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Airlines seek to scale back O'Hare's expansion (Chicago Tribune)With new runway set to open Thursday, major carriers call further building plans 'premature and inappropriate' As the first new runway in Chicago in 37 years is set to open Thursday, major airlines serving O'Hare International Airport have unanimously called for halting the next phase of the ambitious expansion project, according to documents obtained exclusively by the Tribune. ...
O'Hare Runway Opens, But Airlines Not On Board (CBS 2 Chicago)The first new runway constructed at O'Hare International Airport since 1971 is open, but the major airlines serving the airport are now saying the expansion project for the airport should be curbed. CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports. TONIGHT: CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine was on the first United plane to land on the new runway. Look for his reports.
The Airlines Could Show Big Three the Way (TheStreet.com)GM, Ford and Chrysler say they don't want to go the bankruptcy route, but cost-burdened airlines showed a way to emerge successfully.
Compass Airlines Announces New President (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)CHANTILLY, Va.----Compass Airlines today named Tim Campbell as the new President of Compass Airlines. Campbell comes from Northwest Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, as the Vice President of Regional Airline Operations and replaces John Bendoraitis, who assumes the same position at Comair.
Delta and Northwest merging slowly (UPI)ATLANTA, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. air carriers Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines are taking a step-by-step approach to merging operations, company executives said.
Delta will keep all airline hubs (Lansing State Journal)The new Delta Air Lines Inc. now flies out of seven U.S. hub airports. Some of those — such as Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Cincinnati’s airport — are close neighbors. A top executive at the Atlanta-based Delta said the company is committed to maintaining those hub operations coveted by airports. The three-week-old merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines Corp. — the largest carrier at ...
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