All articles by David Field – Page 8
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Texas Pacific, Northwest and AirTran pursue Midwest
Midwest Airlines , pursued by hostile suitor AirTran for over a year, has found shelter in the arms of private equity...
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Spirit asks airports for service proposals
Spirit Airlines is seeking detailed proposals from cities that want its low-fare service. The airline say it will use the...
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US airlines second-quarter results: One step forward
US airlines have turned in an admirable set of second-quarter results but there is trouble ahead. The question is, which will give way first - fuel costs...
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The next step: airline alliances look towards antitrust immunity
The challenges ahead for alliances are regulatory rather than geographical as they seek wide antitrust immunity for their transatlantic networks
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WestJet scraps aiRES
Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet will take a $30.6 million pre-tax write-down on the cancellation of its contract for the ambitious aiRES reservation system...
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US unions press for higher pay and better working conditions
US airline unions continue to press for higher pay and better working conditions and are warning they intend to link the issues of work duty hours and fatigue...
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Delays and cancellations at an all-time high
A summer of delays, cancellations and other significant disruption is on track to produce the worst summer ever for US air travel. The delays have...
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American Airlines fights off low-cost competition
American Airlines is fighting back at low-cost challenges to its strong Caribbean operation by launching new routes that rival services begun by Spirit Airlines....
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Southwest's profit lag
Southwest Airlines is planning job and capacity cuts and a tweak to its business model to help restore its falling profits. After reporting a 17% drop...
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Americas news in brief
Northwest to sell nine A319s Northwest Airlines unveiled plans in July to sell nine of its 65 Airbus A319s. Its Air Line Pilots Association chapter...
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Airline Strategy Awards 2007: Regional & low-cost leadership
Anyone can start a low-fare airline, and many have, but few low-fare carriers can come back from the brink of failure and grow to become one of their nation's...
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Airline Strategy Awards 2007: Airline Business Award
Norman Y Mineta's biography reads like an American legend: the child to immigrant parents, the victim of childhood discrimination, hard work, progress up...
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Segmentation in the all-business sector
"We'll grow the overall size of the business class market by taking on economy and premium economy" Lawrence Hunt chief executive, Silverjet Segmentation...
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NewsIt takes two: can Barger help JetBlue return to profitability?
After a turbulent winter, JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman has ceded daily duties to long-time aide Dave Barger to focus on longer-term goals. Can this reshuffle at the top help the carrier return to profitability and regain both passenger trust and investor confidence?
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Midwest fights on with more seats
Midwest Airlines is altering its basic product strategy in a bid to increase revenues as it tries to evade a hostile takeover bid from AirTran Airways. The...
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Americas news in brief
Air Jamaica drops London Air Jamaica is to axe its only long-haul service as part of a new tie-up with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The carrier will cease...
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Virgin America gets go-ahead
The US Department of Transportation has cleared Virgin America Airlines to launch services this summer but has kept to its insistence that chief executive...
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Freedom to fly
Wielding the power of bankruptcy, US majors have forced their regional partners to fly for less, but given them more leeway to fly for other airlines