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Auto Business News-July 9, 2024--Hertz Global Holdings names new executive vice president, Fleet Management (C)1994-2024 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk Auto Business News - 09 July 2024 Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: [...]

Sherif Fathy is nominated for the post of Minister of Tourism & Antiquities. Fathy served as the Minister of Civil Aviation in 2016. He chaired Egypt's national airline EgyptAir from [...]

Byline: Howard Hardee Airline industry veteran Nathaniel*Pieper*is in line to become chief executive of*Oneworld*Alliance starting on 1 April.* Airline industry veteran Nathaniel Pieper is in line to become chief executive of Oneworld Alliance starting [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Tailwind Air chief pilot Maria*Maas*Pettit*remembers the exact moment the idea of becoming a pilot first flashed into her mind. Tailwind Air chief pilot Maria Maas Pettit remembers [...]

You can get priority access, but not the kind you might be thinking of. Private airport lounges are one of those topics that seem innocuous, but are actually surprisingly divisive [...]

You can get priority access, but not the kind you might be thinking of. Private airport lounges are one of those topics that seem innocuous, but are actually surprisingly divisive [...]

In this article the author discusses how fingerprint- and DNA-identification techniques helped to solve a mystery from a 60-year-old airplane crash. She provides an overview of the March 12, 1948 crash of Northwest Airlines flight 4422 into Mount Sanford in the Wrangell Mountains in eastern Alaska that killed 24 passengers, including merchant marines returning to the U.S. from Shanghai, China and Northwest crew members. Topics include the discovery of an arm in 1999 by former U.S. Air Force pilots Kevin McGregor and Marc Millican and the development of a DNA-identification technique by researcher Odile Loreille of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland, that uses a demineralization process to dissolve bone matrix for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker began his career as an analyst in the airline's financial department. He moved to Northwest Airlines and later America West, becoming CEO of US Airways [...]

This article provides brief accounts of articles featured later in the magazine. An article entitled "Bon Voyage, Cheap Flights" discusses the merger between Northwest and Delta Airlines. An online discussion of the purchase of Golden West by Wachovia Bank is mentioned. The Basel II banking regulations are discussed in the article "How New Global Banking Rules Could Deepen the U.S. Crisis."

Mary Loeffelholz, who now runs Delta Air Lines' hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, has a background as a chemical engineer and started her aviation career as an environmental engineer [...]

The article discusses the U.S. stock market as of September 15, 1959. The author focuses on Labor Day, price-times-earnings ratios, and stock prices in August 1959. Also mentioned is railroad equipment manufacturer American Steel Foundries, variety chain W.T. Grant, and railroad New York Central. Further discussed is steel company Firth Sterling, airline Northwest Airlines, and automotive industry parts manufacturer Borg Warner.

The article reports on the Northwest Airlines Corp. and the efforts of Harold R. Harris, its president and chief executive officer (CEO) to improve its state of affairs. It discusses its aborted merger with Capital Airlines due to opposition from a group of shareholders. It discusses the reorganization plans of the airline and several changes including appointment to new jobs, setting up a central executive office in New York City and election of four industrialists to the board.

Delta Air Lines is expanding its facial recognition technology to domestic flights at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, according to Fox News. Delta first introduced the technology in 2018 at [...]

Delta Air Lines is expanding its facial recognition technology to domestic flights at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, according to Fox News. Delta first introduced the technology in 2018 at [...]

Travel Business Review-October 9, 2020-American Airlines elects new director to board (C)2020] ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) has announced it has elected Douglas M. Steenland to [...]

While only a handful of airlines operate in the US today, the skies used to feature a lot of diversity. Airlines such as Pan American, Trans World Airlines, and Eastern [...]

Byline: Meagan Day Summary: Private-sector unions need to up their organizing ambition - for everyone's sake. The Association of Flight Attendants' campaign to unionize Delta shows the kind of ambition [...]

The article offers information on the failure of merger deals for Colonial with National Airlines (NA) and for Northwest with Capital Airlines (CA). It discusses the rejection of the consolidation by the stockholders of CA and the statement of Northwest President Croil Hunter about the disappointment of his board of directors. It examines the defeat of NA's bid to annex Colonial due to the interest of Eastern to acquire the company.

The article discusses several factors causing crashes of airplanes in the U.S. Among the recent jet crashes were a Boeing 720B fan jet of Northwest Airlines, a United Air Lines (UAL) 720, and a Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-8. It enumerates factors such as the weather, lightning and the jet fuel mixture of kerosene and JP-4 combination of kerosene and gasoline. The article also concludes that question remains whether aerodynamic flaws or faulty techniques of flying in turbulence played a role in the accidents.

The article reports on the state of the U.S. airline industry as of January 1968. It is noted that the need for new aircraft and for ground facilities to support them has surpassed any possibility of making the cash flow to pay for them. The problems that have negative affected the financial performance of airlines include debt and high interest rates of new borrowing. A chart is presented that shows earnings trend, growth, and profitability of airlines, including Continental and Northwest.

The author comments on whether U.S. airline mergers will help the industry survives the economic downturn. He criticizes the proposed merger of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines. He discusses the impact of the proposed merger on merger negotiations such as the pairing of Continental Airlines and United Air Lines. He says that the renewal of interest in consolidation marks a growing awareness among the U.S. legacy airlines that they must evolve to survive.

Byline: Edward Russell Delta Air Lines is a success. Customers like to fly them, Wall Street is happy to invest and staff, the cogs that keep the carrier running, are [...]