by Charlie Leocha | Sep 27, 2010
Southwest Airlines shocked the airline world with an announcement that it had agreed to acquire AirTran Holdings for $1.4 billion in cash and stock. This is a merger that few pundits saw coming. Southwest gets a big foothold in Atlanta and take-off and landing slots...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 27, 2010
Delta starts unionization voting among flight attendants Delta Airlines this week will begin votes to determine whether or not Delta’s flight attendants will be unionized. The airline, which was largely non-union, merged with Northwest that had an antagonistic...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 25, 2010
Davinci contraption finally flies Admit it. You saw it here first. Leonardo DaVinci’s wing-flapping flying contraption has finally flown. Leonardo sketched his designs in the late 1400s of a giant bat-shaped craft that used a pilot’s arms and legs to power...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 24, 2010
Yesterday seven U.S. senators sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, commending his leadership and his department’s efforts to protect consumers. In the letter, Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), George Lemieux (R-FL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Mary...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 24, 2010
Consumer and Travel Groups Deliver Petition Signatures to DOT on “Mad As Hell Day!” in Support of Secretary LaHood’s Efforts to Require Airline Fee Transparency The Consumer Travel Alliance (CTA), Business Travel Coalition (BTC) and American Society of Travel Agents...
