Northwest pilots OK strike
Northwest pilots OK strike — Pilots at bankrupt Northwest Airlines authorized their union leaders to call a strike if the airline “imposes onerous working conditions,” the Air Line Pilots Association said. (Reuters)
Northwest loses $1.3 billion in quarter, $2.6 billion in 2005 — Northwest Airlines, facing a deadline today for cutting concessions deals with its pilots and flight attendants, said Tuesday that it lost $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter, and $2.6 billion for all of 2005. (AP)
Study: Cell phones can impact cockpit devices — Talking on cell phones or using laptops on an airplane could disrupt cockpit operations, especially global positioning devices that are increasingly being used to help land planes safely, according to a new study. (AP)
New Orleans cheers up for Mardi Gras — New Orleans’ first Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina evoked wicked satire in the Big Easy on Tuesday, six months after the storm struck the Gulf Coast in a catastrophe that ultimately killed more than 1,300 people. (AP)
Standing on a runway, hailing an air taxi — As major carriers cut back routes, the betting is that very light jets - also known as V.L.J.’s and microjets - will eventually be the workhorses of a new air transportation system providing on-demand, or air-taxi, service with limousine-size little jets. (The New York Times)
Phoenix may make bid for Southwest headquarters — Phoenix officials have met with executives from Southwest Airlines to discuss the low-cost carrier moving its headquarters from Dallas and may soon make a formal offer, according to officials for the city and the airline. (AP)
Mexico City tells U.S. hotel to shut after Cuban flap — City officials ordered the closing of a major U.S.-owned hotel Tuesday in Mexico City, four weeks after it became the center of a diplomatic flap when U.S. Treasury Department officials ordered it to expel a delegation of Cuban officials. (Knight Ridder)
Hotel guests take come sleek, clean style ideas — Most designer hotels possess gorgeous, spotless rooms tastefully appointed in muted palettes of warm browns, soothing grays and hints of aubergine. Hotel style, a phrase that once would have raised eyebrows and brought to mind visions of pilled, scratchy comforters and spartan Super 8 shower stalls, is now a designer buzz word for modern elegance. (The Boston Globe)