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Boeing's first 737 MAX order is largest to date
ReutersSouthwest Airlines, a loyal Boeing customer for 40 years, ordered 208 Boeing 737s worth $19 billion, including 150 of the upcoming 737 MAX. In placing the MAX order, Southwest would be the first commercial operator for the upgraded, fuel-efficient...Tags: General Electric Company, Southwest Airlines Co., AirTran, Manufacturing and Engineering, France
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Boeing guns for more MAX orders next year
ReutersBoeing Co vowed to turn the tables on Airbus next year by winning well over 1,000 orders for its narrowbody 737 jets, following the first landmark order from Southwest Airlines on Tuesday. Buoyed by a $19 billion firm order for 150 revamped 737 MAX...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc.
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From cockroaches and labor disputes to a pilot locked in the bathroom, airlines have had a bumpy ride as of late
Q13 FOX News OnlineThe airline industry has had quite a bumpy ride lately. Earlier this week, WGN News reported that a couple was suing Air-Tran Airways for $100,000 when a flight they were on was carrying some passengers that they weren’t fond of —...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Consumers, Transportation, Travel, FBI
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American Airlines' parent company owns $30-million town house
Money & CompanyDespite filing for bankruptcy last month, the parent company of American Airlines owns a $30-million apartment in an upscale London neighborhood, according to bankruptcy documents. And the flight attendants that work at the bankrupt airline are seeing... -
American Airlines bankruptcy: 'Business as usual' for passengers
The parent company for American Airlines, the nation's third largest carrier, filed for bankruptcy, citing high labor costs and a volatile economy.
American Airlines, the largest carrier at Los Angeles International Airport, and a carrier at Bob Hope...Tags: Bob Hope, Transportation, Travel, Defense, Los Angeles Times
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AMR, American Airlines file for bankruptcy
American Airlines and its parent company AMR Corp filed for bankruptcy Tuesday after failing to win a labor deal with pilots and suffering from mounting fuel costs.
AMR had been the only major U.S. carrier to avoid bankruptcy in the past decade. Its...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Transportation, Travel, United Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry
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Boeing sees AMR bankruptcy as positive long-term
ReutersAmerican Airlines' bankruptcy restructuring should make the carrier more profitable and able to purchase more aircraft, the head of Boeing Co's commercial airplane division said on Wednesday. Speaking at a Credit Suisse aerospace and defense conference...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc., Bankruptcy
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Delta orders 100 Boeing Next-Gen 737s
ReutersDelta Air Lines Inc said on Thursday it ordered 100 Boeing Co Next-Generation 737-900ER airplanes valued at $8.5 billion as it looks to replace its less-efficient domestic planes. Delivery of the planes, which offer 15 to 20 percent better fuel...Tags: General Electric Company, Manufacturing and Engineering, France, Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co.
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Airlines Scrap Thousands of Flights as Irene Hits
Associated PressTravelers across the country are facing days of grief ahead as thousands of flights get canceled because of Hurricane Irene. Airlines are scrapping more than 9,000 flights this weekend from North Carolina to Boston, grounding would-be travelers as...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Delaware, Tourism and Leisure, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation
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Boeing plans to deliver re-engined 737 in 2017
ReutersBoeing Co, moving to counter a competitive offering from rival Airbus, said it will roll out a more efficient version of its best-selling 737 narrowbody with a new engine in 2017. Boeing cited order commitments for 496 of the new planes from five...Tags: General Electric Company, Manufacturing and Engineering, Theft, France, Air Transportation Industry
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