United yesterday reported a profit of $334 million ($2.21 a share) for the July-through-September quarter, surging nearly 76% from the same quarter a year ago "thanks largely to pared-down costs, reduced capacity and a boost in passenger revenue at United,"...
United said during its third-quarter earnings call (see above) that it will continue to ramp up international operations in 2008. Could that mean overseas routes for the carrier's Denver hub? A story in today's Denver Post seems to raise that...
JetBlue reported a third-quarter profit yesterday of $23 million (12 cents a share), a number that handily beat Wall Street expectations. The Associated Press says the result was JetBlue's "first third-quarter profit in two years" and comes as both "capacity...
JetBlue will end service to Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville on Jan. 6, dropping service to those cities just more than a year after it began flying to them. "The New York-based low-cost carrier made the decision after a detailed review...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Ted Stevens Anchorage International closed its nine-gate Concourse B in the South Terminal last week for a renovation project that will take two years. Several flights by Northwest and Alaska Airlines...
That's the headine from a story in today's Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, which writes about the latest expansion of its hometown carrier Skybus. The Dispatch writes: "Greensboro put out the welcome mat for Skybus Airlines yesterday, as the Columbus-based startup named...
Today in the Sky blogger Ben Mutzabaugh is on vacation today. In his absence, Today in the Sky will feature a set of quick quotes from several aviation stories that made news over the past few days (see below). Today...
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (free registration): "Delta Air Lines and other major carriers will lodge their objections Tuesday to what they call a federal proposal for 'slashing operations' at delay-plagued John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The Federal...
From United Press International: "A Florida man determined to catch a plane dressed his wounds and boarded a flight after being shot in a domestic dispute. William J. Notaro, 37, of Clearwater, Fla., said a woman shot him three times...
From USA TODAY: "Jason Speer plans to be part of history on Thursday in Singapore when he and about 470 other travelers board the first-ever commercial flight of the new Airbus A380. But the 32-year-old Chicago-area manufacturing executive and aviation...
From the Duluth News Tribune of Minnesota: "Midwest Airlines announced Monday that it will discontinue all service to Duluth as of Dec. 1 — nine months after the carrier began offering daily flights to its hub in Milwaukee. 'The route...
From USA TODAY reporter Roger Yu's Airport Check-in column: "Passengers can now get flu shots at Akron-Canton Airport. The clinic, operated by QuickClinic of Akron, is on the main concourse. Flu shots cost $35. Pneumonia shots cost $45. The clinic...
Our Web team has just completed a new set of widgets for the Travel section, including one for Today in the Sky. By placing the widget on your page, you can browse the most recent headlines and link to complete...
