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Spirit Quietly Adds New Routes

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 […]

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American Airlines, Qatar Airways Strategic Alliance: A Year Later

Last June, Qatar Airways and American Airlines announced a strategic partnership that allowed the latter’s passengers to book Qatar Airways flights from Doha to 16 new countries across Asia and Africa. This was then shortly followed by a new route announcement from American Airlines: the airline would commence daily service to Doha’s Hamad International Airport, […]

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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. […]

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Delta Finalizes LATAM Stake Acquisition

Back in September, Delta surprised the aviation world with its unexpected announcement involving purchasing 20 percent of LATAM Airlines. The deal was completed on Tuesday, as Delta formally took ownership of shares in the South American carrier.  In a statement, Steve Sear, Delta’s president of international and executive vice president of global sales said “We […]

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Abandoned In the Rust Belt: Part One

At the beginning of the 1990s, air travel through the mid Atlantic region of the United States was very simple. Legacy carriers had made various hubs through the region and even smaller markets were easy landing spots for potential carriers. However, industry in the “rust belt” had stalled and with manufacturing moving to other locations, […]

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