Is there another big airline merger candidate, FAA revies older plane inspections, US Airways moves call centers back to USA
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Travelers flying Continental and United lately are treated to regular pre-flight commercials on the merger, saying that “it’s business as usual, but you will gradually notice some changes.” For starters, it would be nice to just have the existing code-share system work.
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CityCenter design issue, shareholders approve BA-Iberia merger, JetBlue ranks number one
CityCenter effective streetscape design, shareholders approve BA-Iberia merger, JetBlue ranks number one for in-flight entertainment
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Janice Hough take a look at the current state of the Continental/United merger and finds that even though the legalities of the marriage are complete, the realities will take some time to sort out. But free food on Continental is going to be history next week. It will be the first merger change passengers will see. An omen for the future?
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United Continental Holdings merger is complete. Ironically, pilots will fly more with more rest under new FAA guidelines. Flawed whole-body scanners keep coming to an airport near you.
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Christopher Elliott takes a wait and see attitude when it comes to the Southwest/AirTran merger. He is not euphoric or wary, just waiting to see what happens with prices and whether the consumer darling stays a sweetheart in the end.
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Janice Hough gives readers six reasons that the Southwest/ArTran merger will not be a slam dunk. There are issues to be worked out and problems on the horizon. There is probably a good reason that Southwest is talking about the airlines being fully integrated in about two years.
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Christopher Miuse, the CEO and founder of TruPrice.net, one of the pioneers of airline fee tracking, has his own ideas about what the Southwest/AirTran merger will mean for the industry. He is not buying the Southwest line that they will remain a no-baggage-fee, single-class, open-seating airline after the merger with AirTran. He says the no-baggage-fee mantra will stay, but everything else may and probably will change. Plus, he adds an end-of-the-post shocker.
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Southwest Airlines shocked the airline world with an announcement that it had agreed to acquire AirTran Holdings for $1.4 billion in cash and stock. This is a merger that few pundits saw coming. Southwest gets a big foothold in Atlanta and take-off and landing slots in slot-controlled airports.
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Tourists jailed for desecrating the dead in Greece, United/Continental merger proceeds towards too much concentrated power and Steve Jobs is outed in Japan as a secret Ninja
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