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American Airlines computer outage grounds hundreds of flights
American Airlines, hoping to reinvent itself by coming out of bankruptcy with a new logo, freshly painted planes and a merger plan that will make it the nation's largest carrier, suffered a setback Tuesday when a computer outage grounded hundreds of...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Financially Distressed Companies, Los Angeles International Airport, AMR Corp., Companies and Corporations
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American Airlines expanding LAX service with eight new destinations
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. For a carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn’t show signs of retrenching. The airline announced plans Wednesday to expand to eight new...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Financially Distressed Companies, Los Angeles International Airport, AMR Corp., Companies and Corporations
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American Airlines to expand LAX service by adding 8 destinations
For an air carrier whose parent company is still in bankruptcy, American Airlines doesn't show signs of retrenching. American announced plans Wednesday to add eight destinations out of Los Angeles International Airport in an effort to secure more big-...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, AMR Corp., Companies and Corporations
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Airline quality study finds more on-time flights, fewer lost bags
The nation's airlines improved their on-time performance and baggage handling rates in 2012 but passenger complaints rose anyway, a reflection of increased unhappiness with air carriers, according to authors of a new study. Despite better performance by...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Marketing, United Air Lines, SkyWest Incorporated, JetBlue Airways
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A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes, of course, we would use them. We would fly around the world. Business class. Maybe next year. Queen Latifah shoved...
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French court throws out Continental conviction in Concorde crash
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.PARIS -- A French appeals court Thursday overturned Continental Airlines' conviction for manslaughter in the July 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people. [Updated 9:28 a.m. Nov. 29: But it upheld a civil judgment that metal from a...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines, France, Transportation Accidents, British Airways Plc
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Airline industry continues to hire for now
Money & CompanyThe U.S. airline industry has been on a hiring trend lately, but don't expect that to continue too much longer. For the ninth straight month, the airline industry has added full-time employees, with employment numbers for August up 2.8% over...... -
First lawsuit filed in Reno air crash that killed 10, plus pilot
Nation NowReno air races lawsuit: The family of a Texas man killed during the Reno air races crash has filed a $25 million lawsuit.... -
LAX passengers arrested over gun, marijuana in luggage [Updated]
L.A. NOWPassengers were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport in two separate incidents Wednesday after security officials found a gun in one passenger's carry-on bag and two large bags of marijuana in another passenger's checked bags.... -
Biofuels, wind power show gains, but hurdles remain
Money & CompanyBiofuels and wind power are having the biggest new impact in American power generation, according to a report released today by the U.S. Energy Department. Consumption of biofuels has risen 16 fold increase since 2000 and wind power use has seen an... -
Airbus-sponsored electric airplane flies for the first time
L.A. Times Tech BlogAn experimental electric airplane took to the skies above Germany in a maiden flight this week, showing the potential of a new technology that could one day result in a greener aviation industry.... -
Markups by 'body shops' inflate the public's cost
The Los Angeles Community College District had launched a $5.7-billion campaign to modernize its nine campuses, and district leaders wanted the world to know. They hired marketing consultant Joan Marshall to help spread the word.
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