Airline News - North America

Airguide Online, July 21, 2008

7/21/2008

Several major airlines will begin displaying ads on boarding passes for customers who check in from home. Customers can print the boarding passes without ads if they want. 7/14/2008

Air Canada

Terrorists plotted to blow up Canada-bound passenger planes over the mid-Atlantic in 2006, according to allegations that surfaced in a British courtroom Wednesday at the start of what police are calling the world's biggest terrorism trial. Two Air Canada flights - one bound for Montreal and the other destined for Toronto - were allegedly among the targets of the Britain-based cell, whose members said in recorded videos they were angry about the "war against Muslims" in Afghanistan and Iraq. London police said the terrorists intended "mass murder on an unimaginable scale," but counter-terrorism investigators were tipped off by informants and installed surveillance cameras in the suspected bomb factory before moving in to make arrests on Aug. 9, 2006. 7/14/2008

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines plans to discontinue SkyWest Airlines flights between Yakima and Salt Lake City, effective Aug. 31. The airline cited rising fuel prices as the reason behind reducing select flights. SkyWest is a Delta Connection partner. Delta has served the Yakima market from Salt Lake City through SkyWest since June 2007. The airline has operated two daily round-trip flights between Yakima and Salt Lake City. SkyWest currently employs 14 people at the airport. The company said in a statement Tuesday that those employees will be offered opportunities to transfer to other positions. 7/17/2008

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