmas season. I mean, after all, a little warped sense of humor is good for us all this time of year -- yes?
Posted Aug 14, 2009
We haven't yet discussed the current New York slot swaps yet because we wanted to take a little time and digest. For those of you not paying attention, this airline game of Wife Swap (a TV show, really) has got Continental and AirTran trading a few slots at Washington National/ LGA for Newark and a huge transfer between Delta and USAirways at New York LGA and Washington National.
Posted Aug 12, 2009
First, AirTran and Continental announce a slot swap involving slots at Newark, Reagan National and LaGuardia on Tuesday. But the scope of that deal was swamped this morning with news that US Airways and Delta Air Lines have agreed to terms on a much larger deal that involves both a swap of slots, and a few routes thrown in for good measure.
This morning US Airways announced that it will obtain 42 pairs of slots at Reagan National, as well as access to slots in Tokyo (NRT) and Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) from Delta Air Lines.
Posted Jul 27, 2009
Holly here. Reporting from the airline earnings bunker where I have been toiling since last week.
This week's PlaneBusiness Banter will be posted later today. It's one of those monster issues. Next week's issue will be just as packed, as we finish up from the group that reported last week. Just way too many earnings reports compressed in too short a period of time last week. Whew.
Having said that, it was an interesting group of calls last week. Just a couple of tidbits from what we heard.
Posted Feb 4, 2009
UBS Investment Research analysts today wrote about more disturbing airline demand trends, but did not suggest the sky is falling.
Posted Jan 26, 2009
Sabre Holdings lost another executive. US Airways today said it hired Brad Jensen as senior vice president and chief information officer, following his stint as Sabre's senior vice president for Air Services.
Posted Oct 16, 2008
During his tenure at US Airways, Travis Christ pointed out the deficiencies of global distribution systems in addressing the evolving needs of airline customers. Now, he'll have a chance to help resolve some of those deficiencies. Travelport GDS today announced that Christ has been hired as its president and managing director for the Americas, "with a mandate to lead and expand the company's GDS business activities throughout the United States, Canada, Central and South America."
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