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Tue, Aug 26, 2008	Southwest to trim 190 flights this winter
Mon, Aug 25, 2008	In-Flight Wi-Fi: No More Nosy Seatmates
Mon, Aug 11, 2008	Delta, NWA pilot pact approved
Mon, Jun 23, 2008	Continental and United Plan Joint Venture
Thu, May 29, 2008	Clear® Fast Pass Lane Opens at Salt Lake City International Airport
Wed, Apr 30, 2008	BCD Owner Van Vlissingen Becomes HRG's Largest Single Shareholder
Tue, Apr 15, 2008	Delta And Northwest Agree To Merge
Fri, Apr 11, 2008	Frontier Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Tue, Apr 8, 2008	Skybus becomes third airline this week to close
Tue, Mar 18, 2008	Delta offers to buy out 30,000 workers
Wed, Dec 12, 2007	Danny Hood Returns As BCD Americas President
Tue, Nov 13, 2007	DIA security lines longest in nation
Fri, Nov 2, 2007	BCD Holdings CEO To Take BCD Travel Helm
Tue, Oct 2, 2007	Bush Seeks Air Traffic Delay Remedies
Tue, Sep 25, 2007	DOT Awards China Routes To Delta, United
Thu, Sep 20, 2007	BCD Travel Lowers Projected Airfare Hikes
Thu, Aug 23, 2007	Delta to Launch First Trans-Atlantic Flight From Salt Lake City With New Non-stop Service to Paris
Tue, Aug 21, 2007	Delta Names Richard Anderson as CEO
Mon, Aug 20, 2007	Christopherson Business Travel Selected #1 in "Readers' Choice Awards" by Connect Magazine Readers' Choice winners were selected through an e-mail survey of Connect Magazine readers. Connect is a monthly business magazine focused on innovation and entrepreneurship with an audience of high-income readers in business decision-maker positions.
Tue, Aug 14, 2007	Frontier Names Air Canada Exec As CEO
Fri, Aug 3, 2007	Frontier CEO To Exit Next Month
Wed, Jul 18, 2007	Delta Swings to Profit in Second Quarter
Mon, Jul 9, 2007	BCD Travel Furthers Worldwide Acquisition Strategy, Drives Tech Integration
Wed, Jul 4, 2007	Blackstone To Acquire Hilton
Thu, Jun 28, 2007	SkyTeam Again Shoots For Antitrust Immunity
Wed, Jun 27, 2007	Southwest To Limit Capacity Growth
Fri, Jun 8, 2007	U.S. Eases Rules In Face Of Passport Delays
Thu, May 31, 2007	Northwest to Exit Bankruptcy Protection
Fri, May 18, 2007	United Announces Domestic Capacity Cut
Tue, May 15, 2007	Neeleman Vacates JetBlue CEO Post
Mon, Apr 30, 2007	Delta Exits Bankruptcy
Wed, Apr 25, 2007	International Performance Drives Delta Revenue
Mon, Apr 2, 2007	Rental Car Giant Enterprise To Buy National, Alamo Operator
Thu, Mar 29, 2007	Delta Records $55 Million Profit in February
Fri, Mar 23, 2007	FCC Withdraws Proposal For Inflight Cell Phone Use
Tue, Feb 20, 2007	JetBlue Issues Customer Bill Of Rights
Wed, Jan 31, 2007	US Airways Retracts Delta Bid
Fri, Jan 19, 2007	Delta applies for U.S. - China route
Fri, Jan 19, 2007	United Airlines Announces Change to its Frequent Flyer Program
Wed, Jan 10, 2007	US Airways Sweetens Delta Bid
Tue, Dec 19, 2006	Delta Counters US Air Bid With Reorganization Plan
Tue, Dec 12, 2006	Private Equity Firms To Buy Sabre
Thu, Dec 7, 2006	Travelport To Buy Worldspan
Wed, Nov 22, 2006	U.S. to require passports for nearly all air travelers
Wed, Nov 15, 2006	US Airways Offers $8 Billion For Delta
Thu, Oct 19, 2006	JetBlue To List Fares In Worldspan GDS
Wed, Oct 18, 2006	BCD Unveils Advito, New Consulting Approach
Mon, Oct 2, 2006	Congress poised to pass extension of WHTI deadline
Fri, Sep 29, 2006	Delta and Worldspan Sign New Seven-Year Agreement
Thu, Sep 28, 2006	New Television Advertising Campaign Proclaims Frontier 'Denver's Favorite Airline'
Mon, Sep 25, 2006	TSA Relaxes Ban on Liquids, Aerosols and Gels on Airliners
Wed, Sep 6, 2006	Delta may fly SLC to Europe
Wed, Aug 23, 2006	NBTA research illustrates how businesses will respond to distribution market changes
Fri, Aug 11, 2006	UPDATE - Air Travel Security Terror Threat Information
Thu, Aug 10, 2006	Air Travel Security Terror Threat Information
Mon, Jul 31, 2006	Air Fees Spread: Continental, Northwest, United Match AA Charge For Nonpreferred Bookings
Mon, Jul 31, 2006	UNITED (UAL) Posts 1st Quarterly Profit in 6 Yrs
Mon, Jul 17, 2006	TRX Previews ResX Upgrades, Including New User Interface
Mon, Jul 10, 2006	Christopherson Featured in "Salt Lake County Success Stories"
Fri, Jun 30, 2006	Blackstone To Buy Orbitz, Galileo From Cendant
Fri, Jun 30, 2006	Pilot shortage causing problems for United Airlines
Thu, Jun 15, 2006	UAL Plans Layoffs As Part Of Cost-Cutting Initiative
Mon, Jun 12, 2006	Industry veteran to lead global sales of BCD Travel
Wed, May 31, 2006	Delta pilots ratify contract with cuts
Mon, May 1, 2006	BCD To Ink More TMC Deals, Consider Card BCD To Ink More TMC Deals, Consider Card
Thu, Apr 20, 2006	BCD Travel Renews and Expands Long-Term Global Services Contract With TRX BCD Travel Renews and Expands Long-Term Global Services Contract With TRX Extends RESX, RESX Profiler, and CORREX Services; Adds SELEX Workflow Manager and Web Services to Toolkit
Fri, Apr 14, 2006	Delta, Pilots Union Reach Tentative Deal Delta Air Lines Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement on pay and benefit cuts that could avert a strike, according to a memo Friday from the union to its pilots. No details of the agreement were released. The deal would be subject to ratification by the airline's 5,930 pilots.
Mon, Mar 20, 2006	Buckman Helms BCD Mega Buckman Helms BCD Mega
Wed, Mar 15, 2006	WorldTravel BTI Changes Name to BCD Travel BCD Holdings is delighted to announce the name of its new travel logistics company: BCD Travel. Under this new brand we bring together the in-depth knowledge, expertise and unparalleled commitment to service excellence that made WorldTravel BTI, TQ3 Travel Solutions Management Holding GmbH and The Travel Company recognized market leaders in travel management.
Wed, Mar 8, 2006	Delta To Surpass American In JFK Service
Fri, Feb 17, 2006	United Airlines adds 32 flights at Denver International Airport
Thu, Feb 16, 2006	SkyWest Airlines Ranked as 2005 Number One On-Time Mainland Airline SkyWest Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc., is was ranked as the No. 1 On-Time Mainland Airline in the United States Department of Transportation's Airline On-Time Performance report for the year 2005.
Fri, Feb 10, 2006	WTMI Pulls Plug On Plan2Attend, Selects StarCite WTMI Pulls Plug On Plan2Attend, Selects StarCite
Mon, Jan 2, 2006	Delta Offers Customers 100 Reasons to Fly through Growing Salt Lake City Hub this spring New non-stop service to New Orleans, Long Beach brings planned Salt Lake City destinations to 100; special low fares celebrate new routes
Fri, Oct 28, 2005	Delta to Eliminate Discount Carrier Song Delta to Eliminate Discount Carrier Song
Wed, Oct 19, 2005	Delta Aims To Be Transatlantic Leader Delta Aims To Be Transatlantic Leader
Mon, Oct 3, 2005	Hurricane Aftermath Travel Update Hurricane Aftermath Travel Update
Fri, Sep 30, 2005	US Airways, America West complete merger
Thu, Sep 22, 2005	Delta Plans to Cut Up to 9,000 Jobs Delta Plans to Cut Up to 9,000 Jobs
Thu, Sep 15, 2005	Delta, Northwest Sink Into Chapter 11 Delta, Northwest Sink Into Chapter 11
Fri, Sep 2, 2005	Independent Study Shows Worldspan's e-Pricing® Low-Fare Shopping Technology Outperforms Other GDS Shopping Tools Worldspan, L.P., the world's largest transaction processor for online travel agencies, has released the results of an independent study revealing that Worldspan's advanced low-fare shopping solution, e-Pricing, found the lowest available airfares significantly more often than other competitive global distribution systems (GDS).
Tue, Aug 16, 2005	Delta sells feeder line to SkyWest
Thu, Jul 21, 2005	Passenger Traffic at SLC Airport Increasing
Mon, Jun 20, 2005	New Passport Initiative Announced The Departments of Homeland Security and State have announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative to secure and expedite travel. This initiative will require all U.S. citizens, Canadians, British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and Mexican citizens to have a passport or other accepted secure document to enter or re-enter the United States by January 1, 2008
Thu, Jun 16, 2005	Ford Files IPO To Spin Off Hertz Again
Mon, Jun 13, 2005	Hoteliers See Boom Through 2007
Wed, May 25, 2005	New Requirements for Travelers between the United States and the Western Hemisphere
Thu, May 19, 2005	Delta CEO Vows to Cut $1 Billion in Costs
Thu, May 19, 2005	US Airways, America West Agree to Merge
Tue, May 10, 2005	Few Details Available on TSA's Plans for Additional Data
Thu, Apr 7, 2005	IATA: US$5.5 billion industry loss expected for 2005
Fri, Mar 25, 2005	FAA: A billion air travelers in 2015
Thu, Mar 24, 2005	SLC Airport Begins Major Renovation Details of the major Salt Lake City International renovation.
Wed, Mar 2, 2005	Study: Airfares Lower But Far From Simple
Wed, Feb 9, 2005	Survey Illustrates Scope Of Business Travel Recovery
Wed, Jan 5, 2005	Christopherson Books over $100 Million in Travel during 2004 Christopherson Travel Group completed 2004 with total travel bookings of $100,368,000. This represents a 13% increase over their 2003?s travel bookings of $89 million.
Tue, Oct 5, 2004	Christopherson's Travel Management & Technology Seminar Come learn how to save<BR> time and money on your travel!
Thu, Jul 1, 2004	Delta to Invest in Radio Tags for Luggage at Airports According to the New York Times, Delta Air Lines will implement a RFID system to track luggage. This system, with a price tag of $25 million dollars, will quickly pay for itself by reducing luggage handling costs. The project is targeted for completion within two years.
Thu, Apr 29, 2004	Client Appreciation Breakfast
Fri, Mar 26, 2004	Ten Travel Management Companies Join WorldTravel Affiliates Exclusive Association New Agencies Total More Than $540 Million in Sales Volume WorldTravel Affiliates, a division of WorldTravel BTI, the nation?s third largest travel management company, today announced the addition of ten independently-owned corporate travel agencies to their network.
Thu, Feb 26, 2004	Earn 3,000 bonus miles with Delta Earn up to 3,000 bonus miles with Delta when you use Online Check-In at delta.com.
Thu, Sep 25, 2003	Fall Fare War Special Airfare prices from Salt Lake City to select domestic destinations are on sale now.
Thu, Jun 12, 2003	Fly three, get one free frequent flyer promotions New summer frequent flyer promotions from Delta, Continental and United give one free ticket when three are purchased.
Thu, May 29, 2003	Delta Medallion Qualification Changes A PDF document comparing previous and current qualification levels for Medallion status.
Tue, May 20, 2003	New Void Policy ARC (Airlines Reporting Corporation) has announced a new void policy which will become effective June 4, 2003.
Thu, May 15, 2003	Delta Medallion Qualification Miles Calculator Delta has launched a new qualification calculator for their Medallion customers
Thu, Apr 17, 2003	SARS information from the CDC SARS information from the CDC
Thu, Mar 20, 2003	Wartime Airline Policy Changes Several airlines have temporarily eased their change policies due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Wed, Jan 8, 2003	US Air Express Airlines Crash US Air Express Airlines, Flight 5481 crashed this morning in Charlotte NC.
Thu, Jan 2, 2003	Delta announces new $25 fee to confirm on different flight Delta Air Lines recently relaxed their stand-by policy allowing travelers to stand-by for a different flight for a $25 fee.
Tue, Dec 17, 2002	<font color=red>Updated:</font> Airline Ticket Policy Changes Airline ticket policy changes table for Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways.
Tue, Sep 17, 2002	SLC Airport Security Update The Federal Government has assumed control over passenger security screenings at the Salt Lake City International Airport causing greater delays.
Tue, Sep 17, 2002	U.S. Airline Industry Health Check Insight, a WorldTravel BTI publication discusses the current economical health of major U.S. airlines.
Thu, Sep 12, 2002	<font color=red>Updated:</font> Recent Airline Ticket Policy Changes Airline ticket policy changes table for Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, United Airlines, and US Airways.
Thu, Sep 5, 2002	Airline Ticket Policy Changes All major domestic airlines have recently made changes to the rules pertaining to non-refundable tickets, stand-by status, and paper ticket fees, effective immediately.
Fri, Mar 22, 2002	"Bricks & Mortar" Standing Tall Topaz International, Ltd., an independent airfare auditing, benchmarking, and statistical information firm releases a report demonstrating that corporate travel agencies are still outperforming internet travel sites when using comparable search criteria and booking the same itinerary.
Wed, Feb 6, 2002	Delta Air Lines Implements Security Initiatives For the 2002 Olympic Winter Games Delta Air Lines will implement Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) security initiatives for non-stop arriving flights and all departure flights for Salt Lake City International Airport during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
Fri, Dec 28, 2001	Delta SkyMiles 2002 Medallion Level Qualification Extension Delta has extended the time period to re-qualify for Medallion status for a select group of 2001 Silver Medallion, Gold Medallion, and Platinum Medallion members.
Thu, Nov 29, 2001	Delta rewards companies through new SkyBonus program Delta Air Lines today launched the SkyBonus program in the United States designed to reward small-to-medium sized businesses for their Delta travel.
Tue, Sep 11, 2001	Contact numbers concerning the welfare of individuals Contact numbers for several hotels and airlines.
Tue, Sep 11, 2001	Links to major airlines Web sites of some major airlines