US Airways Merger Rumored Near | New Look for American Airlines January 27, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): The board of AMR Corporation, the parent of American Airlines and American Eagle, is scheduled to meet tomorrow and rumors of a pending merger between US Airways and American are in high gear. This comes just days after [...]
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 [...]
Delta to Add 88 Boeing 717-200′s Out with the old and in with the new comes the latest aircraft news from Atlanta based Delta Air Lines. Delta has sourced 88 Boeing 717-200 aircraft, to be added to their mainline fleet starting in 2013 at a rate of approximately three deliveries per month. The newer Boeing [...]
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 [...]
JetBlue & LOT Interline Partnership at JFK A new interline partnership was announced today between New York City based JetBlue and LOT Polish Airlines, Poland’s Flag Carrier. The new partnership allows customers to book seamless connections via JetBlue’s New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LOT’s hub at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport (WAW). [...]
US Airways Begins New DCA Flights Today US Airways officially started new service to 11 cities as previously announced and enhanced service on three existing routes today. We previously reported this in an article titled US Airways Announces New Washington National Routes on January 3, 2012. Today, March 26th, these new flights have taken to [...]
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 [...]
Latest Generation – Right Sizing Two of the most important things an air carrier can do is use latest generation, fuel efficient aircraft and secondly, right-size their fleet. Jet fuel is becoming a precious commodity these days – thus the importance of fuel efficiency and using the right sized airplane to obtain profitably yields. Estonian [...]
New York to Boston, Chicago, and Washington DC The Delta Shuttle now offers GoGo in-flight wireless internet on all flights. The Delta Shuttle operates out of the LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal A and provides frequent service to Boston Logan (BOS), Washington National (DCA) and Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD). Currently, all Delta Shuttle flights between New [...]
Royal Jordanian Suspends Service to 5 Destinations The Arab spring and political unrest has resulted in reduced bookings at Royal Jordanian Airlines. To manage losses, five under-performing routes have been suspended from their route network. Between the political unrest, increase of fuel prices and a drop-off in tourism to the region, mainly from Europe, it [...]