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• Travel Roundup: Southwest Pays, Stewardess Lands Plane, Harrah's Lays Off and More

  BNET - 2008-11-20

  Southwest pays $7.5 million for La Guardia landing slots -- Southwest Airlines is willing to pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots and operating certificate at La Guardia Airport. If approved by a bankruptcy court, Southwest will buy 14 slots giving the Dallas-based airline seven daily takeoffs and landings. The closest airport...

  Tags: Associated Press, Southwest Airlines Co., Memphis, Harrah, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Southwest Feeling the Pinch of Fuel Hedge Reversal

  BNET - 2008-10-22

  Although average passenger revenue yield per mile increased 16.5% year-on-year to $14.70, Southwest Airlines announced its first quarterly loss in 17 years (of $120 million) -- not because of negative operating income -- but due to unrealized losses associated with the required mark down in the value of some derivative...

  Tags: Settlement, Southwest Airlines Co., Litigation, Business Operations, David Phillips

• Fuel Hedges a Drag on Southwest Airlines' Earnings

  BNET - 2008-10-22

  Although average passenger revenue yield per mile increased 16.5% year-on-year to $14.70, Southwest Airlines announced its first quarterly loss in 17 years (of $120 million) -- not because of negative operating income -- but due to unrealized losses associated with the required mark down in the value of some derivative...

  Tags: Settlement, Southwest Airlines Co., Earnings, Litigation, Business Operations, David Phillips

• Continental, Southwest are raising fares

  - 2008-04-18

  DALLAS -- High fuel costs that helped drive some marginal airlines into bankruptcy this spring are also taking a toll on two of the nation's healthiest carriers. Continental Airlines Inc. slid to a first-quarter loss as fuel spending soared 53 percent, and Southwest Airlines Co. -- which hasn't...

  Tags: Continental Airlines Inc., Litigation, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Frontier struggles with rivals' squeeze play in Denver

  - 2008-04-14

  Frontier Airlines fended off a skittish creditor by seeking bankruptcy-court protection last week, but its future could depend on how successfully it battles two muscular rivals in a city that may not have room for all three. The scrappy discount airline is now a strong No.2...

  Tags: Denver, Litigation, SALES, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Airline Finance News - North America

  - 2008-01-07

  Jan 7, 2008 Air service subsidies raise debate. Subsidized air service often comes at a big cost to taxpayers, the USA TODAY editorial board writes. The board notes that some communities in remote areas need subsidies, but others that receive subsidies are not far from large airports. However, Rep....

  Tags: American Airlines, Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., FINANCE, Heathrow, Investment, Litigation, merger, Northwest Airlines Corp., Southwest Airlines Co., United Airlines, US Airways Group Inc.

• Philly Road Warrior | Southwest tweaking its schedule

  - 2007-07-02

  Southwest Airlines announced what the business media might call "strategic moves" last week, dropping nonstop service this fall between two East Coast airports, PHL and Baltimore, and two West Coast spots, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif. A flight to Nashville will be added; and one to Providence, eliminated. Southwest made...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Litigation, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Southwest CEO steers carrier over clouded industry

  - 2006-03-26

  SOUTHWEST Airlines Chief Executive Gary Kelly's no-frills carrier is the nation's most successful airline. But the job of keeping Southwest on top as the low-cost leader won't be easy with the price of fuel at record levels and the industry in turbulence. ...

  Tags: carrier, FINANCE, Kelly, Litigation, Oakland, Oil, Southwest Airlines Co., Strategy

• Shareholder Development Group Special Situation Alert for Friday December 9, 2005-OBBCQ,USXP,LUV.

  - 2005-12-09

  M2 PRESSWIRE-9 December 2005-Shareholder Development Group: Shareholder Development Group Special Situation Alert for Friday December 9, 2005-OBBCQ,USXP,LUVC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09122005 Orbit Brands (OBBCQ: Pink Sheets) stock closed up 11 yesterday on volume of over 23 million shares The company recently...

  Tags: Biometrics, Company, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, Litigation, Manufacturing, SECURITY, Southwest Airlines Co.

• Pittsburgh loses hub but gains air traffic

  - 2005-11-02

  Communities think of the loss of an airline hub as a doomsday scenario -- less traffic and less prestige. But in Pittsburgh, the opposite happened this year: After US Airways pulled half its flights, local travel increased sharply. Since US Airways announced last fall that it would stop...

  Tags: FINANCE, Litigation, Pittsburgh, Southwest Airlines Co., US Airways Group Inc.