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We want a red light or a green light from the government, ... We shouldn't be relying on private companies and the airlines to authenticate background checks.

We have devoted the last six months to building and implementing a transformation plan that leverages our strengths and allows us to compete successfully in a changing airline industry,

Boeing is going through a period of record growth in their commercial airline build rates and they have an awful lot on their plate. And so I think it's great that they've finally got around to making these decisions, getting past them and moving on.

The low-cost carriers are obviously having an impact on the major airlines in terms of pricing.

An airline doesn't wait till it's down to its last dollar to file. It'll be difficult to keep dragging it out. Without new financing, from a purely cash perspective, they are already in trouble to be assured they can reorganize in bankruptcy.

An airline doesn't wait till it's down to its last dollar to file, ... It'll be difficult to keep dragging it out. Without new financing, from a purely cash perspective, they are already in trouble to be assured they can reorganize in bankruptcy.

AMFA is still better off because it is striking. The airline is really having trouble operating. From what we know, Northwest is really struggling.

AMFA is still better off because it is striking, ... The airline is really having trouble operating. From what we know, Northwest is really struggling.

All the airlines we speak to would be happier with a geographic name.

The markets are still very defensive in tone. Airlines are still being hit quite sharply. But we saw some renewed interest in some of the telecommunication names.

As you would imagine, today's news comes at a difficult time for the nation, a difficult time for the airline industry and a very difficult time for American Airlines.

That's bigger that the bailout of the airlines following 9-11. The government is heavily in this project.

Companies have made tremendous gains in efficiency in response to the challenge of the oil bill. In 2006 the revenue growth will slow, but we think airline costs will not be rising as fast as revenue.

Denver has been a missing link in Southwest's system for too long, and we've known the demand for Southwest Airlines service is strong in Colorado. Today, we're not only celebrating the start of our new service, but we're pleased to announce two new destinations that Southwest Airlines will serve nonstop from Denver International Airport.

Anybody with my background in the airline business who is not deaf is a fraud.

As far as the operation of the airline is concerned, almost nothing changes. People keep buying tickets, the airline flights operate as usual, and travelers would be hard-put to know that the bankruptcy ever happened.

As forecast at the beginning of the year, full service airlines have begun to look at new ways to encourage travel and provide good deals for their customers on both their long-haul and short-haul routes and these incentives are paying off for some of the carriers, possibly easing the strain of higher fuel costs on the industry.

As a result, several customers have requested deferral of deliveries out of 1999 and 2000, and the company is working with the airlines to reschedule deliveries.

Our employees have made Hawaiian the best airline in America.

Our efforts to increase the size of domestic airline market by reducing prices....Increased market share will be a product of that tendency.

Other people in the airline are furious. That short strike has cost them a week's bonus.

David Davis

Northwest, Delta it seems so many airlines are in this situation. It's not in our control, and there is not a whole lot to do except carry on.

The oil companies themselves aren't interested in building new refineries and will tend to denigrate the chances of any new investors actually succeeding in their business. They'll say, 'What does Richard Branson know about oil refineries?' He doesn't have to know about that part of the business, but he can easily see that oil refiners are making a margin far superior to what he's making in the airline business.

An order from an airline like British Airways would have launched the B717 properly. This could well be the death-knell of the B717.

Every airline performed more poorly in baggage handling. The big question is: why?

ensure the security, the safety and the stability of the airline industry.

Each airline that's involved sets the prices and some of these differences can be huge.

Each airline is making a significant investment. What we're trying to do is make sure we're satisfying our customers' online travel needs. We expect by 2003 that 20 percent of bookings will come to us via Internet.

Each airline is making a significant investment, ... What we're trying to do is make sure we're satisfying our customers' online travel needs. We expect by 2003 that 20 percent of bookings will come to us via Internet.

Essentially, Congress directed airlines to pay TSA what they previously spent on screening of passengers and baggage. And those payments were based on a GAO analysis.

European citizens will all be able to consult the blacklist of airlines that do not meet European safety criteria.

Even if an airline announced tomorrow it would take anywhere from 60 to 120 days to get in our market. They have to schedule so far out.

FedEx is a big drag today, Merck is down, steel is down, airlines are down, it's all weighing on the transports,