JAL Bailout, UAL Cuts 600 Jobs - Airline Industry in Trouble

Japanese Airlines (JAL), which is currently experiencing significant losses, will be bailed out by the Japanese Government by up to $1 billion in state aid. The dire situation of JAL is just the latest in a string of news from the ailing airline industry, which faces...

The Airline Industry is in Survival mode

As recently reported in Perpetual Traveller, all in all it was a depressing affair at the recent IATA Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani of IATA read out the shockingly bad statistics of the Industry and backed...

Open Letter to Airline Customers Misses Mark

Last night, a frequent-flying relative of mine forwarded an e-mail he had received that contained “An Open Letter to All Airline Customers” signed by 12 airline CEOs. I replied to his message, but wasn’t...

Future of Airlines Bleak As Fuel Prices Climb

In the wake of ever-increasing fuel costs, the nation’s airline industry is receiving more and more attention. Today, however, that attention came in the form of grim news as two industry-focused groups warned...

American Airlines Pilots Walk Picket Lines

As the spouse of a flight attendant employed by a profitable air carrier, I like to keep a watchful eye on the airline industry. Today, one of my twice-weekly trips to St. Louis’ Lambert International...

BREAKING NEWS: No More Delta Air Lines?

"ATLANTA -- The Associated Press has learned that United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have been discussing a combination between the nation's second- and third-largest carriers that would keep the United name and the corporate headquarters in the Chicago area. An official...

Skybus Airline: New Meaning to the Notion that Flying is More Like Traveling...

Does the new discount airline, Skybus (http://skybus.com/Home.aspx), which charges as little as $10 for a one-way ticket, give new meaning to the notion that traveling by air is becoming more like traveling by...

Passengers can expect double screening - Yahoo! News

"WASHINGTON - Beginning Friday, airline passengers will go through double screening to make sure they're not carrying liquids onto planes, the head of the airline industry's largest trade group said....

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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