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87% Of NAA Pilots Supported Change From Teamsters ALPA welcomes today's announcement by the National Mediation Board (NMB) that the pilots of North American Airlines (NAA) have selected ALPA as their collective bargaining representative.
Southwest Airlines Co. reported a November to remember Friday, as its traffic, passenger loads and unit revenue all soared.
A woman gave birth to a baby boy on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago that had to be diverted to Denver International Airport.
Boeing Co is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Denver, CO (AHN) – A mother gave birth to a baby boy aboard a Southwest Airlines plane on Friday and the flight going to Salt Lake City had to divert to Denver to bring the passenger and her newborn to a hospital. A doctor and three nurses who happened to be on board worked together in [...]
CASCADE TOWNSHIP -- A Northwest Airlines regional jet with unresponsive wing flaps landed safely this morning at Gerald R. Ford International Airport. The pilot of the twin-engine jet carrying 47 people notified controllers of the problem at 10:25 a.m. Emergency...
November traffic rose 11.7 percent over the same month last year, when the recession and shock waves in the financial industry hurt business travel.
Taking flight Southwest Airlines , the dominant carrier at Kansas City International Airport, said Friday that November traffic jumped 11.7 percent from the same month last year.
Struggling Japan Airlines was offered a 1.1 billion dollar lifeline on Thursday from partners led by American Airlines, amid a bidding war with Delta Air Lines for a piece of Asia's biggest carrier.
Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) said traffic leaped in November as its reduced count of flights flew much fuller. Shares were up 1.6% before the opening bell at $9.66. Through Thursday, the stock had risen 10% in 2009, underperforming the market as a whole.
United Airlines said Thursday that its traffic rose 1.8 percent in November. That plus a smaller fleet added up to planes that were 80.2 percent full.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. led the six biggest U.S. carriers to their best traffic results in 18 months in a sign that the air- travel slump is ending.
A woman gave birth to a baby boy on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago that had to be diverted to Denver International Airport. Southwest spokesman Paul Flaningan says Flight 441 was about 100 miles north of Denver Friday when the unidentified woman started going into labor.
What's Your Reaction? MSNBC passes along this picture of a slightly awkward situation on an American Airlines flight. Originally reported by Kieran Daly at airline blog FightGlobal.com , the picture was supposedly taken by a worried flight attendant who wanted to ensure that the seating arrangement didn't compromise the safety of the other passengers.
Engineers at Airbus and Boeing are racing against the clock to carry out long-awaited test flights and shore up ventures worth billions of dollars.
American Airlines countered a $1 billion offer of aid for Japan Airlines, escalating a tug-of-war with Delta Airlines and its partners over the Japanese airline.
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