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Airline catering workers threaten to strike as soon as next week without agreement on new contract
WASHINGTON -- More than 8,000 airline catering workers are threatening to go on strike as soon as next week, adding more uncertainty to summer travel, which has already been disrupted by fallout from a widespread technology outage. The workers are…
Southwest's new seat policy is part of a bigger trend for airlines
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American Airlines Wants To Resolve The Case Of The Missing $1.5 Billion
American Airlines said Thursday that it will lose $1.5 billion in revenue this year due to lost corporate bookings that followed a failed effort to bypass traditional corporate buying channels. It's not quite clear where the money went. Delta and…
Not even Southwest Airlines wants to be Southwest Airlines right now
Southwest Airlines presented its quarterly earnings Thursday. The numbers weren't great — net income was nearly halved from a year ago to $367 million despite a record $7.3 billion in revenue — and with hedge fund Elliott Management…
Spirit Airlines Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Spirit Airlines Inc. SAVE rose 2.78% to $2.96 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 1.03% to 17,357.88 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Airlines, still reeling from an outage, now face potential strike by 8,000 workers
More than 8,000 airline catering workers are threatening to go on strike as soon as next week, adding more uncertainty to summer travel, which has already been disrupted by fallout from a widespread technology outage. The workers are employed by…
American Airlines Profit Plunges After Infuriating Sales Change
American Airlines isn't exactly flying high these days, and it only has itself to blame for the significant turbulence now rocking its business. Though company CEO Robert Isom assumed responsibility for piloting the gaffes around its ticket sales…
Undercovered Dozen: Hawaiian Electrics, Serve Robotics, Yandex, Southwest Airlines +
The 'Undercovered' Dozen series highlights undercovered stocks on our platform for you to have another source for idea generation. This time we're looking at ideas published July 19th - 25th. Take a look at what these less covered ideas might hold…
Headlines Today in Finance, Technology & Politics - Southwest Airlines ends open seating, switches…
After 50 years, Southwest Airlines switched from open to pre-assigned seating due to declining profits. This change will allow Southwest to charge more for premium seats and cater to the 80% of customers who prefer assigned seating. The transition…
American Airlines, wary of a strike, offers to double some flight attendants' pay
American Airlines flight attendants won an additional $4.2 billion in pay and benefits, according to a tentative deal released Friday by the union representing the workers. The deal includes an immediate 18% pay increase, and boarding pay. Some…
Airline catering workers threaten to strike as soon as next week without agreement on new contract
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Indian airline lets female passengers see gender of potential seatmates
In an effort to make female flyers more comfortable, an Indian airline is letting women see the gender of prospective seatmates as they make their reservations. IndiGo Airlines launched the new feature for passengers in May, but it has only…
Airline safety videos are getting bigger and buzzier. Are they more effective?
Some experts praised the efforts. Kevin Kuhlmann, a professor of aviation and aerospace science at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, said that for a long time briefings “have been mandated and scripted in a manner that was benign…
Southwest Airlines Is Ditching Its Open Seating Plan
Bad news for anybody who likes Southwest Airlines for its weird quirks: yesterday the carrier announced that it's ditching one of its most distinct features. After over 50 years the Dallas-based low-cost airline will be scrapping its open seating…
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