Airlines stop Iran flights as sanctions hit economy
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=299338
LONDON - Two European airlines said on Saturday they were halting services to Iran, a sign of the crumbling purchasing power of Iranians as their economy buckles under the weight of Western sanctions. Air France-KLM will suspend its Amsterdam-Tehran ...
The last great American airline merger
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21569454-and-last-great-american-airline-bankruptcy-last-great-american-airline-merger
THE bankruptcy courts in America have had to restructure distressed airlines so often that they may as well have installed check-in desks and duty-free shops. Of surviving carriers, US Airways has been through Chapter 11 proceedings twice, and United ...
Japan's Airlines Most at Risk in Dreamliner Saga
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324442304578235583608243660.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
TOKYO?As U.S. investigators launch a top-priority safety review of Boeing Co.'s flagship Dreamliner jet, a finding of serious problems could spell trouble not only for Boeing but for Japan's biggest airlines, which have tied their futures closely to ...
That's How They Getcha: Airlines Extract $6 Billion in Fees From Americans
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/thats-how-they-getcha-airlines-extract-6-billion-in-fees-from-americans/267034/
Airlines are the economy's most notorious wizards of price discrimination. Ticket prices do roller-coaster loop-de-loops in the weeks before the flight to tease discriminating buyers. Then prices rise dramatically at the end to take advantage of ...
American Airlines, AMR seek more time to finish bankruptcy case
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/airline-industry/20130111-american-airlines-amr-seek-more-time-to-finish-bankruptcy-case.ece
American Airlines Inc., parent AMR Corp. and the unsecured creditors committee in their bankruptcy case asked Friday for another 20 days to file a plan of reorganization. The request comes as American and US Airways Group Inc. appear close to making an ...
Delta led airlines in on-time arrivals in 2012
http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/01/10/airlines-delays-delta/1824035/
Delta led the nation's biggest network airlines in getting customers to their destinations on time last year, latest data from the Transportation Department through nearly all the year shows. From January to November, 86.64% of Delta's flights arrived ...
Four largest US carriers cut capacity in 2012
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/four-largest-u-s-carriers-cut-capacity-in-2012.html/
The four largest carriers ? United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines ? all operated less capacity in 2012 than in 2011. The next five carriers increased their capacity. ? United, the world's largest airline, saw its ...
Airline: Dreamliner fuel leak due to an open valve
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/travel/dreamliner-fuel-leak/index.html
(CNN) -- The crew of a Japan Airlines Dreamliner loaded with 181 passengers apparently was unaware of fuel spewing from a wing as the jetliner prepared to thunder down the runway on Tuesday in Boston. It was only due to an alert from the pilot of ...
