Airline News - North America.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Aug 21, 2006 Air Canada Air Canada announced a 13% year-over-year service increase to vacation destinations during its winter schedule, or nearly 10,000 seats per week. Included in the additions are a new Toronto-Sarasota service starting Nov. 4 and increasing to daily from Dec. 16 on Embraer 190s, thrice-weekly Calgary-Fort Lauderdale flights from Oct. 29 aboard A319s, daily Calgary-Palm Springs service starting Dec. 15 aboard CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 705s, twice-weekly flights to Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. beginning Sept. 7 from Edmonton with A319s and Winnipeg with CRJ705s and weekly Edmonton-Cancun flights from Dec. 20 aboard a 767. AC also will launch weekly A319 flights from Toronto to Cozumel from Dec. 15 and Ixtapa from Dec. 16 and from Halifax to Cozumel on Feb. 8, weekly Edmonton-Punta Cana service from Dec. 21 on a 767 and weekly Halifax-Holguin flights from Feb. 8 aboard an A319. Aug 15, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines will launch weekly Newark-Roatan service from Dec. 16 aboard a 737-700. Aug 15, 2006 Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines this winter will add 16 new routes from its west coast gateway at LAX to accommodate soaring demand in one of the country's largest travel markets for Hispanic customers. The expansion will include new nonstop flights to nine Mexican destinations, two Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. destinations and corresponding connecting service to five destinations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. where many Hispanic customers prefer to travel. http://www.delta.com Aug 19, 2006 Delta Air Lines will add 16 new routes from 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. to 11 Latin American cities, the majority of them in Mexico, and five US destinations during the winter schedule. Flights will be operated with a mix of 737-800s and 50- and 70-seat CRJs flown by 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. . New service begins in December with flights to La Paz La Paz, city, Bolivia La Paz (lä päs), city (1992 pop. 713,378), W Bolivia, administrative capital (since 1898) and largest city of Bolivia. The legal capital is Sucre. , Liberia in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. and Las Vegas. By March 8, DL will begin serving Acapulco, Loreto, Mazatlan, Culiacan, Manzanillo, Zacatecas, Hermosillo and Torreon, plus Guatemala City Guatemala City City (pop., 1994: city, 823,301; 1999 est.: metro area, 3,119,000), capital of Guatemala. The largest city in Central America, it lies in the central highlands at an elevation of about 4,900 ft (1,490 m). , 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 , Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. . Service to all of the Mexican destinations except for Acapulco is subject to Mexican government approval. Aug 16, 2006 Delta Air Lines will launch twice-daily Boston-Newport News service on Nov. 15 aboard Comair 50-seat CRJs. Aug 14, 2006 Exaggerated claims annoy some travelers. Some travelers take issue with Delta Air Lines' decision to bill itself as the largest U.S. airline based on the number of destinations offered, The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney writes. Others say Delta's claim is not misleading. McCartney says "most destinations" is an acceptable advertising claim but not a true measure of total airline size. Aug 14, 2006 Delta Air Lines and China Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement to include DL flights from Los Angeles to Hartford, Raleigh/Durham and Columbus and CI flights to Taipei from six US cities and onward to five Southeast Asian destinations. Aug 14, 2006 Eos Airlines, MAXjet Airways Traffic increases at business-class start-up carriers. Start-up carriers Eos Airlines and MAXjet Airways are attracting more business travelers as U.K. airports struggle with security problems. The two business-class-only carriers offer curb-side pickup and personal escorts through check-in and security. Aug 18, 2006 Northwest Airlines Stress levels increasing for flight attendants. Decades ago, flight attendants sized up passengers as they boarded based on what they thought their needs and wants would be during the flight. Nowadays, attendants may have one of the toughest jobs in the airline industry but many do not want to give up a job that has taken them to all parts of the globe. Because of all the disruptions caused by the tighter regulations, the flight attendants' union decided to hold off on its threat of a work slowdown at Northwest this week. Aug 15, 2006 United Airlines United Airlines has applied for daily nonstop service between Washington DC and Beijing which is not presently served, the best connections being in the range of 16.5 hour travel time. If approved, the service will begin in March 2007 and cut three hours from the flight time. United plans to operate a combined passenger and cargo service on the route Boeing 747 aircraft configured with 14 First Suite seats, 73 business and 260 economy, including 88 Economy Plus. The Asia-Pacific region is also important to United's cargo division; its business there accounts for approximately 40% of the division's total revenue. http://www.united.com Aug 19, 2006 United adds flights at Dulles. United Airlines says it will add 22 flights at Dulles International Airport, a move that will fill the gap created when Independence Air shut down. United in October will add flights to Kuwait, Japan and several U.S. cities. Aug 18, 2006 United Raises US Business Fares. United Airlines on Friday said it raised most business fares by USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $5 for one-way trips and USD$10 for round trips in the United States. United said the fare increase applies to its first-class seats and to all seats booked seven or fewer days ahead of the flight. The increases apply to all of United's US markets, excluding seats on its low-cost airline Ted. United rivals -- American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines -- said they had not yet matched the increases. US airlines, battered by low-cost competition, have initiated several lasting fare increases lately, offsetting high fuel prices and bolstering revenue. The boost in United's business fares comes on the heels of news last week of a foiled bomb plot targeting planes. Experts said the subsequent security-related delays at airports prompted some business travelers to book on private jets instead of commercial. Aug 18, 2006 United Airlines said it applied to operate daily nonstop Washington Dulles-Beijing service beginning in March aboard 747s. It currently operates four daily flights between the countries and announced plans to add 40 weekly transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. flights following its decision to sell 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 JFK-London rights to Delta Air Lines and transfer its JFK-Tokyo Narita route to IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. starting Oct. 28. Washington is the largest US market without nonstop service to China. Aug 16, 2006 TACA TACA Talk About Curing Autism TACA Tennessee Association of Craft Artists TACA Turkish American Cultural Alliance TACA Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association (Austin, Texas) TACA Transportes Aereos Centro-Américanos and United Airlines expanded their codeshare agreement to include Lacsa-operated flights to Los Angeles, New York JFK and Miami effective Aug. 15. Aug 14, 2006 US Airways US Airways yesterday launched daily Washington National-Sarasota/Bradenton service aboard a Republic Airways Embraer 170. Aug 16, 2006 |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion