AirTran Shareholders Approve Sale to Southwest
AirTran Airways announced that its shareholders approved its $1.4 billion sale to Southwest Airlines, with more than 98.6 percent of the votes cast and 77.5 percent of shares outstanding were voted in favor of the transaction.
United Continental Posts 3rd Quarter Profit, Announces Plans to Limit Capacity in 2011
United Continental Holdings on Thursday announced that both companies posted profits in the third quarter of 2010 and that they will lift capacity just 1% to 2% in 2011.
AirTran Flight 297: Terror “Dry Run” or Internet Hoax?
Two passengers were removed from AirTran Flight 297 on November 18th after one of them refused to turn off his cell phone. But is there more behind the story? An email circulating the web says it might have been a test flight f...
Cargo Plane Ground Collision At Boeing Field Surprises 747-8I Revelers
While hundreds celebrated the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental's first flight at Boeing Field on Sunday, a Nolinor Aviation Convair 580 cargo plane jumped its chocks, colliding with a fence, a container loader and another plane.
Volaris Buys 44 New Airbus Jets in Largest Order Ever by a Mexican Airline
Volaris, the Mexican low cost carrier, has signed a purchase agreement for 44 new A320 narrowbody aircraft from Airbus worth about $3.9 billion, marking the largest order for new planes ever placed by a Mexico-based airline.