Cheap Discount Airline Travel Ticket - Alaska Airlines mechanics ratify contract (Corvallis Gazette Times)

Alaska Airlines mechanics ratify contract (Corvallis Gazette Times)
SEATTLE (AP) Alaska Airlines mechanics have ratified a four-year contract that includes pay raises and health care caps. About 700 employees covered by the new agreement will get an 11.8 percent pay raise this year and 1.5 percent raises in each subsequent year.

Two new airlines aim for premium niche in transatlantic market (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Undaunted by the acute crisis in the airline industry, two new carriers are starting up with plans to grab a share of the premium niche market for transatlantic service.

Northwest Airlines terminal at Detroit airport evacuated (Grand Forks Herald)
ROMULUS, Mich. - The terminal that serves as Northwest Airlines Corp.'s hub at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated for about two hours after a woman skipped a security checkpoint, authorities said.

Northwest Airlines union plans vote on diminished proposal (Chicago Tribune)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- Union leaders said late Friday that they would let striking Northwest Airlines mechanics vote on the carrier's latest offer, which would save the jobs of only a fraction of those who walked out nearly two months ago.