Press release from Southwest Airlines DALLAS, TX – September 27, 2010 – Southwest Airlines [NYSE:LUV] announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of AirTran Holdings, Inc. [NYSE:AAI], the parent company of AirTran Airways (AirTran), for a combination of cash and Southwest Airlines’ common stock. [...]
Now through December 15, 2010, you can enter to win free travel on Southwest Airlines with their Partnerpalooza program through Rapid Rewards. Southwest Airlines introduced the Partnerpoolza sweepstakes last year, and it did so well that they are back for another season. The grand prize this year is 12 Rapid Rewards Award Tickets and a [...]
Discount airline, SpiritAir, has announce price increases again for bags that are carried on to a plane. If you have a carry-on bag and wish to store it in the overhead compartments, on any of the airline’s planes, you will now have to pay up to $45 per bag. There are some ways of getting [...]
A formal announcement came yesterday that Air Berlin has deals with American Airlines and will also join the Oneworld global airline alliance. American Airlines hopes that this will lead the way for expansion in Germany, by allowing some of their own planes to fly there. This partnership should help both American Airlines and Air Berlin [...]
Air Canada today announced it will begin daily, non-stop service between Toronto and New Orleans starting October 30, 2010. The new route will be operated with a 75-seat, Jazz CRJ 705 aircraft featuring Executive and Economy class service and seatback, personal audio-visual entertainment throughout the aircraft. “Air Canada is very pleased to offer customers service [...]
Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced codeshare cooperation with TAM Airlines (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM) on routes within Brazil and between Brazil and the U.S. beginning July 1, 2010. This cooperation builds on the reciprocal frequent flyer program agreement signed on April 6 between Continental Airlines and TAM and supports Continental’s growth in the [...]
Amid festivities featuring Hawaiian music and hula, Hawaiian Airlines today launched a new era in its storied 80-year history with the inaugural flight of its new, wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft, from Honolulu to Los Angeles. Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and CEO, commented, “This is a historic day for Hawaiian Airlines that’s been years in the [...]
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today began new nonstop service between Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kan., and Orlando International Airport. The airline will offer a Saturday nonstop flight between the two cities. “AirTran Airways is pleased to increase the number of nonstop flights we offer, providing Kansas residents with [...]
APPLETON, Wis. May 14 – Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation today announced it has promoted Chris White to the position of managing director of safety, reporting directly to President and CEO Jim Rankin. “I am very excited to have Chris as a member of our senior leadership team,” noted Rankin. ‘Since filling the role of Interim Managing Director of [...]
