October 31, 2011 Clips

Airlines ready for next battle against EU carbon law

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/uk-airlines-eu-idUSLNE79U03620111031

 

Air France cancels flights as strike enters third day

http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/France+cancels+flights+strike+enters+third/5632697/story.html

 

Accusations Fly as Qantas Planes Return to the Skies

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/business/global/qantas-planes-return-to-the-skies-after-court-order.html?_r=1&ref=airlinesandairplanes

 

Fuel costs sink United Continental profit by 23%

http://www.guampdn.com/article/20111029/NEWS01/110290317

 

JetBlue, American Airlines planes stranded on tarmac in Connecticut for more than 7 hours

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/jetblue-american-airlines-planes-stranded-on-tarmac-in-connecticut-for-more-than-7-hours/2011/10/31/gIQA3Ri3YM_story.html

 

Family: Arrest made in US Airways flight attendant's slaying

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/29/20111029us-airways-phoenix-flight-attendant-found-dead.html

 

Unions Assume A Support Role For Occupy Movement

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141794777/unions-assume-a-support-role-for-occupy-movement

 

October 28, 2011 Clips

Airlines collect $1.5 billion in luggage, reservation change fees

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1028-airline-fees-20111028,0,6627079.story

 

Fuel costs hurt airline profit but travel strong, carriers say

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/132756158.html

 

Loaded guns in checked bags aren't on TSA's radar

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/26/local/la-me-gun-luggage-20111026

 

Air France Flight Attendants to Strike

http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/air-france-flight-attendants-to-strike/

 

Spirit shares rise nearly 7 percent on third-quarter profit

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-spirit-third-quarter-earnings-20111027,0,3157398.story

 

 

 

October 27, 2011 Clips

Spirit reports third quarter profit of $28.6 million

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-spirit-airlines-releases-earnings-20111027,0,5326885.story

 

United Profit Trails Estimates as Fuel Blunts Higher Fares

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-27/united-profit-trails-estimates-as-fuel-blunts-higher-fares.html

 

Republic Studies Sale of Jets, Flight Slots to Reap $113 Million

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-27/republic-studies-sale-of-jets-flight-slots-to-reap-113-million.html

 

American Airlines reaches deal with Transport Workers Union

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-1027-amr-20111027,0,5447228.story

 

Pinnacle projecting loss as attendant deal, severance for COO hurt bottom line

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/oct/27/pinnacle-projecting-loss/

 

Rising fuel bill hurts US Airways 3Q profit, although fare increases help

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/rising-fuel-bill-hurts-us-airways-3q-profit-although-fare-increases-help/2011/10/27/gIQApJArLM_story.html

 

The Only Airline Stock Worth Owning in 2011

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11290277/1/the-only-airline-stock-worth-owning-in-2011.html

 

Longview Labor on the Line

http://www.thenation.com/article/164182/longview-labor-line

 

Delta loan payoff could free airline to cut workforce

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/26/delta-loan-payoff/

October 26, 2011 Clips

Flying With Biofuel Gets One Step Closer

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/business/energy-environment/flying-with-biofuel-gets-one-step-closer.html?_r=1&ref=airlinesandairplanes

 

Flight diverted to GFalls due to medical emergency

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Flight-diverted-to-GFalls-due-to-medical-emergency-2236502.php

 

Air Canada withdraws challenge of arbitrator's ruling on key pension issue

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/53156--air-canada-flight-attendants-union-hopes-pension-issue-remains-resolved

 

Colgan E-mails Raise Questions about NTSB Investigation

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1867481/WNED-AM.970.NEWS/Colgan.E-mails.Raise.Questions.about.NTSB.Investigation

 

Labor and Occupy Movements Continue to Stand in Solidarity

http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12172/labor_and_occupy_movements_continue_to_stand_in_solidarity/

October 25, 2011 Clips

What makes an 'unruly' airline passenger?

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/11/8273534-what-makes-an-unruly-airline-passenger

 

Pinnacle Moves Mesaba's HQ to Memphis

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2011/oct/25/pinnacle-moves-mesabas-hq-to-memphis/

 

Buckhead man tries to open door during Delta flight

http://www.ajc.com/news/buckhead-man-tries-to-1209075.html

 

United Continental expected to post profit

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-united-continental-expected-to-post-profit-20111025,0,1773642.story

 

Virgin America flight attendants organize, file union vote petition with NMB

http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2011/10/virgin-america-flight-attendants-organize-file-union-vote-petition-with-nmb.html

 

EU to implement airline pollution law despite US congressional opposition

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/eu-to-implement-airline-pollution-law-despite-us-congressional-opposition/2011/10/25/gIQAwjMEFM_story.html

 

Pinnacle facing more than $1 million in FAA fines

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/oct/24/pinnacle-facing-more-than-1-million-in-faa-fines/

 

Delta Air Lines posts a higher quarterly profit

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/delta-air-lines-posts-a-higher-quarterly-profit-2011-10-25

 

 

 

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Clips 10-24-11

Laser attacks on planes continue, despite greater penalties
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-23/Laser-attacks-on-planes-continue-despite-greater-penalties/50885806/1?loc=interstitialskip

 

Pilots reach agreement with American Eagle
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2011/10/21/pilots-reach-agreement-with-american.html?ana=yfcpc

 

Mesaba Airlines to close next year
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/22/mesaba-airlines-close-next-year/

 

Pinnacle Flight Attendants Ratify New Contract
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pinnacle-flight-attendants-ratify-new-contract-132347678.html

 

FAA: Pinnacle facing more than $1M in fines
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QGUJ500.htm

Clips 10-21-11

ATA Warns Airline Industry, Customers Unfairly Targeted With Taxes
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/government-regulations/ata-warns-airline-industry-customers-unfairly-targeted-with-taxes-31539

 

Revolutionary new Boeing Dreamliner takes off Wednesday
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-20/Revolutionary-new-Boeing-Dreamliner-takes-off-Wednesday/50846280/1

 

U.S. Airways Passenger Goes Crazy On Flight, Cops On Board Subdue Him
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/us-airways-passenger-goes_n_1023622.html

 

US Airways fires three at PHL in 'buddy'-pass scheme
http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-19/news/30298016_1_tel-aviv-service-agent-employees

 

Flight attendants kept cool during tirade
http://amarillo.com/news/crime-and-courts/2011-10-19/flight-attendants-kept-cool-during-tirade

 

Occupy Wall Street, unions get their activism together

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/occupy-wall-street-and-labor-movement-forming-uneasy-alliance/2011/10/19/gIQAkxo80L_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Clips 10-20-11

Airlines raise fares for 1st time since summer, major carriers join hike with record speed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/airlines-attempt-to-raise-fares-for-1st-time-since-summer-but-increases-might-not-stick/2011/10/19/gIQAKTfhxL_story.html

 

Airlines rake in billions in add-on fees
http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/19/8400042-airlines-rake-in-billions-in-add-on-fees

 

AMR-USAirways: The next airline merger?
http://blog.chron.com/lorensteffy/2011/10/amr-usairways-the-next-airline-merger/

 

'Fed-up' attendant completes rehab, must pay back JetBlue
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/10/slater-jetblue-probation/555817/1

 

Protests spotlight a stressed middle class
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/story/2011-10-19/occupy-wall-street-protests-profiles/50830924/1

Clips 10-19-11

Airline industry hands out barf bags to oppose higher taxes
http://travel.usatoday.com/news/story/2011-10-18/Airline-industry-hands-out-barf-bags-to-oppose-higher-taxes/50816214/1

 

Ads add up for airlines, but some fliers say it's too much
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-18/Ads-add-up-for-airlines-but-some-fliers-say-its-too-much/50819780/1?loc=interstitialskip

 

Airlines Battle Back to Profit, a Fare and a Fee at a Time
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/business/airlines-battle-back-to-profit-a-fare-and-a-fee-at-a-time.html?_r=1

 

Airline food: Hot or not?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/sc-trav-1018-business-class-20111018,0,318492.story

 

United Airlines pilots elect new union head as talks for joint contract continue
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/united-airlines-pilots-elect-new-union-head-as-talks-for-joint-contract-continue/2011/10/18/gIQADXSQvL_story.html

October 18, 2011 Clips

Trading in American Airlines parent AMR halted again

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-17/Trading-in-American-Airlines-parent-AMR-halted-again/50807266/1

 

Flight attendants backed at rally for right to strike

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/flight-attendants-backed-at-rally-for-right-to-strike-132035218.html

 

Support extended to Continental flight attendants

http://www.kuam.com/story/15717002/2011/10/18/support-extended-to-continental-flight-attendants

 

United Continental Could Climb To $26 If Earnings Please

http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/10/17/united-continental-could-climb-to-26-if-earnings-please/

 

 

October 17, 2011 Clips

AMR's American to Close Pilot Base

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-13/amr-s-american-to-close-pilot-base.html

 

Frontier halts service from Milwaukee to Pittsburgh, Boston

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2011/10/14/frontier-airlines-halts-service-from.html

 

Atlantic Southeast to take ExpressJet's name

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44906399

 

Unruly passenger arrested after reportedly hitting flight attendant

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/14/8325041-unruly-passenger-arrested-after-reportedly-hitting-flight-attendant

 

Unions back Occupy Wall Street movement

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/187765-unions-back-occupy-wall-street-movement

 

The paycheque-to-paycheque life of a flight attendant

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1070408--the-paycheque-to-paycheque-life-of-a-flight-attendant

 

Flight Attendants on Glamour and ABC's "Pan Am"

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wabe/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1864012/Atlanta./Flight.Attendants.on.Glamour.and.ABC's.'Pan.Am'

 

 

October 14, 2011 Clips

Spirit Airlines Job Fair Attracts Thousands

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Spirit-Airlines-job-fair-brings-out-thousands-131812648.html

 

Would-Be Plane Bomber Pleads Guilty, Ending Trial

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/umar-farouk-abdulmutallab-pleads-guilty-in-plane-bomb-attempt.html?_r=1&ref=airlinesandairplanes

 

Next layer of air security: Chat-downs on top of pat-downs?

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-13/Next-layer-of-air-security-Chat-downs-on-top-of-pat-downs/50757204/1

 

American Airlines, pilots union closing in on deal

http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2011_1013american_airlines_pilots_union_closing_in_on_deal/srvc=home&position=recent

 

Analyst thinks Southwest will benefit in slot deal

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QBG9400.htm

 

Spirit Airlines shares jump nearly 10 percent

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-spirit-traffic-increase-20111013,0,287543.story

 

 

October 13, 2011 Clips

Flight attendants get transfer option
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/110130305

Air Canada Attendant Strike Barred as Labor Board Takes Case
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/air-canada-attendant-strike-barred-as-labor-board-takes-case.html

Tires on Delta flight deflate upon landing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/12/national/a200002D60.DTL

American Airlines moving 230 Tulsa workers to Dallas/Fort Worth
http://newsok.com/american-airlines-moving-230-tulsa-workers-to-dallasfort-worth/article/3612941

United Continental, pilots union at odds on integration
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-1013-united-protest-20111013,0,4900293.story

AirTran adopts Southwest policy for large passengers
http://www.ajc.com/business/airtran-adopts-southwest-policy-1198871.html?cxtype=rss_news

TSA expands test of letting pilots skirt security lines
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011-10-12/TSA-expands-test-of-letting-pilots-skirt-security-lines/50744964/1

American to Cut Capacity, Retire 11 Jets on Weak Economy
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/american-to-cut-capacity-retire-11-jets-on-weak-economy.html

Occupy Wall Street protestors want fairness and a future
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/10/occupy_wall_street_protestors_1.html

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Corey Caldwell
AFA-CWA Communications
(202) 434-0586
(202) 550-5520 cell

October 12, 2011 Clips

Why Labor Backs 'Occupy Wall Street'

http://unionreview.com/why-labor-backs-039occupy-wall-street039

 

TSA, not flying high fiscally, looks for cash

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65565.html

 

Fliers' vs. Airlines' Rights

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/business/on-youtube-a-debate-over-the-right-to-fly-with-your-pants-down.html?_r=1

 

Union: American Airlines Overstates Labor Cost Gap

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11273964/1/union-american-airlines-overstates-labor-cost-gap.html

 

Air Canada Attendants May Strike Without Quick Intervention

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-11/air-canada-attendants-may-strike-without-quick-intervention.html

 

Woman sues airline over 'extreme turbulence'

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/11/8274491-woman-sues-airline-over-extreme-turbulence

 

Delta Cements LaGuardia Grip With Trade of Flight Slots

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/delta-cements-laguardia-grip-with-trade-of-flight-slots.html

 

Southwest's Plan B: A 'slow dismantling' of AirTran?

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/10/southwest-alternate-plan-for-airtran/552777/1

 

Fall of an American Empire

http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/2011/10/12/american-airlines-troubles-suggest-possible-bankrutpcy-or-takeover

 

 

October 11, 2011 Clips

Airlines fear 'double dip' downturn

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/10/airlines-see-demand-take-a-dip-/552420/1

 

Airlines Weigh the Advantages of Using More Biofuel

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/business/global/10iht-green10.html

 

AMR financial woes stoke merger prospects: experts

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-airlines-idUSTRE7965FH20111007

 

TWU negotiators to ask NMB for release from mediation if no November progress

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/10/twu-negotiators-to-ask-nmb-for.html

 

Passenger accused of disrupting flight, making threats

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/travel/flight-passenger-incident/

 

'Significant' Cracks on Boeing 767 Spur Expanded Jet Checks

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/07/bloomberg_articlesLSPQT10D9L35.DTL

 

American to outsource work on 757 fleet

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=45&articleid=20111009_45_A1_CUTLIN168377&r=1693

 

Flight attendants reject Air Canada labor pact

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/aircanada-idUSN1E79612M20111010

 

 

 

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AFA-CWA Communications
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(202) 550-5520 cell

 

 

October 7, 2011 Clips

Boeing suit settlement stirs jetliner air safety debate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44777304/ns/travel-news/#.To8D83K8GuI

 

Airlines set for loss over EU emissions trading

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111006/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_eu_aviation_emissions_trading

 

Hawaiian Airlines traffic up 5 pct. in September

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/06/business-industrials-us-hawaiian-airlines-traffic_8720934.html

 

American Airlines passenger traffic posts gains

http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleid=20111007_45_E4_Americ538706

 

 

October 6, 2011 Clips

EU's top court lawyer says airline carbon cap is legal

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-court-airlines-emissions-idUSTRE7942OS20111006

 

United Continental CEO: We Are Making Money

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/your-world-cavuto/2011/10/04/united-continental-ceo-we-are-making-money

 

Boeing encouraging airlines to switch to iPad navigation charts

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-boeing-encouraging-airlines-to-switch-to-ipad-navigation-charts-20111006,0,3994889.story

 

Southwest Sees $1 Billion Atlanta Revenue Gain on AirTran Merger

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/southwest-s-kelly-sees-1-billion-atlanta-revenue-gain-after-airtran-deal.html

 

Dems battle GOP over cuts to new FAA air traffic control system

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/185771-faas-nextgen-future-funding-debated

 

United: merger has great benefits for Guam

http://www.kuam.com/story/15628136/2011/10/05/united-merger-has-great-benefits-for-guam

 

US labor unions set to join Wall Street protests

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/wallstreet-protests-idUSN1E7931BO20111005

October 5, 2011 Clips

OpenSkies: So long, Washington Dulles
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/10/openskies-so-long-washington-dulles/550410/1

FAA's new air traffic system hits turbulence
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/05/national/w003152D26.DTL

Why "the Crowd" is Wrong about American Airlines
http://www.streetauthority.com/value-investing/why-crowd-wrong-about-american-airlines-458621

American Airlines rejects talk of Chapter 11
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2016405605_airlinescrisis05.html

Airline attack suspect starts trial with outburst
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/airline-attack-suspect-starts-1193904.html

US tests plan to speed up airport security checks
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/uk-usa-airport-security-idUSLNE79401H20111005

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Corey Caldwell
AFA-CWA Communications
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(202) 550-5520 cell

October 4, 2011 Clips

AMR stock plunges on renewed bankruptcy fears

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9Q50OMO3.htm

 

Frontier Airlines to operate flights for Apple Vacations

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/131026213.html

 

BWI lands nonstop route to Germany

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2011/10/condor-airlines-bwi-frankfurt-baltimore/550217/1

 

Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines names new chief operating officer

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/oct/03/memphis-based-pinnacle-airlines-names-new-chief-op/

 

ANA flight attendants to get iPads

http://atwonline.com/it-distribution/news/ana-flight-attendants-get-ipads-1003

 

Pining for the Days of Airborne Glamour

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/business/pining-for-the-good-old-days-as-a-flight-attendant.html?_r=1

 

 

October 3, 2011 Clips

Airline Offers Lesson on Surviving a Plane Crash

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/airline-offers-lesson-surviving-plane-crash-14636979

 

UPDATE: Continental investigating emergency landing of flight from Honolulu

http://www.guampdn.com/article/20111003/NEWS01/111003006/UPDATE-Continental-investigating-emergency-landing-flight-from-Honolulu

 

'Pan Am' show recalls happier airtime

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-getting-around-1003-20111003,0,1360956.column

 

FAA workers to get back pay for furloughs

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/184927-faa-workers-to-get-back-pay-for-furloughs

 

Ask the Captain: A reader challenges in-flight electronics rules

http://travel.usatoday.com/experts/cox/story/2011-10-03/Ask-the-Captain-A-reader-challenges-in-flight-electronics-rules/50634340/1

 

Turbulence On Flights Injures Passengers

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29367866/detail.html