Airline News - North America.Air Canada Jazz Jazz Air LP (Air Canada Jazz) is a Canadian regional airline based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia. Air Canada Jazz launched daily flights between Edmonton and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Monday with CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 705s. May 3, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the American takes credit cards for in-flight purchases. American Airlines on Monday began accepting credit and debit cards for onboard purchases. The airline will use handheld devices to process the purchases and will roll the service out over the next six weeks. May 4, 2006 ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, is an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter ATA Airlines launched daily flights from Oakland to both Maui and Hilo and twice-daily services between Oakland and Honolulu last week. Flights will be operated with 737-800s and mark ATA's move from San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden to Oakland for its Bay Area operations In maritime usage, operations conducted in a geographical area and not related to the protection of a specific force. . It also launched a daily Ontario, Calif.-Honolulu flight aboard a dash 800. May 2, 2006 CommutAir, Continental Connection CommutAir, which operates as Continental Connection out of Plattsburgh, NY, signed an agreement with Continental Airlines to increase service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Coordinates: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (IATA: CLE, ICAO: KCLE, FAA LID: CLE) is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) southwest of the central business district of Cleveland, a city in Cuyahoga . It will expand its fleet by up to 16 turboprops. Spokesperson Joel Raymond told that the Regional is looking at Q Series aircraft from Bombardier as well as Saab 340s. No final decision has been made on the type, but Raymond said the carrier expects to be operating the new aircraft by late 2006 or early 2007. "It's very exciting for us," he said. CommutAir has been a Regional partner of CO since 2000 and currently serves 22 cities in eight states with a fleet of 14 Beech 1900Ds. The company also announced Friday that it raised $37 million in secured equipment financing from Laurus Master Fund of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of for aircraft upgrades. May 1, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental criticizes foreign ownership proposal. The White House earlier this week moved to reduce opposition to the proposed "open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . " agreement. Continental Airlines said the revised proposal allowing foreign control of U.S. airlines does not resolve the legal and policy concerns. Under the proposal, foreign investors may still make significant decisions at a U.S. airline. May 5, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines, in spite of being technically insolvent and in Chapter 11, is aggressively expanding across the Atlantic and today inaugurates its first flight between the world's largest airline hub An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations. in Atlanta and Nice, also New York JFK to Budapest. Last week it was the turn of Atlanta - Copenhagen. Operating all the services are Boeing 767-300ER aircraft in a two-class configuration, featuring Delta's award-winning BusinessElite service, itself due for upgrade later in the spring. These are the latest in a series of 11 new transatlantic routes to be launched by June. In April, Delta inaugurated its first service between Atlanta and Dusseldorf, and in March between Atlanta and Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest . In total, Delta will fly 23 routes across the Atlantic this summer. http://www.delta.com May 7, 2006 Discover the World Marketing was chosen by Delta Air Lines to handle sales in Hungary, including establishment of a ticketing office in Budapest. Discover already represents Delta in Austria. May 5, 2006 Delta Air Lines began daily Atlanta-Copenhagen service Monday aboard a 767-300ER. May 3, 2006 Delta Air Lines plans to launch a daily peak-season flight between Atlanta and Puerto Plata on Dec. 15 using 737-800s. May 2, 2006 Frontier Airlines Frontier announced the launch of its first point-to-point California flight, a five-times-daily Los Angeles-San Francisco service beginning June 29. It will hire 40 new employees at LAX and "over 40" at SFO SFO (in Britain) Serious Fraud Office for positions that previously were outsourced. It will expand ticket counter space and kiosk availability at both airports. May 3, 2006 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines will add a third weekly Honolulu-Pago Pago flight from June 14 to Aug. 23. May 1, 2006 United Airlines United Airlines will launch daily Chicago O'Hare-Cancun flights from July 5 using A320s. May 3, 2006 United Airlines last month began implementing its Star Fix program through which flight attendants may use the aircraft phone to dial directly into maintenance for help resolving customers' issues with cabin equipment, VP-Customer Experience Sean Donahue said in a taped message to employees. "In many cases, [customer's] experience is defined by how well their seats work, if they can use the power jack or if they're able to read on an overnight flight," Donahue said. "With Star Fix, the flight attendants and maintenance technician can work together to identify many cabin issues that will enable a quicker repair or fix." May 2, 2006 United Express United Express flights moved from Washington Dulles's Concourse G to the newly reopened Concourse A. The transition finished May 1. Concourse G was a temporary structure that eventually will be demolished to make way for future airport expansion. May 2, 2006 |
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