(Under airline rules, crews are allowed to talk to the media, but not to identify their company).
G.E. also said its exposure to US Airways and United Airlines was $4.4 billion, including loans, leases and commitments under airline financing programs.
Others have designated areas in airports, with books, games and snacks, where children can wait for connecting flights under airline supervision.
On the main page, under Airline On-Time Statistics, users can type a flight number into a search box, and retrieve statistics about that flight, including the percentage of delayed arrivals and the average length of the delays.
The plan for broad use of X-ray body scanners to detect bombs or weapons under airline passengers' clothes has rekindled a debate about the safety of delivering small doses of radiation to millions of people -- a process some experts say is certain to result in a few additional cancer deaths.
This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust immunity.
Many airlines allow soft-sided carriers under airline seats, so you can have your dog with you in the cabin.
He said that Qantas, the Australian airline, is going along with the European scheme, under which airlines must buy so-called carbon allowances if they exceed assigned annual emissions targets, which decrease year by year.
Is there any way around this? — Erica Fishman, Chicago Airline tariff rules require travelers to use all portions of a ticket or risk having the next leg of their trip canceled under what airlines call nonsequential use of ticket segments.
Outsourcing, under which airlines shift repair and maintenance work from union employees to low-wage workers overseas and in the United States, compounds the already existing burden on safety inspectors.
