Agents approve four-year contract with Southwest Airlines
The carrier remains in talks with unions representing pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and ramp workers.
The carrier remains in talks with unions representing pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and ramp workers.
While the two sides began their cases before arbiters, unhappy employees staged a protest outside the airline’s headquarters.
The Abu Dhabi-based carrier becomes the third Middle Eastern carrier to begin North Texas service since early 2012.
The airline seeks to amend a 2006 law, which sought to prevent airlines from defaulting on their pension obligations.
Traffic increased nearly 100,000 in October over a year earlier, even though the Wright amendment didn’t go away until Oct. 13.
There's nothing like falling oil prices to bolster investor enthusiasm for airline shares, and Friday was a good example of that enthusiasm
We can call this an incomplete grade. But airlines at Dallas Love Field hauled 13 percent more passengers last month than they did in October 2013.
Most of these new businesses follow a model of flying smaller planes, smaller distances.
The employees walk picket lines at the entrance to Dallas Love Field as they prod the carrier to offer an acceptable contract.
Several dozen Southwest Airlines ramp workers picketed at the entrance to Dallas Love Field as they lamented the glacial progress of contract talks with the Dallas airline.
Transport Workers Union, in protracted contract talks, says Southwest CEO Gary Kelly puts profits over people and service
Wal-Mart Stores said Monday that former American Airlines chairman and CEO Tom Horton has been added to its board of directors as of last Friday.
American Airlines Inc. and its pilots union agreed Friday to keep negotiating over a new agreement that would combine the contracts of American and merger partner US Airways Inc.
American Airlines Group Inc. plans to move at least 50 jets from its Envoy Air unit to other regional carriers, saying that it can’t keep enough pilots to fly the airplanes.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport officials said Friday they expect more than 2.25 million passengers to pass through the airport over the Thanksgiving holidays, from Thursday, Nov. 20, through Tuesday, Dec. 2.
CEO Doug Parker says there’s no intent to try to negotiate a revised deal with flight attendants, who turned down a proposal Nov. 9.
Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association said Thursday it has asked the National Mediation Board to help out in contract talks with the airline.
The A380 made its debut at D/FW International Airport in September. (David Woo/Staff Photographer) A flight from D/FW Airport to Australia had to land in Los Angeles this morning after a medical emergency on board.
As a result, planes flying into D/FW Airport and Dallas Love Field are flying a lot straighter and a lot more efficiently.
JetBlue Airways announced Wednesday that it will begin to charging some customers for their first checked bag, leaving Southwest Airlines as the only U.S. airline not to charge for bags one and two.
The drop in fuel costs likely won’t lead to lower fares, and at least 1 analyst worries that airlines will grow unwisely.
The airline and Allied Pilots Association will let a Saturday deadline for a deal come and go, with plans to resume talks next week.
As of 10 a.m., shares were trading on Nasdaq at $28.84 -- up 25.3 percent from the offering price of $23 -- and had traded as high as $29.74.
The air carrier dropped a proposal to add more seats to regional jets, an idea opposed by its pilot union.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, TSA agents have collected 1,855 firearms so far in 2014, 104 of them at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
But its new cities next year will be international as CEO Gary Kelly announces plans for Puerto Vallarta and intent to add two other non-U.S. destinations
Members of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants rejected the deal by 16 votes out of more than 16,000 cast.
Trade group Airlines for America says the Sunday and Monday after Thanksgiving should be the busiest days.
An estimated 24.6 million passengers will climb aboard U.S. airlines over the Thanksgiving travel period, up a bit from the same period in 2013, Airlines for America predicted Thursday.
Southwest Airlines announced Monday that it will offer free music to passengers through the Beats Music service.
The Dallas-based airline will add 27 nonstop flights to eight more cities from Dallas Love Field, but it also will cut 18 flights to nine cities in Wright amendment states.
Unlike many rivals that have converted to a revenue-based model, American will keep its miles-based frequent-flier program — at least for now.
Virgin America today launched its new daily nonstop flights between Dallas Love Field and New York's LaGuardia Airport with a fare sale.
The captain wrested control from the co-pilot just before the landing, according to a transcript of the cockpit conversation released by the NTSB.
US Airways' Dividend Miles and American's AAdvantage programs will combine mileage balances and align elite member levels and criteria in the second quarter of 2015.
The carrier’s reliability for flights to arrive when they're supposed to is improving after officials reveresed some August 2013 changes that created an operational mess.
Southwest Airlines said it had its best third quarter ever, while American Airlines had its best quarter, period.
American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. both reported Thursday that they earned record profits in the three months ended Sept. 30.
The deal after two years of talks with the IAM leaves the Dallas-based carrier in negotiations with six other unions.
FedEx said Wednesday it expects the number of shipments to increase by about 8.8 percent this year between Black Friday (Nov. 28) and Christmas Eve - a total of more than 290 million shipments.
Lufthansa has cancelled its flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday afternoon, as well as the return flight Tuesday from Frankfurt to DFW.
As most U.S. airlines get ready to talk earnings this week, fuel prices are giving airlines a break even as Ebola raises fears.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a notice Thursday reaching out to passengers on Frontier flights taken by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson.
A job fair Friday seeks to help airlines find enough pilots to staff their cockpits as depression turns to boom for pilot hiring.
Our Robert Wilonsky has a story about Amber Joy Vinson, the Dallas nurse who has been diagnosed with Ebola and who flew on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday.
The deal includes a new Gulfstream model announced Tuesday, the G500, as well as two older models, the G450 and G650.
Kay Bailey Hutchison was a U.S. senator from Texas when she carried the federal legislation in 2006 that provided for Monday's end to the Wright amendment and its prohibition on long-distance nonstop flights from Dallas Love Field.
Dallas Love Field Airport, Virgin America and Southwest Airlines and the city of Dallas all celebrated a monumental day Monday with the ending of the Wright amendment.
Flight attendants with pompoms, free champagne and doughnuts, multimillionaires collecting boarding passes: Southwest Airlines and Virgin America did not let the end of the Wright amendment pass quietly.
Free donuts, red carpet and the pending arrival of one famous media CEO brought an air of anticipation to Dallas Love Field Monday morning.
A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight that departed from San Francisco International Airport turned around and made an emergency landing Monday at SFO after some of the cabin’s wall panels cracked loose, aviation and airlines officials said.
We're at Dallas Love Field on Monday morning, along with a lot of other people, as the airlines, the airport and the passengers celebrate the end of the Wright amendment.
Airlines plan dozens of nonstop flights throughout the U.S. with the end of the Wright amendment restrictions.
As Virgin America weighs a public offering there are warning signs for potential investors.
The California carrier happily leaves D/FW Airport and American Airlines to go against Southwest Airlines at Dallas Love Field.
On Aug. 10, Southwest Airlines changed its schedule to improve its reliability and end a year of really bad results for on-time arrivals. Its executives said the new schedule should boost its on-time performance.
The Atlanta-based carrier worked out a deal with Southwest Airlines to borrow gate space and with United Airlines to share ticket counters and operating facilities.
The council on Wednesday voted to officially rename the stretch of Cedar Springs Road road north of Mockingbird Lane in honor of Southwest Airlines' famous co-founder.
In an investor update Wednesday, American Airlines Group estimated that its operating margin - operating profits as a percentage of operating revenues - to be 10 to 12 percent.
Southwest Airlines reported that its load factor, or percentage of seats filled with paying passengers, jumped to 80.5 percent in September, up 2.8 points compared to a year earlier.
Airline analyst Bob McAdoo of Imperial Capital put out a report Tuesday advising investors to turn their attentions toward American Airlines Group and Delta Air Lines and away from United Continental Holdings.
An analysis indicates that by early November, Southwest will have cut 18 of the 118 departures it now offers from Love Field as it beefs up its schedule to cities beyond the current Wright amendment borders.
The Fort Worth-based carrier claims that Delta is “essentially deserting Seattle” and should give its route authority to serve the close-in Tokyo airport.
As American prepares to move larger regional jets into that hub, it will close Envoy’s pilot and flight attendant bases and ove the smaller Envoy jets elsewhere.
The airline’s attorney demanded Dallas find room at Love Field for Delta, which was told earlier this week that it would have to leave.
With the 1980 law set to expire on Oct. 13, the reaction now from both American and D/FW officials: Eh, whatever.
Despite health officials’ assurances of “zero risk of transmission” of Ebola during the patient’s flights, concerns about air travel are growing.
The U.S. airline industry faces a potential financial threat only if travelers cut back on flying for fear of exposure to Ebola, one analyst said.
Fears about the Ebola disease appear to be hurting U.S. airline stocks today - one day after public health officials reported the nation's first confirmed Ebola patient had flown from Liberia to Dallas last month.
Airlines are jockeying for position to expand their flying at Love Field after the Wright Amendment expires on Oct. 13, allowing airlines to operate long-haul flights out of the airport.
Two days after Qantas Airways flew the first Airbus A380 into D/FW Airport, we now have two of the massive A380s in regular service here.
The city of Dallas on Monday told Delta Air Lines it can no longer fly from Love Field as of Oct. 13 — the same day the Wright Amendment expires.
Qantas Airways began using the Airbus A380 for its Sydney flights Monday, and Emirates Airline will switch to an A380 for its Dubai flights Wednesday.
The Australian airline is now offering Dallas-Sydney service aboard the world's largest passenger jet.
American also canceled 806 flights in and out of Chicago on Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the nation’s air travel network.
The carrier has asked for U.S. approval to begin a daily flight connecting its largest hub with the Chinese capital on May 7, 2015.
American Airlines plans to begin nonstop service next year from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Beijing, it said Thursday.
The Dallas-based carrier has signed a deal with a Colorado firm to buy 3 million gallons of jet fuel refined from “forest residues” beginning in 2016.
Airline Weekly has calculated the 15 most profitable airlines and the 15 least profitable airlines in the world, and U.S. carriers make up nearly half of the list of the most profitable.
Change in 2006 reversed years of decline in traffic at the Dallas airport and set the stage for this year’s opening up of long-haul service.
The carrier and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants avoid arbitration by working out a new deal at Friday’s deadline.
We understand that American Airlines Group and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants are very close to a tentative agreement on a new contract that replaces the existing agreements of American Airlines and US Airways.
A coalition of the Communications Workers of America and the Teamsters will represent some 14,500 American and US Airways airport and reservation agents.
But Scott Kirby says the damage should be small as American uses its larger network, more flights and premium offerings to hang onto business travelers.
Aviation experts predict that some regional airlines may fail, which could lead to reduced service at smaller airports.
The new service to San Jose will be the Dallas-based carrier’s first flights to Central America.
Southwest Airlines plans to launch its first flights to Central America.
The carrier plans daily service to its home city of Monterrey and San Jose del Cabo and four flights a week to Cancun and Guadalajara.
More than two dozen retired American Airlines flight attendants are suing their former employer over a change made Wednesday to the carrier’semployee travel benefits.
Because it upset so many retirees, we take note that Wednesday is the day that the new travel policies for American Airlines Group went into effect.
Our two North Texas airlines didn't do so well in arriving on time in July.
The Dallas-based carrier usually trails other carriers in loads, but saw a sharp increase in its August results.
The Dallas-based carrier unveiled a new paint job featuring dark blue, bright red, brighter yellow and silver, part of an image makeover.
Envoy Air will lose 47 Bombardier CRJ-700 planes to PSA Airlines starting next year.
Derek Kerr said in a live webcast at the Cowen Group's Global Transportation Conference & Aerospace/Defense Forum in Boston
American Airlines Inc. said today that it priced $957 million in new airplane financing that's expected to be issued on Sept. 16.
Love Field’s growth predicted to be 10.4 percent by 2023; D/FW expected to see more than 34 million passengers by then.
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants has been certified as the collective bargaining agent at both airlines.
Make no mistake, recliner rage among airline passengers is a problem.
The airline and the booking company signed a “letter of intent” that returned American’s fares to the Orbitz consumer websites and kept US Airways fares from leaving.
The carrier is building a parking lot at the airport’s entrance for about 900 vehicles, and relocating employee parking to a Lemmon Avenue garage.
The dispute appears to be a battle over the fees that the travel company charges to list and sell the flights.
American Airlines announced Tuesday it has pulled its fares off websites powered by Orbitz, "effective immediately." US Airways fares will come off as of Sept. 1.
An airline executive told an aviation conference that the carrier could add more capacity if its 16 gates at the new Dallas terminal can handle them.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said Monday it has asked the National Mediation Board to enter its contract talks with the carrier.
The impasse probably means that parent American will send 40 new, bigger jets to other regional carriers rather its own Envoy unit.
More than 150 retirees demonstrated Wednesday outside American’s Fort Worth headquarters as they try to head off a policy change that will give them lower priority for empty seats than active employees.
Sometime shortly after Labor Day, American intends to implement a new policy that would put retirees below active employees in priority for claiming available seats on flights.
American Way, Nexos and Celebrated Living will be turned over to London-based Ink in January, ending 48 years of inhouse production.
The new systems promise to give pilots a better idea of what’s in their path, improving safety and passenger comfort.
Now, all its flights are arriving at and departing from the new Love Field terminal.
American Airlines has filed papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court that asks for more time to respond to unresolved claims. In the process, we get a scorecard of where the case stands:
Last week, Southwest Airlines announced it would begin a daily flight from Dallas Love Field to both San Francisco and Oakland in early January.
Airlines are putting bigger airplanes on routes and reconfiguring plane layouts to put more seats in to sell, with the revenue possibilities well ahead of the higher costs.
A rise in passenger traffic couldn’t meet increased capacity, with the drop most noticeable across the North Atlantic.
City planners expect many changes after flights expand at the close-in airport when flight restrictions enacted under the Wright Amendment expire this fall.
With fewer seats and more demand, airlines have been able to increase ticket prices — as well as add fees.
The addition of Oakland and San Francisco means the Dallas-based carrier will provide nonstop service to 17 additional cities after restrictions on Love Field flights expire later this year.
The Dallas carrier and the parks company say it was a mutual decision to terminate the 26-year linkup.
SeaWorld and Southwest Airlines are ending their quarter-century partnership.
Airlines for America and the International Air Transport Association sued the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday, alleging that higher fees on passengers violated federal law.
Negotiators for the flight attendants and American began talks in April for a joint contract that would replace the separate APFA-American and AFA-US Airways contracts.
The agency says a contractor failed to follow the approved process as it repaired the Dallas carrier’s Boeing 737 jets.
American, Delta and United Airlines are slashing flights to that country as they try to pull out more than $1 billion in funds stuck in Venezuela.
Strong demand and stable fuel prices gave a big lift to profit for the Dallas-Fort Worth airlines.
Duff Watson of New Hope, Minn., told a Minneapolis TV station that he and his young daughters were only allowed back on the flight home from Denver after he deleted the tweet.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday evening that it will permit U.S. airlines to resume flying to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday told U.S. airlines they aren't allowed to fly into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport for at least 24 hours, extending Tuesday's ban by a day.
Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have cancelled flights to Tel Aviv in reaction to the ongoing problems in Israel and Gaza.
The deal will enable Delta to buy cheaper domestic crude from North Dakota rather than more expensive oil brought in from non-U.S. markets.
Analysts have raised earnings estimates as domestic results have offset concerns about capacity on international routes.
The carrier’s new management believes the costs of hedging aren’t worth the protections they provide from rising energy prices.
A cow would argue that the highest and best use for leather is cow upholstery. But what do you do with leather airplane seats after they've been replaced?
More flights at the Dallas Airport will create the need for more parking and street improvements, city officials say.
The carrier said it had a pre-tax profit margin of 12 to 13 percent, up two to three percentage points from what it had previously told Wall Street about its expected second-quarter earnings.
Chairman and CEO Doug Parker says American isn’t seeing weakness in its international markets, despite concerns expressed by global competitors in recent weeks.
The Robert W. Baker Integration Operation Center recognizes the longtime American official who rose through the management ranks to vice chairman before his 2002 retirement and 2003 death.
Take a peek behind the process that reunites passengers with bags, suitcases, and some more unusual cargo - including a passel of misplaced parrots.
Airfarewatchdog.com president says the carriers appear to be more vigilant in enforcing their maximum limits for the size of those bags headed for the overhead bins.
The budget for Dallas/Fort Worth International Aiport is growing by $78 million in fiscal year 2015, mostly due to costs of financing massive terminal upgrades and other construction.CEO Sean Donohue told the aiport's board on Thursday that 80 percent of
The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it isn't changing its conclusion that the 1996 explosion of a Trans World Airlines airplane was probably caused when fuel vapors ignited in the Boeing 747's center fuel tank.
We wrote on June 20 that the Transportation Security Administration would be relocating its Pre Check enrollment center to the non-secure side of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in early July.
Qatar joins Emirates Airline with service to the Middle East; a third competitor, Etihad Airways, arrives at D/FW in December.
The airline will begin flying to Jamaica, Aruba and the Bahamas as it takes over AirTran Airways’ international network.
The entrepreneur teamed with attorney Herb Kelleher to launch the Dallas-based carrier, serving on its board for 39 years.
Fee examiner Robert Keach gives the judge handling the case a final accounting of fees and expenses, and calls the case “among the most successful of all time.”
The ex-TWA flight attendants asked a U.S. District Court in Brooklyn last week to require APFA and American to give them seniority numbers based on when the flight attendants were hired at TWA.
Airlines become weathermen as sensors upend forecasting models
The move will free up space for two more screening lanes at busy Terminal D and means that applicants won’t have to go through security to get to the center.
American has 40 more of the 76-seat aircraft to hand out to regional partners, and a spokesman said American will decide on their home after a competitive bidding process.
The carrier says it had about $750 million as of March 31 that it hasn’t been able to take out of the South American country, part of $4 billion that airlines want to “repatriate.”
Mechanics, fleet service employees and other ground employees would get 3 percent raises, signing bonuses and other improvements in the three-year contracts.
Doug Parker said new service to Shanghai and Hong Kong from Dallas/Fort Worth shows the carrier’s commitment to Asia and to increasing its presence there.
American Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker talked briefly to reporters after his airline launched its inaugural flights Wednesday from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Shanghai and Hong Kong.
If you open up a building, bridge or highway by cutting a red ribbon, how do you launch American Airlines' new flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong.
The flights will the first China flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and the Hong Kong flight marks American’s first foray into that commercial and financial center.
The airline will follow the lead of Southwest and Delta, who base their programs on dollars spent, not miles flown.
Art Pappas, who started at American Airlines 38 years ago as a reservation agent in Buffalo, N.Y., is retiring from his post a vice president of American's Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport operations.
United is following the lead of Southwest Airlines, which changed to a dollar-based system in 2011, and Delta Air Lines, which will convert to a dollar-based system on Jan. 1.
Standard and Poor’s Rating Service sees slow growth, consolidation and stable fuel prices as reasons why airlines are continuing to improve their finances and balance sheets.
Aviation director Mark Duebner saiys the city has revised its passenger estimates upward, now expecting more than 6 million travelers to board Love Field flights annually after the Wright amendment ends.
The Dallas carrier, citing insufficient demand, is to operate its last flights from Jackson, Miss.; Branson, Mo.; and Key West, Fla.
The facility, to open in third quarter 2015, will combine functions now handled separately by American’s existing center in Fort Worth and US Airways’ center near Pittsburgh.
Pilots learn their way around the 787 as deliveries approach
The agency says their were 90 incidents last year in the Dallas area of people aiming lasers at airborne planes and helicopters, a federal crime since 2012.
The retirees have sent letters, signed petitions and had meetings with the new executives running American in attempts to get the policies changed back to the old rules.
The gathering Wednesday in New York will be the first for Doug Parker as chairman, with Tom Horton stepping down Tuesday as required in the 2013 merger agreement of American and US Airways.
The Dubai-based carrier expects to be competitive when Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways enter the market.
Southwest Airlines hit with second $200,000 fine over fare adsThe feds said Southwest advertised $59 fares out of Atlanta to three cities but didn’t have any seats available at that price.
Passengers can check in online for flights or check in using Southwest's mobile app and receive their electronic boarding passes on mobile devices.
More than 17 million passengers are projected to travel through the airport, up 2.4 percent from last summer.
Southwest will make its first international flight on July 1 and will start flying to 15 new cities from Dallas Love Field this fall.
Obama wants to replicate steps taken by the airport to reduce international travel wait times.
A new consumer protection proposal would require airlines to disclose to travelers the fees for basic extra services not included in a ticket price.
An improving economy is driving airfares higher and spurring more people to travel.
The Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen jet boasts more leg room, larger overhead bins, softer lighting and Wi-Fi service.
It’s expanding its service with nonstops to 15 new cities amid increased competition from other low-fare carriers at Love and D/FW.
Southwest's expanded service comes as it faces increased competition at Loved Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport from other low-fare airlines.
The air cargo carrier will double the number of employees and planes in North Texas in the next two years.
CEO Gary Kelly says he sees great opportunities over the next few years but wants to grow the Dallas-based airline thoughtfully and gradually.
McKinney officials have launched a billboard campaign to lure business from Love Field once the Wright Amendment finally dies its slow death come October.
Overall, airline satisfaction improved for the second straight year — despite higher fares and other efforts by airlines to increase revenue. Passengers scored airlines 17 points higher this year for a record 712 on a 1,000-point scale.
U.S. airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 77.6 percent in March due to better weather, according to a report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Southwest Airlines will live webcast its annual shareholders meeting at 10 a.m. May 14.
The decision means Southwest Airlines will have a new competitor at the airport. British founder Richard Branson had visited Dallas last week “to get across the idea that competition matters — that competition is beneficial obviously to the traveling public.”
A US Airways regional plane nearly collided with a drone in Tallahassee, Fla., in March, according to media reports.
Aviation enthusiasts refer to aircraft storage facilities as the “boneyard.” And for American Airlines Inc., the Roswell International Air Center is its boneyard.
Dallas City Manager A.C. Gonzalez told the Dallas City Council early Friday evening that he hasn’t made a decision yet.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport said Thursday they're opening the "stinger," the long, thin extension of Terminal B that includes 10 gates and a new concourse branching off the existing terminal.
Envoy Air president and CEO Pedro Fbregas issued a message to airline employees that started by praising the carrier's April performance, then moved into soothing words about the airline's future.
But Southwest filled more seats as its traffic increased despite a dip in capacity, while American’s capacity was up more than its traffic.
Expedia has come out with a list of the nation's most liked and most hated airports, and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has scored well. Travelers also like its food, it seems.
As officials from Virgin America, Southwest and Delta listen, City Manager A.C. Gonzalez tells the City Council that he expects to announce his choice by the end of the week.