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With this tool, airline managers reduce costs. Terms of an employee contract negotiated over years can be eliminated in months through Chapter 11. Terms of the Railway Labor Act, amended in 1936 to cover airlines, prevent most labor union work actions before, during and after an airline bankruptcy. Continental Airlines declared bankruptcy ...
A subsidiary of Continental Airlines: Continental Airlines: Texas: CO: COA: CONTINENTAL: Houston Bush: 1937: 2012: Merged into United Airlines: Continental Charters: Florida: Miami: 1945: 1954: Irregular air carrier bankrupt 1954, then bought for $20 after which CAB refused to allow it to operate Continental Connection: Cleveland Hopkins: 2012
Continental Airlines became the first airline to launch a mobile boarding pass service to London's Heathrow. The service allowed customers to receive boarding passes electronically on their mobile phones or PDAs. [76] Continental Airlines left the SkyTeam alliance on October 24, 2009, and joined Star Alliance on October 27, 2009. [77]
Spirit Airlines said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling ... Florida-based company had already deferred $1.1 billion in debt payments until next year and was ...
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
The filing followed years of struggles for the Florida-based airline, which is known for its no-frills, low-cost flights. The airline has lost more than $2.5 billion since the beginning of 2020 ...
The competing Denver-based low-cost airline first offered to buy Spirit Airlines in 2022 but was outbid by a $3.8 billion JetBlue deal. A federal judge ultimately blocked that agreement over ...
The average salary of Continental's pilots after the bankruptcy filing was 30% to 50% lower than before the filing. [72] Senior Management also reduced their salaries to those of the pilots. [73] Continental was the first airline to largely gradually replace a pilot workforce. The pilots eventually voted their union out.