Potential Disruptions at Chicago O’Hare and Midway – December 20, 2012 The airline industry is hitting turbulence today with the Midwest Winter Storm Draco. Updates – December 20 – 1:15 US Eastern Time UPDATE: Southwest Airlines Cancels ALL Chicago Midway (MDW) Flights after 5pm, Thursday, December 20. UPDATE: FAA Ground Stop Program for 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 [...]
Plan a Family Vacation in Branson, Missouri As the merger between Southwest and AirTran continues, Branson, Missouri, via Branson Airport (BBG) will become the 79th destination to Southwest’s routemap. Starting March 9, 2013, just in time for family spring break travel, Branson Airport (BBG) will become an all Southwest Airlines station. Southwest will offer daily [...]
The United States on Sale through August 24 Southwest Airlines is lowering fares this fall and you can bet the legacy airlines will also be matching. Airfares are as low as $59 one-way to select destinations – Book by August 24th and travel between August 24th and February 13th, 2013, minus black-out dates and restrictions. [...]
Is Akron-Canton and Dayton ready for the Southwest Affect? The impact of Southwest Airlines at altering prices after it enters a new market is so great that it has a name – the Southwest Affect. With the on-going Southwest and Airtran Merger, Southwest has officially brought Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) and Dayton International Airport (DAY) to [...]
Delta Flight 3163 from Detroit Quarantined All Clear Issued Medical officials feared the worst about a passenger returning from Uganda and had the aircraft quarantined, believing the passenger may have had the plague or as later sources now state, monkeypox. Fortunately, it was just a case of bug bites. In the end, the bad bug [...]
Southwest Announces New Routes in New Cities Southwest Airlines made changes to their upcoming summer and fall flight schedules today, April 2, 2012. The changes include beginning service to Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) and Dayton International Airport (DAY) starting on August 12, 2012. Southwest’s schedule at Akron-Canton (CAK) includes two daily round-trip flights to Chicago Midway [...]
AirTran – Southwest Merger Continues – New Flights Southwest Airlines and AirTran made additional announcements of new service today that will become effective with the August 12, 2012, flight schedule, good through September 28, 2012, when the schedule will undoubtedly be changed again. In addition to the new Atlanta (ATL) flights from Louisville (SDF) [...]
Porter Dash-8 Q400 (creative commons A.H.) Porter Airlines of Toronto will soon begin service between Washington Dulles International (IAD) and Toronto’s City Airport (YTZ) – the service is slated to begin on April 16th with up-to three daily-round trip flights. “Greater Washington is a region that our passengers have told us is their number one [...]