Boeing today was pleased with the performance of their new Boeing member – the Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The newest member of the 747 family has been delayed twice, but met this first flight milestone with a three-hour test flight.
The Boeing 747-8 is 18-feet longer than the 747-400 and shares some of the new technologies of [...]
Delta Airlines has announced new non-stop service to Grand Cayman of the Cayman Islands will commence on June 12. The airline will offer once-weekly Saturday flights between the two cities on Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
This new service to the Cayman Islands compliments Delta Airlines current Cayman service out of their hub in Atlanta.
Allegiant Airlines, low-cost leisure airline, has agreed to purchase 18 used MD-80 aircraft from Scandanavian Airlines Systems. Allegiant anticipates the cost of integrating these 18 MD-80’s into their fleet to be about $4 million. The aircraft will be delivered during the first three quarters of 2010 and will all be in service by the end [...]
AirTran Airways has been growing steadily at Milwaukee since its failed attempt to acquire Midwest Airlines nearly two years ago. As a result, they have decided to officially declare Milwaukee a hub and are adding more than 100 new jobs to the area including 50 Boeing 737 pilot positions and 50 Boeing 717 and 737 [...]
US Airways launched two brand new destinations from their Charlotte hub this week. Daily service to both Honolulu, Hawaii and Rio de Janiero, Brazil began earlier this week.
The Hawaii service to Honolulu is the first ever from Charlotte and a break into the east-coast to Hawaii market for US Airways that has seen success with their [...]
For the first time, US Airways will connect their hub at Philadelphia Airport with the largest city in Alaska – Anchorage. The flights will be operated by Boeing 757 aircraft and will fly on a seasonal basis. The flights begin on June 1, 2010 and operate daily through September 7, 2010. This new service complements [...]
Continental Airlines, based in Houston, has announced that on March 27, 2010, the airline will launch daily non-stop transatlantic service between their New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and Munich, Germany.
This service comes just after Continental is officially integrated into the Star Alliance and is further evidence of their full participation in the [...]
Today, Boeing delivered a 777-300ER to Philippine Airlines through a United States based leasing company. The new aircraft is the first Boeing 777 to join the Philippine Airlines fleet and is one of two 777-300ER’s coming from GE Capital Aviation Services aircraft leasing company.
Philippine Airlines also has four Boeing 777’s on order directly with the [...]
Air Canada has announced new flight service connecting Western Canadian city Calgary, Alberta and Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan.
The new flights will commence on March 27, 2010 and will be operated on 211-seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft. Air Canada also will focus on connections in Tokyo to a number of Star Alliance partner airline flights [...]
The Dubai Air Show is over, and the order tally is starkly lower than previous years. Airbus beat Boeing at this years air show in Dubai with Airbus selling 33 aircraft and Boeing selling 11 planes. This is in stark contrast to the Dubai Air Show of 2007 when Airbus sold 297 planes and Boeing [...]
The very first completed Boeing 747-8 is now ready for delivery at the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington. This new model of the famous Jumbo Jet is 18 feet longer than the next largest 747 – the -400 model. It also has a 13-foot wider wing-span.
The 16-percent more efficient aircraft is going to be initially [...]
Alaska Airlines, having just inaugurated new flights between Oakland and Kona and Maui, Hawaii, plans an increase to that service in the spring of 2010. After the new service launch Alaska Airlines will have 73 weekly round-trip flights between the mainland and the Islands of Hawaii.
On March 11, 2010, Alaska will launch three weekly flights between [...]
United Airlines, already serving Brussels, Belgium from their hub at Washington Dulles International Airport, will add a daily flight beginning March 28, 2010 from Chicago O’Hare.
The Brussels flight is time to connect well with Brussels Airlines, a new Star Alliance member after being acquired by Star Alliance founding member Lufthansa. Connections are available in Brussels [...]
United Airlines has announced a spring International expansion into three new countries. United will fly non-stop between Washington Dulles Airport, their east coast hub, and Accra in the western African nation of Ghana. From there, the Boeing 767 will fly on to Lagos, Nigeria. The return flight to Washington Dulles will stop again in Accra, [...]
AirTran Airways continues its aggressive growth in Milwaukee by adding a new destination with its mainline fleet between Milwaukee and Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport. Two new flights between Dallas and Milwaukee will begin on April 6, 2010 and will be operated using AirTran’s newer fleet of Boeing aircraft – the 717 and the 737.
AirTran will also [...]
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 [...]
Houston based Continental Airlines starts three new non-stop markets from their Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport today in recognition and support of their new entry into the Star Alliance that occurred earlier this week.
The three new routes will better match Star Alliance partners Air Canada, United and Lufthansa. Continental will augment connecting possibilities with Air [...]
