Spirit Airlines has purchased thirty additional Airbus 319s, to be delivered from 2009 through 2013. This will, when complete, bring Spirit’s fleet to seventy aircraft. Airtran Airways announced service to St. Louis’s Lambert Airport, effective May 8, 2007, with nonstop service four times daily to Atlanta, and once daily to Orlando. Airtran Airways also announced…
Two New Startup Airlines Seek to Capitalize on the Myrtle Beach vacation market Myrtle Beach Direct Air will start flying March 7 with non-stop flights from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Pittsburgh, Newark, and Niagara Falls. It will not be daily service, but two to five flights per week on its routes, operated with Boeing…
Yesterday, British Airways announced an eight daily roundtrip flight between JFK Airport in New York and London Heathrow. Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic announced their April inauguration of service from O’Hare Airport in Chicago to London Heathrow. O’Hare is the tenth US gateway for Virgin and the 17th daily flight from London.
Effective February 15, Delta is increasing its service between Chicago and New York. Delta’s domestic routes of late seem to be paralleling their competition. Jetblue expands to Chicago, Delta follows. US Airways makes a bid for Delta, they announce first New York to Phoenix service and then Salt Lake City to Charlotte service. Delta will…