Delta Airlines has received two doses of bad news in the last couple of days. First, Japan Airlines decided to stick with an alliance with American rather than switch to one with Delta on Monday, and then just yesterday, the Department of Transportation made a ruling on the Delta proposed slot-swap deal with US Airways. [...]
September 2009 proved to be a good month for the nation’s airlines posting the best on-time rate in six years. Combined, the airlines achieved a 86.2 percent on-time rate with that percentage of flight arriving at their destination within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. The ratings and airline rankings are provided by the United [...]
July’s on-time rankings from the best to the worst as reported to the Department of Transportation. All airlines averaged together a 77.6% on-time rate for July 2009.
Hawaiian – 93.6%
Alaska – 87.2%
SkyWest – 83.6%
Southwest – 80.7%
US Airways – 80.6%
United – 79.6%
ExpressJet – 79.6%
Mesa – 78.6%
Pinnacle – 78.6%
Continental – 78.5%
American Eagle – 77.7%
Northwest – 76.4%
Delta – 75.5%
Frontier [...]
JetBlue and Lufthansa of Germany today announced their intention to form a code-sharing agreement focusing on the JetBlue hub of New York JFK Airport. The application to the Department of Transportation calls for unlimited code-sharing between the two carriers on all of their flights.
This agreement would open up Europe and beyond to JetBlue customers offering [...]
Alaska Airlines has renewed its request for an open Department of Transportation review of the ownership of Virgin America. Alaska Airlines believes that Virgin America is in violation of foreign ownership laws of US airlines although the DOT has been investigating the issue for some time and have worked with Virgin America to ensure that [...]
Continental Airlines has announed they will be prepared to officially join the Star Alliance on October 27, 2009. Continental received antitrust immunity from the Department of Transportation in July allowing them to work closely with the Star Alliance partners in pricing, schedules and operations including code-sharing.
Continental, currently a member of SkyTeam, will transition away from [...]
New York based Baltia Airlines has reached a letter of intent to purchase a Boeing 747 aircraft in the hopes to soon launch flights on their intended unique route structure. Baltia Airlines intends to offer three-class wide-body flights between New York JFK Airport and prominent cities in Eastern Europe.
The new airline, when they receive final [...]
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 [...]
