February 20, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): The merger won’t begin until the 3rd quarter of this year, but once the wedding cake is cut, forget the honeymoon and fasten your seatbelt low and tight across the waist. Today I spoke with Mike Benjamin, CEO ofFlightView Inc., about the American Airlines and US Airways merger. When [...]

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New Nonstop Flights South of the Border American, JetBlue and United Airlines have announced new southbound flights in the battle for air traffic to Latin America. Additionally, American and US Airways are entering into new codeshare agreements to increase their Latin American reach. Mexico First up, United Airlines is launching a flight from Chicago O’Hare [...]

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Allegiant Ceases Operations at Salisbury-Ocean City (SBY) Allegiant Airlines is ending flights from Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY). The airline entered the market with non-stop flights to Orlando Sanford Airport (SFB) on February 16, 2012. The last day of service will be January 5, 2013. In a statement, Allegaint said they will contact customers [...]

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AMR Requests Bankruptcy Court Extension AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle, remains in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and has asked the court for an additional six weeks to finish their bankruptcy-restructuring plan. The best outcome for American Airlines, their employees, and consumers is to exit bankruptcy as a stand-alone airline. [...]

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US Airways to operate Charlotte to London-Heathrow US Airways gained an additional slot pair at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) and plans to launch daily non-stop flights from Charlotte (CLT) in March 2013. Charlotte is a large hub for US Airways in the southeast United States. The new service will compliment US Airways’ sole flight to [...]

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Busy Thanksgiving Travel Season by Air This year an additional 150,000 people are traveling by air over last year and the busiest day for air travel is set to be Sunday, November 25th. The second busiest will be the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 21st, followed by Monday 26th. Expect full airplanes and packed airports. If [...]

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Traffic at Northeast Airports to Return to Normal Just a week after Hurricane Sandy walloped the east coast causing significant damage, Philadelphia, New York, and points north took a double punch with a Nor’Easter. Several inches of snow combined with high winds snarled air traffic across the east coast yesterday and last night. The high [...]

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United to Suspend Some Flights to and from New York Area – Travel Waiver An impending snowstorm associated with a Nor’easter is forecast to clip the east coast this week. United Airlines has announced they will suspend some flights, primarily domestic operations*, to/from New York area between noon Wednesday, November 7, 2012, and noon on [...]

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Airlines Prepare For East Coast Storm Several major carriers including American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, United, US Airways, and yes, evenHawaiian Airlines(with their New York Kennedy (JFK) to Honolulu (HNL) flight) have established weather waivers for passengers scheduled to fly through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. As of 7:00am EDT, Saturday, October 27, Southwest [...]

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Spirit Airlines Paves Way at DFW for Rapid Growth Spirit Airlines, an “ultra low cost carrier”, announced they’re opening a flight attendant and crew base at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to support their rapid growth at this once dual Delta Air Lines and American Airlines hub. The base will be home to over 250 [...]

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