American Eagle Airlines, the wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, today began nonstop jet service to five new cities from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Flights began to Santa Fe, New Mexico; Tallahassee, Florida; Montgomery, Alabama; Brownsville, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Month: June 2009
Frontier and Midwest Airlines to Share Booking
Frontier Posts 7th Straight Monthly Profit – Expands Fall Flight Schedule
Frontier Airlines reported its seventh consecutive monthly operating profit Thursday as well as a $1.1 million net profit. It was the Denver-based airline holding company’s first monthly operations report, as required under terms of its Chapter 11 filing, since announcing Tuesday that it will be acquired by Republic Airways Holdings
Is Republic Airways Changing the Face of the US Airline Market?
I read a fascinating, if not rather lengthy, article today by William Swelbar on his blog site Swelblog commenting on Republics purchase of both Frontier and Midwest Airlines. Swelbar is a research engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has 25 years of experience consulting with a focus on the airline industry.
Republic Airways Buying Midwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines
Bombardier Bullish On Business Jet Market
Airbus Calls Bottom of Industry Slump and Looks to the Future
Colgan Air Traffic Rose in April and May
AirTran is Having One of its Most Profitable Years Ever
Some U.S. airlines may be struggling with rising fuel costs and the economic recession, but not AirTran Airways. The airline is having “one of the best years in the company’s history,” CFO Arne Haak is quoted as saying today by The Associated Press. Haak was speaking at the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference in New York.