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 [...]
Budget Airline – Allegiant – Celebrates Honolulu Inaugural Flights February 9, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): Welcome to Honolulu International Airport (HNL), The Gateway to The Aloha State. Budget carrier, Allegiant (G4), is launching inaugural flights between Phoenix-Mesa Airport (IWA), Boise (BOI), and Spokane (GEG) to Honolulu International Airport (HNL) this weekend. The flights are operated [...]
Airline Within an Airline for Leisure Market Air Canada has formed a new leisure unit named Air Canada Rouge, an airline within an airline, with flights starting July 1, 2013. However, this has been tried before with a variety of US carriers with a number of low cost schemes that have crashed and burned. The [...]
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 [...]
Air Canada 2013 International Expansion Air Canada is going west with a series of international expansions in 2013, primarily in high-demand Asian markets. Highlights include non-stop flights between Toronto Pearson International (YYZ) and Seoul’s Incheon Airport (ICN), daily service to Beijing Capital Int’l Airport (PEK) from Toronto (YYZ) and Vancouver (YVR), and increasing the frequency [...]
Hawaiian Launches Service to Australia’s Sunshine State Hawaiian Airlines continues its international expansion with non-stop flights to Brisbane, Australia, the capital city of Queensland. The flight will operate with a Boeing 767-300ER, a twin-aisle wide-body aircraft, seating 18 in Business Class and 246 in the Main Economy Cabin. Passengers on the inaugural flight from Honolulu [...]
As American looks to pave the way out of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy re-organization, the carrier has announced it’ll launch flights to new markets in Asia, Europe, and Latin American. American Airlines’ business plan and strategies include additional international flying. The following key routes will launch next year: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) — Seoul Incheon, South Korea [...]
Build begins on first British Airways 787 Dreamliner The building of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for British Airways has begun as part of a program to modernize the fleet. The carrier is currently refurbishing its Boeing 767 and Boeing 777-200 aircraft, but they have the mammoth double-decker A380 on the way and this first [...]
Airbus Prepares First British Airways A380 SuperJumbo The installation of four mammoth Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, capable of producing 70,000 lbs of trust each, marks a milestone when it comes to the building of British Airways’ first A380 aircraft. This is the first SuperJumbo of 12 A380s British Airways has on order – initial delivery [...]
Shanghai, China – Tokyo-Haneda and Tokyo-Narita non-stop – and more The Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines partnership will provide numerous benefits to customers at each carrier as Delta makes a significant international expansion in Seattle. First up is a new Delta Air Lines non-stop between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) and Shanghai Pu Dong International [...]