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 [...]

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Photo: Louisville Regional Airport Authority   Louisville to New York’s JFK nonstop Louisville is what I’d consider an average sized station for Delta Air Lines, among mid-sized cities within a 500 mile radius of Atlanta. Delta Air Lines just launched a non-stop flight between Louisville (SDF) and New York’s John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), along [...]

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New Flight Highlights United is making changes to their route network post-merger with Continental, including the addition of new Domestic and International Flights.   To increase efficiency and make the best use of the new, combined network, United is switching some flights between hub airports, such as Buenos Aires (EZE) being swapped from Washington Dulles (IAD) [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Nonstop Washington Dulles to Honolulu The Washington D.C. Metro area was one of the few big cities without non-stop flights to Hawaii.  Today, January 31, 2012, United announced they would begin service between Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) and Honolulu (HNL) starting on June 7, 2012. The Honolulu flight will be operated with a Boeing 767-400 [...]

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Regional Jets Replace TurboProps in AA DFW Markets American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, is eliminating all ATR turboprop aircraft operating from the American Airlines mega-hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport.  A total of fourteen markets between Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma, along with flights inside Texas, will have all-jet service beginning [...]

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First Class on Larger US Airways Express Jets US Airways finished the installation of First Class cabins on 110 regional jets operating as US Airways Express.  Upgraded aircraft include the Embraer 175 and Embraer 170 fleets and the Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 fleets.  This put US Airways on par with competitors such as [...]

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American Eagle Lands in Waterloo-Kitchener, Ontario, Canada If you live or travel to Kitchener, Guelph or anywhere within The Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada, you will no longer need to hop in the car for the drive to Toronto just to catch a flight to the states or beyond.  American Eagle Flight to Connect to American [...]

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