Continental Airlines officially leaves SkyTeam and becomes a member of the Star Alliance today joining United Airlines, US Airways and other International carriers including Lufthansa.
By landing in the Star Alliance Continental will bring a much needed emphasis on two markets for that global airline alliance. Many have said for some time that the Star Alliance [...]
Now that the U.S. SkyTeam partner has changed with the Delta Airlines acquisition of Northwest Airlines last year, we thought it would be good to take a look at the current make-up of the SkyTeam airline alliance. No longer a Northwest/KLM venture, SkyTeam has been changing as the face of the global airline industry has [...]
Copa Airlines, based in Panama, announced they had ordered 13 additional Boeing 737-800’s representing an investment of about $1 billion. Their current oustanding firm orders for the next generation 737 are now at 27. The new 13 737-800’s are scheduled for delivery between 2012 and 2015. They also added an additional 8 of the same [...]
