Salem, Oregon Returning to Air Transportation Network
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Interview: Icelandair Talks Network and Fleet Plans
Icelandair began nonstop flights from Detroit Metro to their home in Iceland on May 18, 2023, and along with the festivities of the inaugural, I also had the chance to interview Michael Raucheisen, who is the communication manager for the airline in North America. AirlineGeeks (AG): Is Icelandair actively looking for replacements for your Boeing […]
Avelo Air Continues to Bridge the Coasts
Houston, Texas-based Avelo Air has unveiled four new routes out of Las Vegas, including two of which will continue to bridge the carrier’s network between coasts. New routes out of Las Vegas include Redmond/Bend, Ore., which starts on Sept. 7, 2023; Eureka/Arcata, Calif. and Brownsville/South Padre Island, Texas which both begin on Sept. 8, 2023; […]
Icelandair Adds Additional U.S. Capacity in Newer Markets
First reported by IshrionAviation on Twitter, Icelandair has decided to add additional capacity to the United States for 2024, some of which to cities that the airline hasn’t even been operating for a full month. Two northeast airports, Newark, and JFK Airport in New York City will both be seeing some significant increases in capacity. […]
Trip Report: The World’s Longest Dash 8-200 Flight
The Dash 8 variant has a lot of versatility from the smallest Dash 8-100 to the Dash 8-400, which is more commonly known as the Q400. The -200 variant was the least popular of the series with only around 100 being built and delivered, among the over 1,300 Dash-8 family aircraft built so far with […]
Icelandair and Turkish Airlines Ink Codeshare Agreement
This weekend, Icelandair and Turkish Airlines signed a codeshare agreement between the carriers that will offer passengers connections through their respective hubs. Turkish passengers flying into Keflavik can now connect through Icelandair’s hub and continue to destinations in North America. For passengers on Icelandair to Istanbul, they can now continue onto Turkish Airlines’ network to […]
Trip Report: Crossing the Pond on a 737 MAX
Reykjavík, Iceland-based Icelandair was founded over 85 years ago in 1937, originally under the name Flugfélag Akureyrar. It has flown to many destinations over the years out of its International hub located at Reykjavík/Keflavík Airport, and a smaller hub at Reykjavík Domestic for flights within Iceland. The carrier is most known for its Icelandic stopover […]
Kenmore Air Partners with Alaska Airlines
Local Kenmore, Washington-based airline Kenmore Air, announced through an email with its customers that they would begin partnering with the Seattle-based airline. Kenmore Air is the largest floatplane operator in the United States, flying over 80,000 passengers a year including their land-based operations which fly under their ‘Kenmore Air Express’ banner on board the Cessna […]
JSX Announces Five New Routes
Dallas-based carrier JSX has announced five new routes that will bring them into three new cities and three new states. New cities include Nashville, Tenn.; Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; and Portland, Maine The routes to Nashville will include service to Westchester County in New York State, as well as Dallas Love Field and seasonal service to […]
Alaska Begins New Partnership with Taiwan’s STARLUX
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has just begun its partnership with Taiwan-based STARLUX. The Taiwanese carrier just began its first flights to the United States two days ago, on April 27, 2023, which operated from the country’s capital in Taipei to Los Angeles, which is an Alaska Airlines hub. The partnership means members from both airlines can […]