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Pick your port
Special to The TimesOnce viewed merely as close-to-home alternatives to LAX, Burbank/Bob Hope, Long Beach, Ontario and Orange County/John Wayne airports offer business and leisure travelers more options than they used to in destinations and departures, thanks to recent...Tags: Business Trips, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Delays, Transportation, Tickets
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Cumberland Island: Go wild
Special to The TimesThe armadillos started arriving around dinnertime, stumbling on our camp- site seemingly by accident. Hairy, nearsighted, football-shaped, they were completely oblivious to our existence for a full minute until, sensing us, they reared up and galloped off...Tags: Condos and Houses, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Shrimp, Petroleum Industry, Bodies of Water
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Fuel costs trickling down, but travelers aren't getting soaked
Times Staff WriterYou're paying more to travel as airlines, taxi and ferry companies pump up prices to counter high fuel tabs. Filling up your car costs the most in nearly a decade: $1.36 per gallon, on average, in the U.S. Wait Â… only $1.36? Well, yes, that was the...Tags: Carnival Corporation, Government, Tampa, National Government, American Airlines, Inc.
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Bargain-fare airlines ply the nation's skies
Special to The TimesOne of the biggest surprises in the travel industry is the success of cut-rate airlines. The phenomenon, which accounts for nearly a quarter of all domestic air travel, includes such names as Southwest, JetBlue, Spirit, AirTran, ATA and others. American...Tags: Tampa, West Palm Beach, Transportation Accidents, Transportation, U.S. Airways
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Economic development: all hands on deck
By Jay Joseph An economic development director recently told me that his job is the one city job everyone thinks they can do. Folks don't think they can be the City Attorney or the Police Chief, but they think they can be the Economic Development...Tags: Economy, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Finance, Business
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DC nonstop isn't lock for new American
Commercial AppealOptions for hopping a nonstop flight to Washington could shrink after the American Airlines-US Airways merger. The soon-to-merge airline isn't guaranteeing current Memphis service will continue, and a Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore, starting...Tags: Air Transportation, Travel, American Airlines, Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, Air Transportation Industry
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Reporter's Notebook: 2 major carriers out of O'Hare fare poorly in satisfaction survey
The two dominant air carriers out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, United Airlines and American Airlines, scored poorly in yet another satisfaction survey, this time by J.D. Power & Associates. And Southwest Airlines, the primary carrier out...
Tags: Willis Tower, American Airlines, Inc., Midway Airport, O'Hare International Airport, U.S. Airways
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U.S. airlines reap $841 million in bag fees in 4Q 2012
Airlines continue to reap handsome payoffs from the extra fees they charge for checked bags and other travel-related services. Sixteen U.S. passenger airlines collected $841 million in baggage fees and $610 million for reservation cancellation and change...Tags: Palm Beach International Airport, U.S. Department of Transportation, Expedia Incorporated, Transportation, Miramar
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Airline customer satisfaction highest since 2006
Tribune reporterPassenger satisfaction on airlines has risen to its highest level since 2006, before baggage fees became widespread, according to the J.D. Power & Associates 2013 North America Airline Satisfaction Study released Wednesday. O'Hare's main airlines,...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines Inc., U.S. Airways
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Akron-Canton Airport's future with Southwest Airlines still bright, airport official says
The Akron Beacon JournalAkron-Canton Airport's future with Southwest Airlines is still strong, despite the low-fare carrier ending its Chicago Midway International Airport service in November, an airport official said. The airport still offers seven nonstop destinations...Tags: Tampa, Air Transportation Industry, O'Hare International Airport, Southwest Airlines Co., Midway
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Airlines' profits fall in 4th quarter, but show improvement for all of 2012
The Wichita EagleThe nation's 10 largest airlines, as a group, recorded a net loss of $145 million in the last quarter of 2012, compared to a $602 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The losses came after two...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Earnings, JetBlue Airways, SkyWest Incorporated, U.S. Airways
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SRQ woos Southwest to resume Sarasota-Bradenton air service
Bradenton HeraldSarasota-Bradenton International Airport is keeping an open dialogue with Southwest Airlines despite its own marketing encouraging travelers not to fly with the carrier. Rick Piccolo, president and chief executive officer of the airport, told the...Tags: Tampa, Finance, American Airlines, Inc., Money and Monetary Policy, Business
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