Southwest Awarded DCA Slot Award Washington, DC – May 7, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): The US Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded Southwest Airlines a slot pair at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) for use on a new route to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU). Spirit Airlines abandoned the slot when they moved their Washington service to Baltimore-Washington [...]
Delta Air Lines Testing New Boarding Procedure Washington, DC – April 25, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): Delta Air Lines is testing a new boarding procedure at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) in an effort to speed up boarding times. However, this particular boarding procedure immediately screams Southwest Airlines. Delta is based at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport [...]
Change Fee Deemed Mistake by Southwest Airlines Lousville, KY – April 16, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): Yesterday, April 15, 2013, Southwest Airlines officially started service outside of the 48 contiguous US states to Puerto Rico. The launch of flights to the island was announced in a press release which discussed an additional four new Southwest markets, [...]
Lion Air Boeing 737-800 Slams Into Ocean Louisville, KY – April 13, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): A Lion Air Boeing 737-800 en-route to Depensar Airport (DPS) on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, impacted the ocean short of the runway. The Boeing airliner broke into two parts after it smashed into the shallow sea water. The [...]
All AirTran Flights Added to Southwest Network March 20, 2013 – Louisville, KY (FlyersPulse.com): As Southwest Airlines nears completion of their merger with AirTran Airways, the next step for the carrier is to connect the networks of the two airlines. This initially began on January 26 as the two connected networks in five markets – [...]
LAX – The Largest Origin/Destination Market Louisville, KY – March 7, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com) – Delta Air Lines is increasing their market share at Los Angeles International (LAX) with an array of new routes set to take flight this summer. The airport, best known as LAX is the largest “Origin / Destination” market in the United [...]
New Nonstop Flights South of the Border American, JetBlue and United Airlines have announced new southbound flights in the battle for air traffic to Latin America. Additionally, American and US Airways are entering into new codeshare agreements to increase their Latin American reach. Mexico First up, United Airlines is launching a flight from Chicago O’Hare [...]
Southwest Airlines to Increase Fees and Charge for No Shows Southwest Airlines, the best known of US low cost carriers, will be increasing fees and start charging for passengers who no-show. Two checked bags on Southwest will still remain free which is something you won’t find over at the legacy carriers. While checked bags at [...]
AMR Requests Bankruptcy Court Extension AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle, remains in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and has asked the court for an additional six weeks to finish their bankruptcy-restructuring plan. The best outcome for American Airlines, their employees, and consumers is to exit bankruptcy as a stand-alone airline. [...]
Largest Fleet Equipped with In-Flight Internet Delta Air Lines, based at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl Airport (ATL) was the first to claim dibs on having the largest fleet of aircraft equipped with Internet service. However, it’s only their domestic fleet equipped with Broadband Internet via GoGo WiFi (WLAN), including larger regional jet aircraft. The WiFi equipped [...]