Clips 10/30/2009

Airlines are taking some green steps
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-200910290803mctnewsservbc-airlines-green-ph237,0,6255673.story

Wayward pilots may hint at future of air travel
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/susan_nielsen/index.ssf/2009/10/wayward_pilots_hint_at_future.html

Cockpit distractions go beyond laptops
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-30-pilot-distractions_N.htm

Sector Snap: Economic news gives airlines boost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102903116.html

Decision to put 787 line in SC is latest sign Boeing union may have some soul-searching ahead
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-boeing-labor,0,6574498.story

Northwest Airlines wins ruling over McCarran accident
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/29/northwest-airlines-wins-ruling-over-mccarran-accid/

With Video, a Traveler Fights Back
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/business/29air.html?scp=1&sq=%22United%20Airlines%22&st=cse

Flight attendants union favors American-British Airways joint venture
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1722483.html

Delta to Deal ‘Accordingly’ With Pilots, Chief Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aCGC4THrpRCw

Board Is in Error, Must Take Up Delta Union Case, Chairman Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aSwgkNtKNVlk

San Jose mom and cranky 2-year-old kicked off Southwest flight
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13671032?nclick_check=1

Clips 10/29/2009

Average airfare fell in 2nd quarter nearly to '98 levels
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-28-flights-airlines-airfares_N.htm

Pilot error
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/29/pilot-error/

LaHood promises scrutiny of 'distracted flying'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/28/AR2009102803824.html

U.S. Plan to Ease Airline Union Organizing Said to Be Advancing
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aCke89dDAcbU

100 years in the air started with Zeppelin's passenger service
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2009-10-28-zeppelin-air-travel_N.htm

International Association of Machinists Employees to Vote on Two-Year Contract Extensions at Alaska Airlines
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/International-Association-of-prnews-3371634858.html?x=0&.v=1

FAA: Military should have been told sooner about wayward NWA flight
http://www.startribune.com/local/66904852.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr

United Airlines says farewell to the Boeing 737
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-737-united-1029-oct29,0,5593563.story

A reporter's flight log from the 737's final journey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-737-united-sidebar-oct29,0,1199472.story

US Airways to cut 1,000 jobs, trim flights from Las Vegas
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2009/10/28/20091028biz-usairways1028-ON.html

Delta seeks a happy medium
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091029/BIZ/910290445/1001/biz

Clips 10/28/2009

Incident highlights outdated air-traffic system
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-27-outdated-air-traffic-system_N.htm

Readers respond on airline passenger rights
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/mcgee/2009-10-28-passenger-rights-reactions_N.htm

AirTran Airways and Baltimore Ravens Unveil Custom Painted 'Ravens 1'
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Airways-and-Baltimore-prnews-3840011510.html?x=0&.v=1

Licenses of 2 Northwest pilots who overshot airport are revoked
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703821.html

United Airlines plans to retire its last 737
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-27-united-737-final-flight_N.htm

UAL chief sees new route to airline mergers
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aab0d3d0-c334-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058

American Airlines to close Kansas City maintenance base, cut 700 jobs
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/y!finance/amr/stories/102909dnbusaakansas.25e857276.html

American Airlines hoping U.S. ruling on alliance will meet Saturday's deadline
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/y!finance/amr/stories/DN-alliance_28bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf203f.html

Continental and UAL seek ANA deal
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51bdcc7c-c336-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058

Delta Pilot Chief Scolds NTSB
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/delta-pilot-chief-scolds-ntsb.html

FedEx, UPS clash over bill on FedEx labor rules
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59R03E20091028

Clips 10/27/2009

Our view on post-9/11 travel: ‘Flying imams’ settlement carries costs for air safety
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/10/debate-on-post911-travel-our-view-flying-imams-settlement-carries-costs-for-air-safety.html

3 of 9 big airlines profit as industry improves in 3Q
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/airlines/stories/102709dnbusairlines.3a50f9b.html

Smaller jets squeeze big and tall fliers
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-26-big-tall-fliers_N.htm

Airlines find new ways to cut costs
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13647324

Airlines To Begin Installing Air Bags
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1009/672405.html

A Fire Risk That Clears Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/business/27fires.html?scp=4&sq=%22flight%20attendants%22&st=cse

Hawaiian Airlines pilots say talks at an impasse
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_hi_hawaiian_pilots.html

Runway Incursion Probed at LA International
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/26/us/AP-US-Runway-Incursion.html?scp=26&sq=%22airlines%22&st=cse

Off-Course Pilots Cite Computer Distraction
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/us/27plane.html?_r=1&hp

NTSB interviews plane's flight attendants
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/26/ntsb-interviews-wayward-planes-flight-attendants/

Man sentenced for sneaking gun onto plane
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091026_Man_sentenced_for_sneaking_gun_onto_plane.html

Allegiant opens training center, flight simulator
http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2009/10/26/news/iq_31943506.txt

Continental Airlines joins Star Alliance
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Continental-Airlines-joins-apf-4259962687.html?x=0&.v=1

Rivals Threaten to Tear Apart AMR's "oneworld" Vision
http://industry.bnet.com/travel/10003877/rivals-threaten-to-tear-apart-amrs-oneworld-vision/

BA plays down fears over Christmas schedule as union ballots cabin crew
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/26/british-airways-christmas-unite

Clips - 10/26/2009

More and larger carry-ons frustrate passengers, attendants
http://www.abc15.com/content/living/travel/story/More-and-larger-carry-ons-frustrate-passengers/z2zxA13YqkCVBejE2KT0Xg.cspx

Northwest Airlines flight leads to probe of pilot professionalism
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1024/p90s01-usgn.html

Flying into another turbulence
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/shippingtimes/story/0,4574,356252,00.html#

Downturn Opens Doors for Low-Cost Airlines
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/business/global/24lowcost.html?scp=7&sq=%22flight%20attendants%22&st=cse

Pilots missed Twin Cities by 150 miles — but how? (AP)
http://www.rssnewsonline.com/rssnews/pilots-missed-twin-cities-by-150-miles-%C2%97-but-how-ap.html#

No one was snoozing in cockpit, NWA pilot says
http://www.startribune.com/local/65778012.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Northwest's wayward flight being investigation
http://www.star-telegram.com/238/story/1707497.html

Pilots of Errant Plane May Have Licenses Suspended
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/25plane.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=%22Delta%20Air%20Lines%22&st=cse

Emergency Landing At Dulles
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/10242009_Emergency_Landing_At_Dulles 

Continental Airlines to Present Live Video Webcast of Star Alliance Joining Ceremony and News Briefing
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Continental-Airlines-to-prnews-539285973.html?x=0&.v=1

Southwest Airlines settles lawsuit over safety issues for $3.5 million
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/y!finance/southwest/stories/DN-swsuit_24bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3cf5839.html

Air France warns pilots as crash probe continues
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixyuWkrjd9XZWhznwP0lEXp7AHOgD9BHIKNG0

Japan Airlines to Slash 13,000 Jobs by March 2015, Kyodo Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aThP2eITskZc

Japan May Force JAL to Reduce Pension Payments, Yomiuri Reports
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ai6BHx87MexY

Clips 10/23/2009

Major airlines land in 2 camps after flying through recession _ money makers, money losers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-earns-airlines,0,2137699.story

Airline Industry Q3 Summary: And Then There Was Light
http://seekingalpha.com/article/168504-airline-industry-q3-summary-and-then-there-was-light?source=yahoo

Airlines Launch Industry Wide Fare Hike
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/10/23/business/business-us-airlines-fares.html?scp=3&sq=%22airline%20industry%22&st=cse

Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/23/airliner.fly.by/index.html

Airline crew overshot Minn. airport by 150 miles
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jx2fJRl2HA8EkI9Zi8Qa1yuvjYdQD9BGH63G0

FAA: Some Parts of New Delta Lease “Anti-competitive”
http://www.ajc.com/business/faa-some-parts-of-168343.html 

Delta CEO blasts labor board
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/10/19/daily84.html# 

Delta suspends pilots who flew jet past airport
http://www.ajc.com/search/content//news/stories/2009/10/23/northwest1023.html


JAL faces $8.8 billion excess debt if liquidated: source
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/JAL-faces-88-billion-excess-rb-4266222459.html?x=0&.v=2 

Clips 10/22/2009

Airline jobs drop 5.5 percent since last year
http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=45&articleid=20091021_45_E1_USairl617903


For travelers on packed planes, 'fight for the overheads' is on
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-21-airlines-carryons_N.htm


AirTran Airways and the Teamsters Local 528 Announce Successful Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Airways-and-the-prnews-3949977409.html?x=0&.v=1


Alaska Air Group Reports Third Quarter Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Air-Group-Reports-prnews-1742486605.html?x=0&.v=1


US Airways Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Group-Inc-Reports-bw-1464623566.html?x=0&.v=1

Continental CEO offers prescription for airline industry
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6679752.html


Delta Flight Attendant Serves Up Journals for American Troops
http://abcnews.go.com/US/flight-attendant-serves-drinks-journals-soldiers/story?id=8872103#


Delta Air Lines Reports September 2009 Quarter Financial Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Delta-Air-Lines-Reports-prnews-3816099651.html?x=0&.v=1


JetBlue Announces Third Quarter Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/JetBlue-Announces-Third-prnews-2924289500.html?x=0&.v=1


Official: Hijacking thwarted on flight to Cairo
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXGjwcgMw7lBoXuUzzesX82kCj7wD9BFN7S08


JAL poised to receive $6bn long-term aid
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2680684-bed0-11de-8034-00144feab49a.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058&nclick_check=1

Clips 10/21/2009

Safety Board Issues Wake-Up Call on Sleep Disorder
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/21/us/politics/AP-US-NTSB-Sleep-Apnea.html?_r=1&scp=13&sq=%22airlines%22&st=cse


AirTran Holdings, Inc., Reports Net Income of $10.4 Million in Third Quarter
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Holdings-Inc-Reports-prnews-3716405857.html?x=0&.v=1


Hawaiian Holdings Reports 2009 Third Quarter Financial Results
http://au.sys-con.com/node/1151954#


Mpls. man sentenced for assaulting air traveler
http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11348496#


2 sue United in Seattle over Chicago runway skid
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMY55PuhYAZWNB486fnOXcVbWd1AD9BF3BR00


US Airways Pilots Back AA Pilots on Alliance; AA Pilots Warn Off JAL
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/us-airways-pilots-back-aa-pilo.html


US Airways, others settle lawsuit filed by Muslim clerics
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/10/19/daily27.html?ana=yfcpc#


Allegiant Air cements spot as 'nation's most profitable airline'
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=620000211.blog


AMR Confronts the Bears
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10613296/1/amr-confronts-the-bears.html

AMR Corporation Reports a Third Quarter 2009 Net Loss of $359 Million
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AMR-Corporation-Reports-a-prnews-2620727416.html?x=0&.v=1


Continental Airlines Announces Third Quarter Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Continental-Airlines-prnews-1528793523.html?x=0&.v=1


Delta Unveils Many International Schedule Changes for Summer 2010
http://www.airlinesanddestinations.com/airlines/delta-unveils-many-international-schedule-changes-for-summer-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delta-unveils-many-international-schedule-changes-for-summer-2010


Delta Flight Lands on Taxiway Instead of Runway
http://www.ajc.com/news/delta-flight-lands-on-167519.html


Japan Air May Need Outside CEO as ‘Signal of Urgency’ (Update 2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=awfno_3AyA4U

Clips 10/20/2009

Flying the Unfriendly Skies
http://www.startribune.com/yourvoices/64863927.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUKcOy9cP3DieyckcUsI


UAL Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/UAL-Corporation-Reports-Third-prnews-1564900424.html?x=0&.v=1


Vermont's Citizen of the Year Announced
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11341662#


US Airline Pilots Association Lends Support to Pilots of American Airlines
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS156364+19-Oct-2009+BW20091019


Allegiant Travel Company Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Allegiant-Travel-Company-prnews-1734047228.html?x=0&.v=1


Judge tosses suit saying pilots got sham divorces
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHQcIDG3QOMHtvUTf8KYGNVCF1IwD9BEDQ3G0

Delta Air Lines expected to post adjusted loss for third quarter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-delta-air-lines-earnings-preview,0,296017.story


SkyWest, Inc. Announces Funding Arrangement With United Airlines, Extension
of United Express Flying and United Express Flying for Atlantic Southeast
Airlines
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/SkyWest-Inc-Announces-Funding-prnews-4175939578.html?x=0&.v=1


JAL’s Banks Said to Reject Restructuring Plan
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/jals-banks-reject-restructure-plan-report-says/?scp=3&sq=%22airlines%22&st=cse