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March 2008
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Entries tagged with ‘2007 top 10 aviation stories’No. 1 on our Top 10 list: American’s pilot union elects new leadership with tough contract demandsThe Allied Pilots Association overwhelmingly voted its incumbent national officers out of office in June and ushered in a new group that pledged to win huge pay raises and other contract gains. The APA is at the forefront of unions… No. 2 on our Top 10 list: AMR executives share in more than $150 million in stock awardsAMR and American Airlines were the success stories of 2003, with labor and management working together to avoid bankruptcy and all the bad things that go with it. Those good feelings lasted for nearly three years. But union members objected… No. 3 on our Top 10 list: Southwest rethinks its strategy as it tries to find another $1 billion.Southwest Airlines chief executive officer Gary Kelly quite openly admits that the carrier either has to raise fares 25 to 30 percent or find money somewhere else. He’s set a goal of increasing the carrier’s revenues by $1 billion a… No. 4 on our Top 10 list: The changing of the guard at Southwest AirlinesHerb Kelleher has been the public face of Southwest Airlines for nearly 30 years, starting when he became chairman in 1978. He came to fame as Southwest’s bulldog long before then, waging the legal battle that allowed the carrier to… No. 5 on our Top 10 list: Southwest changes its boarding processOkay, this is not earth-shaking and doesn’t change the future of the world as we now know it. But Southwest Airlines so rarely changes its basic operating procedures that it’s worth singling out. The airline spent over a year studying… No. 6 on our Top 10 list: Rising fuel costs threaten industry profitsThe U.S. airline industry is having its most profitable year since 2000, but rising fuel prices are threatening the new-found prosperity. Spot prices for jet fuel are up more than 75 cents a gallon in December compared to the same… No. 7 on our Top 10 list: Everybody talks merger and consolidationOn Nov. 15, 2006, US Airways Group said to Delta: Let’s get married. Delta said to US Airways: No way. Faced with fierce opposition from Delta management and employees, US Airways withdrew its offer Jan. 31, 2007. But the abortive… No. 8 on our Top 10 list: Delays, long waits irk passengersOkay, the annus horriblis actually began Dec. 29, 2006, when a thunderstorm squatted over the Dallas-Fort Worth area for hours and hours and messed up American Airlines’ schedule in a major way. At airports all over the Southwest, American’s aircraft… No. 9 on our Top 10 list: Out of bankruptcyDelta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines entered bankruptcy on the same day in September 2005, and exited bankruptcy court a month apart in spring 2007. When Northwest emerged from bankruptcy on May 31, 2007, it marked the first time since… No. 10 on our Top 10 list: U.S. negotiators sign deals to increase international flightsU.S. airlines looked east and west in 2007 and saw greater opportunities. U.S. negotiators worked out a deal with the European Union to allow airlines from the United States and the European Union countries to fly between any two cities… |
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