Despite a deep recession that has hit the airline industry hard, AirTran Airways has announced that it is recalling 60 furloughed pilots and hiring flight attendants to deal with the upcoming summer travel season. AirTran continues to cut capacity, however, and more than 100 pilots will remain on furlough status.
Airlines fatality free for two years
U.S. airlines flew 1.5 billion passengers without a fatality in 2007 and 2008, a new record. There have only been four years without a fatality in the past 50, making the two-year stretch all the more impressive.
ASA to operate new jets,furlough pilots
SkyWest, the owner of Delta regional carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), said it reached an agreement with Delta for the airline to operate 10 new Bombardier CRJ900 jets. The jets will replace 20 of the company's smaller CRJ200s. But the new jets and merger of Delta and Northwest did not keep the airline from furloughing for the first time in its 30-year history. The company is expected to furlough 80 of its 1,700 pilots.
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