The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that there is a safety investigation once again at Southwest Airlines. The investigation is related to a previous issue found at the airline concerning the way safety directives are handled. Last year Southwest suffered embarrassment as 82 aircraft were found to have unapproved parts.
The current investigation centers around a [...]
United States airline January traffic statistics as released by each carrier. The main statistics released on a monthly basis illustrate the carriers traffic illustrated here as a percentage increase or decrease from the same month one year earlier; carrier capacity illustrated here as a percentage increase of decrease from the same month one year earlier; [...]
September 2009 proved to be a good month for the nation’s airlines posting the best on-time rate in six years. Combined, the airlines achieved a 86.2 percent on-time rate with that percentage of flight arriving at their destination within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. The ratings and airline rankings are provided by the United [...]
The airlines continue to struggle to fill planes and keep fares high enough to make money. October saw low-cost airlines continue to post traffic and capacity increases with AirTran, Allegiant, and JetBlue the only carriers that grew in size and traffic.
Allegiant continues to grow at very strong rates. Allegiant Air is a low-cost model airline [...]
Southwest Airlines Pilot’s Association union and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines have announced that the Pilots have approved a new 5-year labor contract that includes pay increases and job protection clauses.
The contract passed with 87 percent of the Pilots voting for it, with only 13 percent voting against. The contract includes retroactive pay increases for the Pilots of 2 [...]
Southwest Airlines yesterday launched their first flights to the mid-west city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Southwest becomes the third low-cost carrier to make Milwaukee a target of their expansion plans. Midwest Airlines that calls Milwaukee home, continues to have strong market share at the airport and AirTran has grown dramatically in Milwaukee over the last year [...]
United Airlines has announced the addition of one-daily round-trip flight between San Francisco and St. Louis. American Airlines announced last month that they would substantially dismantle the remnants of the TWA St. Louis hub that it acquired years ago leaving many key destinations without non-stop service.
Just yesterday, Southwest announced an addition of flights to various [...]
The third quarter had few surprises with the smaller, low-cost centric airlines posting profits, and the bigger guys posting losses. Some of the losses were smaller than expected, and some were rather large and foreboding.
WINNERS
Alaska – Net Income $83 million
Hawaiian – Net Income $31 million
Frontier – Net Income $16 million (consolidated July/August only)
JetBlue – Net [...]
Southwest Airlines has announced yet another expansion of flights in Denver in their continued assault against Frontier. Southwest bid to take-over and eliminate Frontier as a competitor earlier this summer, but failed in the attempt. This expansion is evidence of Southwest’s being upset at the result of that failed attempt.
Southwest will add 13 new flights [...]
Southwest Airlines, on the heels of American Airlines reductions in St. Louis, has announced new service there. Southwest will add nine daily flights to six new destinations from St. Louis. The new flights will begin in May and will be available for sale sometime this December.
The new St. Louis flights include:
Two daily flights to/from Nashville, [...]
Southwest Airlines Announces Service From Northwest Florida’s New International Airport, Near Panama City, Florida
Southwest Airlines and The St. Joe Company Enter Into Strategic Alliance to Land Jet Service at Region’s Newest Airport; Carrier Plans Start-Up to Multiple Destinations in May 2010
Press Release
Source: Southwest Airlines Co.
On 2:15 pm EDT, Wednesday October 21, 2009DALLAS, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ [...]
Southwest posted a 3rd quarter loss of $16 million compared to a loss of $120 million a year prior. I don’t really see this as the big story. It was also reported that Southwest’s cash balance as of the end of the 3rd quarter was $902 million which compares very poorly to the $1.4 billion [...]
Southwest Airlines today extended their schedule for travel from March 14, 2010 to May 7, 2010 and with the extended schedule made a large number of changes by adding and subtracting frequencies in various markets around the country. Southwest added 62 roundtrip flights including 21 more in Chicago-Midway; 18 more in Baltimore; and 9 more in [...]
The Depart of Transportation has released the August 2009 on-time report for U.S. airlines. The rankings are as follows:
Hawaiian – 94.7%
Alaska – 85.8%
SkyWest – 84.4%
Frontier – 83.8%
ExpressJet – 83.4%
Southwest – 82.8%
Continental – 82.4%
US Airways 81.4%
United – 80.1%
American Eagle – 79.6%
Mesa – 79.2%
Pinnacle – 79.2%
Delta – 78.6%
American – 77.2%
JetBlue – 76.0%
Northwest – 74.4%
AirTran – 74.2%
Atlantic Southeast [...]
Many of the U.S. network and low-cost airlines have taken measures in recent days to beef up their cash and/or credit positions. United and American have sold additional stock. Delta has re-negotiated debt. AirTran has negotiated better credit card processing terms. All of these have negotiated with their creditors to ensure they are well positioned for [...]
Frontier Airlines, still in Chapter 11 bankruptcy until October, continues to defy critics and Southwest Airlines, by posting admirable financial results. As a result of being in bankruptcy, Frontier must report numbers on a monthly basis as opposed to the usual quarterly reports.
For August, Frontier, now a subsidiary of Republic Airlines and partners with Midwest [...]
Southwest Airlines announced that they will soon begin eliminating lemons as an available garnishment for their beverage service. Up until now, they had offered lemons or limes on all flights, but Southwest said that overwhelming customer desire was for limes, not lemons. They had many excess lemons after each flight that led to substantial unnecessary [...]
