Sentences with phrase «airline passengers continue»

«Airline passengers continue to benefit from the highly competitive air - service landscape this holiday season, as low fares and increased availability of seats continue to make air travel widely accessible,» said A4A Vice President and Chief Economist John Heimlich.

Not exact matches

In a statement posted to the airline's website and updated Sunday evening, Southwest warned passengers of continuing problems with the company's systems.

«We proudly carry more passengers to and from California airports than any other airline and continue to invest in the Golden State by adding new short, medium, and long - haul service this year from all nine of our California airports,» Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines senior vice president of network and revenue management, said in a statement.

The airlines that survived the volatile decade following 9/11 have since consolidated themselves into a lucrative oligopoly, prompting questions about why smaller cities continue to lose service, why seats keep getting smaller, why fares have remained stubbornly high even as fuel prices dropped and profits soared, and why paying passengers are being quasi-defenestrated from overbooked flights.

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia Airlines on Thursday reported a 75 percent wider loss in second - quarter earnings as passenger bookings continued to fall in response to the loss of two aircraft in separate disasters this year.

Until the loss of Flight 370, the airline was on course to continue a rapid expansion of capacity in both its domestic and regional networks this year, after a record 29 percent annual increase in passenger traffic in 2013.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The focus of the GTAA continues to be on competitiveness, growing the airport's status as an international gateway, meeting the needs of our passengers and ensuring the long - term success of the organization, our airline customers and the regional economy.

That and the airlines» efforts to continue to nickel - and - dime passengers — the latest by Spirit Airlines, which announced it will now charge for carry - on bags, though diaper bags are excluded — is reason enough, parents tell me, to avoid airairlines» efforts to continue to nickel - and - dime passengers — the latest by Spirit Airlines, which announced it will now charge for carry - on bags, though diaper bags are excluded — is reason enough, parents tell me, to avoid airAirlines, which announced it will now charge for carry - on bags, though diaper bags are excluded — is reason enough, parents tell me, to avoid air travel.

LATAM Airlines continues to evaluate and develop new routes in order to meet with passenger needs.

Last year saw continued growth at MAG, the UK's largest airports group, as its three airports saw increased demand from passengers and airlines for flights.

Taiwan's leading airline is constantly striving to give its passengers increased convenience and flexibility and will continue to evaluate the feasibility of flying to other major cities in the Central and South America region.

As airlines continue to unbundle their products into basic economy, economy, premium economy and so on, passengers will more frequently be presented with the option of a more comfortable on board experience, but the flip side of this is that increased passenger comfort will more often than not come at a price.

But the company said on its website that travelers shouldn't be concerned: «Our airline operations will continue in the ordinary course throughout this court - supervised process,» Republic said, promising that from the passenger's standpoint, it will be business as usual.

We'll continue to investigate all of these opportunities to better align the product offering (between Qantas and American), so when American Airlines passengers travel on Qantas and vice versa, they'll have the same experience.

The internet is making travel more accessible, passenger numbers continue to rise on low cost airlines and people are now living longer than at anytime in our history — when you retire you don't go to the old people's home, you head for the airport!

By continuing to increase our passenger traffic, we can attract more air service, bringing lower airfare costs, as a result of airline partners having more success and increased competition.

As knock on effects are expected to continue, passengers have been advised to contact their individual airlines for the latest information.

Passengers travelling through will then have a short stopover before continuing on to one of the airline's North American destinations - Boston, Washington DC, Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, or San Francisco.

«Although the general economic backdrop is not favourable, the Group is positioned to take advantage of airline growth opportunities, which will allow the continued out - performance of the UK passenger market, ensuring that this profitable growth drives better product offerings commercially and greater efficiencies.»

«Cebu Pacific's focus on social media makes inflight connectivity an obvious option, both so that passengers can stay connected throughout their journey, and so the airline can continue reaching its passengers,» said Ian Dawkins, CEO of OnAir.

The airline has responded to continued robust demand from passengers by increasing its Colombo service from four to five flights per day from September 1st, just one month after the last frequency increase.

And the airlines» global trade organization sees continuing growth and prosperity into the New Year for its members — while passengers can look forward to more -LSB-...]

While Virgin America will continue to operate flights until April, passengers will earn Alaska Airlines miles instead of Elevate points for flight activity.

«Safety and security remain the highest priority for Etihad Airways and we will continue to assist passengers in complying with this directive,» a spokesperson for that airline told The Verge.

Continued worries about the travel - worthiness of recalled and replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones on whether or not their batteries will malfunction may lead to a fresh round of recalls, airlines banning passengers» use and charging of the device and refusals by mail carriers to ship the phone.