Airline News - North America.For more airline data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from AirTran yesterday launched flights from Chicago Midway to Dallas/Ft. Worth (thrice-daily) and Charlotte (twice-daily) aboard 717s. It also started a twice-daily Indianapolis-Los Angeles service aboard 737s, increasing to thrice-daily from June 20, and announced a daily Indianapolis-San Francisco flight to start June 7. May 10, 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 increases leisure fares as fuel costs soar. American Airlines raised prices on leisure fares $5 each way. The fare increase will help cover high fuel prices. May 9, 2006 American, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. renew, expand agreement. American Airlines and CBS have renewed a partnership allowing CBS to show its programs on American's flights. Additionally, CBS will take over advertising sales related to the in-flight programming. May 10, 2006 Cincinnati airport, Delta Air Lines, DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature Cincinnati airport expects slower growth. Service cuts by Delta Air Lines and DHL will slow growth at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The first airplane landed at the airport January 10, 1947. , airport officials say. The airport had projected more than 670,000 takeoffs and landings by 2015, but now officials say it won't meet that number until 2025. May 11, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines last week inaugurated daily nonstop flights between its hub at Newark 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 and Cologne/Bonn (Germany). This will be the only direct scheduled service between the US to the two German cities. Flights will be operated with 172-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft, carrying 16 passengers in the BusinessFirst cabin and 156 in economy. Conti Conti (kôNtē`), cadet branch of the French royal house of Bourbon. Although the title of prince of Conti was created in the 16th cent. also flies Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg from the New Jersey airport just across the Hudson from Manhattan. Later this month the airline will add daily nonstop services to Barcelona and Copenhagen, bringing to 28 the number of transatlantic destinations served via Newark Liberty. http://www.continental.com May 14, 2006 Continental Airlines launched daily Newark-Cologne/Bonn service aboard a two-class 757-200 Wednesday. Flights will operate five-times-weekly during the winter. May 12, 2006 Continental said it had selected Chautauqua Airlines Chautauqua Airlines is an airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services on more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, Canada and the Bahamas, through feeder services under the names Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, , a unit of Republic Airways Holdings Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) is an aviation holding corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which owns three regional airlines operating in the United States: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. , to replace the ExpressJet service. However, this agreement was premised on ExpressJet's returning the ERJs to CO for onward lease to Chautauqua Chau`tau´qua 1. a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y. . Attempts to reach a spokesperson for Chautauqua were unsuccessful at press time. ExpressJet had until Sept. 28 to decide "whether [to] return any or all of the aircraft or continue to sublease sublease n. the lease of all or a portion of premises by a tenant who has leased the premises from the owner. A sublease may be prohibited by the original lease, or require written permission from the owner. [them] at increased lease rates and fly them outside of [CO] hubs under a brand other than Continental Express," according to CO. May 8, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta announces JFK expansion plans: Expanding on its plans to add a hub to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK , Delta Air Lines will add 25 daily Delta Connection nonstop flights to 14 domestic destinations between July and October from JFK airport. Delta plans to offer more than 140 peak-day daily domestic departures from JFK by October, more than double the number it currently offers. May 12, 2006 Delta Air Lines launched its five-times-weekly New York JFK-Budapest service last night. Flights will be daily from Aug. 3 to Sept. 30. Daily Atlanta-Nice service starts this evening. All flights are aboard 767-300ERs. Delta also announced the launch of a twice-daily ATL-Killeen-Fort Hood, Tex., service from Sept. 7 aboard Atlantic Southeast Airlines For the defunct low-fare airline, see . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is a fully certificated American airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200s and addition of a second daily flight to its yet-to-begin Aspen-Salt Lake City service from July 1. Daily flights begin June 8. Service is operated by SkyWest Airlines aboard CRJ700s. May 9, 2006 Delta expands in Latin American markets. Delta Air Lines' international expansion and focus on Latin America and the Caribbean is an important part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. The airline is adding new routes from its Atlanta hub and plans to be the "second-largest U.S. player in the region very, very quickly," said the company's COO. May 8, 2006 Frontier Airlines Frontier will launch California service in June. Frontier Airlines will operate five daily flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles starting June 29. High fares on the route indicate a good opportunity for Frontier, Chief Executive Jeff Potter said. May 12, 2006 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines announced a "significant" expansion of its service to the western US from this fall, when it will add four 767-300s to its fleet, recall 22 furloughed pilots and hire some 100 new flight attendants. New or expanded services are: Kahului to San Diego (increasing from a summer-only schedule to year-round daily flights from Sept. 6), Seattle (from four-times-weekly to daily from Oct. 13) and Portland, Ore. (from thrice-weekly to daily from Oct. 13); Honolulu to Sacramento (from daily to 11-times-weekly from Nov. 19), Seattle (from daily to 10-times-weekly effective Nov. 19 through May 2007) and Los Angeles (from four-times-weekly to daily effective summer 2007). May 8, 2006 United Airlines United pilots launch friendliness campaign. United Airlines pilots have started to interact more with travelers as part of a plan to boost customer satisfaction, The Washington Post's Keith L. Alexander writes. As part of the effort, pilots appear at the gate to explain why flights are delayed and thank customers for their business with personal notes. May 9, 2006 DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. pays United to show video on military jobs: The Defense Department is paying United Airlines about $36,000 to show an in-flight video highlighting five military jobs. Companies in other industries regularly purchase advertising spots on the airline's flights, a United spokeswoman said. May 8, 2006 US Airways US Airways will begin serving New York JFK from Charlotte with thrice-daily flights Sept. 6. Service will be operated by Mesa Airlines using 86-seat CRJ900s. May 9, 2006 ValuJet ValuJet tragedy prompts important safety changes. The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in 1996 prompted several important safety changes. Soon after the crash, which occurred 10 years ago today, the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control banned oxygen generators in commercial flight cargo holds and mandated fire detection and suppression systems for cargo areas. May 11, 2006 |
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