David Koenig

February 04, 2009 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - A federal appeals court panel said regulators overcharged airlines for some security costs after the 2001 terror attacks but rejected other parts of the airlines' broad attack on the fee system.A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said Tuesday the Transportation Security Administration wrongly included the cost of screening non-passengers in the airline fees.

By DAVID KOENIG

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November 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - The CEO of American Airlines says Japan Airlines would be taking a risk and suffer financially if it breaks ties with American and joins an alliance with Delta Air Lines.Gerard Arpey said Monday that American and its partner airlines "produce hundreds of millions of dollars of value for JAL" and want to strengthen their ties.

By DAVID KOENIG

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June 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By DAVID KOENIG

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February 01, 2011 | Daily Report Online

After a decade of multibillion-dollar losses, U.S. airlines appear to be on course to prosper for years to come for a simple reason: They are flying less.By grounding planes and eliminating flights, airlines have cut costs and pushed fares higher. As the global economy rebounds, travel demand is rising and planes are as full as they've been in years.

By David Koenig

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October 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online

FORT WORTH, Texas AP - The idea of paying a single, simple fare to fly on an airliner is becoming as quaint as stewardesses in short skirts.American Airlines is about to accelerate the trend of breaking the cost of a trip into an airfare plus many smaller fees.Starting next year, American, which led a stampede by U.S.

By DAVID KOENIG

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October 19, 2010 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - Fewer seats, higher fares and more money from fees may just add up to the highest quarterly profit in three years for the nation's long-suffering airlines.When they report third-quarter earnings this week, each of the nine largest U.S. airlines is expected to post a profit, something that hasn't happened since 2007.

By DAVID KOENIG

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August 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - Airlines cut fares to get more passengers on planes and salvage the summer travel season, but now their job gets harder heading into the slower fall and winter months.The nine largest U.S. carriers lost nearly $600 million in the second quarter of this year. Bigger losses are predicted in the third and fourth quarters, and some analysts have raised the possibility of another round of bankruptcies.

By DAVID KOENIG

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April 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday, more than one-third of its schedule, as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets - the same issue that caused it to scrub hundreds of flights two weeks ago.The nation's biggest airline had already canceled 460 flights on Tuesday, stranding thousands of travelers.

By DAVID KOENIG

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October 02, 2008 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP-Southwest Airlines Co. plans to begin service next March to Minneapolis, its first new city in more than a year, even as the airline faces a "very significant risk of slowing demand" due to an economic slowdown, Chief Executive Gary Kelly said Wednesday.The Minneapolis service will initially be limited to flights to and from Chicago.

By DAVID KOENIG

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June 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

DALLAS AP - The Justice Department opposes Continental Airlines Inc.'s broad request for antitrust immunity to work more closely with United Airlines and other carriers in setting prices and schedules for international service.The department says the airlines should get more limited immunity. It argues that broader immunity could hurt competition on other routes between the U.

By DAVID KOENIG

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