February 2010

JetBlue Airways Celebrates 10th Anniversary

February 12, 2010

New York’s hometown value airline JetBlue Airways today celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special Airbus A320 aircraft, featuring a unique 10-themed livery to signify the carrier’s entry into its second decade. Images of the new livery design can be seen on JetBlue’s blog at http://blog.hellojetblue.com/. In its second decade, JetBlue aims to be America’s [...]

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Delta Air Lines, US Airways Respond to DOT Decision

February 10, 2010

Delta Air Lines and US Airways today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed rulemaking on the airlines’ previously announced slot transaction at New York’s LaGuardia and Washington’s Reagan-National airports. In its decision, DOT said it would require the airlines to divest 20 of the 125 slot pairs involved [...]

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Delta Responds to Japan Airlines Announcement Regarding Alliance Partnership

February 9, 2010

“Delta is well positioned as the No. 1 carrier between the U.S. and Asia. Customers can continue to count on Delta for unmatched access to Japan, with nonstop service between 10 U.S. destinations and Tokyo. With recently announced plans to invest $1 billion in our product, Delta remains committed to providing a leading option for [...]

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Delta Air Lines Reports January Traffic

February 5, 2010

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today reported traffic results for January 2010. System traffic in January 2010 decreased 5.0 percent compared to January 2009 on a 5.6 percent decrease in capacity. Load factor increased 0.5 points to 76.6 percent. Domestic traffic decreased 2.7 percent year over year on a 1.9 percent decrease in capacity. Domestic load [...]

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Southwest Airlines Reports January Traffic

February 5, 2010

Southwest Airlines Co. announced today that the Company flew 5.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2010, a 7.1 percent increase from the 5.1 billion RPMs flown in January 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 6.7 percent to 7.6 billion from the January 2009 level of 8.2 billion. The load factor for the month [...]

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Aviation Industry Take Flight Again, Says Frost & Sullivan

February 1, 2010

The turmoil surrounding the aviation industry is finally expected to calm and prepare itself to soar once again. The past two years have been a tremendous challenge to the industry and all its stakeholders. Escalating fuel prices followed by the economic downturn has pushed the aviation industry to revisit their business and financial models just [...]

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