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Plane with Burris makes emergency landing
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Sen. Roland Burris and White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers were on board a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Pittsburgh this morning, Burris spokesman Jim O'Connor said. Burris and Rogers were aboard United Flight 615 from...
Tags: Sen. Roland Burris, emergency landing, Sen. Burris, Washington National Airport, Desiree Rogers, Chicago, Pittsburgh, United Airlines, Jim O'Connor, Jan Schakowsky
Airlines post rare improvement in customer survey
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility A new study shows airlines are doing a better job of taking care of the passengers they still have. Passenger satisfaction with airline service rose more than 3 percent earlier this year, according to a new University of Michigan study. That's the first...
Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., University of Michigan, American Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., United Airlines, passenger satisfaction, Northwest Airlines, customer survey
Some airlines eyeing higher baggage fees
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Both United Airlines and US Airways say they are preparing to increase fees for customers who pay luggage fees at U.S. airports. The Chicago Tribune said Friday United Airlines and US Airways will implement the increases June 10 and July 9, respectively,...
Tags: United Airlines, US Airways, baggage fees
Ryanair to charge for checking in online
Brussels :: Belgium | 6 months ago
Credibility The no-frills airline said that check-in for all its flights booked after May 20 would be by website only and that passengers must pay £5 to do so. Passengers without a printer must find access to one or pay a £40 charge for arriving at the airport without...
Tags: United Airlines, Ryanair, boarding cards, airport checked, bag checked
Flu scare diverts flight bound to Washington
Boston :: MA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility An aircraft flying from Germany to Washington with 261 people on board was diverted on Friday to Boston after a female passenger complained of flu-like symptoms, an airport official said. United Airlines flight 903 landed at Boston's Logan International...
Tags: Boston Globe, Jay Severin, swine flu, Washington, United Airlines, Phil Orlandella, boston talk, mexicans immigrants, airline flight, spokesman phil
UAL jetliner is struck by lightning
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A jetliner was struck by lightning as a powerful spring storm moved through the Washington area, toppling trees and causing power outages. A United Airlines spokesman says Flight 593 to Denver diverted to Dulles International Airport late Tuesday after...
Tags: Boston Logan International Airport, Dulles International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, United Airlines, Baltimore-Washington, The Washington Post
Continental posts loss on weak demand
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Houston-based company posted a net loss of $136 million, or $1.10 cents per share. A year earlier, the Houston-based company reported a smaller net loss of $80 million, or 81 cents per share. Excluding $4 million of aircraft-related charges, the carrier...
Tags: United Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., net loss, quarter loss, airline posts, used airways, 1q loss
EU probes transatlantic airline alliance pacts
Brussels :: Belgium | 7 months ago
Credibility The European Commission launched two antitrust investigations on Monday against certain members of the Star and Oneworld airline alliances on concerns their agreements on transatlantic routes might breach EU rules. The probe relates to two sets of agreements...
Tags: European Commission, American Airlines, European Union's Competition Commission, airline alliances, Shares of Continental Airlines, British Airways, United Airlines, Lufthansa, star alliances, trust investigations
Problems of the obese in flights
Obesity is bad, all of us know it. But, consider the case of people who represent the Billy Bunter types – it is extremely difficult for them to get properly accommodated in the aero plane seat. They have to be in a position to tie the safety belts...
Tags: billy bunter, obese, united airlines, yoga, aerobics, arm rest
United Airlines. Flying the Unfriendly Skies
I remember 9/11. I was ready to step out to go to school / work — I was in grad school, and it was my first semester as a TA. Insert me all being puffed up and leave it at that. But my inner glow dimmed that day. The statistic...
Tags: United Airlines, blame, customer service, terrorism, 9/11, dying mother, deathbed
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