The anceint Anasazi Indians in the desert SouthWest US used passive solar to heat and cool their cliff side dwellings 1, 000 years ago.
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Southwest in the US, RyanAir, Easyjet and a whole host of others over here in Europe.
Our investigation found that Southwest Airlines, US Airways, Jet Blue and Frontier all pay Aeroman in El Salvador to fix up some of their aircraft.
Again, passengers pay less because it is the nature of the infrequent traveler look at JetBlue and Southwest in the US, Ryan Air in the EU all made out by offering the lowest priced service and have a loyal following.
At the Deutsche Bank Aviation and Transportation Conference held recently, American Airlines denied seeking bankruptcy liquidation (Chapter 7) but did not rule out the possibility of seeking bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) to reorganize its labor agreements that put it at a marked disadvantage to airline industry peers such as Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, US Airways and United Continental.
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Things became better for Southwest in the 1980s, when US Airways, thinking it could benefit from Pacific Southwest's approach, bought the airline and tried to integrate it into its system.
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The airlines covered in the report are Air Tran, Alaska, American, American Eagle, Delta, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, SkyWest, Southwest, United, US Airways and Virgin America.
Southwest could accelerate growth if US Airways throws its East Coast markets up for grabs.
In alphabetical order, the winners are: Air France-KLM, AMR Corporation (American Airlines, American Eagles), British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways.
Top 5 airlines by number of domestic passengers: Southwest, Delta, United, American, US Airways.
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ITA's QPX software tool for organizing flight information is used by leading airlines and travel distributors worldwide including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bing, Continental Airlines, Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz, Southwest Airlines, TripAdvisor, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and others.
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Delta Airlines placed second with 86.35% of its flights on time, followed by Southwest Airlines (85.54%), US Airways (82.92%), United Airlines (82.09%), American Airlines (79.92%) and JetBlue (71.76%).
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In the US the emergence of low-cost airlines including Southwest and Spirit Airlines has contributed to a phenomenon that most flyers are surprised to discover.
When that proved unprofitable, US Airways dropped the routes, leaving a market vacuum for Southwest to fill.
Yet the 1970s, the second worst economic decade of the 20th century what economist Jude Wanniski called a "functional depression" also gave us these remarkable startups: Federal Express (1970), Southwest Airlines (1971), Microsoft (1975), Apple (1976), Genentech (1976) and Oracle (1977).
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Moreover, extreme drought and heat are precisely the impacts scientists tell us we can expect to see more of in the U.S. Southwest in a warming world.
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If an aberration occurs and the marriage is denied, pundits question whether either US Airways or American can compete solo against the giant tentacles of United, Delta, and Southwest.
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That group comprises more than 1, 000 aircraft across Air Canada, AirTran Airways (which recently merged with Southwest Airlines), Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America.
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