Sentences with phrase «larger than the airline»

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Highlighting the difficult state of Norwegian's finances, the airline last month raised $ 168 million in a share sale after warning of a larger than expected first - quarter loss.

American Airlines, which has one of the larger operations in south Florida, said on Thursday it had added 16 flights out of Miami, amid more than 2,400 forced cancellations through Monday.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

Long - haul international flights are often among the last flights airlines cancel, because they generate much more revenue than short, domestic flights and are serviced by much larger aircraft.

(The investigation comes less than two years after the government approved the merger of US Airways and American Airlines to create the world's largest airline.)

The TSA said in July it was imposing new security rules requiring U.S. domestic airline travelers to remove all electronic items larger than mobile phones such as tablets, e-readers and video game consoles from carry - on baggage for screening.

Berkshire Hathaway already has a large stake of more than $ 3 billion in Southwest Airlines, according to the company's 2017 annual letter.

Additionally, Southwest is the largest domestic flight operator in the U.S., and in 1Q16, operated nearly 40 % more flights than its nearest competitor, American Airlines (AAL).

There are large stock market companies like Procter & Gamble, which has had meaningful employee share ownership along with profit - sharing for more than a century, and Southwest Airlines, which has both employee share ownership and an annual cash profit sharing plan that in 2015 paid $ 620 million in profits to all employees, adding 15 % on top of their wages and salaries.4 Divisions of stock market companies are sometimes spun off and sold to workers through ESOPs: the 100 % employee - owned Scot Forge in Clinton, Wisconsin, and the 100 % employee - owned Houchens in Bowling Green, Kentucky, are examples.

And yet if you'd invested $ 10,000 in Southwest Airlines on Dec. 31, 1972 (when it was just a tiny little outfit with three airplanes, barely reaching breakeven and besieged by larger airlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stockAirlines on Dec. 31, 1972 (when it was just a tiny little outfit with three airplanes, barely reaching breakeven and besieged by larger airlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stockairlines out to kill the fledgling), your $ 10,000 would have grown to nearly $ 12 million by the end of 2002, a return 63 times better than the general stock market.

Since you can control large amounts of a commodity with a relatively small amount of money on margin, you can leverage your portfolio to take advantage of price swings in the commodity without having to actually take delivery of thousands of gallons of gasoline — something that is impractical for everyone other than institutions (such as refiners, airlines, transportation fleets, gasoline retailers, etc.).

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

Almost every US airline will allow you to check large baby items for free, even if you have more than one.

Lower fuel costs (hedging rates of 80 - 90 % for the majority of large airlines has delayed much of the benefit from low fuel prices into 2016), a faster than expected recovery of the European economy and strong performance on business travel on North Atlantic routes is benefitting the region.

The large - scale study, which incorporated data from more than 40,000 unique flights, found significant savings in carbon emissions and monetary costs when airline captains were provided with tailored monthly information on fuel efficiency, along with targets and individualized feedback.

Leonardo DiCaprio has played several real - life larger than life players onscreen, but his best portrayal was recapturing his own youth, at 28 playing 18 - year - old Frank Abagnale, who conned his way through several schemes, including commercial airline pilot, doctor and lawyer.

Between May 2010 and April 2011, the first 12 months after the three - hour limit was in effect, the larger U.S. airlines required to file tarmac delays reported 20 tarmac delays of more than three hours, none of which was more than four hours long.

Under DOT rules, U.S. airlines operating aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats are prohibited from allowing their domestic flights to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours at large -, medium -, small - and non-hub U.S. airports without giving passengers an opportunity to deplane.

The nation's largest airlines reported no flights in February with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 60 flights in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

Continental Airlines reported 14.5 percent more FTEs in December 2011 than in December 2010, the largest increase among the network carriers.

November was the second month in a row that the nation's largest airlines reported no flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours, while the carriers reported only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights during the month, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

The nation's largest airlines reported only one flight in January with a tarmac delay of more than three hours, down from 20 flights in January 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

The nation's largest airlines reported only one flight in August with a tarmac delay of more than three hours, compared to 66 flights in August 2009, with no change in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

With airline - style tray tables that deploy from the center console, large LCD screens to surf the Net or watch videos, cupholders that keep your beverages cool or hot, a built - in footrest and a remote (or iPhone app) to commandeer all the controls from the driver, it's such an easy place to get work done (or just lounge) that it wouldn't surprise us if more folks bought S - classes in which to be chauffeured than to actually drive (read: China).

As the largest airline in the world, American has more flights and members of its loyalty program than any other carrier.

Incidentally, however, large amounts of resources in a business, such as airlines or meatpacking, may be more indicative of onerous overhead than of large future earning power; hopefully, this potentially negative aspect of large resources is not applicable to any of the equity issues in the Fund's portfolio.

At the recommendation of our consulting veterinarian, Continental Airlines will now require the following to reduce stress and heat exposure, when shipping or handling the above - mentioned breeds: Use 1 size larger kennel than is normally required.

A study by the company last year showed that airline programs constituted the largest segment of the travel and hospitality loyalty industry, with a combined 371 million members in 2012, 14 percent more than two years earlier.

Delta also has no fee for last - minute award bookings and opens up a larger percentage of seats last minute than most airlines, so if you need an award flight on short order, it's a great option.

If you're looking for a solid business class option to China, look no further than Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China.

Considering the value of an Alaska airlines ticket (which can range, for example, higher than $ 500 if you choose a route to Hawaii), this places Alaska's incentives for new cardholders on par with some of the largest sign - up offers.

For the record, the airlines» carry - on limitation is one piece of luggage no larger than 22 x 14 x 9, plus one «personal item».

Alitalia charges large fuel surcharges on its own flights and partner airline flights, but, if you do some searching, you can find good values despite the surcharges and you can sometimes get a lower fuel surcharge by booking a partner airline through Alitalia than directly with that airline.

Should airline tickets require to be issued earlier than the Final Payment Due date, you may be required to pay a larger non-refundable deposit and / or complete full payment.

With a fleet of more than 100 aircraft, Shenzhen Airlines is the fourth - largest domestic carrier in China, flying to destinations across China and throughout Asia.

Fees are also much higher than with American Airlines if you wish to reinstate a very small number or a very large number of miles.

Flybe is Europe's largest regional airline and flies more UK domestic flights than any other airline — more than half of all UK flights within mainland Britain.

Star Alliance is the largest airline alliance by most counts, combining 27 airlines serving more than 1,300 airports in over 190 countries with 18,500 daily departures.

The B.C. owned and operated company flies to more than sixty five regularly scheduled destinations in British Columbia and provides cargo and charter services across western Canada and the U.S. Started nearly forty years ago in Bella Coola, Pacific Coastal Airlines is now the sixth largest airline operating at Vancouver International Airport based on outbound seats, and third largest airline in takeoffs and landings.

The merger would create the largest airline in the world and, according to the DOJ suit, would result in four airlines controlling more than 80 % of the U.S. commercial air travel market.

I wanted to burn through my American Airlines miles if at all possible as they're rapidly becoming harder to use and I don't want to sit on a large AAdvantage Miles balance any longer than I have to.

With access across all major airlines, Barbados is easily one of the simplest destinations to reach, as well as one of the largest, at roughly 166 square miles, with more to do and see than other Caribbean destinations.

And, Alaska Airlines» reward flights are cheaper to several destinations than some of the larger carriers.

I would much rather earn EQD at an accelerated rate by booking flights through American's partner airlines than spend $ 25,000 on a credit card whose currency I'd prefer not to hold in any large quantity.

Marriott, the world's third largest hotel chain, has more than 4,300 hotels worldwide and United, the second largest airline, serves 362 destinations across the globe.

Qantas, Australia's largest domestic and international airline, carries passengers to more than 1,200 destinations around the world.

As the second largest airline in North America, United Airlines serves 140 million passengers every year with more than 5,300 daily departures.

Following the British Airways devaluations earlier this year it's an inescapable fact that, for very large percentage of British Airways flyers, crediting their travels to an American Airlines AAdvantage account rather than a British Airways Executive Club account makes a lot of sense — but that's a blog for another day.

The airline is established as one of Europe's largest and it currently operates more than 200 aircraft across 580 routes, and flies more than 55 million passengers a year.

Moreover, the large Greek communities spread across more than 100 countries — such as the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Germany and Canada — now enjoy the advantages provided by an airline alliance when visiting friends and families.