Terry Maxon
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How the DOJ almost scuttled the American Airlines merger, and other tales of fright for chief counsels
The following is an excerpt from a new book by former American Chief Counsel Gary Kennedy with writer Terry Maxon, Twelve Years of Turbulence: The... → Read More
Landing the airline stories: Reporter Terry Maxon reflects on his long career
For an airline reporter, covering Robert L. Crandall, longtime CEO of American Airlines, and Herbert D. Kelleher, the chief of Southwest Airlines, was a treat. → Read More
30 idle thoughts for Friday
1. My job has been amazingly simple. I find out something and then report it. And then I find out something else and report it, too. 2. Doing the Airline… → Read More
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines to end interline agreement
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are ending their interline agreement that allows them to sell tickets on each other’s flights as of Tuesday. “We have been unable to come… → Read More
Virgin America launches promotions aimed at Dallas
Virgin America is offering free Uber rides for flights leaving from parking-deficient Dallas Love Field, and has a two-day fare sale for Dallas flights, it said Wednesday. Any member of Virgin America’s… → Read More
Southwest Airlines defends its fares, disputes Delta’s accusations
A Southwest Airlines-hired consultant is defending Southwest’s fares at Dallas Love Field against attacks leveled by a consultant quoted by Delta Air Lines. In a filing Thursday afternoon in U.S.… → Read More
Is Virgin America going to drop its Austin-Dallas flights?
Virgin America launched five flights a day from Dallas Love Field to Austin on April 28, later dropped to four. That route may not have been a good idea, the… → Read More
FBI outlines reasons why six Southwest Airlines passengers were arrested and charged in Amarillo
FBI special agent T. Scott Hendricks has filed an affidavit explaining why Southwest Airlines diverted a San Diego-Chicago flight to Amarillo late Monday and booted six passengers off the flight.… → Read More
Delta Air Lines wants court to take two Dallas Love Field gates from Southwest Airlines
Delta Air Lines is upping the stakes in the fight over Dallas Love Field gates. It originally asked U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to force the city of Dallas to… → Read More
Spirit Airlines hit with $100,000 fine for too-long tarmac delay
Spirit Airlines is paying a $100,000 penalty in a case where a Spirit flight sat on the tarmac for more than three hours and passengers weren’t offered food and drink… → Read More
Recaro Aircraft Seating is all about your butt
Workers will build about 26,000 airplane seats in 2015 at the company’s two-building Alliance Airport complex in North Fort Worth. → Read More
Drinks for everyone! (Cash for the lawyers!)
The Associated Press has a story about an appeals-court decision involving a case in which Southwest Airlines customers got free drink coupons in a class-action lawsuit, and the attorneys got… → Read More
DOT: We didn’t order Dallas to give Delta space at Love Field (we didn’t order anything)
The U.S. Department of Transportation has told a federal appeals court that it didn’t order the city of Dallas to give Dallas Love Field gate space to Delta Air Lines.… → Read More
A tale of two airports: Love Field traffic is up a lot, D/FW Airport traffic a little since Wright amendment went away
When we reported that Dallas Love Field traffic jumped nearly 64 percent in July compared to a year earlier, a reader asked whether Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport traffic was down.… → Read More
Hail and farewell: American Airlines returns repaired Boeing 787 to skies
American Airlines has returned to service N805AN, a Boeing 787 pounded four weeks ago by a Chinese hailstorm. The airplane left the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport around 8:50 a.m. Monday… → Read More
A boy waves at a Southwest Airlines airplane and gets a surprise
At some point in our lives, we all waved at the train locomotive or did the rope-pulling pantomime for a semi truck. If we were lucky, we got a honk… → Read More
Spirit Airlines offers $50 discount on all flights
Spirit Airlines has a one-day promotion to give travelers $50 off on trips taken in the days leading up to the Labor Day weekend. So if you want to go somewhere that Spirit flies, between Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Wednesday, Sept. 2, and are willing to put up with the particulars of flying Spirit, you can save $50. Use the coupon code 50OFF and book by 11:59 p.m. today, Tuesday, Aug. 18. → Read More
Airline group expects Labor Day to attract 3 percent more passengers this year
About 3 percent more people will fly on U.S. airlines over the Labor Day week than the same period last year, trade group Airlines for America said Tuesday. “A4A projected… → Read More
American Airlines to begin Cuba charter flights from Los Angeles
American Airlines, which has operated charter flights to Cuba since 1991, said Tuesday it plans to begin charter services between Los Angeles and Havana, Cuba, beginning Dec. 12. American reiterated… → Read More
Southwest Airlines hit with $325,000 FAA fine over aircraft repair
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is proposing a $325,000 fine against Southwest Airlines for flying an airplane too long after it had received temporary repairs. Monday’s penalty brings… → Read More