Jeffery Smisek

Jeffery Smisek

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  United restarts 787 flights after grounding

  United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. 

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  Delta will pay dividend, buy back shares

  Delta Air Lines will start paying a quarterly dividend and buy back some of its shares — investor-friendly moves common in other industries but rare ... 

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  After 1Q loss, United sees operations improving

  United Airlines says it's on the way to fixing the reliability problems that have driven away travelers. Now it needs to reliably make money. 

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  American cancels all US flights for several hours

  A computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation's third-largest carrier to ground all ... 

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  Middle East is new global travel crossroads

  It's 1 a.m. and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin. 

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  Persistent Parker nears top job at American

  Doug Parker has no problem donning rapper Psy's light blue tuxedo for Halloween and performing his own version of Gangnam Style before hundreds of ... 

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  NTSB: Boeing 787 battery shows short-circuiting

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as ... 

• United Continental posts 4Q loss as traffic falls

  Travelers avoided United Airlines last year, leaving it with a fourth-quarter loss as it continues to pay for its stumbles in absorbing Continental.