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Airlines attract travelers despite fuel costs. Airlines may post gains during the summer season, and bookings for international flights are up from last year, according to AAA. "They just keep booking; it's really amazing," said Terry Trippler, an airline expert with Cheapseats.com. "We're looking at a summer of 2000 almost -- back to record levels." May 19, 2006

Legacy airlines fighting back. Larger carriers appear to be using their resources to their advantage to compete with low-fare competitors. US Airways for example cut fares between Charlotte, N.C., and New York's LaGuardia Airport in response to JetBlue's plans to begin flying between Charlotte and New York's Kennedy International Airport. LaGuardia Airport is closer to Manhattan. May 19, 2006

U.S. carriers expected to add few new planes. U.S. carriers are not expected to add many new planes to their fleets between now and the end of 2007, according to a study. The industry, which has delayed or canceled delivery of aircraft purchases after Sept. 11, seeks to improve profitability through higher capacity and now has a load factor of 80%, a record high. May 15, 2006

Air Canada

Air Canada says GDSs' limitations forced it to pull Tango fares from systems. News from Travel Technology Update: The latest skirmish in the distribution wars turns the spotlight on whether traditional GDSs can accommodate new types of airline product differentiation May 16, 2006

Air Transat

Nova Scotia has gained a new air service. From this week, until October 5, Air Transat will be operating a weekly non-stop flight from Gatwick using a two-class Airbus A310, with 20 seats in club and 239 in economy. Outbound Wednesday from Halifax with the return leaving Gatwick on a Thursday morning with a flight time of not much more than five hours. Zoom has a similar service on a Wednesday out of Gatwick with a Boeing 767. May 21, 2006

American Airlines

Special airfares for Farnborough International Airshow visitors. Farnborough International Airshow 2006 visitors can take advantage of special rates with the show's official airline, American Airlines. As the show is 17th- 23rd July, American Airlines are offering a number of special discounted fares between North & South American and London during the period from the 10th- 30th of July 2006. May 15, 2006

Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines today will begin daily Newark-Barcelona service aboard a 172-seat 757-200. Route will be served five-times-weekly during the winter. May 17, 2006

Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines signed five-year, full-content agreements with Sabre Travel Network and its Travelocity online travel site, as well as with Expedia. May 16, 2006

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines and Galileo International yesterday announced a seven-year, full-content agreement. Delta and CheapTickets, a subsidiary of Galileo parent Cendant Corp., also executed a marketing agreement. May 18, 2006

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines last night launched daily services from New York JFK to Manchester and Dublin/Shannon aboard all-economy 767-400s. The flights are the sixth and seventh of 11 new transatlantic routes the carrier will launch by next month. Service to Athens starts May 29. DL also announced a daily Atlanta-Sioux Falls flight beginning Aug. 7 operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines using CRJ200s. May 16, 2006

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines said that it will add 25 Delta Connection flights from New York JFK to 14 domestic destinations, with the services starting on various dates between July and October. Most of the added flights will come from increased frequencies on existing routes, but it plans to launch new four-times-daily services to Manchester, N.H.. and Portland, Maine, on Sept. 15 to be operated by Regional Freedom Airlines. May 15, 2006

Delta Air Lines

Delta expands in Latin American markets. Delta Air Lines' international expansion and focus on Latin America and the Caribbean is an important part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. The airline is adding new routes from its Atlanta hub and plans to be the "second-largest U.S. player in the region very, very quickly," said the company's COO. May 15, 2006

Horizon Air

Horizon Air will launch flights to Sonoma County Airport from Seattle (13-times-weekly) and Los Angeles (daily) on March 20, 2007. The airport has been without commercial scheduled air service since United Express pulled out in October 2001. May 18, 2006

Mesa Air Group, go

Hawaiian market heats up. The market for interisland air service in Hawaii is becoming more competitive. Hawaiian and Aloha airlines quickly matched introductory fares by Mesa Air Group's startup "go!" May 16, 2006

Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines flight attendants union expressed anger this week over a May 12 letter from Suzanne Boda, the airline's VP-inflight services, that promised the carrier was through bargaining and warned of potential ramifications if Professional Flight Attendants Assn. members reject the tentative labor agreement reached in March that provides $195 million in annual savings to NWA. After outlining the potential benefits cabin staff might enjoy by ratifying the deal when voting concludes June 6, Boda wrote that the company "does not have the luxury of returning to the bargaining table," and that if the contract is rejected it will "seek to implement terms and conditions" including additional furloughs, assigning 30% of international flying to foreign cabin staff, elimination of "early out" or severance programs and more. She also indicated that a change in union representation would have no effect on NWA's position. May 18, 2006