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Turtle Kicked Off Plane

June 25, 2010 — 10:36 am PDT
Updated June 25, 2010 — 10:57 am PDT

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A stressful ordeal has ended on a happy note for a little turtle who was kicked off an AirTran flight in Atlanta on Tuesday.

Neytiri, a red-eared slider, has been reunited with her owner, 10-year old Carley Helm, and her family back in Milwaukee.

The ordeal began hen Carley and her two older sisters were on board AirTran flight 421, heading home to Milwaukee after visiting their father in Atlanta.

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76-Year Old Airline Unionization Rule Overturned

May 10, 2010 — 2:01 pm PDT
Updated May 10, 2010 — 4:08 pm PDT

By Darren M. Popik

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A decades-old rule is being thrown out by the National Mediation Board, as it changes the rules for unionization in the airline industry.

The board is overturning a 76-year-old rule that required the votes of the majority of workers for a unionization drive to succeed.

Now, union organizers will instead require a simple majority of airline employees who cast ballots.

It’s a move that was expected after the Obama administration gave the panel a 2 to 1 Democratic majority last year. But the changing the long-standing rule has many within the airline industry crying foul.

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Southwest, Alaska Turn Profits; Continental Posts Loss

April 22, 2010 — 11:38 am PDT
Updated April 22, 2010 — 2:01 pm PDT

By Darren M. Popik

Alaska Jets in Southern California (Credit: Darren Popik)

Passenger revenues are up, but fuel prices are also taking a bigger bite out of the bottom line at the nation’s air carriers.

Today, three more carriers reported their first quarter 2010 financial results.

For Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines, the positive news continued with both carriers posting profits.

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Delta, AA, AirTran Post Q1 Losses

April 21, 2010 — 11:55 am PDT
Updated April 21, 2010 — 1:54 pm PDT

By Darren M. Popik

U.S. carriers have begun to post their first quarter financial results, and so far, it’s more red ink.

Tuesday, the world’s largest carrier, Delta Air Lines, reported that it lost $256 million in the first three months of the year. That’s an improvement over Q1 of 2009, when …

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Airline Industry – ‘Halfway Through the Tunnel’

March 1, 2010 — 12:22 pm PST
Updated March 24, 2010 — 4:00 pm PDT

By Darren M. Popik

There are signs that fortunes are improving for the U.S. airline industry.

Following the turbulent times for the airline industry over the past two years, passenger numbers are again rising at many airports, including the two biggest ones serving Los Angeles – LAX and John Wayne/Orange County.

And the most recent statistics show that airline passenger revenues are increasing once again. On top of that, cargo traffic is also up.

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