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JetBlue Airways announces an increase from two to four daily nonstop flights from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning July 1, 2010, providing more options and more value to coast-to-coast travelers. In addition to its LAX service, JetBlue offers the only nonstop service from the East Coast to two other L.A. Basin airports: Burbank and Long Beach. JetBlue launched twice daily service from both JFK and Boston's Logan...
On May 31, US Airways will begin daily, year-round service from its largest hub to Ottawa on a 50-seat CRJ-200 regional jet operated by US Airways Express partner Air Wisconsin. On June 5, year-round service will commence to Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos, Mexico; both routes will operate on an Airbus A319 aircraft with seating for 124 customers (12 First Class, 112 main cabin). The new service to Mexico complements US Airways' existing service to both cities from its Phoenix hub. Puerto...
Frontier Airlines announced it will extend its seasonal service to Anchorage, Alaska, by three weeks and will also reintroduce the popular Saturday daytime flight. The seasonal nonstop service from Denver International Airport (DEN) to Anchorage International Airport (ANC) that begins Friday, May 14, 2010, will now operate through Oct. 10, 2010. In addition to the extended season, Frontier will also reintroduce a Saturday daytime flight, providing two flights on the most popular travel day....
In the coming summer flight schedules, Lufthansa is serving an almost unchanged number of destinations with virtually the same number of flights as in the previous year. Seating capacity will be slightly higher. On average, Lufthansa will be operating 12,853 flights weekly in the summer schedules compared with 12,860 last time round. Lufthansa is serving 204 destinations in 81 countries in the summer timetable (prior year: 206 destinations in 78 countries). Six newcomers in the flight schedules...
Qatar Airways announced plans to fly to Brazil and Argentina, spreading its award-winning service to the South American continent for the first time. South America’s two largest cities – Sao Paulo in Brazil and the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires – will join the airline’s rapidly growing international network over the next few months. Adding to the five new destinations already planned for 2010, the two South American cities will complete an exciting line-up of new routes for Qatar Airways...
1, 2, 3 or 4 bags carried free of charge on the entire network. Starting on 28 March 2010, Air France and KLM will be extending their hold baggage transport rules that already apply for passengers travelling between Europe and the United States and Canada to the rest of the network. The policy is in line with industry standards. Before, two different rules existed depending on the destination (piece concept or weight concept). From now on, only the piece concept will be used for all tickets...
After a 8.7-billion-HK-dollar loss in 2008, Cathay Pacific returns to profit in 2009. However, Cathay Pacific's turnover fell by 22.6% in 2009 to 66.98 billion Hong Kong dollars. The airline took a number of measures last year to help address the steep downturn in business, including reducing capacity for both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, reducing operating costs and capital expenditure, introducing an unpaid leave scheme for staff, parking a number of aircraft, working to get concessions from...
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, launches services to Dakar, Senegal from1st September The West African nation will be Emirates’ 106th international destination, and closely follows new route announcements to Tokyo, Amsterdam, Prague and Madrid, also launching in 2010. Dakar is the airline’s third new African destination in less than 12 months, after Durban and Luanda joined the network in late 2009. Starting 1st September 2010, Emirates will fly non-stop to Dakar five...
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., launched nonstop service from Des Moines International Airport to Orlando International Airport. To celebrate the inaugural flight, the airline hosted an event at the airport with a host of local leaders. "By expanding our network to Des Moines, residents in the Hawkeye state now have a choice when planning their winter getaways to Orlando," said Loral Blinde, senior vice president of human resources and administration for AirTran Airways...
National carrier Air India is offering attractive discounts on tickets purchased for First and Executive class travel on its international services originating out of India. The discounts will be applicable on tickets purchased from March 8 to 13, 2010. Outbound travel against these tickets will have to be undertaken between March 15, 2010 and June 30, 2010. A 50 per cent discount will be available on the highest market basic fare for First Class travel to the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Tokyo,...
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