Airlines

As of March 21, 2016, the first airplane manufactured at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama took its maiden flight. The Airbus A321 took off at 9:36 AM, flying for 3 hours 26 minutes before landing back in Mobile at 1:02 PM. “We’ve come to an exciting milestone in the production of any aircraft, but this […]

On March 17, 2016, Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines brought their new Airbus A350 to Miami International Airport, marking their first international service with the airplane. Operated as TAM 9601, the airplane arrived at Miami following a flight from Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil early Thursday morning. Upon arrival at around 7:15 a.m., the milestone flight was greeted […]

As of March 14, 2016, Delta Air Lines announced that they have entered a codeshare with Jet Airways and KLM. This new partnership entails guaranteed connection flights from North America to India via Amsterdam. The agreement will become effective starting March 27, 2016, when Jet Airways, India’s international airline, is set to launch daily service to […]

Vietnam Airlines, a member of the SkyTeam Alliance, announced that it will begin flying its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft to Australia later this year. The airline currently operates a Boeing 777-200ER between Ho Chi Minh and Sydney, as well as an Airbus A330-200 between Ho Chi Minh and Melbourne. Both flights will be replaced by […]

As CEO Oscar Munoz returns to work, one of the first issues he is being made to deal with is strong criticism from some of the board members. Expressing deep dissatisfaction with the direction of United Airlines, two of the carrier’s shareholders are nominating a slate of six new directors to the board of parent […]

Allegiant Air will do quite a lot of flying on new routes this summer as the carrier has announced a slew of new routes including three new destinations for the low-cost carrier. The airline will start service for Santa Rosa (CA), Albuquerque (NM), and Evansville (IN). The cities will be Allegiant’s 112th, 113th, and 114th […]

Qatar Airways announced a significant expansion of its global network today at ITB Berlin, including five new routes to Europe six new routes to Africa, and one new route to Asia. In addition, Qatar announced it will begin the world’s longest flight on December 3 from Doha to Auckland, New Zealand. The airline will operate its […]

American Airlines has announced it will begin daily nonstop service between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, beginning September 7th. The airline previously announced new flights out of its Los Angeles hub in January. The new Hong Kong route will join the airline’s existing service to Shanghai and Tokyo, including recently-launched service to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. […]

United Airlines has announced it will begin service between its west coast hub in San Francisco and Hangzhou, China. This will be the airline’s fifth new route this year from its San Francisco hub, a gateway to the Asia-Pacific region. United will operate the new route three times weekly with its state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft […]

Delta Air Lines gathered media, along with some of their very own crew, and even customers who have embarked on the Delta experience, to celebrate the renewal of the airline’s partnership with the New York Yankees.  Yankee Stadium, known for its massive baseball field similar to most stadiums, also hosts the Delta Sky 360 Suite.  During the […]