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More airline passengers tolerant of baggage fees, study says
Grouse all you want about airline baggage fees, but the numbers don't lie: You are slowly learning to accept them as a painful but necessary part of the flying experience. In fact, the overall satisfaction with air travel has increased to the highest...Tags: Frontier Airlines Inc., Transportation Security Administration, Southwest Airlines Co., United Air Lines, Travel
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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: Delta Air Lines, U.S. Airways, JetBlue Airways, Boeing Co., Frontier Airlines Inc.
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Flight diverted to toss passenger who won't stop singing Whitney Houston
Singing on a commercial flight is not illegal but apparently it can get you thrown off a plane if you refuse to stop. That was the lesson learned by a woman on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York last week. The flight was diverted...
Tags: Whitney Houston, American Airlines, Inc.
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Airlines report $5.3 billion in profit for 2012
The nation's airline industry continues to rebound from several years of financial calamity, with the top 10 carriers reporting a combined $5.3 billion in profit for 2012. The latest financial data for the industry, released Tuesday by the U.S....
Tags: Memorial Day, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Boeing resumes Dreamliner deliveries
Tribune reporterBoeing resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner to airline customers on Tuesday, following a four-month gap after federal regulators grounded the plane model because of overheating onboard batteries. Boeing delivered a plane made in its Everett, Wash.,...Tags: Boeing Co., Federal Aviation Administration, O'Hare International Airport
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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: Frontier Airlines Inc., AirTran, Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines, U.S. Airways
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Melissa Harris
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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, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, U.S. Airways
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Trade group predicts crowded airports and planes this summer
Airports will be crowded this summer and empty airline seats rare as Americans take to the skies in numbers that are expected to edge closer to the pre-recession peak. Nearly 209 million people will fly on U.S.-based airlines this summer, up 1% from a...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Los Angeles International Airport, Transportation Industry, International Travel, Washington, DC
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Airport prepares for plane crash
Springfield, MO--"You never know when it's going to happen." says Eric Sanders who has worked as a firefighter at the Springfield-Branson National Airport for more than 10 years. He's seen a few crashes but never seen a plane catch on fire. Even...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents
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Summer air travel prediction: crowded airports and planes
Airports will be crowded this summer and empty cabin seats extremely rare as Americans take to the skies in numbers that are expected to edge closer to the pre-recession peak. Nearly 209 million people will fly on U.S.-based airlines this summer, up 1%...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
House committee to grill ousted head of embattled IRS for targeting tea party groups WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny the...Tags: Sony Corp., Prosecution, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin Dempsey, Barack Obama
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