American Carriers

BusinessWeek - 53 minutes ago

Is there room in the Middle East for a second dominant air hub? That provocative notion was raised this week as EL AL Airlines, the former Israeli national carrier, introduced its incoming president and CEO, Elyezer Shkedy (left), who takes over the top ...

USA Today - 3 hours ago

When George Clooney tries to earn romantic points with a fellow frequent flier in the movie Up in the Air, which opens Friday in limited release, he scores big by flashing a black card that signals membership in American Airlines' 2-year-old, ...

MSNBC - 3 hours ago

A photograph of an obese passenger filling his seat and part of a jet™s aisle, reportedly snapped by an American Airlines flight attendant, has renewed the debate about how airlines deal with obese travelers. Policies differ by airline ” some ...

MSNBC - 3 hours ago

Boeing Co. is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts, the Wall Street Journal reported. The ...

Wired News - 4 hours ago

Andrew Abu Muqawama? Exum of the Center for a New American Security was kind enough to come out of blogging retirement to respond to my post ” and Matthew Yglesias™ follow-on ” about think tanks and their role in selling the Afghanistan surge ...