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In 1988, Phil Bakes, the president of Eastern Air Lines, announced plans to lay off 4,000 employees and eliminate and reduce service to airports in the Western United States; he said that the airline was going "back to our roots" in the East. At the time, Eastern was the largest corporate employer in the Miami area and remained so after the cuts.
Mesa Airlines, Inc., is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona.It is an FAA Part 121–certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29, 1979.
The airline sector responded to JetBlue and Southwest's market presence by starting mini-rival carriers: Delta Air Lines started Song, and United Airlines launched another rival called Ted. Song has since been disbanded and was reabsorbed by Delta and Ted reabsorbed by United. [10] JetBlue Founder David Neeleman in 2006
Francisco Anthony "Frank" Lorenzo [1] [2] (born May 19, 1940) is an American businessman. He managed Continental Airlines and Texas International Airlines between 1972 and 1990, through airline deregulation.
United Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. [9] [10] [11] United operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the United States and all six inhabited continents [12] primarily out of its eight hubs, with Chicago–O'Hare having the largest number of daily flights [13] and Denver carrying the most ...
American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance. Regional service is operated by independent and subsidiary carriers under the brand name American Eagle. [9] American Airlines and American Eagle operate out of 10 hubs, with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) being its largest. The airline handles more than 200 million ...
The company is contracted by Alaska Airlines (as Alaska SkyWest), American Airlines (as American Eagle), Delta Air Lines (as Delta Connection), and United Airlines (as United Express). In all, it is the largest regional airline in North America when measured by fleet size, number of passengers carried, and number of destinations served.
In 2016, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines claimed that their forensic investigators had uncovered documents that allegedly indicated that Qatar Airways had received more than $7 billion in aid from the Qatari government. [106] According to reports, the investigation was conducted by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.