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The reduction of over 1,000 flights per week at Mexico City International Airport (MEX) is expected to take effect from the beginning of the Northern Winter schedule at the end of October, according to Reuters. News of the Mexican government-imposed reductions this week taking flight numbers down from 52 to 43 per hour has been […]

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, India’s busiest airport, has reached a significant milestone with the inauguration of a fourth operational runway, RWY 11L/29R, and a state-of-the-art dual elevated taxiway, Eastern Cross Taxiway (ECT). These new facilities were inaugurated on Jul 14, 2023, by Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Union Civil Aviation Minister of India, and are […]

This past Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives voted down a new provision to allow an increase in the number of flights operated into and out of the closest airport to the Nation’s Capital, Washington Reagan National Airport. The legislation would have allowed carriers to operate more routes, aimed explicitly toward Western destinations. However, […]

A start-up airline is set to put Salem back on the map.

Alaska Airlines has announced that starting November 17th they will offer year round flights to Honolulu from Seattle/Everett Paine Field. For a limited time fares will start at $149 each way as well as redemptions through Alaska’s mileage plan starting at 12,500. In the press release, Alaska said “This is our first new route to […]

Pan Am was an airline that revolutionized the aviation industry. The airline started service in 1927 delivering mail and through most of the 20th Century was a world-renowned airline with modern aircraft and luxurious service. The airline started dealing with financial difficulties beginning in the 1970s and was eventually bought out by Delta in 1991. […]

After twelve years of consulting with the airlines, Auckland, New Zealand’s Airport will start the biggest redevelopment project of combining its domestic and international terminal. Auckland Airport — the main gateway to New Zealand — has struggled to combine two terminals for years. The pandemic has paused the integration program as a result. The scheme […]

After a month-long delay, Newark Liberty International Airport’s brand-new Terminal A opened for operations last week. Passengers began using the 1 million square foot terminal on Thursday, marking a much-anticipated grand opening for the beautiful new facility. With a price tag of $2.7 billion dollars, the new terminal is the largest single investment in New […]

Dec.7 marked ICAO’s International Civil Aviation Day giving pause for reflection on how the aviation industry has shaped our lives for over one hundred years. Aviation has long been a passion but prior to being involved with the industry directly, I had an involvement in cinema. Interest in the film still looms large in my […]

A recent report from the Regional Airline Association (RAA) noted that 76 percent of U.S. airports lost air services when comparing figures from October 2022 with the same month in 2019. Of those 324 airports, the average loss equated to 31 percent of flights that were operated three years prior. The RAA cites a ‘severe […]