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The Making of United's Summer From Airline Hell
2015-07-17 20:18:53| Airlines - Topix.net
United Airlines passengers wait in line at San Francisco International Airport on July 8, when a massive computer glitch grounded flights. United and Continental closed their merger in 2010 and created what was then the world's largest airline.
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Teamsters sue regional airline over bonuses for new pilots
2015-07-15 02:09:58| Airlines - Topix.net
Unions say that low pay is creating a pilot shortage at regional airlines, but the Teamsters are taking the unusual step of suing an airline for giving more money to pilots it represents. Republic Airline and Shuttle America have been paying their 2,200 pilots premiums for working on their off days and offering signing bonuses of up to $12,500 for new hires.
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Climate change brings ill winds for airline industry
2015-07-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Global warming may already be taking its toll of air miles. As jet planes burn fuel and release carbon dioxide, the atmosphere warms and causes head winds to build up. Tail winds do too, but round trip journey times are nevertheless creeping up - and so are fuel costs. A team of US scientists say the cumulative effect of the longer flight times that they think may have resulted from climate variation would have added millions of dollars to airlines costs, and perhaps a billion gallons of extra...
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Airline bag fees lead to improved operations, fewer complaints, studies say
2015-07-12 01:08:01| Airlines - Topix.net
Passengers load carry-on bags into overhead bins on a United Airlines flight. Check-bag fees reduce the amount of checked luggage, cutting delays and lost-bag complaints, studies find.
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With Chinese-made jet delayed, Beijing airline buys 50 planes from Boeing
2015-07-10 05:56:09| Airlines - Topix.net
Boeing pulled in an order for 50 model 737s from China Eastern Airlines Thursday, the second big order from the carrier. The latest China Eastern order, which was announced to the Hong Kong stock exchange, is worth $4.6 billion at list.
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