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This week US Airways Group, Inc. announced increases in traffic in its June, second quarter and year-to-date 2010 results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for June were 5.6 billion, up 2.9 percent as compared to June 2009. Mainline capacity was 6.4 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 2.8 percent versus June [...]...

From Cheryl Robinson, CNN New York (CNN) — Spirit Airlines reached a tentative agreement with its pilots on Wednesday that will end the five-day-old strike that halted the airline’s operations, a union official said. Pilots will return to work and Spirit’s operations will resume on Friday, the airline said on its website. “Our pilots worked hard to get [...]...

By Jennifer Michels and Andrew Compart Aviation Week Spirit Airlines, which has suspended flights since its pilots went on strike June 12, will resume service Friday June 18 now that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association. Its ALPA members must still ratify the contract in a vote that will not be held [...]...

By Andrew Compart Aviation Week Jun 15, 2010 With its lack of interline agreements, reliance solely on direct bookings, and limits imposed by its internal reservations system, the ongoing pilot strike at Spirit Airlines is putting the carrier in a tough spot for reaccommodating customers. The South Florida-based, low-cost carrier, which has canceled flights through at least June 16, [...]...

BostonHerald.com By Peter Gelzinis May 7, 2010 For the last week or two, it looked as if Jamil Brown’s long road back from near death and dismemberment in Iraq might be even harder than necessary. Four years ago, the U.S. Marine sergeant lost his right leg to an IED. His left was shattered. He underwent two years [...]...

JOAN LOWY Associated Press 5:25 PM CDT, June 9, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers demanded Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood write new rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, as he promised to do last year after an airline crash near Buffalo, N.Y., killed 50 people. The top Democratic and Republican members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee [...]...

Ted Reed 06/04/10 - 02:25 PM EDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheStreet) — A U.S. Appeals Court has ruled in favor of US Airways(LCC) pilots who contested a controversial seniority ruling following the 2005 merger with America West. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco backed the U.S. Airline Pilots Association and overturned a May 2009 ruling [...]...

Federal program protects against terrorist attacks WEWS NewsNet5.com Posted: 05/17/2010 By: Ron Regan CLEVELAND - A 5 On Your Side investigation has found handguns used by pilots to fight terrorism can accidentally go off inside cockpits — two full years after a government report first warned of the danger. The Federal Flight Deck Officer Program was launched [...]...

New rule makes union organizing easier at airline, railroad companies By SAM HANANEL The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a major victory for organized labor, unions will have an easier time signing up airline and railroad workers after the Obama administration Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections. The change is the most significant so far in a string of [...]...

Ted Reed TheStreet.com 05/03/10 - 06:09 AM EDT TEMPE, Ariz. (TheStreet) — Although it is a product of four major mergers, US Airways has yet to make the one final deal to become part of one of the world’s leading carriers. But that day will come, says CEO Doug Parker. And in the interim, it is important to ignore [...]...