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	Aviation Consumer Protection Home Page
		Vanguard Airlines ceased flight operations at close of business on July 29, 2002, and filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code on July 30, 2002.
		Vanguard Airlines is making no refunds at this time, even if a refund had been requested prior to the cessation of operations.
		State that Vanguard Airlines is in bankruptcy and has ceased operations, that you will not receive the services that you charged to your account and that you are requesting a credit pursuant to the Fair Credit Billing Act.
	airconsumer.ost.dot.gov /cessations/vanguard.htm (598 words)

	Vanguard Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The airline flew leased Boeing 737s and MD-80 aircraft to several destinations from its main hub in Kansas City at the time of its demise.
		Vanguard was originally started as a Low-cost, low-fare airline, the purpose of which was to undercut the costs of the major carriers and so be able to charge lower fares.
		It was unsustainable and on July 29, 2002 the airline ceased operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vanguard_Airlines (781 words)

	Vanguard Airlines Passenger Opinions about Vanguard Airlines standards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While it is a shame to see Vanguard fly into bankruptcy, their fate was sealed quite sometime ago.
		This is a pretty small airline with very simple service, but i must say the legroom in Economy is probably one of the most generous in the industry.
		I flew with Vanguard Airlines on 8 flights in 2001 and feel that on short trips that are less that 3 hours, Vanguard is not a bad choice since you wont get anything more on domestic flights with other carriers anyway.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/vanguard.htm (649 words)

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		Vanguard Airlines quickly found itself in need of an outside expert to take over the movement and storage of parts.
		Vanguard keeps a central store of parts in Kansas City, as well as smaller “station stocks” at the other airports it serves.
		BAX also manages Vanguard’s supply of non-calibrated tools such as hammers and wrenches, ensuring that they are in the right place at the right time.
	www.glscs.com /archives/07.00.vanguard.htm?adcode=90 (863 words)

	van041499 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vanguard Airlines, which re-introduces service out of Cincinnati on Thursday, is no stranger to getting roughed up by major airlines unhappy with the discount carrier trying to muscle in on their turf.
		Vanguard blew the whistle on American after the major airline added flights and dropped fares when the discount carrier - then in only its second year of operation - tried to enter Dallas in 1996.
		Vanguard's Cincinnati strategy is to tap into the significant demand for and volume of air travel between the tri-state and Chicago and siphon a little of Delta and Comair's business.
	www.cincypost.com /business/1999/van041499.html (508 words)

	Hooters continues to eye bankrupt Vanguard Airlines - Sep. 3, 2002
		Vanguard pilot Arv Taylor, president of the pilots union at Vanguard said he and other Vanguard employees would welcome Hooters and its chairman Robert Brooks buying the bankrupt carrier.
		Vanguard halted operations July 30 after its request for a federal loan guarantee was denied.
		Vanguard is one of two carriers to halt operations since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
	money.cnn.com /2002/09/03/news/companies/hooters (748 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Vanguard Airlines halts operations, plans bankruptcy filing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Scott Dickson, Vanguard's chairman and CEO, told The Kansas City Star that the failure to secure the financing it needed was forcing the company to plan the Chapter 11 filing.
		The airline industry has been under immense financial pressure because of the economic downturn and the impact of last year's terrorist attacks.
		Last month, Vanguard requested a $35 million loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, a federal agency established by Congress in the wake of the terrorist attacks to assist the ailing industry.The airline had not received a decision on that request.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2002/2002-07-30-vanguard.htm (427 words)

	Proposed rules might lure Vanguard Airlines back
		Vanguard Airlines, the low-fare carrier that dropped Cincinnati service after only two months in 1996, says it might re-establish service here if proposed federal rules limiting competitive practices by major carriers are adopted.
		Lynne McAdoo, a spokeswoman for Kansas City-based Vanguard Airlines, one of three smaller carriers that started and then ended service to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in recent years, said Tuesday that her airline might consider resuming service.
		Ray Neidl, airline analyst with the investment firm of Furman Selz, said it was difficult for any smaller to crack a hub dominated by a major carrier.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/1998/04/08/bus_airline08.html (568 words)

	Webguild Sentinel Airlines Predatory Pricing
		Mergers aside, the established airlines are already able to shuttle travelers from one coast to the other in their self-contained networks without ever landing in rival turf, leaving travelers no choice but to pay monopoly prices -- and put up with monopoly service.
		American Airlines, the airport's resident Goliath, flies 61 percent of these travelers, and, according to a complaint filed by the Department of Justice, uses its dominant position to deprive consumers of competition's benefits.
		If airlines are confident that the Justice Department is looking the other way, they won't hesitate to use their monopoly power to run smaller competitors out of business and raise ticket prices even further.
	www.webguild.com /sentinel/airline_predatory_prices.htm (1377 words)

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		Vanguard Airlines' Board of Directors has named Robert J. "Rocky" Spane as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
		Vanguard is composed of highly competent and dedicated individuals whose aim is to provide outstanding service for our customers.
		Vanguard Airlines, which began service in December 1994 and is headquartered in Kansas City, is a low-price, passenger airline providing convenient, scheduled jet service.
	www.gsia.cmu.edu /afs/andrew/gsia/97sum1/trninfo/97-7-12.txt (551 words)

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		Robert J. “Rocky” Spane, Chairman, President and CEO of Vanguard Airlines, commenting on the strategic relationship added, “In November of 1999, we officially transitioned from a start-up airline to a full-fledged national airline.
		Vanguard, which began service in December 1994 and is headquartered in Kansas City, is a low-fare, 100% ticketless passenger airline providing convenient and frequent scheduled jet services to the following ten cities: Atlanta, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, Chicago-Midway, Cincinnati, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, and Pittsburgh.
		Vanguard reported its first-ever annual operating profit in 1998 and its sixth consecutive quarter of operating profits in the third quarter of 1999.
	www.baxglobal.com /PressOffice/NewsReleases2000/VanGuard.html (628 words)

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		At the time, I was serving as president and CEO of Vanguard Airlines, a small and struggling carrier based out of Kansas City, Missouri.
		When I walked into the Vanguard Airlines office, I was met by the greetings of officers and staff members, who were all greatly relieved that I was safely home, and by what seemed like an unending string of questions about what I'd seen and heard.
		At Vanguard, dramatically reduced sales, customer service issues prompted by the security regulations, vendor demands for payments, and an enormous reduction in the desire of investors to put money into any airline-let alone one like Vanguard, which had a history of financial difficulties-became both daily and long-term issues.
	www.cbn.com /finance/scott_dickson.aspx (1454 words)

	Feds Playing Hardball With Airline Loan Program
		As the airline industry racks up billions of dollars in debt -- $1.4 billion in the second quarter alone -- many carriers sit on the brink of bankruptcy, forced to ask the government for assistance in order to stay in business.
		A government rejection of an aid request spells trouble, as Vanguard Airlines (VGDA:OTC BB - news - commentary - research - analysis), a Kansas City-based carrier flying jets to 17 cities, announced on Tuesday morning.
		Because some airlines were so adversely affected by Sept. 11, the government provided loan guarantees to ensure their ability to raise capital wasn't compromised.
	www.thestreet.com /funds/ericgillin/10035007.html (921 words)

	Hooters mulls Vanguard Airlines. - Aug. 15, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To Vanguard, he would bring financial strength, "which is what we've needed all along," she said.
		In the meantime, the handful of Vanguard employees at the company's headquarters are working toward two goals: Vanguard's possible return to flying, and liquidation, Cattell said.
		Vanguard suspended flights, laid off 90 percent of its employees and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 30.
	money.cnn.com /2002/08/15/news/deals/bc.vanguard.hooters.ap/index.htm (575 words)

	American Airlines Accused of Predatory Pricing
		American Airlines disputed the accusations by the Justice Department that it had priced its fares below cost or flooded the market with flights, and said the lawsuit was little more than sour grapes by smaller airlines, which, unable to compete, had persuaded regulators to bring the case.
		The action is the first predatory-pricing suit by the government against an airline since the industry was deregulated in 1978, and it follows an 18-month Justice Department inquiry into complaints that the major airlines have acted illegally to thwart lower-priced competition in their hub cities.
		Because American Airlines is a client of a research firm for which he is a consultant, he would not speak to the specifics of the lawsuit against American, but did agree to discuss its broader implications.
	www.wright.edu /~tran.dung/amr-antitrust.htm (2383 words)

	USATODAY.com - Vanguard Airlines plans bankruptcy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Unable to find the new financing it needs, struggling Vanguard Airlines (VGDA) suspended operations Tuesday, saying it would lay off nearly all its employees and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy organization.
		Before news of the newest troubles, independent airline analyst Ray Neidl said it was "tough for a small airline" such as Vanguard to be successful.
		Vanguard lost $30.9 million in 2001, despite receiving about $7.3 million under the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.
	www.usatoday.com /money/biztravel/2002-07-30-vanguard-bk_x.htm (752 words)

	Complaint : U.S. v. AMR Corp., American Airlines, Inc., and AMR Eagle Holding Corp.
		When small airlines try to compete against American on these routes, American typically responds by increasing its capacity and reducing its fares well beyond what makes business sense, except as a means of driving the new entrant out of the market.
		Since deregulation of the airline industry in 1978, the major airlines, including American, have tended to concentrate a large portion of their respective operations at certain airports, known as "hub" airports.
		Vanguard Airlines ("Vanguard"), which began operations in late 1994, commenced nonstop service from DFW to Kansas City with three daily round trips in January 1995.
	www.usdoj.gov /atr/cases/f2400/2438.htm (4481 words)

	Industry Weekly Reports: Airlines
		Now, I don't know much about this person but, given Vanguard's very serious financial situation, I am afraid that I kind of harbor second thoughts about someone called "Rocky" in the company press releases, whose most notable previous claim to fame was being on the Vanguard Board of Directors.
		When American Airlines poured some $230 million into Canadian Airlines, one of the AAdvantages it was supposed to get was increased code-sharing opportunities to the Far East.
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	www.fool.com /Industry/Airlines/1997/Airlines970629.htm (1878 words)

	DOJ/Antitrust
		Airlines operating from Love Field with aircraft having a seating capacity of greater than 56 seats are prohibited from holding out non-stop or connecting air transportation to points beyond the Shelby Amendment Territory.
		Routes from major airline hub airports other than DFW were entered by any airline at a rate of 7.7% of the hub routes per year during the 10-year period from 1990 through 1999.
		Vanguard believed that it was virtually impossible to generate the loads and revenue required to achieve profitability on the DFW-ICT route in light of American's competition.
	www.usdoj.gov /atr/cases/f8100/8134.htm (17854 words)

	K.C.-Based Vanguard Airlines Goes Bankrupt - Money
		Kansas City-based Vanguard Airlines is filing for bankruptcy.
		The company was denied a government-backed loan under a program created to help airlines recover from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
		Vanguard passengers in Kansas City were wondering where all this leaves them.
	www.kcci.com /money/1583534/detail.html (416 words)

	Businessman May Give New Life To Vanguard Airlines - News
		Vanguard filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and stopped flying last month.
		Chapman said that Brooks will look at the airline's books, and while he's made no formal commitment to restart the airline, it is clearly what he has in mind.
		When it suspended operations, Vanguard was carrying about 13 percent of the Kansas City air traffic.
	www.thekansascitychannel.com /News/1614382/detail.html (452 words)

	CNN.com - Vanguard Airlines to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy - July 30, 2002
		KANSAS CITY, Missouri (CNN) -- Financially troubled Vanguard Airlines has suspended operations and plans to file for bankruptcy, according to a company statement.
		"Vanguard Airlines has canceled all flights through Wednesday, July 31, 2002, and suspended all scheduled flights indefinitely," said a recording on the Vanguard reservation line early Tuesday.
		With very limited exceptions, all Vanguard employees have their employment terminated as of 1 a.m.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/07/30/vanguard.chapter.11/index.html (267 words)

	Vanguard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vanguard Records is an independent record label, featuring mostly folk and blues, founded by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in 1950
		Vanguard, a humanoid mecha (used by the male faction) in the anime Vandread
		Vanguard, a horde guild on the Ner'zhul server for World of Warcraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vanguard (495 words)

	E-Commerce News: News: Orbitz, Vanguard Rattle Sabers Over Sabre
		Vanguard said last week that it was aware of the booking problems and was "working with Orbitz to resolve these issues, but (has) not been able to resolve the problems or, in some cases, identify where the problems arise."
		"Vanguard is not in compliance with the Orbitz charter associate agreement, which it signed last year," Orbitz said Tuesday.
		Orbitz, which is controlled by five airlines that account for a combined 85 percent of the U.S. airline market, is no stranger to controversy.
	www.ecommercetimes.com /story/commerce/12260.html (775 words)

	CNN.com - Vanguard Airlines to file Chapter 11 - July 30, 2002
		KANSAS CITY, Missouri (CNN) -- Financially-troubled Vanguard Airlines has suspended operations and plans to file for bankruptcy, but doesn't expect to reopen for business again, according to a company statement.
		Vanguard customers with tickets can e-mail the airline at ch11@flyvanguard.com.
		Vanguard has made passenger re-accommodation arrangements with Frontier Airlines and National Airlines.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/07/30/vanguard.bankruptcy/index.html (311 words)

	City of Austin - Vanguard Airlines suspends flight schedule
		Vanguard ticket holders should call 1-800-VANGUARD or 913-432-8359, or check the Web site at www.flyvanguard.com for further information.
		The airline has announced it intends to file for Reorganization Protection under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the Western District of Missouri and that all Vanguard flights are suspended indefinitely.
		Vanguard ticket holders may check with other airlines for flight arrangements.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /news/02/abia_vangrd_sus.htm (135 words)

	Hooters Air Presents Offer To Vanguard Airlines - News
		The offer is considered a first step in pursuing a new commercial airline to serve the Kansas City market.
		Vanguard filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and stopped flying in July.
		The investment group said that it hopes to utilize many of Vanguard's former employees in building a new Hooters Airlines in Kansas City.
	www.thekansascitychannel.com /News/1678913/detail.html (426 words)

	Vanguard Airlines Page--Welcome to Travelsites, the travel site web directory!--information on Horizon air, ...
		At the time this report was filed, Vanguard was also providing information on its web site, www.flyvanguard.com.
		Vanguard Airlines, which operates out of Kansas City, Missouri, is a low-fare, passenger airline providing convenient, scheduled jet service.
		Vanguard serves 14 major cities across the continental United States.
	www.travelsites.com /Reviews/vanguard_airlines.html (167 words)

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