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Spirit Airlines buys Air Jamaica SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ? Discount carrier Spirit Airlines has reportedly acquired Air Jamaica in a government-led effort to privatize the island's money-losing national airline. The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper says a deal was reached after a committee...

Futura holds 10% of Air Dominicana........ Spain suspends Futura's operating licence Graham Dunn, London (22Sep08, 17:55 GMT, 212 words) Spanish aviation authorities have suspended the operating licence of collapsed charter carrier Futura, but have left the door to lifting the suspension if...

Moody's downgrades AMR Megan Kuhn, Washington DC (01Aug08, 21:32 GMT, 277 words) Despite capacity cuts and other saving initiatives, American Airlines parent company AMR Corp?s debt ratings has been downgraded by Moody?s Investors Service to Caa1 from B2. The rating outlook is negative...

I think it is a very bad sign if an airline makes an announcement that it will start flying in May and later makes a revision and says it will start June 16. Not even the web site is up and running. Specially bad, if the government is behind it. Very strange. And what happend to Merengue...

Tuesday August 16, 2005 Delta Air Lines announced yesterday that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wholly owned Regional airline subsidiary Atlantic Southeast Airlines to SkyWest for $425 million in cash.As part of the deal, ASA will continue to operate in the Delta Connection...

Thursday April 21, 2005 Continental Airlines cited continuing weak domestic yields and historically high fuel costs as it reported that its first-quarter loss grew to $184 million from $124 million in the year-ago period.Excluding an $8 million special gain related to the company's defined...

Thursday April 21, 2005 Hammered by high fuel prices, AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, reported a $162 million net loss for the first quarter ended March 31, which included a tax credit of $69 million.Excluding the credit, the company would have posted a net loss of $230 million. This...

(In the US there seems to be a revolution going on among the big ones) Dateline: Wednesday March 16, 2005 Continental Airlines yesterday warned that if its unions do not ratify the new tentative agreements reached last month (ATWOnline, March 1) by March 30, it will be forced to take a...

Continental sees bigger revenue hit from Delta SimpliFares Dateline: Thursday March 10, 2005 Continental Airlines warned yesterday that matching Delta's SimpliFares fare reform in competing markets will cost it an estimated $200 million in annual revenue, or around 2% of 2004 revenues...

Citing the impact of continued yield erosion, high fuel costs and the growing presence of low-cost carriers, Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO Larry Kellner reported yesterday that the carrier lost $206 million in the fourth quarter compared to income of $47 million in the final period of...

Delta Air Lines, which is in the midst of a massive restructuring, reported a hefty net loss of $2.21 billion for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 including $1.4 billion in noncash charges, the majority of which were related to reductions in the fair market value of its wholly owned Delta...

Characterizing the fourth quarter as "a disappointing end to a difficult year" and saying that 2005 "doesn't look a whole lot better," AMR Corp. Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey yesterday reported that the parent of American Airlines lost $387 million in the period, significantly worse than the...

Dominicana, your posts need to be related to the DR. As long as you continue to post these things, they will end up deleted or removed. Please read the rules and guidelines and look at the purpose of this forum. read the other threads in this forum and you will see what I mean. thanks carlos

Will the DR have a chance to get upgraded to CAT I in FAA regulations with Leonel as President? Who is head of Aeronautica Civil?

Anybody has any idea who will be appointed to the Comisi?n de Reforma de las Empresas P?blicas (CREP)? Who has more information on Mr. Felix Jimenez? Thanks D440

Everyone expects modern aircraft, cheep prices and superb service. What else would you suggest and advice to top management for the start up and successfull operation of CDA? Would anyone would work there and in which department?

Hello Everyone: Here is a press release from last week: Mango TV converts to Christianity Mango TV, the station conceived seven and a half years ago as a Dominican version of MTV, announced last night that its new programming will be dedicated to praising Jesus Christ. This change comes...