Northwest

The airlines with their recent and not-so-recent mergers have been some of the best examples of union vs. union animosity. Plus, union heavy-handiness makes any cruel capitalistic management look tame by comparison.

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If you’re a United Airlines or Continental Airlines frequent flier, chances are you’re a little nervous about the impending corporate marriage that will create the world’s largest airline. Rightfully so.

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Delta makes avionics and software changes to avoid overflights, Boeing 747-8 finally flies, piece of cargo plane falls in mall parking lot

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In the last two weekends, two major reservations systems updates have happened with major airlines.  JetBlue changed over from their own reservations system to participating in Sabre, a major GDS system, and joined the Airline Report Corporation (ARC), which means travel agents can now issue their e-tickets. Delta has finally eliminated the Northwest label from [...]

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Small casinos fear the recession far more than large casinos, Delta clears hurdle for full integration of subsidiary Northwest, FAA plans to review American Airlines after series of mishaps.

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AirTran has partnered with SkyWest out of Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport starting December 4. SkyWest will be operating five 50-seat CRJ200s.

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First United’s baggage handlers broke Dave Carroll’s guitar, then it lost his luggage. Now, they’re in another PR nightmare when it revoked a Best Buy executive’s first class upgrade because he was dressed “too casually.” He was dressed in a track suit.

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With the popularity of Facebook and Twitter, casinos are using the sites to reach out to their customers and gauging what they could do better by the comments.

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United will retire the last of its 737 on Wednesday. It will make its last landing at San Francisco International Airport.

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Our Laura Townsend Elion managed to get out Top 10 list of reasons that the Delta (Northwest) pilots managed to miss Minneapolis by 150 miles.

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