Can you say KARMA? The long awaited bankruptcy of Mesa Airlines appears to be here as Jonathan Ornstein’s airline has been forced into Chapter 11. The filing this morning is reported to allow Mesa the ability to restructure debts as well as shed unused aircraft without financial obligations.
Mesa says that the bankruptcy will not affect [...]
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 [...]
United Airlines just last week cancelled an agreement for regional flying under the United Express brand with Mesa Airlines ending flying with that regional carrier for 20 plus regional jets. Now, this week, United has announced a new regional flying partnership with ExpressJet, a much more efficient and ethical operation than Mesa.
ExpressJet will operate 22 [...]
Although airline mergers are always percolating in the industry rumor mill, there has been a noticeable uptick in recent weeks as analysts talk about possible tie-ups. With the acquisition last year of Northwest Airlines by Delta Airlines looking like it should be a success, creating the world’s largest airline, and capacity still over-pacing demand, the [...]
Untied Airlines today announced the early 2010 start of new flights from its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport to four new cities in the mid-west. United is adding Muskegon, Michigan; Paducah, Kentucky; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and Hancock/Houghton, Michigan to their route network. These new flights will be operated by United Airlines regional partner SkyWest [...]
United Airlines has let an agreement for regional flying with Mesa to expire resulting in yet another blow to the beleagured regional airline. United Airlines will no longer utilize 26 CRJ-200 50-passenger regional jets operated by Mesa Airlines for their connection service by April 2010.
Bad news continues to work against Mesa Airlines. It seems their string of [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Today United Airlines flew the last of its Boeing 737’s into retirement. In the last year, United Airlines has grounded and moth-balled all 94 of their Boeing 737’s – once a staple of their fleet. The aircraft will be stripped down at a San Francisco maintenance hangar and then shipped for storage to the desert.
United [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Below is a recap of U.S. airlines September operational performance. There was a delay since Southwest did not release their figures until this morning.
AirTran – Capacity up 7.2%; Traffic up 11.0%; Load Factor 77.0%
Alaska – Capcity down 1.4%; Traffic up 1.4%; Load Factor 77.9%
Allegiant – Capacity up 50.2%; Traffic up 46.1%; Load Factor 85.2%
American – [...]
United Airlines is making some schedule enhancements which includes adding flights to three new destinations – Asheville, North Carolina; Duluth, Minnesota; and Midland/Odessa, Texas. United will offer twice-daily flights between Chicago and Duluth; Chicago and Asheville; Denver and Midland/Odessa; and between Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas. New once-daily service will connect Denver with Louisville, [...]
In another effort to better coordinate with Star Alliance partners operations as it enters the airline consortium later this year, Continental Airlines has announced new flight service to Washington Dulles International Airport from both the Houston and Cleveland hubs for the airline.
This move will allow Continental passengers better access to United and Lufthansa flights operated [...]
The Star Alliance airline partnering group has continued to fare well and expanded its roster of members in recent years. I wanted to take a look at the current members since Continental Airlines was just granted regulatory permission to join, making it the third US airline to be a Star Alliance member. Their web site [...]
United Airlines posted a $323 million second-quarter operating loss due to reduced yield and lower demand, however with a one-time gain from fuel hedge impact, the carrier posted a $23 million net profit. The airline will reduce international capacity by an additional 7% for September through December of this year to account for reduced demand. [...]
