Snow Storm Causes 400+ Canceled Flights
Boeing Anticipates No Further Delays on New 787 Dreamliner
Cincinnati Most Expensive City for Departures
US Airways to Reward Employees With $100 If Goals Are Met
Beloved Streetcar Returns to New Orleans
SNOW STORM CAUSES 400 CANCELED FLIGHTS - MSNBC
Due to a huge snowstorm, nearly one million people were without power in the Midwest, and 400 flights were cancelled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Kansas City International Airport in Missouri had to cancel more than 90 flights. “This is a big one. We’ve got a massive situation here and it’s probably going to be a week to 10 days before we get power on to everybody,” added Ed Bettinger, a spokesman for Public Service Company of Oklahoma. “It looks like a war zone.”
Link: MSNBC
BOEING ANTICIPATES NO FURTHER DELAYS FOR 787 – USA Today
Boeing Co. has announced that the 787 Dreamliner is still on schedule, and it does not anticipate any other delays; however, several industry observers are expecting additional delays. “Our schedule becomes much more predictable once we get the power on because the airplane is finally in the state that our factory was designed for,” Pat Shanahan said, vice president and general manager of Boeing.
Link: USA Today
US AIRWAYS TO REWARD EMPLOYEES $100 IF GOALS ARE MET – Associated Press
US Airways is offering cash incentives to its employees this holiday season. The airline will pay its employees $100 bonuses if flights leave on time and if bags aren’t lost during the holidays. If these goals are met, nearly 36,000 employees will receive $100, and if one goal is met, each employee will receive $50.
Link: Associated Press
CINCINNATI MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR DEPARTURES – Wall Street Journal
Due to competition—not airline costs—Cincinnati is the most expensive city from which to depart. Compared to Cincinnati, you’ll pay 77 percent less on average if you fly out of Pittsburgh. “I feel like I’m getting gouged,” said Michael Murdock, who traveled about 170,000 miles on Delta from Cincinnati this year on business. “I don’t travel as much as some colleagues in other cities, and yet I pay about three times as much in travel costs a year.”
Link: Wall Street Journal
BELOVED STREETCAR RETURNS TO NEW ORLEANS - NPR
Since Katrina, New Orleans has progressed slowly, but progress, indeed, has been made. The beloved St. Charles Avenue Streetcar has finally returned. The St. Charles line still isn’t completely running its normal route yet. It runs about 6 1/2 miles—half the length it was before the storm. New Orleans transit officials hope to have most of it restored before the end of the year. Johnny Avie, who has been a New Orleans streetcar driver for 25 years, said, “I found out how much I loved it when the storm ran me away from here. And all I wanted to do was get back over here.”
Link: National Public Radio
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