JetBlue will launch new service to their next Caribbean destination by adding Punta Cana on the northeast side of Dominican Republic. Daily flights will operate from New York JFK Airport and weekly flights on Saturday’s will fly between Boston and PUJ.
The flights will begin in May and operate using JetBlue’s Airbus A320 aircraft. JetBlue has [...]
Air New Zealand has announced their intention to purchase 14 new Aibus A320 aircraft from European Airbus to replace their domestic fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300 aircraft that are soon going to be returned to the lessor.
The A320’s will begin to arrive in January 2011 and continue through 2016 as the leases expire on the [...]
Delta Airlines has suspended a group of Pilots for two incidents in two days that occurred near the end of their respective flights.
The first incident was with a Delta Airlines Boeing 767 arriving in Atlanta from Rio de Janeiro in the pre-dawn hours. The pilots were cleared for a normal landing on the usual 27R [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Moscow visited the Boeing design center located there. Boeing is hoping to win a competitive contract against Airbus to supply the Russian state-run airline Rosavia with an expected order of 65 narrow-body aircraft.
Russian Airlines, locally known as Rosavia, has been created by the state of Russia to compensate for [...]
Olympic Airlines went away earlier this year and is being reborn as a new carrier with a slightly shorter name – Olympic Air. Many changes are taking place as the new carrier is being readied for October 1 launch of service.
Olympic Air, bought by an investment holding company, will no longer offer long-haul routes at [...]
Wizz Air, the fast-growing Eastern European carrier, will add a third Airbus A320 to its Sofia, Bulgaria base in May 2010. This new aircraft will allow Wizz Air to expand routes out of Bulgaria to Frankfurt, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Paris, France; and Madrid, Spain. Each new destination will initially be served with three weekly flights [...]
Air Arabia has announced a partnership with Egyptian Travco, an operator of hotels, resorts, cruise ships and buses in the northern African country, to lauch a low-fare airline in Egypt.
The Middle East’s largest budget airline, Air Arabia, based in the United Arab Emirates, would create an airline with a hub in Egypt, being the third [...]
Airbus today delivered its 4,000th A320 family aircraft to TAM airlines of Brazil. The 4,000th A320 family plane was the A319 model. The A320 family of aircraft offered by Airbus consists of the A318, A319, A320 and A321 models. Each of these is quite similar with the exception of length with the A318 being the [...]
Southwest Airlines has announced their attention to bid for Frontier Airlines in the bankruptcy court auction next month. Republic previously this month announced their intention to purchase both Frontier and Midwest Airlines in order to expand their holdings and diversify their operation.
Southwest apparently has decided they don’t want an independent Frontier to remain strong in [...]
Aeroflot, the Russian flag carrier, yesterday announced that they, too, find it necessary to delay aircraft deliveries due to the global economic recession. These deferrals have been arranged with Airbus and include 5 Airbus A320 family aircraft set for delivery over the next two years.
Two Airbus A320-300 aircraft that were originally scheduled for delivery in [...]
It has been reported that Virgin America is close to a deal to secure additional US investors that would ensure it maintains a 76% US ownership; limiting Sir Richard Branson’s ownership to 24% as dictated by US law regarding foreign ownership of a domestic airline.
It appears the new capital will be from Cyrus Capital Partners [...]
Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europes largest, and most colorful, airline, announced today that it will soon begin flights in and out of Bratislava, Slovakia with 4 weekly flights to Rome, Italy. Wizz Air has wanted to launch service in Slovakia since inception and is pleased to be doing so now. They hope for future [...]
Air Jamaica, which has been draining cash from the government of Jamaica for many years since the government acquired it from Butch Stewart and his Sandals organization after 9/11, may soon have a new non-government owner.
Apparently, the slow moving Jamaican government has found a possible buyer for the carrier which operates limited service into and out [...]
I am not too familiar with Wizz Air, but they just ordered or at least signed preliminary order for 50 new A320’s from Airbus. This order will bring their total number of A320’s in house and on order to 132. There were no details provided regarding delivery information. Each aircraft is configured with 180 all [...]
