Today is the fifth anniversary of 2003 Blackout, the worst in U.S. history. JetBlue will be adding daily nonstop service from Washington-Dulles to Tampa on December 18th and Saturday service to Cancun on December 20th. JetBlue will be launching twice daily service using its 100-seat Embraer 190s on October 18th between Long Beach and San…
Time to catch up with what Delta has been up to since we slowed our weekly roundups. Delta is adding a fifth daily flight between Atlanta and San Juan from November 22 Starting December 20th, Delta will add additional nonstop service from Atlanta to the Caribbean. A second daily flight to Aruba, a second Saturday…
It’s been a while since we’ve updated you on new routes. Life gets in the way. We’re trying to get back into the swing of things. Bear in mind, we don’t exactly do this for the money. The advertisements only pay for the web hosting. JetBlue is one of our favorite airlines. Despite their meltdown…
We’ve been very behind lately. We keep saying we’ll catch up, but life happens. We are committed to providing the best in airline news and commentary we possibly can, but we do have day jobs, of course. Delta received preliminary approval to fly from New York’s JFK Airport to Bogota, Columbia. Spirit Airlines announced starting…
Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to fly a plane on biofuel, as it partnered with GE, Boeing, and Imperium Renewables. If babassu and coconut oil is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than jet fuel, then we’re all for it. Alitalia will launch nonstop Rome-Los Angeles service on June 1st. The service, the only nonstop…
Happy Eighth Birthday to JetBlue Airways. Who would have thought they’d grow so fast so quickly? Remembering the good old days when we flew them between Rochester, NY and JFK… Alaska Airlines and Horizon have announced they have selected Seattle-based Jones Soda Co as their new drink partner. The airlines will offer customers complimentary canned…
We’d like to remind our readers that the links embedded in each article go to a press release or news article with more details than our news briefs. Each week we scour the press releases and such for these articles. Regional airline SkyWest has sued Delta Air Lines over the airline’s withholding of $25 million…
US Airways will be adding service to three Gulf Coast cities from its Charlotte hub. Service will begin April 6th to Ft. Walton Beach, FL and Panama City. Service to Gulfport/Biloxi, MS will begin May 6th. Service will be operated by subsidiary PSA Airlines using 5-seat CRJ-200s. Horizon Air will begin Santa Rosa-Las Vegas service…
Lot Polish Airlines has signed a deal for 12 additional Embraer 175 jets plus two options and ten purchase rights. The layout of the aircraft will include 82 elite seats, and the plan is to use them to ‘right-size’ aircraft based on seasonal or specific time-of-day influences on routes. Jetblue inaugurated its St. Maarten-JFK service…
BMI will start London Heathrow to Tel Aviv service on March 13th. The route will be operated by an Airbus 320 with 20 seats in business and 108 in economy. Connections will be available from Dublin, Belfast, Durham Tees Valley, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, and Scotland. VRG began daily operations from Sao Paulo to Mexico City…
Here we are, the last roundup of 2007… Discounter Zoom Airlines will be operating new service from London Gatwick to both San Diego and Ft. Lauderdale. From next May, Ft. Lauderdale service will operate Thursdays and Sundays and will be the first scheduled service from Europe to Ft. Lauderdale in ten years. Service to San…
Horizon Air announced new nonstop service from Los Angeles to Loreto, Mexico. The flights will be operated by a CRJ-700 and begin January 19th. The flights will supplement Alaska’s existing service on the route. United Airlines inaugurated Los Angeles-Frankfurt on Saturday. American Airlines had a lot of new routes beginning this week Miami to: Barranquilla,…
Things have been incredibly busy here at ‘Blog Central’. Fortunately, the holiday season is upon us, hopefully bringing lots of time for us to catch up on all the airline news thats fit to blog. So here we are in no particular order(although newest ones will be first). Jetblue is reminding people of its 144…
Eos Airlines announced that every guest who registers and purchases a round-trip ticket between October 31st and November 16th will receive either a Nintendo game system or bonus points in their loyalty progam. Fares of $4000 or above will get a Wii or 40,000 points. Fares below that will receive a DS Lite or 20,000…
Air Canada will be offering nonstop service from Ottawa to Frankfurt beginning June 1st as well as nonstop service from Toronto-Dusseldorf six times weekly beginning May 1st…and a second daily nonstop from Calgary-Frankfurt on April 14th. American Eagle began nonstop service today from Flint’s Bishop International Airport and New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Service will be…
Lots to cover…never enough time… United Airlines announced new service from Los Angeles to Des Moines, IA and Austin, TX effective February 13th, and will be operated by Skywest’s CRJ-700 regional jets with 6 first class and 60 economy seats, including Economy Plus. Beginning on March 3rd, Delta will be offering flights from Lawton/Ft. Sill,…
ATA will be ending all flights to Washington-National and New York’s LaGuardia Airport by January 7th. The aircraft will be redeployed on charter routes until their planned 2009 international expansion. Not only will this be a significant reduction in ATA’s East Coast operations, as well as denying Southwest’s opportunity to codeshare on these flights into…
Midwest Airlines has added the option to purchase a customized Travel Guard single-trip travel insurance policy specifically for Midwest customers during the ticket purchase process on the Midwest Airlines website and through their other distribution means. We love trip insurance….it protects you from the horror stories we often collect about horrible situations that have happened…
ExpressJet, an airline we hope to fly someday, is expanding once again. ExpressJet announced service to three new cities in time for the holiday season. We’d love to fly ExpressJet, if not for the fact they don’t come to the Northeast under their own brand. Perhaps someday we’ll find an excuse. Until then, we continue…
We’ve been a bit occupied of lot, and have a lot to catch up on. Rest assured, that while this is not our primary responsibility(we have jobs), we hope to be back on top of things soon, bringing the best in air travel developments in a timely fashion. Hagerstown Airport, 80 miles northwest of downtown…
American Airlines will add a daily flight from Chicago-O’Hare and Gulfport-Biloxi beginning December 13. Pittsburgh International Airport has expanded its free wi-fi service to both pre and post-security areas of the terminal. Continental has announced a major expansion at its Cleveland hub. The airline will grow its capacity at Cleveland by 40% in the next…
Mesa Airlines announced an agreement with United Airlines to replace 8 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft with two 66-seat CRJ-700 aircraft. United, as well as other airlines, are replacing the cramped 40-50 seater planes with larger more spacious regional planes which preserve the economy of smaller aircraft but add the comfort of mainline service. San Francisco International…
Airtran has signed a new three year contract with Coca-Cola. Onboard, you can get Coca-Cola Classic®, Diet Coke®, Sprite®, Sprite Zero(TM), Coca-Cola Zero(TM), Minute Maid® Lemonade, Dasani® Water, Cherry Coke(TM), Cherry Coke Zero(TM) and three types of Minute Maid® juices. Poor Pepsi. Has anyone signed with them lately? Air France-KLM announced last week they would…
The Labor Day weekend is upon us…our spin-off blog, The Infrequent Flier, has its travel tips for the holiday season. For us here at Flight Wisdom, we wish you happy travels. Operators of some CRJ-100, 200, and 440 jets have until Friday to comply with new restrictions issued by the Canadian and US governments. Increasingly…
The FAA has ordered the inspection of all wing slats on newer Boeing 737s based on findings about a fire that destroyed a China Airlines plane in Japan last week. Investigators have discovered that a bolt from a right wing slat had pierced the fuel tank. Thus, within 24 days, all US planes must have…