ANA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Flights to Resume Louisville, KY – May 9, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways, or ANA, will resume Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flights on June 1, 2013. The 787 Dreamliner will also return to United Airlines ‘Friendly Skies’ on the same day. Other Boeing 787 operators including Qatar Airways and [...]
Belgian Aviation Returns to the United States Louisville, KY – March 5, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com) – Brussels Airlines soared into New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport last June, bringing Belgian aviation back to the United States after an absence of 10 years. A sporty Airbus A330-300 outfit with the latest in technology and creature comfort [...]
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a Flying Laptop? February 26, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): Airlines around the world are pulling the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from their summer schedules, including Chicago based United Airlines, as it becomes clear the battery fix will take time. Boeing engineers met with the FAA last Friday to present technological solutions when [...]
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 [...]
US Airways and American Merge February 14, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): In a wedding only appropriate for Valentine’s Day, US Airways and American Airlines announced their merger. The board of directors of each company approved a definitive merger creating a new global carrier, keeping the name American Airlines. AMR Corporation based out of Dallas-Fort/Worth, Texas, [...]
DOT Serious with Tarmac Delay Rule – Fines United $130,000 February 13, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): The US Department of Transportation (DOT) fined United Airlines $130,000 for violations of the tarmac delay rule. According to the DOT, the federal rules were violated last May when passengers on a delayed United Airlines aircraft at Chicago O’Hare [...]
January 17, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): Within 15 minutes of exiting the US Customs Hall at San Francisco International Airport yesterday, I receive news the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is grounding the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. I had just arrived from Tokyo only to repeat the day of January 16th, thanks to Boeing, ANA, and [...]
ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner Arrives in San Jose on a Perfect Day The Boeing 787 has been getting a bad rap by the mainstream media, but All Nippon Airways couldn’t have asked for a better day in San Jose. Today, January 11, 2013, ANA’s inaugural Boeing 787 flight arrived early into Norman Y. Mineta San [...]
It’s time to Fly – United Airlines Launches 787 Service Los Angeles to Tokyo After two months of US domestic service, which included teething problems, United Airlines is launching the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo-Narita (NRT) route today, January 3, 2013. United flight 32 is scheduled to leave Los Angeles [...]
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 [...]