No. 1 on our top 10 stories of 2014: The Wright amendment ends, and Love Field booms
Note; Delta had 5 flights to ATL before and after W/A, no change. SWA and VA will add even more flts in Jan.
Note; Delta had 5 flights to ATL before and after W/A, no change. SWA and VA will add even more flts in Jan.
- No. 2 on our top 10 stories of 2014: Airline profits soar as demand rises and fuel falls ---------Note; Just over all good news for all airlines. AA is expected to "triple" 1998 1.3 Billion profit, yes triple to over 4 Billion.
- No. 3 on our top 10 stories of 2014: Southwest Airlines finishes absorbing AirTran Airways Note; Best year for us coming in 2015 and beyond as we continue to grow, record 1-Billion+ for 2014. Huge milestone for us.
- No. 4 on our top 10 stories of 2014: American Airlines and US Airways make major strides in their merger Note; Final airline merger to be completed. Hopefully all labor groups will get done in early to mid 2015.
- No. 5 on our top 10 stories of 2014: Virgin America wins the battle over Dallas Love Field gates Note; Delta was set on getting 2 gates and set-up for 22 flights per day out of LF, and would have had to barrow part of a 3rd gate to accomplish it. And I quote, "Virgin America will get the gates. Period. DOJ official told COD that Delta would NOT offer low fare competition. Delta did not have any room at LF, and they were allowed to lease a gate temporary until early Jan; Gee where have we heard that before? You see WT, I did not make it up, it is in fact very true. Delta still may get lucky (very lucky) in 2015, but, if UAL and SWA add too many flights to accommodate Delta I just don't see them staying or at least they will never grow past their current flights of 5 to ATL. The LF gate battle shall continue in 2015. It will get interesting once again and Delta will again be on pins and needles to see if they stay at LF.
- No. 6 on our top 10 stories of 2014: D/FW Airport polishes the ‘international’ part of its name Note; Congrats to AA and all the employees for the International growth at DFW.
- No. 7 on our top 10 stories of 2014: Major carriers make major changes to their frequent-flier programs Note; It was time for these changes for all airlines.
- No. 8 on our top 10 stories of 2014: Malaysia Airlines suffers double tragedies Note; Very sad year for MA.
- No. 9 of our top 10 stories of 2014: Virgin America goes public as investors love airlines Note; Very nice gains for all airlines.
- No. 10 on our top 10 airline stories of 2014: The pilot shortage begins to bite Note; I see more problems for the smaller airlines and the shortage of pilots due to pay.
- Overall a good year for most all airlines. Looks like a better years looking forward as long as all goes well moving forward. Celebrate while we all can. If history ruffles its feathers as in the past we should have a good 10 years ahead of us. Finally some good news for the airline industry. Congrats to all airline employees for the past accomplishments to help our companies get to where they are today.
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