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. [...]
United States airline January traffic statistics as released by each carrier. The main statistics released on a monthly basis illustrate the carriers traffic illustrated here as a percentage increase or decrease from the same month one year earlier; carrier capacity illustrated here as a percentage increase of decrease from the same month one year earlier; [...]
Frontier Airlines announced new seasonal flights to their second non-stop destination between their low-fare hub of Denver to Alaska. Frontier will begin flights to Fairbanks, Alaska four times weekly on Airbus A319 aircraft between May and September.
This new Alaska service will complement current seasonal fligths Frontier operates between Denver and Anchorage. Also this week in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
US Airways has announced a number of efforts over coming months that will result in a realignment of flying focusing on its three major hubs as well as Washington DC National Airport. These changes will also result in the loss of about 1,000 jobs throughout the US Airways network. The changes are detailed as follows:
Focus [...]
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 [...]
US Airways and Delta Airlines have announced they intend to trade some slots in the highly contested Northeast corridor. The terms of the yet to be approved agreement include US Airways giving 125 operating slot pairs at LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Delta Airlines, in return for 42 operating slot pairs at Washington [...]
