International Business News - Capacity http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said Tuesday it launched a capacity study of its U.S. manufacturing facilities that will likely lead to consolidation or restructuring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/cooper-tire-says-overcapacity-may-lead-to-cuts.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:14:51 EDT Chemtura Corp. a manufacturer of consumer and crop protection products, announced Monday it will increase capacity for high performance lubricants at a Canadian plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/chemtura-to-increase-lubricant-capacity-at-plant.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:10:56 EDT Despite the big drop in fuel prices over the last two months, domestic capacity reductions American Airlines has been making are permanent, Chief Financial Officer Tom Horton said Tuesday as he also suggested that the industry could see more consolidation in the future. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/exec-americans-us-capacity-reductions-permanent.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:08:53 EDT International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/internet-traffic-grows-53-percent-from-mid-2007.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:33:50 EDT Horizon Air, a unit of Alaska Air Group Inc., said Friday that it will reduce service on several routes and eliminate at least two others, blaming rising fuel costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/horizon-to-reduce-some-flights-eliminate-others.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:46:15 EDT Virgin America said Tuesday it will add flights on certain high-demand routes, but trim capacity on less profitable off-peak flights this fall, in order to juggle seasonal consumer demand and high fuel prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/virgin-america-to-trim-off-peak-capacity.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:35:22 EDT Continental Airlines said Thursday it will cut 3,000 jobs, or 6.7 percent of its 45,000 employees; retire 67 mainline aircraft; and reduce mainline flights because of soaring fuel costs, making it the second major airline this week to announce cutbacks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64041-continental.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/continental-capacity-airlines-jobs-planes-united-american-airlines.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/continental-capacity-airlines-jobs-planes-united-american-airlines.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:34:08 EDT Regional carrier ExpressJet Airlines said Thursday it will temporarily slash its schedule by 30 percent at the end of the summer, citing soaring fuel costs and excess capacity in the market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/expressjet-to-roll-back-30-percent-of-flights.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 13:00:18 EDT Alaska Air Group Inc., which operates air carriers Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, expects Horizon's capacity to be lower in 2008, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/alaska-air-group-expects-lower-horizon-capacity-in-2008.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:08:24 EDT