October 07, 2012

Troubles mount for American Airlines after it cancels more flights over loose ...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/06/troubles-mount-for-american-airlines-after-it-cancels-more-flights-over-loose/
American Airlines is trying to emerge from bankruptcy, but the management team's inability to strike a deal with its 10,000-member pilots union, along with a spate of high-profile maintenance issues is making a takeover by US Airways look increasingly ...


Regulator Acts Against India's Kingfisher Airlines
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/regulator-acts-indias-kingfisher-airlines-17412011
Indian regulators have asked Kingfisher Airlines to explain why their license shouldn't be revoked as a strike forces the cash-strapped carrier to cancel flights through Friday. Kingfisher said in a statement late Friday that it would respond to the ...


Airline Livery of the Week: Alaska Airlines Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II
http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2012/10/06/airline-livery-of-the-week-alaska-airlines-salmon-thirty-salmon-ii/
One of the best liveries out there was Alaska Airline's original Salmon-Thirty-Salmon livery on a Boeing 737-400. The airline re-painted the old salmon livery a while back and many have missed it (including me). Have no fear ? a new salmon livery is here.


Indian regulators takes step toward revoking Kingfisher Airlines license
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/indian-regulators-takes-step-toward-revoking-kingfisher-airlines-license/2012/10/06/69d619d8-0fb2-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html
MUMBAI, India ? Indian regulators have asked Kingfisher Airlines to explain why their license shouldn't be revoked as a strike forces the cash-strapped carrier to cancel flights through Friday. Kingfisher said in a statement late Friday that it would ...


American Airlines to lay off 370 at Tulsa maintenance base
http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20121006_45_A1_Americ848812
American Airlines will lay off 300 mechanics and about 70 fleet service workers at its Tulsa Maintenance & Engineering Center by February, company and Transport Workers Union officials said Friday. The announcement came after American said Thursday ...


Is American Airlines' loose-seat fiasco over?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/1006/Is-American-Airlines-loose-seat-fiasco-over
An unidentified American Airlines passenger reacts while trying to make arrangements after her flight was delayed in Miami, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. American Airlines says a combination of wear, poor design and even soda spilled into the tracks can cause ...


Alaska Airlines pilot found dead along 5 Freeway was 'in good health'
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/alaska-airlines-pilot-found-dead-5-freeway-in-good-health.html
As investigators await autopsy results on a 55-year-old pilot found dead along the 5 Freeway, Alaska Airlines officials said the veteran captain had passed his required physical exams and was "in good health." A passerby spotted the body along a fence ...


Southwest Airlines passenger revenue down by 2 to 3 percent
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2012/oct/06/southwest-airlines-passenger-revenue-down-by-2-3/
Southwest said Friday that passenger revenue for every seat flown one mile ? a closely watched statistic for airlines ? dropped by between 2 and 3 percent compared with September 2011. The figure had been rising about 2 percent for the previous two ...