Etihad Airways Upgagues NYC to Boeing 777-300ER Washington, DC – May 8, 2013 (FlyersPulse.com): Etihad Airways continues to grow its presence in the United States. On April 1, the airline started non-stop flights between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Washington Dulles Airport (IAD). Beginning on June 1, 2013, Etihad will upgrade capacity on their flights [...]
Airline Passengers Turn To Twitter First all the rave was over Angry Birds, now it’s Angry Tweets over delays, cancelled flights, lost luggage, and more. Airline passengers are now armed with smartphones and an army of consumers have fired up their Twitter applications to complain about their flights over the holiday season. As multiple weather [...]
The staff at FlyersPulse.com would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Holidays! A look back at 2012 We hope you’ve had a great year of travels and adventures and that 2013 will be even better! I like to spend this time of year with my family for the holidays, but also [...]
Airline Within an Airline for Leisure Market Air Canada has formed a new leisure unit named Air Canada Rouge, an airline within an airline, with flights starting July 1, 2013. However, this has been tried before with a variety of US carriers with a number of low cost schemes that have crashed and burned. The [...]
Boeing 747-8-I to Fly Frankfurt to LAX If you look up over the Los Angeles skies and you see a Lufthansa Bird, you may just be looking at the new “Jumbo” Queen of the Skies – the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental. Lufthansa just received delivery of their fourth Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental with with the registration D-ABYF. [...]
American Airlines To Fly Boeing 777-300ER from Los Angeles American will be the first US based airline to receive the Boeing 777-300ER with a delivery of 10 aircraft planned for December 2012. Beginning next summer, the Los Angeles (LAX) to London-Heathrow (LHR) route will be upgauged to the highly anticipated Flagship Aircraft, the Boeing 777-300ER. [...]
California Pacific Sets Up Shop at Carlsbad California Pacific is based in Northern San Diego County at Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad (CRQ), A fast growing area of sunny Northern San Diego County. Today, those who live in the North County must commute to San Diego International (SAN) – or hop a United Express flight [...]
Will Southwest Adopt Live TV fleet-wide? Looking for some in-flight entertainment? Southwest is working with Row 44 to provide more than WiFi Internet Access at cruising altitude, but live satellite television. To start with, Southwest will install Live TV on five of their Boeing 737′s with plans to expand to 20 airliners by the middle [...]
Milestones in Innovation iPad App Boeing’s first official app for the iPad, ‘Milestones in Innovation’, now available on the App Store. The app brings nine decades of aviation innovation to iPad through beautiful imagery and an interactive timeline. “This is the history of Boeing as a digital coffee table book,” said Fritz Johnston, Boeing’s vice president [...]
FAA sends Delta Passenger Warning Letter A Delta Air Lines passenger who filmed take-off and captured a bird strike with his iPad received a nastygram from the FAA. On April 19th, Delta Air Lines flight 1063 from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International (LAX) encountered a bird strike on take-off. [...]