AirlinesAlaska flight enables passengers to glimpse solar eclipseAlaska Airlines moved back a flight from Anchorage to Honolulu to allow passengers to see a total solar eclipse.. "Not only is Alaska Airlines getting people from Point A to Point B, but they're willing to give them an exciting flight experience," said Mike Kentrianakis from the American Astronomical Society, who plans to be on the flight. The airline will distribute special glasses for safe viewing of the eclipse.
LinkAllegiant unveils 22 new routesLas Vegas-based Allegiant Air has unveiled another wave of new routes, which will see the carrier adding three new points to its network in the coming months. The ultra low-cost carrier will begin service to Sonoma County (California) In May, followed by Albuquerque (New Mexico) and Evansville (Indiana) in June.
LinkAmerican Airlines flew record numbers last monthAmerican Airlines reported new records for passenger traffic and capacity in February. The carrier posted 15.7 billion revenue passenger miles for February, representing a 4.7% increase in passenger traffic on a year-over-year basis. American also boosted capacity by 8% for the month
LinkAmerican Airlines to launch Iowa-Texas serviceAmerican Airlines will launch service from Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa to Dallas-Fort Worth. The flight represents the only western flight from the airport.
LinkLATAM Airlines Posts 2015 Loss Of USD$219 MlnLATAM Airlines posted a net loss of USD$219.2 million for 2015, saying the sharp depreciation of Brazil'al currency hurt its bottom line.
LinkSecond MH370 report offers no new cluesMalaysia’s second interim report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on 8 March 2014 contains no new details about the aircraft’s mysterious disappearance. The three page statement, prepared under the auspices of ICAO guidelines, briefly recounts the history of the flight, a Boeing 777-200 that disappeared in the far reaches of the south Indian Ocean after inexplicably diverting from the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing route.
LinkUK backs Norwegian’s application to start US flights The UK Department of Transport has stepped in on behalf of Norwegian Air UK (NUK) in the low-cost carrier’s bid to start UK-US air services. In a letter to US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) assistant secretary-aviation and international affairs Susan Kurland, UK DG-civil aviation Patricia Hayes backs NUK’s application for exemption authority and a foreign air carrier permit and expresses surprise at the length of time the DOT has taken to approve NUK’s application.
LinkSouthwest Airlines Reports February TrafficSouthwest Airlines Co., today reported its February and year-to-date preliminary traffic statistics. The Company flew 8.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in February 2016, an increase of 13.5 percent from the 7.6 billion RPMs flown in February 2015. Available seat miles (ASMs) increased 14.7 percent to 10.9 billion in February 2016, compared with February 2015 ASMs of 9.5 billion. The February 2016 load factor was 79.0 percent, compared with 79.9 percent in February 2015. Based on these results and current trends, the Company continues to expect its first quarter 2016 operating revenue per ASM (RASM) to be in line with first quarter 2015.
LinkUnited Airlines to buy 25 single-aisle Boeing aircraftUnited Airlines said it would buy 25 single-aisle aircraft from Boeing Co (BA.N) in addition to the 40 it had ordered earlier. Reuters reported in February that United Airlines had placed a new order for the 126-seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft, which would be worth just over $2 billion at list prices.
LinkLinkUnited Airlines’ dispatchers ratify labor agreementUnited Airlines’ more than 420 dispatchers, represented by the Professional Airline Flight Control Association, have voted by a 91% margin to ratify a tentative agreement that will extend their current contract through the end of 2021.
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