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 [...]
Midwest Airlines, now a subsidiary of Republic Airlines, has announced two new routes to its hub at Milwaukee Airport.
On April 1, 2010, Midwest will inaugurate two daily flights between Milwaukee and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina using 76-seat Embraer 170 aircraft. On April 19, 2010, Midwest will launch daily flights to San Franciso, California – a market [...]
US Airways has announced that it will resume flight to Florida’s Space Coast connecting Melbourne, Florida with their primary hub at Charlotte, North Carolina. It has been twelve years since US Airways last served Melbourne Airport and the return is a welcome addition to service for the local community. The new flights will begin on [...]
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 [...]
Southwest Airlines yesterday launched their first flights to the mid-west city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Southwest becomes the third low-cost carrier to make Milwaukee a target of their expansion plans. Midwest Airlines that calls Milwaukee home, continues to have strong market share at the airport and AirTran has grown dramatically in Milwaukee over the last year [...]
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 [...]
British Airways has announced that they will begin flying between London Gatwick Airport and two new points in the Caribbean – Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica. Both new markets will begin this winter and will make British Airways the carrier with the most seats available between the UK and [...]
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced it will inaugurate new service to both Nagoya and Tokya Japan early in 2010. This is the first time Etihad will fly to Japan with four flights weekly to Nagoya through Beijing starting on February 1. This service will increase to five weekly [...]
Air China has announced some domestic and international route expansion as they experience some recovery of the Chinese air travel industry. The new flights will be as follows:
Re-launch Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo service on December 20, 2009
Increasing flights between Beijing and Stockholm using A330 on October 25, 2009
New Beijing to Rome flight daily starting on October 25, [...]
WestJet, the 2nd largest airline in Canada and the biggest low-cost airline in that country, launched flights today between Toronto and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Initially the flights will operate four-times weekly and will increase to daily beginning in January.
United Airlines has announced the addition of one-daily round-trip flight between San Francisco and St. Louis. American Airlines announced last month that they would substantially dismantle the remnants of the TWA St. Louis hub that it acquired years ago leaving many key destinations without non-stop service.
Just yesterday, Southwest announced an addition of flights to various [...]
Southwest Airlines has announced yet another expansion of flights in Denver in their continued assault against Frontier. Southwest bid to take-over and eliminate Frontier as a competitor earlier this summer, but failed in the attempt. This expansion is evidence of Southwest’s being upset at the result of that failed attempt.
Southwest will add 13 new flights [...]
Southwest Airlines, on the heels of American Airlines reductions in St. Louis, has announced new service there. Southwest will add nine daily flights to six new destinations from St. Louis. The new flights will begin in May and will be available for sale sometime this December.
The new St. Louis flights include:
Two daily flights to/from Nashville, [...]
Frontier Airlines has announced that next year it will add one-daily round-trip flight between it’s hub in Denver, Colorado and both New Orleans, LA and Louisville, KY. Both new cities will initially get the single daily flight connecting to various west and mid-west destinations in the Frontier system.
Frontier also announced new seasonal service to begin [...]
Delta Airlines has announced schedule changes for next summer that will increase cooperation with Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines and capitalize on additional synergies with former Northwest Airlines that it acquired last fall.
This summer schedule and changes is the first fully combined schedule since merging with Northwest Airlines. The new routes will be trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic & Africa. [...]
