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Airport Wars Ammo?

Skyrocketing: Airfares at Hobby have risen 38 percent since 2000, but IAH still much higher priced

By Whitney Radley

05.22.12 | 7:34 am

Fourth quarter airfare data is in from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the numbers are predictably dour for travelers: The cost of fly ...


Up in the air

The United argument: Southwest international flights at Hobby will hurt Houston, benefit Dallas and Atlanta

By Clifford Pugh, Whitney Radley

05.17.12 | 12:32 pm

Like a feuding couple, the new United Airlines and Houston are in a rocky relationship. Picking Chicago over Houston for the combined airline's headquarters left a lot of hurt feelings and a lo ...


So much for Welcome Aboard

United Airlines flight attendant's rear end sticker reinforces new unfriendly skies reality

By Shelby Hodge

04.10.12 | 6:09 am

"Flight attendants are on this aircraft to save your rear end, not kiss it!" That's the warm and fuzzy "Welcome aboard" with which passengers were greeted on a recent Un ...


A win for passengers?

Southwest Airlines scores an important victory over United in international airport fight

By Whitney Radley

04.09.12 | 5:54 pm

The airline war in Houston is heating up — and it doesn't figure to cool off anytime soon. Not after Southwest Airlines received important backing for its $100 million proposal f ...


The Friendly Skies?

Don't mess with the mayor's spring break! Parker tweets her ire at United as airport debate looms

By Sarah Rufca

03.20.12 | 12:17 pm

The merger between United and Continental airlines never had many fans in Houston, and now a new critic with some clout has taken to Twitter. Houston mayor Annise Parker tweeted her frustration ...


Flying Freaky

Just Plane Sex: Continental, United join mile-high club on BusinessWeek cover

By Sarah Rufca

02.02.12 | 11:01 pm

Hey, baby, want to get a drink, go back to my place and talk about mergers? In a Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on the merger of Continental and United airlines, two planes are pictured in ...


What's wrong with coach?

The not-so-frugal traveler: Ron Paul flies first class — and taxpayers pick up the bill

By Whitney Radley

01.16.12 | 1:13 pm

Despite his supposed frugality, Ron Paul doesn't like to skimp on the luxuries. The same man whose famous "Plan to Restore America" includes an ambitious $1 trillion cu ...


Grounded

Continental, Southwest airlines plan to suspend Houston service late afternoon

By Caroline Gallay

02.03.11 | 11:00 am

According to a weather advisory on the Continental website, the airline is planning to suspend service on most flights to and from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport from 6 p.m. Thursday t ...


Oooh, Fancy

Continental gets fancy new interior lighting: Does it do anything for you?

By Caroline Gallay

12.29.10 | 2:22 pm

Continental Airlines today became the first North American airline carrier to get the new 737, which sports Boeing's exclusive Sky Interior. (You're supposed to wet your pants a little.) ...


Hometown Glory

High-flying win: The U.S. airline with the best first class is ...

By Caroline Gallay

11.30.10 | 3:22 pm

Zagats 2010 airline survey named Continental as the large domestic airline with the best first-class seating for the third consecutive year. Flyers who averaged more than 17 flights per year we ...


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