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says that hackers may have obtained personal information for a “very small number” of customers and employees. The company did not say exactly how many people were impacted, though it noted there’s no evidence that the attackers have misused the information. It told affected customers that names, driver’s license and passport numbers, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and medical information may have been compromised. The hackers gained access to American’s email… Source link

(Reuters) – Airlines canceled nearly 700 flights in the United States early Monday, as they struggled to keep up with a surge in summer travel demand due to a shortage of staff ranging from pilots to crew members. Total flight cancellations within, into, or out of the United States as of 6.07 am ET were 669, as per flight-tracking website Flightaware.com. Nearly 860 flights were canceled on Sunday. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines Holdings Inc and Republic Airlines Inc had over 100… Source link

A wild video has emerged of Calgary Stampeders receiver and ex-NFLer Brendan Langley brawling it out with a United Airlines employee. (Photo via Twitter/DMNTnasa) (Warning: Article contains video with violent subject matter) Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Brendan Langley was arrested and charged with simple assault Thursday after getting into a fight with a United Airlines employee. The employee slapped Langley in the face, prompting Langley to look around and ensure that everyone saw that he… Source link

Former long-time United Airlines CEO Oscar Muñoz says consolidation in the airline industry makes sense, and there is a pathway for Spirit Airlines to be owned by JetBlue or Frontier Airlines. “If I was at United, I would be supportive of this,” Muñoz said on Yahoo Finance Live. “Consolidation will help the level of service. There likely may be concessions. One of the two [carriers] should be able to pull it off.” Last week, JetBlue shocked Wall Street by offering to buy Spirit for $3.6… Source link

(Reuters) -Spirit Airlines would start talks with JetBlue Airways Corp on its $3.6-billion offer, the budget carrier said late on Thursday as it could likely lead to a “superior proposal” to the one from Frontier Group Holdings. JetBlue made an unsolicited offer of $33 per share in cash earlier this week, beating a near $25 per share cash-and-stock bid from Frontier made in February. “We look forward to engaging with the Spirit Board to finalize our combination, to create a national low-fare… Source link

Wall Street isn’t feeling JetBlue’s (JBLU) surprise bid for low-cost fare rival Spirit Airlines (SAVE). “In the near- to medium-term, we view this as a negative for JetBlue. It is a much tougher merger to execute than the proposed Frontier-Spirit merger with greater dis-synergies primarily related to labor costs but also due to greater investments related to changing cabin layouts,” said Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth in a research note on Wednesday. “While leverage levels appear… Source link

As Japan begins to open its borders to foreign travel following a three-month restriction in response to the Omicron variant, Pacific airline companies are preparing to reap the benefits of increased travel activity to and from the East Asian nation. “We’re gearing up in anticipation of the Japanese market, which is the most important international market for Hawaii opening up over the next couple of months,” Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent… Source link

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. The biggest news in tech this week was Microsoft acquiring game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. On today’s Vergecast, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with games reporter Ash Parrish and senior reporter Alex Heath about the acquisition, the issues behind the culture at Activision Blizzard, and… Source link

Former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz is sticking with his long-time peers in the airline industry that safety is a top priority during the pandemic, even if that means you have to wear a mask on a plane or employees must be vaccinated.  Shared Munoz on Yahoo Finance Live, “This is an industry where no good deed goes unpunished. There are so many viewpoints that it is hard to sort of measure everything. At United — which is all I can speak of with my successor and all those folks — the… Source link

American Airlines (AAL) welcomed 150 international flights Monday as the U.S. opened its borders to non-citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  “We’re seeing fantastic demand, 40,000 customers are coming inbound to the U.S. today,” American Airlines President Robert Isom told Yahoo Finance Live. “People want to get out on the road,” Isom said, predicting the surge to continue well into 2022. “There are families and grandparents that haven’t seen, you know, children in a long… Source link