By Travel-Guy, 19 days ago

Leasing Midway

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A few years from now, walking into Midway Airport might seem more like entering an upscale shopping mall.
Need a massage or a manicure while you wait for your plane? No problem.
You'll probably have the option of valet parking, too, but likely will pay more even if you park it yourself.
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By Travel-Guy, 19 days ago

Bumpy ride ahead for United

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United Airlines' best hope for the future flew out the window last week when Continental Airlines Inc. walked away from merger talks.
Now the choices facing United CEO Glenn Tilton boil down to hashing out a less-desirable merger with US Airways Group Inc. or going it alone in an increasingly ...


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By Travel-Guy, 1 month and 30 days ago

Mergers mean woe for fliers

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For airlines, mergers promise relief from the effects of record fuel prices and powerful foreign competitors. But for Chicago-area travelers, they offer little more than the prospect of higher fares, fewer corporate discounts and lousier service.
«Nothing from a consumer standpoint in Chicago is ...


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By Travel-Guy, 1 month and 30 days ago

Open Skies: Opportunity, challenge for airlines

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The new aviation agreement between the United States and Europe known as Open Skies promises just that: It has the potential to open up competition on the lucrative overseas routes key to United Airlines' post-bankruptcy strategy.
The pact creates opportunities for United and other major U.S. ...


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By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Open Skies: Opportunity, challenge for airlines

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The new aviation agreement between the United States and Europe known as Open Skies promises just that: It has the potential to open up competition on the lucrative overseas routes key to United Airlines' post-bankruptcy strategy.
The pact creates opportunities for United and other major U.S. ...


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By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Flying the unfriendly skies

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Globalization may be shrinking the world, but don't tell that to the millions of business travelers who have to endure getting from point A to point B. For them, travel is rarely exotic and almost always grueling.

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By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Global arming at Boeing

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PARIS — While the global media assembled for the Paris Air Show last week busily tallied commercial aircraft orders announced by rival plane makers Boeing Co. and Airbus S.A., foreign dignitaries lined up for 7-G thrill rides on Boeing's latest fighter jet.
Taking turns in the F/A-18E/F ...

By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Accenture aims high at air show

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Accenture Ltd. is making an aggressive play to land a larger piece of the booming aerospace business at the industry's biggest trade show this week.
The consulting firm is paying more than $1 million to be the lead sponsor of the Paris Air Show, two industry sources estimate. The goal: convince ...

By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Boeing vs. Northrop

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Northrop Grumman Corp. is turning a long-term contract to build new tanker planes for the Air Force into a dogfight with Boeing Co.
Despite a scandal related to a tanker deal that sent two Boeing officials to jail two years ago, the Chicago company has been favored to win the $40-billion award ...


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By Travel-Guy, 2 months and 21 days ago

Mayday, mayday

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Boeing CEO James McNerney's smooth flight just turned choppy.

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By Travel-Guy, 3 months and 1 day ago

Immigrant rights rally draws 15,000

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(AP) Thousands of chanting, flag-waving immigrants and activists rallied in downtown Chicago and cities across the U.S. Thursday, attempting to reinvigorate calls for immigration reform in a presidential election year where the economy has taken center stage.

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By Travel-Guy, 3 months and 1 day ago

British Airways, American and Continental eye alliance

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(AP) British Airways PLC shares jumped almost 4 percent on Thursday amid speculation about what kind of deal it might ink with American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. and the possibility of wider consolidation among European major carriers.

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By Travel-Guy, 3 months and 1 day ago

Mayday, mayday

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Boeing CEO James McNerney's smooth flight just turned choppy.

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By Travel-Guy, 3 months and 1 day ago

Diamonds in the rough

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The stock market's summer slump has created some buying opportunities among shares of Chicago companies, local money managers say.
Allstate Corp., Boeing Co., McDonald's Corp. and Northern Trust Corp. are among local names dragged down in the recent slide, triggered by a subprime mortgage ...


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By Travel-Guy, 3 months and 1 day ago

Editorial cartoon

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This week's editorial cartoon by Roger Schillerstrom

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