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Union-related silliness of the moment
You just can’t make this up. As Ted Reed of Forbes (and formerly of the Charlotte Observer) reports, it seems that American Airlines’ pilots union is not very happy with…
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Bye, bye US Airways
A week from now, the US Airways brand will be no more, with the airline absorbed into the American Airlines brand. The Charlotte Observer provides a summary of what that…
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Happy (Belated) Aviation Baseline Day
With the recent completion of its slot swap with Delta, US Airways has completed its post-merger (with America West) route structure rationalization. In other words, the airline has established a…
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The Airport Big Lie
The UPoR had a front page piece Sunday on Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s $1 billion expansion plans. There’s one huge problem with the article though — it’s based upon incomplete…
Transportation
Meck Deck’s aviation expert and Businessweek highlight similar ideas for American Airlines’ future
While reading Bloomberg Businessweek‘s article about the American Airlines bankruptcy, I noted the following observation: Analysts now point to a possible merger with US Airways Group, itself the product of…
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US Airways Pilots Situation Escalates
One of the unfortunate traditions of the airline biz are pilots’ unions engaging in slowdowns — taxing slower, only flying aircraft in absolutely perfect condition etc. — to try to…
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Catching Up With US Airways
Busy last few days in aviation, with several major developments that effect the CLT. The highlights: • American Airlines ordered a bunch of jets from Airbus and Boeing. What’s that…
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Slot Swap: Something Old and Something Odd
OK, had a chance to think about the Delta/US Airways slot swap some more. In some ways, it’s pretty much what we saw before. That is to the say, one…
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US Airways Sues Its Pilot Groups
Seeking a declaratory judgment in the dispute over the integration of its pre-merger US Airways and America West pilots into a single contract. The two pilots groups have been fighting…
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US Airways drops Wichita
From Phoenix. And, no, US Airways never served Wichita from Charlotte, which is in itself an issue. When America West bought US Airways back in 2005, there was a lot…
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US Airways Planning Cuts
Union contracts make running an airline more difficult. They also make understanding the airline industry more difficult. Case in point is US Airways contracts with its pilots. Recall that America…
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Few US Airways Flight Cuts at CLT
Like only a 1 percent to 2 percent reduction in its Charlotte hub. So says the Observer, based upon an interview with Doug Parker, US Airways’ chairman and chief executive.…