US airlines urge govt. to resist intervention
Major US carriers urge the Obama administration to say no to re-regulating the industry or to intervene in airline operations.
The comments came as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood chaired a conference sought by unions on the competitiveness of an industry that continues to struggle financially after restructuring earlier this decade.
“Our request is to simply let us run our businesses,” US Airways CEO Doug Parker said in a letter to LaHood.
Qantas plans ‘Airport of the Future,’ premium service upgrades
Qantas plans to introduce its “airport of the future” that will reduce times at check-in, baggage collection, and security lines.
Domestic passengers will be issued new RFID cards that will replace both the standard boarding pass and baggage tags and give instant recognition to security agents.
Addressing the National Aviation Press Club in Sydney yesterday, QF CEO Alan Joyce said the A$40 million ($37.1 million) Airport of the Future is just the start of a host of new offerings under a three-year “Q Future” program designed to reestablish the airline as a world leader in premium travel.
Report: FAA not easing traffic at New York-area airports
The Transportation Department Inspector General says that the FAA is not doing enough to ease congestion in the New York airspace, especially since JFK’s longest runway will close for three months starting in March.
The FAA acknowledges it has completed only 30 of the 77 initiatives an advisory group identified two years ago to cut down on air traffic delays in New York airspace.
But the inspector general said in a report that the region has seen benefits from only five of those changes, because most of the initiatives “are not being used or are used infrequently.”
Has Las Vegas got a deal for you!
There has never been a better time to score deals in Las Vegas.
“Two nights in Vegas for nearly nothing!”
That’s a promotion just dealt by Station Casinos, with room rates that work out to $12.50 a night. Pay $125 for two nights, get $100 to spend on food and drink. At Station’s upscale Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, pay $250 for two nights, with $200 in credits toward food, spa and drinks. Taxes and fees are extra.
(Photo: caribb/Flickr Creative Commons)
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
> “Our request is to simply let us run our businesses,” US Airways
> CEO Doug Parker said in a letter to LaHood.
Yeah, how’s that working out for you, DP? Continuing financial losses, capacity reductions, tarmac delays, a grass-roots movement towards passenger rights, picketing flight attendants at PHX, ongoing fines for maintenance problems and advertising falseness, etc. I’d say you aren’t running your business very well at all.