The airport is financially self-sustaining with revenue generated from airline and passenger fees, concessions, vehicle parking, fuel, and leases for office and hangar space.

In 1973, the airline generated a revenue of 291 million DM ( then equivalent to 90. 8 million USD ), surpassing all other leisure airlines worldwide.

The mining boom in the 1850s, railroad construction in the 1830s, the oil boom in the 1870s, telegraphy ( 1850s ), the automobile industry beginning around 1900, aviation ( around 1910 ), electric power and banks in the 1930s, the airline wars and mergers in the 1970s, cellular telephones ( 1980s ), long distance telephone service in the 1980s and 1990s, and most recently the Dot-com era and Enron all resulted in historically significant certificates being generated and issued.

There were too many franchisees whose administrative and sales support actually cost the airline more than the additional revenue resulting from franchise fees and the connecting traffic its franchise partners generated.

* Christopher Soghoian, creator of a website that generated fake airline boarding passes

VRs are comments made by the airline, typically generated automatically once the booking or request is completed.

On the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bonafini generated international controversy when she defended the actions of the terrorist airline hijackers saying " I felt that there were many people in that moment who were happy and felt that the blood of so many in that moment were avenged ... because the NATO bombings, the blockades and the millions of children who die of hunger in this world, that was due to this power that those men attacked, with their own bodies.

Almost all the air traffic is generated by low-cost scheduled carriers to short-haul destinations across Europe and there are currently no long haul services operating from the airport, however, up until 2012 Dutch airline KLM had provided a daily link to its Amsterdam hub at Schipol which offered a feeder service to over 650 long haul routes across the globe.

* 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.

It has been estimated that the airline industry incurs worldwide damages of US $ 1. 2 billion each year.

* Frank Abagnale Jr., US impostor who wrote bad checks and falsely represented himself as a qualified member of professions such as airline pilot, doctor, attorney, and teacher.

Pioneer aviatrices include French, Raymonde de Laroche, the world's first licensed female pilot on March 8, 1910 ; Belgian, Helene Dutrieu, the first woman to fly a passenger, first woman to win an air race ( 1910 ), and first woman to pilot a seaplane ( 1912 ); French, Marie Marvingt the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel and the North Sea in a balloon ( October 26, 1909 ) and first woman to fly as a bomber pilot in combat missions ( 1915 ); American, Harriet Quimby, the USA's first licensed female pilot in 1911, and the first woman to cross the English Channel by airplane ; American Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ( 1932 ); Bessie Coleman, the first African American female to become a licensed airplane pilot ( 1921 ); German, Marga von Etzdorf, first woman to fly for an airline ( 1927 ); Opal Kunz, one of the few women to train US Navy fighter pilots during World War II in the Civilian Pilot Training Program ; and the British Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia ( 1930 ).

The airline became part of the US Airways Group after a merger in 2005.

The merged airline uses America West's " CACTUS " callsign and ICAO code " AWE ", but retained the US Airways name because a study found the US Airways name to be more popular than America West Airlines.

To help reinvigorate the airline as it emerged from bankruptcy, a number of consumer-visible changes occurred, including a new color scheme and logo ( used until the merger with US Airways ), new livery, E-tickets, and online ticket purchasing in 1996.

The government further helped Pan Am by insulating it from its US competitors, seeing the airline as the " chosen instrument " for US foreign air routes.

US Airways Express is the only current scheduled airline service provider.

* Air: Lafayette Regional Airport ( LFT ) is located on US Highway 90, on the southeast side of the city with daily scheduled passenger airline services to Houston, Dallas / Fort Worth, and Atlanta.

The no-marriage rule was eliminated throughout the US airline industry by the 1980s.

, whose lyrics and music were a variation on the 1967 song Up, Up and Away, written by Jimmy Webb and also used by the US airline TWA.

In October 2009 US Airways announced that the airline would close its Boston crew base in May 2010.

US Airways currently utilizes ten gates, more than any other airline at PIT, followed by Delta which operates five gates.

* The facility includes two airline lounges: the US Airways ' Club and the International Club which is used by British Airways passengers.

The airline closed its Concourse D US Airways Club location in 2002.

Following America West Airlines ' acquisition of US Airways in a reverse takeover, Charlotte ( CLT ) remains the primary domestic hub for the airline.

The airline changed affiliations to Continental Airlines in December 2000, when US Airways did not renew the codeshare agreement.

The A concourse has a Delta Sky Club, the first airline lounge at Indianapolis International Airport since US Air closed their lounge following the closure of their hub.

Aero Virgin Islands was an airline based in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

US Airways joined the alliance after a one-year joining process which started in June 2003 becoming the alliance's second US-based airline.

With the recent addition of slots at Washington National Airport for US Airways, that airline has started nonstop flights to Tallahassee from Washington Reagan Airport.

Piedmont Airlines, Inc. ( pronounced as Peed-mont ) is an American regional airline operating for US Airways Express.

Designed as a prototype in 1966 by physicist Arnold Nudell and airline pilot Cary Christie in Nudell's garage, the design used a second winding around a custom Cerwin Vega 18-inch driver to provide servo control information to the amplifier, and it was offered for sale at $ 1795, some 40 % more expensive than any other complete loudspeaker listed at Stereo Review.

Due to the demand of citizens wishing to leave the city, the national airline Air New Zealand, offered a $ 50 Domestic Standby airfare.

In February 1987, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a $ 9. 5 million fine against Eastern Air Lines for safety violations, which was the largest fine ever assessed against an airline until American Airlines was fined $ 24. 2 million in 2010.

The airline charged $ 10 for each bag of checked luggage, which was shipped standby.

The airline charged between 50 cents and $ 3 for beverages and snacks.

In April the following year the airline ordered 15 Embraer E-170LR aircraft in a deal worth $ 400 million.

While Thompson was not fined anything, he agreed that he would be fined $ 5, 000 in the event that other terms of the settlement are violated, including if refunds provided over a year earlier were somehow not completed or the company engages in the of pre-reservation charter sales in the future where the name of the airline operating the service is not revealed at the time of purchase.

In 2004, MacArthur Airport embarked on an expansion that included a dedicated Southwest Airlines terminal constructed by the airline at a cost of $ 65 million.

The airport's first Jet Age airline terminal ( now Terminal 1 ) designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates was opened in 1962, part of a $ 20 million expansion on bay fill that included 10000-ft runway 11 / 29.

This promotional tool was not enough to prevent trouble, due in part to the airline losing almost $ 150 million in its two years of operation.

On March 10, 2006, Northwest Airlines bought the operating certificate of Independence Air for $ 2 million to establish a new regional airline.

The airline touted themselves as the cheapest airline in the United States, offering a minimum of ten seats for $ 10 each on every flight.

Each time an aircraft flew over Afghanistan the airline had to pay Ariana $ 400.

Canadian Airlines streamlined its operations and went through the financial restructuring of over $ 700 million in debt, after the 1991 airline industry slump.

On November 2, Air Canada increased its offer to $ 16 per share to buy back 36. 4 percent of the airline.

Original prices varied from airline to airline, but were typically $ 9. 95 for one hour of access, $ 14. 95 for less than three hours of access, $ 19. 95 for 3 to 6 hours of access, and $ 29. 95 for unlimited access.