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Sometimes you learn things the darnedest ways. Until a USAirways LaGuardia to Louisville commuter flight was diverted to Philadelphia for an emergency, possible terrorism landing I had never heard of this word — tefillin. Evidently the flight attendant on US 3079 had never seen one either.
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US Airways completes its third move to lower costs for survival
After swapping slots with Delta between La Guardia and Regan National and negotiating new agreements with credit card companies regarding use of frequent flier miles, US Airways has deferred delivery of new aircraft for three years. These moves will allow the airline to conserve cash. [...]
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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit one America’s largest travel agencies and spent time in their centralized customer support center. There, a team of ex-air traffic controllers were predicting delays and travel agents were re-booking passengers whose flights needed to be changed.
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I watched the recent swapping of airline slots between Delta and USAirways and between AirTran and Continental. Once upon a time the airlines were howling when the FAA wanted to limit landing and take-off slots at La Guardia, Newark and JFK as a solution to overcrowding of the airspace. They claimed that Congress never explicitly gave the FAA the right to auction slots. Has Congress given the airlines explicit rights to sway federal assets? And what about the consumers?
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While other airlines have been nibbling around the edges of the checked bag fee question with one set of fees for those paying online and another for those paying at the airport, American Airlines has come out and bluntly said, “Pay more.” Nothing subtle about it.
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After fining USAirways $140,000 back in December the Department of Transportation (DOT) is at it again fining Delta Air Lines $375,000 for not following the bumping rules. It’s nice to see DOT back wielding a big stick with the airlines.
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Soon all the jokes about bad airline food will be passé on US Airways. The carrier is eliminating all snack food service on domestic routes.
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