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Yeager officials see positive in merger
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- All airline mergers are not created equal. When Southwest Airlines bought AirTran Airways in 2011, the merger cost Yeager Airport a significant amount of money, said Rick Atkinson, the airport's director. Before the merger, more...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Delta Air Lines, Prices
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No name change on a dead passenger's ticket?
After Robin Johnson's husband is killed in a tragic accident, she tries to salvage his United Airlines ticket credit. But the carrier says it can't change the name on a ticket — it's against the rules. Is there any hope for her? Q: Last year my...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Air Transportation Delays, Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents
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American Airlines computer outage grounds hundreds of flights
American Airlines, hoping to reinvent itself by coming out of bankruptcy with a new logo, freshly painted planes and a merger plan that will make it the nation's largest carrier, suffered a setback Tuesday when a computer outage grounded hundreds of...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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American Airlines expanding LAX service with eight new destinations
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. For a carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn’t show signs of retrenching. The airline announced plans Wednesday to expand to eight new...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., International Travel, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Air Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport
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American Airlines to expand LAX service by adding 8 destinations
For an air carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn't show signs of retrenching. American announced plans Wednesday to add eight destinations out of Los Angeles International Airport in an effort to secure more big-...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Air Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Economy, Business and Finance
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Airline quality study finds more on-time flights, fewer lost bags
The nation's airlines improved their on-time performance and baggage handling rates in 2012 but passenger complaints rose anyway, a reflection of increased unhappiness with air carriers, according to authors of a new study. Despite better performance by...
Tags: AirTran, Marketing, Air Transportation Industry, JetBlue Airways, United Air Lines
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A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes, of course, we would use them. We would fly around the world. Business class. Maybe next year. Queen Latifah shoved...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Car Guides and Reviews, Turtle Bay, Abusive Behavior, Museums
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Airlines brace for a million-miler march
If you don't like some of the recent changes to your airline loyalty program, talk to Mike Croswell. He's a United Airlines "Million Miler" who assumed that his three decades of devotion to the airline would be reciprocated after he stopped being a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, St. Louis, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
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American Airlines – US Airways merger: good for air travelers?
The long-rumored merger between American Airlines and US Airways appeared to move a step closer early this month when Tom Horton, American's chief executive, announced that the two carriers were in "discussions" and that a decision would be made "within a...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Delta Air Lines, Allentown, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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9 candidates file for 4 board seats in District 200
Nine people have filed to run for four open seats on the seven-member Wheaton Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 board. One of the four incumbent trustees, Andy Johnson, a former president of the board who had served on the board since 1997,...Tags: Realty, Science, Warrenville, Real Estate, Politics
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French court throws out Continental conviction in Concorde crash
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.PARIS -- A French appeals court Thursday overturned Continental Airlines' conviction for manslaughter in the July 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people. [Updated 9:28 a.m. Nov. 29: But it upheld a civil judgment that metal from a...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, British Airways Plc, Air France-KLM, Air and Space Accidents
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Unlock the beauty of Florida's Upper Keys
Despite its enduring quirks, Key West is light-years removed from the escapist island that awaited a failed country songwriter who pulled into town a penniless nobody in the 1970s.
That was Jimmy Buffett, of course, whose Key West-inspired 1977 hit...Tags: Key Largo, Arts and Culture, American Airlines, Inc., International Travel, Air Transportation Industry
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