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 [...]
Flying The Kangaroo Route Unless you’re in nearby New Zealand, chances are you face a long flight to the land down under. Sydney is not only a great city to see, but it serves as an excellent jumping off point to tour the continent whether it’s the Great Barrier Reef up near Cairns or the [...]
Chicago O’Hare to Doha, Qatar – Nonstop Qatar Airways will begin non-stop flights between Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Doha International (DOH) in Qatar on April 10, 2013. The new nonstop from Chicago will become the fourth US gateway cityQatar Airwaysoperates from including New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK), Washington Dulles International (IAD), and [...]
Atlanta’s Maynard Jackson International Terminal Opens The long awaited Maynard Jackson International Terminal opens today along with Concourse F — combined with the existing international concourse E, travelers will find a state of the art 40 gate complex at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The first flight to depart concourse F will be Delta 295, a [...]
Business and Civics Leaders Gather for Dedication More than 1,100 guests gathered on the evening May 3, 2012, to dedicate the Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal, which will soon be the newest gateway to the world from the United States. Valerie Jackson, widow of the international terminal’s namesake, joined Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Georgia Gov. [...]
No Disruption of Services at Air Canada Canada’s Minister of Labour, the Hon. Lisa Raitt, has issued a referral pursuant to the Canada Labour Code, to determine the activities that Air Canada may be required to maintain as relates to the health and safety of Canadians. As a result of this CIRB referral, the IAMAW cannot [...]
ETOPS 330 on GE90 ETOPS, Engines Turn or Plane Swims, or more accurately, Extended Operations was developed to allow twin-engined commercial airliners to fly long distance routes, such as over oceans where alternate airports are few and far between. With the latest in technology, aircraft are not only flying over vast oceans, but they’re flying [...]