Jan. 5 at 10:21 a.m.
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By Reuters
(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
AMR Corp.’s American Airlines said Wednesday it is still in talks with online travel agencies Orbitz Worldwide and Expedia to reach a deal that would put AMR fares back on those travel websites.
The airline, which is leading a charge among U.S. carriers to lower its distribution costs, last month stopped selling flights on Orbitz and Orbitz for Business. The move came after an Illinois court denied a request for an injunction filed by Travelport LP, which owns a 48 percent share in Orbitz, seeking to prevent American from pulling its flights.
AMR shares were up 4.4 percent at $8.46 in midmorning. Get the full story »
Jan. 4 at 4:41 p.m.
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Labor
By Dow Jones Newswires
Continental Airlines, now part of United Continental Holdings Inc., and a union representing thousands of flight attendants reached a tentative labor agreement Tuesday.
The two previously had reached an agreement in late September, a day before United Air Lines’s parent UAL Corp. merged with Continental to vault them over Delta Air Lines Inc. as the world’s biggest airline. Get the full story »
Jan. 4 at 3:14 p.m.
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Airports,
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By Associated Press
American Airlines says it’s talking to Orbitz and Expedia about resuming the listing of American flights on the travel websites. Get the full story »
Jan. 3 at 4:23 p.m.
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Internet,
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By Reuters
The shares of online travel agencies Orbitz and Expedia fell on Monday after Expedia dropped American Airlines tickets from its offerings.
Expedia called its weekend action a response to the airline’s new “anti-consumer” and “anti-choice” commercial strategy.
Expedia shares fell 3 percent to $24.32 in midmorning trading while Orbitz shares slid 0.7 percent to $5.55. Get the full story »
By Dow Jones Newswires
Orbitz Worldwide Inc. named the former financial chief of Crocs Inc. to the same position at the online-travel company. Russ Hammer, who led the restructuring efforts at shoe maker Crocs, also held a variety of senior executive positions at Motorola Inc.. He replaces Marsha Williams, whose retirement was announced in June. Get the full story »
Jan. 1 at 1:42 p.m.
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Travel
By Julie Johnsson
Expedia Inc. is starting the new year with a break-up, suspending sales of tickets for flights on American Airlines after the two sides were unable to resolve a commercial dispute.
Expedia’s Saturday announcement is the latest twist in the spat involving American and online giants that have revolutionized how travel is sold over the Internet. On Dec. 21, American yanked its fares from Chicago-based Orbitz Worldwide Inc. Get the full story »
Dec. 30, 2010 at 12:31 p.m.
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Unions
By Associated Press
Continental Airlines fleet service employees have ratified a contract reached with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The airline, a unit of United Continental Holdings Inc., called the vote a “positive step forward” in a statement released Wednesday.
Dec. 29, 2010 at 4:54 p.m.
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Airplanes,
Airports
By Associated Press
American Airlines said on Wednesday that it has no plans to sell tickets only through its own website, as its dispute with Orbitz and Expedia entered a second week.
The airline said December ticket volumes before the dispute began were rising compared to the same time last year. It said the increase has continued since then. The improving economy has boosted ticket sales at most airlines.
Dec. 28, 2010 at 2:24 p.m.
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Energy
By Associated Press
Passengers whose travel plans were wrecked this week when thousands of flights were canceled might not want to hear it, but airfares are going up again.
Several airlines confirmed Tuesday that they are raising prices on many domestic routes by $10 one way and $20 per round trip, even as snowbound passengers remain stranded at New York City-area airports. Get the full story »
Dec. 28, 2010 at 6:17 a.m.
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Airlines,
Government,
Regulations
By CNN
Alfred Kahn, an economist who became known as the “architect of deregulation” under the Carter administration, has died of cancer. He was 93.
It is widely accepted that Kahn’s efforts dismantled air travel as the domain of the elite and paved the way for low-cost airlines. Get the full story »
Dec. 27, 2010 at 1:46 p.m.
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Airports,
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Updated
By Tribune staff report
A blizzard blanketing the East Coast this weekend has left thousands of fliers stranded at various airports across the country, including some at O’Hare International and Midway airports this morning.
As of 7:35 a.m., 130 flights at O’Hare had been canceled due to the East Coast weather, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. At Midway, there were 20 flight cancellations.
Today’s cancellations came on top of the 150 flights grounded yesterday at the two airports.
Dec. 23, 2010 at 3:57 p.m.
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Airplanes,
Manufacturing
By Associated Press
Boeing will resume flight tests of its long-delayed 787 jet Thursday, six weeks after they were suspended because of an in-flight electrical fire in the plane’s power distribution system.
The company says it installed an updated, interim version of the software that controls the system in the first of six test flight aircraft. Get the full story »
Dec. 23, 2010 at 2:28 p.m.
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Updated
By Julie Johnsson
Expedia is hiding pricing information for American Airlines flights on its Web sites in a display of solidarity with Chicago-based Orbitz Worldwide Inc., which is enmeshed in a contract dispute with the nation’s #3 carrier.
The online travel giants are warring with American over the airline’s attempts take greater control of the way it sells tickets and other services.
The new contract terms the Texas-based carrier seeks would drive down its costs and impose new technology on agencies like Orbitz and Expedia and the global clearinghouses that provide the ticket data they peddle over the Internet, analysts said. Get the full story »
Dec. 23, 2010 at 11:46 a.m.
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By Dow Jones Newswires
United Airlines is dropping the reservations system it created almost 40 years ago in favor of a platform provided by Hewlett-Packard Co.
Travelport Ltd., the travel services group that now runs the Apollo system used by United, said the carrier planned to terminate their deal March 1, 2012, and transition to the H-P system used by merger partner Continental Airlines. Get the full story »
Dec. 22, 2010 at 3:01 p.m.
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From Bloomberg News | Continental Airlines and AMR Corp.’s American Eagle regional carrier face a combined $605,000 in possible fines for maintenance flaws, the FAA said.
