04/05/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Airlines.

• Shanghai Shuts Poultry Markets As H7N9 Flu Deaths Increase To Six _{2013-04-05, 09:22 pm}
  Shanghai today closed the city's live poultry markets after the number of deaths from a new bird flu outbreak climbed to six, the government-published Shanghai Daily reported.
• FTC looking into Macquarie's car rental company deal: source _{2013-04-05, 09:58 pm}
  ... plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law. At the time of approving Hertz's $2.56 billion bid for Dollar Thrifty ...
• Fitch downgrades DFW Airport for large debt load _{2013-04-05, 09:56 pm}
  ... cost more than $4 billion and boost the airport's debt to more than $6.5 billion. DFW's main tenant is American Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. American's parent, AMR Corp., has announced plans to merge with US ...
• Family kicked off flight: Objections to in-flight movie lead Captain to divert _{2013-04-05, 09:41 pm}
  ... the reasoning behind it, definitely has people buzzing. The Inquisitr shared the details on April 5 of the United Airlines diversion over a family objecting to an in-flight movie. The details indicate that a family on a United flight from Denver to ...
• Closure of Gary-Chicago Airport tower, others delayed _{2013-04-05, 09:38 pm}
  The closing of the Gary/Chicago International Airport control tower and 148 others around the country have been postponed until June.
• Alaska Air PT Raised to $64.00 _{2013-04-05, 09:32 pm}
  The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. Shares of Alaska Air traded down 0.84% during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $59.37. Alaska Air has a one year low of $31.29 and a one year high of $64.55. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $56.66. The company has a market cap of $4.176 billion and a P/E ratio of 13.61. Alaska ... (more)
• Southwest Airlines CEO made $4 million in 2012 _{2013-04-05, 09:19 pm}
  - The CEO of Southwest Airlines received $4 million in compensation for 2012, up 15 percent from the prior year, largely because of bigger stock awards. The airline said in a regulatory filing on Friday that Kelly, who is also the company's chairman, ...
• Closure of control tower at Owensboro airport delayed _{2013-04-05, 08:34 pm}
  The planned closure of air traffic control towers at Owensboro and 148 other airports because of budget cuts has been delayed for two months, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday.
• Family Says Flight Was Diverted After They Complained About a Violent ... _{2013-04-05, 08:31 pm}
  A Baltimore family says their United Airlines flight was diverted and they were hauled in for questioning by law enforcement all because the parents didn't want their young sons to see the violent PG-13 movie being shown on the plane.
• World stocks fall on weak US jobs data _{2013-04-05, 08:12 pm}
  ... The news hurt tourism and travel-related shares. Hong Kong-listed Air China plunged 9.8 percent and China Southern Airlines sank 8.5 percent. South Korea's Kospi dropped 1.6 percent to 1,927.23, dragged down by political jitters over the latest ...