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  Hidden Fees: Exhibit A (And B)

  Posted by Andrew Compart 5:15 PM on Jun 03, 2011

  Groups who argue airlines hide their fees from consumers could use Delta's June 1 increase in change in checked bag fees as Exhibit A. The U.S. Transportation Department could do t... Read More >>

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  AFA Fights For Yet Another Major Group Of Members

  Posted by Jennifer Michels 8:39 PM on Apr 26, 2011

  The Association of Flight Attendants has another chance to add large numbers of members to its ranks, this time at the merged United Continental.The National Mediation Board on Apr... Read More >>

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  Ulterior motive for Continental? (UPDATED)

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 9:37 PM on May 26, 2010

  Did Continental have an ulterior motive in the announcement of its new flight from Houston to Auckland, NZ? The timing is certainly fortuitous, and should help appease a certain Te... Read More >>

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  Greed: Addendum

  Posted by Andrew Compart 8:50 PM on Jan 04, 2010

  A few days ago I blasted Delta for not giving customers traveling from Canada to the U.S. a break on the airline's checked bag fees, given that the Canadian government has at least... Read More >>

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  Smackdown: Airports v. Airlines

  Posted by Andrew Compart 10:25 PM on Aug 11, 2009

  Greg Principato, president of Airports Council International-North America, took time out from his vacation for blistering post on the organization's blog about the overnight tarma... Read More >>

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  Rochester Airport On The Flight Flap

  Posted by Andrew Compart 6:45 PM on Aug 11, 2009

  I spoke to Steven Leqve, general manager of the airport in Rochester, Minn., who is none too happy about ExpressJet's initial explanation pinning part of the blame on the airport f... Read More >>

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  LaHood demands answers from Continental

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 4:00 PM on Aug 11, 2009

  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blogged today on his concerns about the Continental/Expressjet passenger stranding that is prompting so many headlines this week. In this blog, ... Read More >>

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  The Age Question

  Posted by Andrew Compart 9:10 PM on Jun 19, 2009

  Right on schedule, per Michael Mecham's post on this blog earlier today, AP is out with a story declaring that "the death of the 60-year-old captain of a Continental Airlines jetli... Read More >>

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  Who Is More Admired: Southwest Or Continental?

  Posted by Andrew Compart 9:00 PM on Mar 04, 2009

  Fortune magazine has published its 12th annual "Most Admired Companies" lists, at least from the viewpoint of other business people, and they contain conflicting information on air... Read More >>

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  Continental Connection Flight 3407: The Icing Tug of War

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 4:12 PM on Feb 19, 2009

  There probably won't be major new revelations about what happened to the Continental Connection Dash-8 Q400 that crashed outside Buffalo, so I expect stories (and blogging) to ramp... Read More >>

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