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Alaska Airlines recently announced a partnership benefiting wintertime outdoor enthusiasts. The Seattle-based carrier has come together with Mountain Collective to offer a point incentive for customers and members of their elite program who purchase a season pass.  A season pass with Mountain Collective allows pass holders to ski and snowboard at 24 ski resorts across […]

In the early months of 2001, low-cost competition was heating up in Canada. WestJet had started operations a few years ago in 1996 and was growing quickly. Discount airline Canada 3000 had been a charter operator in Canada for many years but began offering scheduled flights in May of 2001. The world was also seeing […]

The end may be near for one of the most hated commercial airplanes.

Last week, I wrote an article on my experience with Lufthansa CityLine as part of my exploration into how Lufthansa Regional brands compare with mainline Lufthansa. While CityLine is well-integrated into the Lufthansa fleet, there is another Lufthansa Regional carrier that is more unique, and it’s an airline that many might not know is associated […]

Landline has recently announced that it has gained approval from TSA for its airside-to-airside motor-coach operations from Allentown/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (ABE), and Atlantic City, New Jersey (ACY) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).  The new approval will mean that passengers will clear TSA security at either Allentown or Atlantic City, board a bus to Philadelphia, and enjoy […]

Bamboo Airways became the first Vietnam carrier to launch the flight operation to Chinese city of Lijiang, operating three charter flights a week from Hanoi to the Chinese tourist hotspot. The new flight could shorten the traveling time from four hours or above to two hours. The airline said the new flight could meet travel […]

Spirit Airlines has added four new routes to be launched in September. According to Cirium data, the carrier will connect Chicago with Charlotte, and Nashville with both Miami and Boston, all new routes, in addition to reconnecting Miami and New Orleans. Only one of the routes will operate daily. Chicago and Charlotte will be connected […]

Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the national carrier of Morocco, is set to embark on a journey of expansion and modernization with the acquisition of 10 new aircraft. The strategic move comes as part of RAM’s ambitious plan to become a global airline, quadrupling its fleet by 2038 in order to strengthen the airline’s position in […]

The International Airlines Group (IAG) has delivered an astounding turnaround by posting a record operating profit for the first half of 2023 (1H23). The parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, LEVEL, and Aer Lingus achieved a €1.26 billion ($1.39 billion) result for 1H23. A contrast to the same period last year when the consortium […]

Hawthorne, California-based airline Advanced Airlines has just been awarded its third Essential Air Service contract. While three may not seem like a lot compared to the mass number of contracts that carriers like SkyWest have, it is still growth for an airline that only a few years ago had only a single EAS community and […]