Qantas’ chief Geoff Dixon will step down next month with US $8.5 million (Australian $11.92 million) package this year which is still less than $10.3 million that United’s Glen Tilton received in 2007. But it does make Mr Dixon the second highest paid airline head! It is interesting to note that his compensation is much [...]
Posts Tagged ‘United’
Glenn Tilton still beats Geoff Dixon on Airline CEO pay!
Posted in Airlines, Luxury, tagged $$$, Australia, Bonus, Compensation, Geoff Dixon, Glenn Titlon, Layoffs, Qantas, United, Unjustified on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
United Airlines: Pay even more for second bag
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Travel Woes, tagged United, Jet Fuel, United Airlines, Second Bag, Increase, Bag fees on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
United Airlines increased the second bag fees to $50 citing high cost of fuel. The fees will start for tickets bough beginning Tuesday September 16th 2008 for travel beginning November 10th 2008 in US or to/from Canada, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.
The fees will not apply to -1. First/Business Class2. Premier frequent fliers3. Active [...]
Good News Everyone: United drops plan for meal charges on overseas flights
Posted in Airlines, Travel Woes, tagged United, Ridiculous, Good News Everyone, United Airlines, Buy on Board, Dropped, Meals on board, Transatlantic on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
United Airlines had earlier announced plans to stop providing complimentary meals on transatlantic flights in economy class. The idea was to let passengers either bring their own meal or “Buy on Board”.
But today, United finally heard the consumers and announced that it has dropped its plans to charge for meals on the transatlantic flights. It [...]
United: Pilots vs Management
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Pilots, Travel Woes, tagged United, Pilots, United Airlines, Glenn Tilton, Unions, Management, Union Problems, Court Case, www.glenntilton.com, Tilton must go, ALPA, Air Line Pilots Association, slowdown, illegal practice, sickout, Fallout on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unions hate management and management hates union. Both tend to believe that they are entirely responsible in running the company. Both also seem to have entirely different view on how the airline should be run and how each one of them should be paid. Since 2000, the airlines have gone from bad to worse, with [...]
No more flight caps at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged American, Chicago, FAA, Flight Cap, O'Hare, United on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 2004, due to pressure from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airlines at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, nation’s second busiest airport, had to limit the number of landings from 100 to 88 per hour. FAA on Monday June 16th 2008 announced that it s going to remove the cap saying that “new runways will reduce congestion at [...]
Pay to Check Bags: American Airlines, US Airways and Not United Airlines
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged American, Bag Charge, Baggage, Check Bags, First Checked Bag, United, US Airways on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Couple of weeks back American Airlines announced that it will start charging $15 for first check bag. In the last couple of two weeks, two other airlines – US Airways and United Airlines have announced their adoption of the checked bags.
So, now the policy stands like this -
1 Bag – $15 each way
2 Bags – [...]
United to cut capacity and jobs
Posted in Airlines, Planes, Travel Woes, tagged Cuts, IATA, Reduction, United on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
United Air announced today that it will reduce its fleet by 100 planes by 2009 and cut 1400-1600 jobs. The cut has been attributed to rising fuel costs. This seems to be the first big cost cutting initiative that the airline has made after the failed merger talks with US Airways.
Earlier IATA had mentioned that [...]
Merger Update: US Airways and United talk fail again
Posted in Airlines, tagged Merger, United, US Airways on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
United Airlines and US Airways are reported to have again failed to reach an agreement. Both the companies have been rumored to be in talks about a possible merger which would help both the companies fight their survivals which has been endangered due to the increase in jet fuel price.
From CNBC article -“
Jacquelyn Martin / [...]
UAL codeshares with Jet: More options to fly US cities to Indian Cities
Posted in Airlines, Tickets, tagged codeshare, India, Jet Airways, United on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chicago based US carrier, United Airlines, has entered a codeshare and frequent flyer partnership agreement with India’s Jet Airways.
From Forbes Article -
“United will have service to 13 cities in India, including Bangalore, Kolkatta, Mumbai, and New Delhi. Jet Airways customers may travel to United’s five hubs, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, [...]
Merger Update: UAL board to discuss merger on Thursday
Posted in Airlines, tagged Merger, UAL, United, US Airways on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the oil prices breaking records everyday, there is more pressure on airlines to consider mergers, and other capacity cutting measures. Capacity cuts do mean lesser seats available and hence greater leverage in changing ticket costs.
According to MarketWatch -
“the board for United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is expected to meet
Thursday to hear out management on [...]
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