Author: Harry R. Weber
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Giant box close to being over oil-spewing well
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — A 100-ton concrete-and-steel box plunged toward a blown-out well at the bottom of the sea Friday in a first-of-its-kind attempt to stop most of the gushing crude fouling the Gulf of Mexico. The quest took on added urgency as oil reached several barrier islands off the Louisiana coast, many…
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Senators act to stop airline carryon charges
ATLANTA — Six Democratic senators want to tax any U.S. airline that wants to charge passengers for their carryon bags. The legislation announced Wednesday comes after a small Florida airline, Spirit Airlines, said recently that it plans to begin charging its customers as much as $45 to bring a bag aboard its aircraft and put…
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Airlines’ on-time performance falters in October
ATLANTA • U.S. airlines did a poorer job getting passengers to their destinations on-time in October compared to the same month a year ago.The Department of Transportation said today that the 19 carriers surveyed recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 77.3 percent in October. That was lower than the 86 percent recorded in October…
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Delta, US Airways swapping airport slots
ATLANTA • The sudden flurry of airlines swapping takeoff and landing slots at Washington and New York area airports continued Wednesday with Delta and US Airways striking a deal similar to one between AirTran and Continental disclosed the day before. The carriers will get more bang for the buck in congested areas where slot access is…
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Airlines’ timing, baggage handling better in Oct.
ATLANTA • U.S. airlines’ on-time performance and baggage handling improved in October, and the carriers overall posted a lower rate of domestic cancellations compared with the same month a year ago, the Transportation Department said Wednesday. Regional carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines had the worst on-time performance in October, while regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines had the…
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Travel pinched by global financial crisis
The tourists chatting in multiple languages in the piazzas, bars and shops of Rome belie a more somber mood at the ancient city’s hotels. Luigi Rinaldi, concierge of the Hotel de la Minerve next to the Pantheon, said American tourists have disappeared, although demand among German, Spanish and Russian tourists is solid. The hotel is…
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United and Delta both say the airlines are not discussing a merger
Rumors are flying that United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are discussing a merger, but both carriers deny the reports. Photo by
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STRANDED AT THE GATE
Dick Wulf, second from left, and Jean Wulf hold a house church in their home on the west side. (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE) Photo by