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FedEx sees online shoppers powering holiday recordFedEx expects to ship a record number of packages during the holidays, thanks to shoppers' growing fondness for buying online. |
October Issue 3 2012 | |
Fatal air crash decline presents safety challengeIt's been 43 months since the last deadly airline crash in the United States, the longest period without a fatal domestic accident since commercial aviation expanded after World War II. That sounds like unvarnished good news, but one consequence of having such a remarkable record is that it's difficult to justify imposing costly new safety rules on the economically fragile industry. |
October Issue 3 2012 | |
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Alaska Airlines orders 50 planes from BoeingAlaska Airlines announced an order for 50 new 737s from Boeing on Oct. 11, totaling $5 billion at Boeing’s list prices. The order, to be filled from 2015 to 2022, denotes the airline’s largest single order in terms of dollars spent, according to a press release from the company. |
October Issue 3 2012 |
Late, missing payments frustrate pilots working for DOITroy Cambier is a pilot for hire. He is owner and operator of Chena River Aviation, based in Fairbanks. Cambier flies his four-seat Robinson R-44 helicopter throughout Alaska filling a transportation void wherever it’s found. |
October Issue 3 2012 | |
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Research vessel launches in WisconsinAn Alaska-bound vessel capable of traveling through first-year ice was launched in Marinette, Wis., Oct. 13. |
October Issue 3 2012 |
Airline executives urge airport security overhaulAirport security needs to undergo a radical overhaul or else passengers will become further disgruntled, lines will grow and terminals will be overwhelmed, airline executives said Tuesday at a global aviation conference. |
October Issue 2 2012 | |
Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuationThe main terminal of Anchorage's largest airport was evacuated Sunday after a man made comments about a bomb, which he later said were meant to be taken as a joke. |
October Issue 2 2012 | |
Alaska Airlines: Operations returning to normalAlaska Airlines said flights were running close to normal late Monday after a fiber-optic outage shut down its ticketing system for more than four hours, causing the airline and its regional carrier to cancel 78 flights, affecting nearly 7,000 customers. |
October Issue 1 2012 | |
Pilots get new tool to avoid bump flightsSam Gottstein has had some memorable flights, but nothing like the nail-biter coming into Alaska's capital city earlier this year. |
October Issue 1 2012 | |
Significant flight delays for Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines President and CEO Brad Tilden says there might be a partial solution by noon Pacific time to computer problems that have caused system-wide flight delays for his carrier. |
October Issue 1 2012 |
