On Wednesday August 31st, a new airline joined the TSA PreCheck program. This airline, however, was different from the other 17 airlines currently participating in the PreCheck program. European giant, Lufthansa has become the 18th airline to join the TSA’s PreCheck program. Lufthansa marks the first European airline to join the program and the fourth […]
On April 4th, Alaska Airlines announced they had reached a deal to acquire west coast rival, Virgin America. The deal would see the new combined airline leapfrog jetBlue and become the fifth largest airline in America. The merged carrier would also have one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings as both Alaska and Virgin have won […]
August 31st, 2016 will go down as a historic day for relations increased between the United States and Cuba. For the first time in 50 years, scheduled flights between the United States and the Caribbean island took off. The honor for the first flights in 50 years went to jetBlue who held a celebration this […]
Spirit Airlines has a reputation for offering a bare fare. As the United States’s first Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC), the airline prides itself on offering the lowest fare. In order to compensate for that the airline charges for nearly everything, including carry-on bags that won’t fit under the seat, all drinks, and even to […]
Pacific Wings was founded in 1974 as Air Nevada. The carrier, based in Las Vegas, originally offered on-demand charter services using dual engine Cessna 402s. Like many small carriers in the Las Vegas area, flights involved charters to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Four years after launch, the airline began scheduled services to Grand […]
In Russia the aviation landscape is dominated by Aeroflot. The majority state owned carrier has been the flag carrier for Russia since their incorporation with the USSR in 1923. Until the fall of the Soviet Union, Aeroflot and her subsidiaries had a near monopoly on the Russian aviation market. However as the USSR began to […]
Last week, jetBlue sent a letter of interest to Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport to restart service to the world’s busiest airport. The airline plans to resume service to Atlanta in September 2017. The airline pulled out of Atlanta in 2003 citing intense competition between jetBlue, Delta, and AirTran. The letter sent to the Atlanta Airport […]
Jamaica has always been a popular destination in the Caribbean. However, the country has primarily relied on the sea to bring people to the island. In the 1960s, as aviation was becoming more popular the government of Jamaica faced a decision. They could either invest in British West Indian Airlines, based in Trinidad and Tobago, […]
Anyone spotting at Boston’s Logan International Airport are used to the myriad of large jets that come out of the busy airport each day. However, in between the loud jet engines is a dull drone of twin turbocharged piston engines. The Cessna 402s are painted in a white and blue livery, with a seagull on […]
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the allocations of routes to Cuba for non-Havana routes. Silver Airways, a regional carrier based in Florida, was awarded all routes in which they had applied. As of June 15, Silver has become the first airline to sell regularly scheduled flights to Cuba in over 50 years. The […]
