Star Approval Illustrates Shift In D.C. Antitrust ViewsBy Jay BoehmerWhen the U.S. Department of Transportation gave the nod last year to Delta, Northwest, Air France and KLM to proceed with their antitrust-immune joint... KEEP READING
US Airways Inks Deal To Offer Inflight Internet AccessUS Airways today announced a partnership with Aircell to launch onboard wireless Internet access next year. The carrier said it would install inflight... KEEP READING
Continental Joins In Charging Additional Baggage FeeContinental Airlines today joined several of its legacy carrier competitors in levying a $5 surcharge for passengers paying first or second bag fees at... KEEP READING
United Offering Extensions As It Shifts Card Fees To AgenciesUnited Airlines' controversial plan to shift merchant fees to 28 travel agencies was slated to go into effect today, but the airline is offering a... KEEP READING
Continental CEO Kellner To Depart At Year-End, Smisek To Step UpContinental Airlines president and COO Jeff Smisek will replace Larry Kellner as CEO on Jan. 1, 2010, the airline said late today.... KEEP READING
Senate Addresses Air Traffic Control, Safety In FAA BillThe U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today introduced its version of the 2009 Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization... KEEP READING
DOT Grants Antitrust Immunity To Continental, Star CarriersThe U.S. Department of Transportation in a final decision today approved Continental Airlines' request to join the Star Alliance as an antitrust-immune... KEEP READING
Delta, Virgin Blue Seek To Create Antitrust-Immune JVDelta Air Lines and Australia's Virgin Blue Airlines Group on Wednesday announced plans to form an antitrust-immune joint venture covering U.S.,... KEEP READING
AA To DOT: Inconsistent ATI Would Distort CompetitionAmerican Airlines in a regulatory filing this week raised concerns that the U.S. Justice Department's recent involvement in airline antitrust... KEEP READING
Star Partners Respond To DOJ, As DOT Nears Immunity RulingContinental Airlines and its Star Alliance partners-to-be this week countered Department of Justice criticism of their antitrust immunity application... KEEP READING
J.D. Power: Airline Customer Satisfaction FallsAirline customer satisfaction has fallen to its lowest level in four years, according to a J.D. Power and Associates survey on North American carriers... KEEP READING
DOJ Slams DOT's Tentative Star Alliance Antitrust ApprovalThe U.S. Department of Justice in a filing on Friday vigorously criticized the Department of Transportation's tentative approval of Continental... KEEP READING
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